A PSA from the folks at #AmWriting. Check your copyrights, especially if you're looking at all these #AI lawsuits. Thank you, Jessica Lahey, Sarina Bowen, and @kjda.bsky.social Btw, a PSA to Copyright your works, or check if your publisher has! amwriting.substack.com/p/publishing...

#Writing: It's always worth the frustrations endured when you see your final work. As hard as the writing can be sometimes, persistence in writing is the key. - Wrtr #amwriting #amediting #Writer #Author ~ #AuthorSky #BookSky

📚👍 "Soy Sauce!" by Laura G. Lee is a vibrant, rhyming picture book that explores how soy sauce is made in China, Japan, and Korea. Lee’s playful watercolors—painted with real soy sauce!—and upbeat text make this an umam-ful celebration of food, family, and culture.

📚👍 Rocket Ship, Solo Trip by @chiaracolombi.com and Scott Magoon is a rhyming, heart-filled adventure about a rocket’s first solo journey and the bravery it takes to try something new. #kidlit

📚👍 @jbradley.bsky.social ‘s “Something Great” reminds us that even the simplest things can have big, beautiful possibilities! #kidlit

📚👍An unconventional story about a seemingly boring reference book like the dictionary is magical in “The Dictionary Story” by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston #kidlit

Oooh! The Misfits books by @lisayee.bsky.social and @dansantat.bsky.social . So entertaining and action packed! It's secret agent kids on a mission. "Greenwild" by Paris Thomson. The Morrigan Crow books by Jessica Townsend. They're both magical world building books. #kidlitchat

📚👍 Being Home by @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social‬ and Michaela Goade celebrates the joy of family, community, and Cherokee traditions through vibrant storytelling and dreamlike illustrations. #kidlit

📚👍There is beauty and poetry in science that @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social‬ and Marc Martin bring to life in “A Stone Is a Story.” #kidlit

📚👍 Filled with humor and earnestness, this book by @debbieohi.coml follows Hana on her quest to find the answers to everything. Can she do it?” #kidlit

#kidlitchat The perfect summer read is one that leaves you inspired, ready to go! I'm checking out The Misfits books by @lisayee.bsky.social and @dansantat.bsky.social . Love the action and adventure!

Somehow it is Tuesday again, and that means that it's #kidlitchat again! Join us tonight at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific to chat with #kidlit folks (hence our name). We'd love to have you and the room (aka Bluesky) can hold us all! So come chat or lurk or both, I say. And we'll see you then!

Hi #writers, our monthly Zoom critique group seeks a new member! We meet on Fridays 11:15am - 1:15pm EST. We're seeking someone who's either agented, traditionally published or both. 12x12 forum post for more info: juliehedlund.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/3... #kidlit #picturebook #critique

MAYA BREAKS IT DOWN combines my love for breaking (not my skill!) and basic coding principles. Thank you for being such great collaborators @aphelandraw.bsky.social Alexandra McKenzie @charlesbridge.bsky.social @heathercashman.bsky.social See you by the bookshelves 2027! #kidlit

✨"If all three worlds are bright inside me, do I have to be just one? @salimaalikhan.bsky.social and Noor Sofi captures what it's like to straddle many different worlds and cultures. 📚👍 #WeNeedDiverseBooks #InclusiveReads #BIPOCAuthors #DiversityInBooks #weneeddiversebooksday #Kidlit

The immigrant wordsmith in me is tickled pink by the addition of "gigil" in the Oxford dictionary. I've been borrowing words all my life and it's great for these words to officially transcend boundaries. #FilTheShelves www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/s...

For #kidlit creators, why NOT you? Get your applications ready!

📚👍“When you finish your first draft, take a break and go do something else. Stories need time to blossom and grow.” @katemessner.com and Mark Siegel tell this how-to story in a way that real creatives can identify with, including our need to step away from the story too. #kidlit

FYI to artists: I'm told that Discord has updated to add generative AI to its systems that allow users to edit ANY image using AI without permission. As of right now, I don't know that there are opt-outs on this. I'd personally be wary of sharing images on Discord.

📚👍“I want to be special, too. How do I become like you?” 🪨 Who hasn’t had that thought even once in their lives? Linda Liu captures a dull, gray rock’s journey from insecurity to confidence. "Hidden Gem" is a sweet read for anyone who needs to remember how special they are. #kidlit

New @bsky.app features! Thought of you @debbieohi.com :) www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky...

“It starts with one..” 🌊Part poetry, part biography, part science. This book by @katemessner.com and @mattforsythe.bsky.social marries so many kinds of storytelling into one whole that shows how the actions of one can ripple out to a whole ocean. It is a science book with heart. 📚👍#kidlit

Sometimes when we think a story ends, it is where it begins. @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social and Stephanie Fizer Coleman tell a beautiful story of constant beginnings. It’s a poignant lesson: that there is always a place to begin anew again. 📚👍🏼#kidlit #stem

A fun story from Publisher's Weekly on the worst places children's editors have ever been pitched. I did love seeing people shoot their shot though #kidlit www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

An exciting day for many #kidlit creators!

