Ahhh!!! So excited for this!!

The one thing I’m certain of this morning #kidlit is that books matter more than ever.

My toxic trait is I like to buy celery and never use it.

Hi! I'm a #kidlit executive #art director. To celebrate the influx of new artists I’d like to gift a FREE, one hour, Zoom, portfolio-review /coaching-session exclusively here on Bluesky. 1. Reply w/ your art. 2. Random winner. 3. No DMs please. I will look closely at every reply! 💙❤️

And the winner of the PB critique is… 🥁 🥁 🥁 @janycampana.bsky.social! DM or email me for info on how to get started. Woohoo! 🎉

The crisp fall air makes me want to curl up with some critiques. Must be time for a giveaway! To enter: 🍁Repost 🍁Like & Follow 🍁Tag a Friend Don’t want to wait? DM or visit jwattswrites.com for more info on in-depth PB critiques 💃 #kidlit #WritingCommunity

The rumors are true! My debut picture book, #WholeWhale (ill. by Nelleke Verhoeff), is now a #boardBook! This huggable book has foldout pages that reveal the animals' solution to the question "Can we fit a whole blue whale?" Signed copies: www.shoponceuponatime.com/autographed-... (Barefoot Books)

It’s the first day of fall, y’all (and my wedding anniversary)! And your cue to start watching Over the Garden Wall

No one ever mentioned the amount of food I’d drop on my sleeping child.

⏰ Don't sleep on this discount! ⏰ Last week to save 20% off a Full PB Critique! What you'll get: ✏️Big-picture feedback ✏️Line-level suggestions ✏️Honesty & encouragement DM or visit jwattswrites.com for more info #kidlit #writingcommunity

Yay!! I’m so glad I could help 🥰🥰🥰

🚨Critique availability is filling up fast🚨 Secure your spot before the sale ends! Promo code: LAUNCH20P Exp: 9/27 That’s a full PB manuscript critique for only $20 🥳 DM or visit jwattswrites.com for more info

When should I tell my 4yo that it’s “spooky” not “smooky”, because I’m thinking never

🎉The winner is @kamillamilligan.bsky.social! DM for details on how to proceed — Are you in need of a PB critique? DM or head to jwattswrites.com to learn more about me and my critique services. Save 20% now: LAUNCH20P Exp: 9/27/24 [insert encore laser show here. Pew! Zonggg! Zinggg!]

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for—A PB critique giveaway 🎉 If that’s STILL not what you’ve been waiting for, I’ve prepared a v subpar laser show that leaves much to the imagination! [insert laser show with noises like “Pew! Pew! Zonggg!”] Wow. Incredible. Giveaway details below 1/🧵

Just wondering if I should feel shame that my husband bought a party size bag of kettle corn last night and it’s almost gone. The only person who has eaten any is me.

4yo got so excited when she found a seashell in the grocery store parking lot today. So excited that my husband didn’t have the heart to tell her it was actually half of a pistachio shell.

I’m planting the seeds of a Bluesky picture book pitch event and seeing what grows. @skypitch.bsky.social boringstorybook.com/skypitch/ #skypitch

The moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived! The launch of my author website 🎉 What’s that? Not what you’ve been waiting for? I see. In that case, how about a critique giveaway? Stay tuned 👀 And also maybe check out my website jwattswrites.com

4yo told me she got stung by a sweaty bumblebee. I assume she meant sweat bee, but sweaty bumblebee is way better, don’t you think? #parenting

Daughter upon waking on her 4th birthday: 4yo: Mom, I’m 4? Me: You are! 4yo: *throws cover off* My legs are long! 4yo: *checks hands* Mom! Are my hands still small? They’re still small. 4yo: Mom! Check my hike! I growed! #parenting

On today’s episode of things I never thought I’d say: Get your toes out of the casserole.

Such a special moment to get my advanced author copy and read it with the kids 🥰🥰🥰 #kidlit

Have I done this intro thing yet? Hi #kidlit community, my name is Jessica Watts! I specialize in silly stories and fantastical folktales. PBs are my home, but I’m working on a MG novel in my spare *spare* time, as I’m also a SAHM of two littles. Kthx LYLAS byeeee 💃 #picturebook #middlegrade

What. The. Actual.

Me: What do you want for breakfast? 4yo: Spaghetti. 4yo: And a banana.

This is outrageous! Also, heads up #kidlit that Meta may now (on top of everything else 🙄) label your art as A.I. if you create it with an Adobe product. My vote for word of the year? Sloppy.

I was thinking it might be fun/useful to do some kind of #KidLit #askagent kind of chat with other @andreabrownlit.bsky.social agents who are on here. What do you all think? Would it be more useful to do a “chat” type format with topics in advance, or an “AMA” format answering in real time?

Shout out to my postpartum baby bangs—the unsung heroes of the postpartum journey

I don't know what this spring equinox juju is but both my kids slept in this morning so keep it coming.

I wish babies had a snooze button.

I dreamt I was playing basketball with a giant grape 🍇

Do you write or edit? Want more choices for inclusive language? Interested in a style you can sustain? Enter the Goodreads giveaway for The Conscious Style Guide! There is more than one way to do conscious language. (Available for preorder everywhere books are sold.) #AmEditing #WritingCommunity 📚

Okay, I'm gonna say it. Drowsy but awake is a sham.

*3yo trying to do tricks on her mini-trampoline, almost falling and busting her face* Me: Be careful. 3yo: *cups hand to ear* What? You said "keep trying"?

Fall is for Fleet Foxes

I was trying to get my 3yo to color a picture for her aunt’s birthday. When she stopped, I asked if she could do just a little bit more. She grabbed my face, brought it close to hers, and said, “No, honey. I need to text a zombie.”

Happy Daylight Savings! Unless you are a parent of littles. In which case, I'll see you bright and early again tomorrow.

@asherperlman.bsky.social Made me laugh today

WHERE IS MY COAT

This is totally on point. Thank you!

I’d like to gift a FREE, one hour, portfolio review, coaching session exclusively here on Bluesky. 1. Reply with art samples. 2. Random winner. 3. No emails please. I will look closely at every reply. 💙❤️

I hit 10k on my WIP! 💃

Authors, if you think Scholastic's "separate but equal" book fair plan is, perhaps, a BAD idea, please consider signing this open letter to them about it: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🌟 #BookGiveaway 🌟 I wrote about my writing journey for #SoNotGhoul for Kathy Temean's spectacular #kidlit blog. To enter the drawing for a chance to win a copy of the book, follow the instructions on the post. Ghoul-ed luck! Illustrated by Bonnie Lui, published by Page Street Kids. 📚

Man, I love writing. Tomorrow I'll feel... Like an imposter? Crushed? Exuberant? Hopeless? Brain dead? Let's spin the Writer's Wheel of Emotions and find out!

A postpartum haiku: I'm just a mother standing here, in the shower losing all my hair.

I will never stop wishing on eyelashes ✨

When I was little, I used to sit on my bed, typing away on an old typewriter—pretending to be a real author. Flash forward to today, where I sit on my couch, typing away on my phone—pretending to be a real author. 🤣

Happy spooky #kidlitartpostcard! I am Gila, author-illustrator from Germany. I love anything pb, texture, cute and critter. www.gila.be for full folio!