Fifth and final year of Picture Book Rising Stars Mentorship Program! I'll be applying again this year - the list of mentors is amazing. Thanks a bajillion to the PBRS team for putting on this amazing program and to the mentors for contributing their time and knowledge!! @pbrisingstars.bsky.social

30 ideas in 31 days! ✔✔✔ Woohoo!!! 🎉 Now to do something with them... 📚📚📚 Many, many thanks to Tara @taralazar.bsky.social, all of the contributors, and prize donors!!! 🙏🙏🙏 ✌❤📚 #Storystorm2026 #WritingChallenge

I participated in Fall Writing Frenzy 2025! 🤩🍂🎃🍁🎊 Look for my short excerpt, THE LONG ROAD HOME, at lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/f... @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social @professoraixa.bsky.social Good luck to all of the contestants!!! 🌟 #FallWritingFrenzy

Amazing time at SCBWI-MI's Making Books Bloom conference this past weekend! Thanks to all of the organizers and faculty for an inspring, encouraging, educational day! 💞🌷💫📚✌ #scbwi-mi #makingbooksbloom #childrensliterature #picturebookauthor

Submitted my pitch for the upcoming SCBWI-MI Making Books Bloom Spring Conference today! Fingers crossed! 🤞Can't wait to spend conference day growing my craft and meeting awesome children's authors and illustrators and other industry professionals!

Applied for the Ann Whitford Most Promising Picturebook Award today through SCBWI! Feeling optimistic and hopeful and even more in love with picturebook writing! 💖 #scbwi #picturebookauthors