Hey, there. It's #kidlitchat night here on Bluesky. We #Kidlit folk will gather at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific and spend an hour chatting. (Hence the name!) I hope you can join us this week (or any Tuesday at the same time. Or all the Tuesdays). And I look forward to chatting with you soon!

@pbrisingstars.bsky.social helped make me feel so connected to the bigger #kidlit world and to the amazing @sylviaichen.bsky.social . For those thinking about it, you should totally do it. Put a wish out in the world and you might just get it! @booksbytrenise.bsky.social @laylafallah.bsky.social

"a 600-word picture book manuscript was written in the same way as a 40k word MG novel. One word at a time. One paragraph. One chapter." Thanks @christebbetts.bsky.social @highlightsfound.bsky.social #kidlit www.highlightsfoundation.org/2021/12/22/b...

I’m participating in the Kidlit for Los Angeles auction to raise money for wildfire relief. Bid on the 2, 30-minute AMA sessions before the auction closes on Friday! #kidlit www.32auctions.com/organization...

A critique of a fiction or nonfiction picture book manuscript of up to 1,000 words by Teresa Robeson. @teresarobeson.bsky.social is the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Picture Book Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction books on science and her own culture. ##kidlit

A query and picture book manuscript critique from BookEnds Literary agent, @jamesmcgowan.bsky.social Get your next picture book query-ready with an in-line critique of the manuscript and query letter. ##kidlit

#Kidlit friends - time to spread the word! With the fires and devastation in LA, many amazing kid lit peoples have come together to help hold an auction to help! Check out @kidlitforla.bsky.social for big names involved, critiques, books, and more! Help out by sharing! #kidlitart #kidlitartists

"Custodians of Wonder" details the last practitioners of art forms around the world, like British beekeepers or Japanese soy sauce makers. On my list to read! us.macmillan.com/books/978125... #books

This was such a great experience for me! Check them out at the social @pbrisingstars.bsky.social !

@nlgjaofficial.bsky.social and AAJA-Los Angeles are hosting a holiday mixer! Come hang out with the Los Angeles chapters of NLGJA and AAJA as we close out the year next week at St. Felix in Hollywood! #journalism RSVP www.eventbrite.com/e/nlgja-x-aa...

Yay @pbrisingstars.bsky.social is on Bluesky! Keep an eye out for a great mentorship program for #kidlit authors out there, opening Jan 2!

Another great tip on how to keep track of the chats. Thanks @debbieohi.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social ! #kidlitchat

📚👍Who doesn't love that first bite of baguette, sweet pan de sal, freshly toasted Hawaiian bread? Cristina Quintero, Sarah Gonzales captured those beautiful feelings in this lovely picture book that sparks of holiday get togethers and family/friend gatherings. #kidlit

Penguin Random House and @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social launched The James Baldwin #Award for #Fiction. The award will recognize a student for an original literary composition in English for fiction with a prize of $10,000! Apply by Jan 15, 2025 learnmore.scholarsapply.org/penguinrando...

if you’re coming to Bluesky and looking to connect, I’d suggest changing your mindset from “promoting” to “sharing.” Look to connect with people, not post to an algorithm.

“Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.” -Stephen King, On Writing ~ #amwriting #amediting ~Let your words breathe and show out. - Wrtr ..Keep Writing. Happy Halloween! #author #writing #writer

I'll be doing another 'how to use BlueSky' talk, this time with @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social on Oct 26! It's free to attend, pls register on the site: www.scbwi.org/events/bluesky #kidlit #scbwi

📚👍@nickesposito.bsky.social and Ricardo Tokumoto bring out the heart in every hero by focusing on what it was in them that brought them to greatness. A part of The Good Guys Agency series, the book aims to showcase books that can give boys better role models #kidlit

📚👍 Becky Paige does a great job of adding another layer to the story beyond in "Boo, the Library Ghost." A good Halloween read that also works beyond the haunting season! #kidlit

Tomorrow night at 8 pm EDT, the pitch window opens at kidlitgn.com. Here's an IG reel with more info about art files: instagram.com/p/DAjOf8ig_pB/

Need a literary agent? From the SCBWI Blog: 7 Great Resources if you're looking for a #kidlit agent scbwi.blogspot.com/2024/09/7-gr...

#Kidlit Writers, if you're interested in pitching your manuscripts on Bluesky, please follow @skypitch.bsky.social. SkyPitch is starting out with a picture book pitch event and as the kidlit community continues to grow, more pitch events and age groups will hopefully follow.

There is a lot of fatigue in the creative economy. In-house creatives are not immune from it. When I’m feeling worn down by the scarcity, competition, and technological shifts, I try to focus on the fulfillment that comes from my own creative work, be it paid or hobby. Creation heals.

Halloween is right around the corner, but don’t be scared! You still have time to get your @cybilsawards.bsky.social nominations in. Celebrate your new favorite books for young audiences, from picture books to YA, by sending them our way. Nominations close Sept 30. www.cybils.com/2024/09/cybi...

Libraries are really amazing community spaces! We should support and protect them.