Excited to be on a Saturday #middlegrade panel at this conference with fellow authors Sam Subity, Jane Kuo, Diana Farid, @nikkishannonsmith.bsky.social and @aquapup.com !

From a librarian friend who has been working with ELLs for years and knows how to keep the conversations relevant!

In the midst of a depressing January, watching the Jing Mo Athletic Association do their Lion dance was a bright spot and made me glad to be working for San Francisco Public Library.

This sure has got me thinking. As of now just staying off Meta but I keep wondering why I’m hanging on…

My top 5 most overused words, according to the ms I'm currently revising: nod, look, feel, seems, and eyebrows. (I'd be so lost without the Search feature in Word!) What are your top 5 most overused words? #amwriting #amrevising

I chose 3 of my favorite books from 2023 to write about on Shepherd's reading rec site, feat. @erinentrada.bsky.social, Claire Swinarksi, & Christina Soontornvat. Read why I love these books here: shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/...

Teachers & librarians! Hundreds of authors have signed up to offer free virtual read-alouds for LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day in February! If you'd like the full list & authors' contact info, it'll be in my email newsletter next week! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Hey look, Kasey Giard over at The Story Sanctuary reviewed LEARNING TO FALL for a MMGM (Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday)! Give Kasey' blog a follow--she looks at lots of backlist titles, has a positive & supportive attitude, and manages to review a ton of books! thestorysanctuary.com/review-learn...

📚👍🏼 Just finished @torreymaldonado.bsky.social’s Hands and loved this short (135 pp!) intense, emotionally satisfying, page turner. Will definitely rec to my library patrons, esp those intimidated by thick books!

When I was at the Highlights retreat in October @laurelsnyder.bsky.social told me to listen to Ezra Klein's interview with Jeff Tweedy, and I finally did. I highly recommended it--it's interesting and inspiring and will help you think deeply about your creative habits. Thanks, Laurel!

Such a fun time yesterday hanging out with local author friends at the Dublin public library. Shout out to the amazing @matokah.bsky.social, @keelyinkster.bsky.social, and @sallye.bsky.social! Check out their books if you haven’t already!

Yesterday was the last day of Banned Books Week but unfortunately not the end of banned books. I love being part of San Francisco Public Library’s campaign to GIVE AWAY banned books! @uniteagainstbookbans. #ireadbannedbooks

The Highlights Middle Grade Writers Generative Retreat led by @erinentrada.bsky.social and @laurelsnyder.bsky.social was everything I hoped for and more! Here's our group photo in the rock word garden--my rock says "mensch" because I met a bunch of them!

I’ve been off all the T/X type apps for so long I forget how to post on here. But pictures! Pictures I know how to post. Here’s an inadequate one of Zadie Smith being casually brilliant at a City Arts lecture the other night.

So excited to go to @highlights.bsky.social summer-camp-inspired retreat hosted by @erinentrada.bsky.social & @laurelsnyder.bsky.social in a week but also flashing back to when I was the camp kid with the cheap equipment & my shoes were always wet & my tent slid down the hill (with me in it). 😬😂