Nominations are now open for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards and Endies End Paper Awards! Anyone can nominate a book. Head here to get started: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/01/n...

I'll be at the Cartoon Art Museum on October 19 to celebrate THE NEFARIOUS NIGHTS OF WILLOWWEEP MANOR, my new graphic novel written by me and drawn by the great Christopher Baldwin! www.cartoonart.org/calendar/202...

Pleased* to announce my second picture book! MEDUSA'S PET ROCK is slated to launch Fall 2026, with @harpercollins.bsky.social *Pleasssssssed Thanks to my agent @allielevick.bsky.social and editor Megan Ilnitzki for loving this story as much as I do ❤️🐍🏺 Can't wait for you all to read it! #kidlit

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

so we partner with our local library on an all-queer, all-kidlit little free library... and for the second weekend in a row, somebody has stolen all the brand new books. we are working on a plan, but if you are a queer kidlit author with some books or swag you'd like to donate, can you message me? 🌈

Flashes for Android beta test!

Hey! #preDV is tomorrow, Monday, Sept 29th, for anyone who wants feedback on their pitches from agented/published authors. I'm planning on popping in for a bit, especially for #PB.

This is the most complete information I've seen about the Anthropic copyright settlement — dates of when things are likely to happen, what to do now, and what it all means for different types of writers. nwu.org/anthropic/

If you're on LinkedIn, here's the opt-out for LinkedIn's AI bullshit using your content. www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

I would have told myself to start physical therapy sooner. I have been "managing" wrist/shoulder issues for years and years, and I'm definitely kicking myself for suffering through it when I could have been addressing it #KidLitChat

I would have told myself not to gnash my teeth so much over whether I would get published someday, and to put less energy into my day job (I wouldn't have believed myself, though) #kidlitchat

Me: Looking at my final art and wondering if I made the creature's butt too juicy, again #kidlit

Write this picture book

This is so wholesome I don’t know what to do with my face.

September's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Making Money with your Art! Join your hosts on Sep 25, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about m-o-n-e-y (and art)! Banner art by Scout Underhill

Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart

I was on a walk with my kid, and saw my husband coming down the street. I skipped towards him, saying, "This is gonna be really awkward if that's not Daddy!" My daughter goes, "...What?" I keep skipping and yell, "THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY AWKWARD IF THAT'S NOT DADDY!" ... It wasn't my husband. 🫣

@tansyg.bsky.social asks a simple question -- why does Luke Skywalker wear blue jeans in A New Hope? -- that unfolds into an awesome analysis of both costuming logic and the history and politics of clothing. You'll want to read this one.

Hey Bay Area peeps, CVS has pediatric covid vaccinations now!

btw Costco seems to have the cheapest updated COVID vax. You can get it without a card at the pharmacy and they do take walk-ins. If you’re also uninsured due to the massive amounts of layoffs this year, they also take this goodrx coupon to lower the cost of www.goodrx.com/comirnaty?sr...

I'll be presenting on my first author panel this year, at @scbwisfneb.bsky.social's Oktoberfest, along with some other local authors and illustrators! The title of our panel is Creating Amid Chaos: Juggling Parenting, Publishing, and Professional Responsibilities #scbwioktfest25 #scbwi #kidlit

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Hey Bay Area peeps, CVS has pediatric covid vaccinations now!

shoutout to tumblr user kleinergeist for this post which is going straight into my powerpoint for Grendel day in my monster class this week

Squeeeeee!!! 😍

To mark T-2 months until the launch of ❄️🩰The Abominable Snow Dancer🩰❄️ (my debut picture book), here's 10 random facts about me. Did anything surprise you? I'd love to know if you have any similar facts! #kidlit #writingcommunity

This is hugely important: If you use the Atlantic's author search tool, a TON of comics don't come up because they don't have creators listed. I just found like all my comics work looking directly and it sucks. So, make sure you're very thorough in your search.

Happy book birthday, Gina!

Final day for the pre-order sale :)

It's back to school, you've got the perfect dress, and *someone* had to go and wear the same thing. I'm Steph, author-illustrator & former pastry chef. I make picture books & graphic novels, usually with a splash of mischief #KidLitArtPostcard Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social www.stephlaubooks.com

"Bus driver has heart attack" was definitely not on my back to school bingo card 😬

Yooo, it's another B&N pre-order sale. You can get The Abominable Snow Dancer (and other non yeti butt books, I guess 😀) for 25% off! This is my debut picture book, so I'd be especially thrilled if you ordered. 🥰 It's got yetis, unicorns, & a ✨glitter cover✨ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-abomin...

Don't forget about the DRM-free Humble Bundle from Tor (with Murderbot, Witch King, and more), benefiting World Center Kitchen. The donation is now at over 58,000. It would be awesome to get it up to $100,000. www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

omg it is amazing!

Omg, primal scream lololol

Apparently it's #nationaldogday, so here's some dogs 🐶

Finally reading Tessa Hull's Feeding Ghosts and feeling all sorts of feels. It's a really vulnerable memoir, and the parts around China's Cultural Revolution brush up against my own family's generational trauma 💙📚👍 (1/5)

I ended up rereading Matt Hunt's Up High, which includes so many lovely applications of perspective and negative space 💙📚👍🏻 bookshop.org/a/17193/9798...

Currently sitting in my car, waiting for the library to open, e.g. the longest wait ever, cause I have nothing to read, since the library hasn't opened yet

Haha. Someone wishes she were in NYC right now

(12/?) Last batch of Mini Otto adventures for a bit. Where should he visit next??? #kidlitart On the final day of his T-3 month celebration for his debut picture book, The Abominable Snow Dancer, Otto enjoys the beach. The Mendocino Coast is lovely this time of year.

✨WE ARE LIVE!✨ Almost 400 amazing items are available to help #KidLit4Ceasefire families survive the genocide in Gaza! 322 still without bids: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Super cute picture book perfect for fans of : 👭 Heartfelt friendship stories 🌏 Diverse and inclusive picture books 📚 Stories that celebrate family and culture #gifted @penguinkids.bsky.social @natashakhankazi.bsky.social #Booksky #KidLit

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

Time for my first ever giveaway! ✨ I’m SO excited to share that @FierceReads is giving away FIFTY galleys of THIS WRETCHED BEAUTY, my debut young adult novel in which a transfem Dorian Gray goes down a shame spiral of catastrophic proportions Entries are open until September 15th! bit.ly/4fkOb2J

We are very excited to welcome our dear friend @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social to the bookshop to launch the new book in his early reader series, Duck and Moose: Moose's Bad Hair Day! We can't wait to see you there! RSVP and see details here. buff.ly/168YeuQ

this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇

There was a cute moment during the @marthawells.com Q&A at #Worldcon yesterday when we started to hear someone softly snoring in our area of the audience. Confusion was quickly followed by muted giggles as we figured out the source.