Hi! It’s been a while since I’ve been here. Taking a quick break to show you what I’m working on. Wait. I can’t do that right now, so I’ll show you my work space for today. I’ve got my cup of coffee,cleaned up a bit, and I’m ready to work. More to come in the near future.

Reposting so I can read these tips later!

Gorgeous!!

A most excellent book. We need dragons today, don’t you agree?! 🐉🐲🐉🐲

This is true for writers too.

“We never talked about men or clothes. It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution – real girl's talk.” - Nina Simone, singer, musician and civil rights activist #WomensArt

I just ordered this book.

Something wonderful has happened: THE TENTH MISTAKE OF HANK HOOPERMAN has been named the winner of the 2025 Judy Lopez Memorial Award. So many of my all-time best-ever favorites are on this list. It's an honor to join their company. judylopezaward.org

People need to see what’s happening. ICE just took a dad while his teenage son watched, crying and powerless. Trump is ripping families apart—and some folks still say, “That’s what I voted for.” If that’s your take, that sentiment says more about you than it says about any undocumented immigrant.

I want one!

I haven’t been posting much lately because I’ve been busy revising two middle grade novels and making art. Having fun with 5x5” mixed media series. The attached is one I’m calling Tequila Sunrise .

Happy to repost. Sorry I can’t make the even. Who doesn’t love a spooky read.

Cowardice.

Wow. The detail!

The right to eat, mid 20th century, by US printmaker Elizabeth Catlett ( 1915 –.2011), one of the greatest printmakers of her era who created work informed by her egalitarian views #WomensArt

Thank you for your service.

Clare Young, contemporary graphic designer and artist who works with collage - paper and fabric

Clare Young, contemporary graphic designer and artist who works with collage - paper and fabric

Clare Young’s collage art makes me smile every time.

The Trump administration is exploring plans to suspend habeas corpus rights for immigrants, one of the most fundamental protections in the Constitution.

May 9, 2025

Word is Attorney General Pam Bondi is seeking records and testimony from journalists. Please be mindful of how you communicate use secure formats, follow established guidance, and above all, protect your identity at all costs.

If our Republican Representative Young Kim won’t come to us for a town hall, we will find her and make our voices heard! Rally outside her speaking event at a paid breakfast at Tijeras golf club in RSM. #50501Movement inspires us all to get out and take action.

Laura Boswell, contemporary printmaker based in Scotland specialising in wild landscape and coastal prints in linocut & woodblock

Where indeed?

Tomorrow - May 9, 10-3 ET - join us to celebrate #ChildrensBookWeek25 & raise awareness of #FreedomToRead efforts around the country with a free, online read-a-thon. 10 a.m. - 12:45 EST : bit.ly/Read-In-am 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST : bit.ly/Read-In-pm

Nooooooo!!!!! She's the best!!!!

Not a surprise, unfortunately, but a disgrace. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-f...

Guerrilla Girls, 'The Advantages Of Being A Woman Artist' poster, 1988 #womensart

Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #WomensArt

Alarming indeed.

May 6, 2025

Yes to the Query Shark archive! #kidlitchat

When I was working on novels, the Query Shark blog by the late Janet Reid was a treasure trove of information and examples. If you haven't visited, you must add this to your query prep! queryshark.blogspot.com #kidlitchat

WOMENSART blog: Extraordinary PainterBetty Acquah womensartblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/e...

The process for her art is amazing.

Alison is wonderful to work with. Her input on my MG novel was invaluable.

At Home Author and I are talking about the business of publishing and the factors publishers are considering when they're making their decisions. There's still time to sign up. I hope you'll join us! www.athomeauthor.com/service-page...

I’ve not seen this one. Amazing.

Marcellina Oseghale Akpojotor, artist who combines tiny pieces of ankara fabric to create portraits of Nigerian women #WomensArt

Not yikes. Yuck. 🤮

Ninety-one. Sixty-eight. Fifty.

Love all of it.

Contemporary, pointillist garden painting by UK artist Susan Entwistle #womensart

Looking for professional feedback on your work-in-progress to jumpstart revisions? Need help with a query letter or synopsis? Just have lots of questions? I have openings for Spring and Summer. You can find my full range of services here: www.alisonweisseditorial.com/services Feel free to reach out.

May 4, 2025

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT." - Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart