I'm attending the SCBWI conference for the first time in January. Who else will be there? 👀 #kidlitchat

Tonight, I did this instead of writing, to help dig out of a creative rut. 🧩 🪴 #kidlitchat

I am so proud to be an Oklahoman. I am so proud to be a Thunder fan. I LOVE OKC!! 🥹💙⚡️🤩 THUNDER UPPPPPPPPP!!!!

I'm sentimental and cutesy, watching Star Wars on May 4th. My fave of the originals growing up (we had the trilogy on VHS) was RETURN OF THE JEDI, but tonight, I'm watching A NEW HOPE. Spoiler: it's great. Second spoiler: the good guys win. Third spoiler: Han is so hot. #starwars #maythefourth

I've done both. While writing the first draft of my first novel for NaNoWriMo, I literally had no idea how I wanted it to end, so I just wrote. It was a good experiment for me, though none of the ending of that story made it to the final draft. I'm generally a plotter now. #kidlitchat

If you’re a #kidlit writer and haven’t joined the #kidlitchat yet, you can be my +1 to next week’s party. 🎉 💃🏼 Tonight’s convo started mild but quickly (for me) veered into musical land. ⭐️ #kidlitchat

Something I can’t unsee: When people are mad at a man, they call him by his last name. When people are mad at a woman, they call her by her first name. Look for it. It happens all the time.

Speaking at a middle school Career Day. Is this when am I supposed to feel like an expert, or is it cool for me to feel like a kid in a trenchcoat? #impostersyndrome #careerday

My husband made Ramen, and I slurped the delicious meal with joy… until a drop of spicy broth flipped off a noodle and bounced into my right eye. Can’t make it up. The acrobatics of the broth drop shall go down in history. #dinner

I started watching the Today Show when I was on maternity leave with my son, who is now seven, and felt like Hoda and I became moms together. I don’t watch every day, but there have been seasons when I did. I’m watching Hoda’s last day today and sobbing. What a beacon of light. #hodabration

My 5-year-old did my makeup. Please clap. #parenting

Imagining being a dad and not having a pocket knife on Christmas Day. Like not owning a TV on the Super Bowl. A tragedy.

My mom wrapped my dog in a head scarf and now she’s a Babushka. #dogs

My favorite thing to gift myself is a solo night in a hotel, and I order room service, eat snacks, and write/revise for two days. Hoping to make that happen this year… 🤞🏼 #kidlitchat

I’ve been querying and editing! It’s actually been a productive quarter! Not much to show here, but lots of progress. #kidlitchat

TOPIC: It's quarterly check-in time at #kidlitchat! Four times a year, we share what we've been up to (career-wise) for the past three months, and look ahead to the next three. (And just hanging in there totally counts!)

‘Tis the season for Dads with pocket knives. #christmas

Happy Thanksgiving from Emma! And me. And the rest of my fam. But come on… This face. 😍🐶 #bulldog #thanksgiving

Monday of Thanksgiving week. Kids are doing puzzles. I’m watching the Today Show. Dog is snoozing next to me. I feel like I’m doing it right.

Talk about a BlueSky. (See what I did there?) From yesterday. 🌅

Every time I see someone say “skeet,” I think… 👀 💅

I know I’m late to the party (especially as a middle school teacher), but Abbot Elementary is so great. Who else loves it? Also, no spoilers. I just started, remember? #abbottelementary

My four-year-old went to bed crying because tomorrow isn’t Easter. Happy Halloween? 🎃 🐣

Thanks for a fun day, BlueSky! Really enjoyed reading all the #kidlit pitches! #skypitch

OOH OOH OOH! PITCH PAR-TAAAAAAAYYY! 🥳🤩💖

Watching #DuckTales with my kid. Me: I’m not sure if I’ll remember much First scene of Episode 1:

Thrilled to participate in #skypitch this month! I miss the pitch contests!

I’ve found recently that if I’m not giving myself time off, then my body demands it from me. So I’ve been more generous with myself this last year. #kidlitchat

Woohoo!!! Let’s do it!!

Buying banned books. I’m a big library girlie but I try to buy (instead of check out) books that I know are being targeted this way. Speaking up about how wild book banning is (my hometown has had a wave of censorship and I try to shut that narrative down as soon as it comes to me). #kidlitchat

#OMITB is just so good.

I keep getting here as it ends! Ugh! #kidlitchat

Exam Numbers xkcd.com/2966

I’ve been pretty absent recently because I’ve been watching the Olympics like it’s my JOB.

Why is my Bluesky feed all about politics, instead of Clark Kent dude who does a Rubik's Cube in less than 10s and then takes off his glasses and becomes hot Superman gymnast?

Any fellow #kidlit creators in the querying trenches? Sound off below! If you’re agented and have some advice, leave it below! Pep talks welcome, too! 😅 #querying #amquerying

Ain’t that the truth! 🙃

Excited to participate in my first #kidlitchat over here! Reading a couple of great PBs before putting 4yo to bed, then joining the fun!

Anybody here participating in #pbpitch over on the other app tomorrow? #kidlit

Emma and I bid you good night. 🐶 💤 #bullog

Heard it here first. 🙌🏼🤩

Hi Blue Sky! Introducing myself for the new #kidlit Mega Feed! (Pssst— this is my first post on BlueSky— how am I doing??) I’m Sally Hoch, writer and #STEMgirl! I love math and the non icky sciences. Did you know that in non-Euclidean spaces, a triangle’s angles CANNOT add to 180 degrees? 🙌🏼