My #DailyWalk was mysterious and misty. 

Just another stunning #Stunday

Company on my #dailywalk

Another #Stunday !

Weird manuscript-related search of the day: How do cats cough up furballs? #kidlit #amwriting

Jan Karski at New York’s Polish Embassy wishes you a happy #AmericanChessDay.

Happy #Stunday!

Happy #Stunday

The chapter edits will have to wait. #WritersLife #DailyWalk

A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.

Happy #stunday

Sharing so I can reread many times!

No kings other than cat and chess kings. #CaturDay

Happy Friday from the flower U-pick!

Happy #Stunday.

Heartbreak on top of heartbreak.

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, @beckyscharn.bsky.social, illustrated by Jiarui Jiang (Margaret K. McElderry Books). To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2025/07/the-... (+ more ways to win)

Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (July 11): kidlit411.com/2025/07/the-... Inside: Children's Book Market, Why your Plot Isn't Working, 10 Things to Avoid in PBs, more. Thanks @me-mwai.bsky.social for the illo, @mariawenadcock.bsky.social & @beckyscharn.bsky.social for the PB giveaways.

As if charging people who are fleeing persecution $100 to submit an asylum application weren't cruel enough, the new budget bill adds another $100 for every year the application remains lodged in a backed-up system. www.shusterman.com/immigration-...

Capture the king? Dat easy, hooman. #Chess #Cats #Kidlit

@penamerica.bsky.social has a Trump travel ban reading list on @bookshop.org . Nice to see Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint's 'Names for Light', Charmaine Craig's latest 'My Nemesis' and the excellent post-coup anthology 'Picking off new shoots', ed. by Ko Ko Thett and Brian Haman bookshop.org/lists/a-trav...

Dissent is NOT a ground of inadmissibility under U.S. law. This should not be happening.

Delighted to see my CP’s book on its way into the world!

David Noriega’s phenomenal reporting in LA tells the truth about where the violence comes from. Spoiler: NOT the protestors.

It’s a porch sitting kind of evening.

The second-generation German immigrant in the White House probably doesn't know that Mexicans have been in the United States in Texas and California for way more generations than his family has. #OnYourSide

Someone’s going places. #dailywalk

She who gets her manuscript revisions in on deadline day gets to wear the Pawn Crown. #AmRevising #Kidlit

Most of the book clubs I've ever been in turned into social clubs, which was fine, just not so bookish. Love this idea for refocusing!

Waiting for the bullfrogs to suggest a new manuscript idea. #DailyWalk #Kidlit

I love a book title that raises questions ... and here's a fun giveaway!

In terms of percentage of time spent, I am not a “writer” but a “reviser,” or maybe a “rewriter.” #amrevising #Kidlit

I’m starting to get why people love peonies.

Srsly, just 5 minutes of brainstorming with critique partners can open up new vistas. Looking at you, @betsymiller and @judyalbietz

My face when manuscript edits are due in one week. #Amrevising #Kidlit

Poor guy was on his back. Maybe he’ll live to destroy our landscaping again. #DailyWalk

The perils of co-authorship with a spouse: we now argue about comma placement. #amwriting #Amrevising #Kidlit

Pretty sure I’m incapable of writing without a cup of tea in hand, but I go through gazillions of teabags. Garden-fresh peppermint is my latest fave alternative. Who’s got others to suggest? #amwriting #Kidlit

A little pink sky for Bluesky. 2nd #Dailywalk

Got a little sidetracked taking out the compost, but please tell my editor I’ll get back to manuscript edits soon! #amrevising #DailyWalk

So much to learn here about bringing readers deep inside the story: janefriedman.com/immersive-in...

For @nytimes.com I am looking to speak with American home buyers who have been trying to buy their first home this spring. How competitive is the market in your area? How are you thinking about mortgage rates? Home prices? My DMs are open or email [email protected]

Some mornings, the English language refuses to cooperate. (Notice how neatly I shift the blame?) #amrevising #amwriting #kidlit

My reading list just got longer.

Catch me on the Brevity Blog today! brevity.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/w...

The ominosity of it all. (Real word!)

Helluva hellebore! #DailyWalk

Might a chapter break be what this awkward patch needs? Only my editor can decide. #Amrevising #Writing #Kidlit

On second thought, I’ll go this way. #DailyWalk