You never know what will come out of a #BrokenCrayon. #Uplift #FoundObjectArt

Wordle 1,469 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Anyone else still enjoy Wordle?

Authors, Right now, someone is reading your book, and you don’t even know it. How cool is that?

We’re keeping the party going with one of the coolest podcasts around! 😎 I talk about IT STARTED WITH A P, Kidlit Haha Week, PBparty, and working for The Little Press. Definitely worth a listen. #kidlitmegafeed

This looks like such a fun book!! What’s better than #MG spooky? #kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading JOANN M. DICKINSON beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/05/05/j...

Love it when I get brilliant plot points for #WIP while on the elliptical. #amwriting #YA #WritingCommunity #BlueWriters #Kidlit

#PBandKidJudges #kidlit writing competition is right around the corner! Participate in this hype event to get the word out! Like, repost, and follow for a chance to win a critique with author Stephanie Ward!

For those who need it, I've updated my #Uplift feed: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly, criteria unapologetically subjective.

Happy National Poetry Month! Packed full of wordplay and rhymes, this collection mixes puns with poetry, taking jokes to the next level. - Torrible Puns: A Collection of Punny Poems by @ttorrible.bsky.social #NationalPoetryMonth #poetry #puns #jokes #humor #teachers #librarians #picturebook

Recorded an interview for the @scbwi.bsky.social podcast yesterday & we had such a fantastic conversation about crafting novels in verse. Like, where do you even start, and how do you know when it's done? Look for it in a few weeks!

I have some time today, so if you're at the early stages of writing/trying to get published...ask me anything. Happy to help!

So excited my short story, "Brave Fynnigan, the Fire-Eating Dragon" will be included in @littlethoughtspress.com Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure. Thank you! The #kidlit community is THE BEST!!

I ROCK MY HAIR by Angel Tate encouraged me to sign the petition! You can too! campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/he...

Ivan Taurisano's MSWL. He's donating a Winner's Choice of a Rhyming Picture Book Critique, a Non-Rhyming Picture Book Critique, a Commercial Picture Book Critique, or an Above the Slushpile submission as part of the Spring Fling Writing Contest.

I #entered #SpringFlingKidlit JIT! sharonkorzelius.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/s...

#kidlit friends tag a friend to tell them about our FREE #springflingkidlit contest with great prizes! Make sure to follow everyone in the thread. @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social & I can't wait to read your submissions. All info here: sites.google.com/view/springf...

PICTURE THIS was my HR SEL entry for this year's #50PreciousWords about a neurodiverse child finding a voice through a camera lens.

NOT an #AprilFoolsDay joke! 😂! 3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of: 🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3: ⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️ 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂! ⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️ Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST! #kidlit #giveaway

Thank you to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges for another outstanding #50PreciousWords #kidlit contest! Congrats to all the winners and honorable mentions! Me: I'm an Honorable Mention for the second year in a row.

If we're doing Poetry Month then by gum we're gonna do it right. And 2025, for whatever reason, is already FULL of shockingly good poetry. Here's a taste. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/02/t...

I've been a long time listener of the You May Contribute a Verse podcast, and now I'm on it! Thank you to Brenna and Josh for inviting me and for the great conversation. 💕

What an awesome start to #Kidlit #HahaWeek with @brennajeanneret.bsky.social. Check it out! Loads of wisdom here!! www.brittanypomales.com/2025/04/01/k...

🤩💫🥳 It's a *gorgeous* cover reveal for my next book SPARKLES FOR SUNNY: A Lunar New Year Story! I'm infinitely lucky to have the magical opportunity to create this book with illustrator #ThaiMyPhuong, published by Flamingo Books/PRH! @thecatagency.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social #Kidlit

New Verse Show #podcast with Alastair Heim! #kidlitmegafeed give it a listen to hear about working for the Dr. Seuss estate, the importance of luck, timing and hard work and to hear a SUPER SECRET Alastair Heim original manuscript! jmonken.podbean.com/e/the-idea-d...

Dream. Write. Be You. You got this. #Kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry

The #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train starts NOW & lasts all of Feb. 20–22 EDT 🚂Write a new PB draft 🚂Shout 'DONE' on this post 🚂Add your name to the Critique Train Google doc: tinyurl.com/Critique... 🚂CELEBRATE! 🎉 🚂FAQ: tinyurl.com/Critique...#PBPartyGood luck ✨✨

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” - Marcus Aurelius

Look what's coming!

“Keep going. You're almost there and remember, the sun is most beautiful as it's going away.” ~ Yasmin Mogahed

"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen." ― John Steinbeck

How about a happy shoutout? I’m having a great #writing day. Inertia is in my favor.

It’s just the 1st day the ”Silly Love Sonnet” #kidlit contest is open and I’m already swooning over the fun entries! Go & let the entrants feel the love in the comments. Even better, enter one of your own as well! Contest runs through Feb. 14th. www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2025sil...

Dream. Write. Be You. You got this. #Kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry

Good luck to all who posted submissions to #PBParty this year! 63 agents, editors, and art directors are participating! Be sure to follow @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social for updates. For more info about #PBParty, see mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty... #KidLit

Need some #kidlit #poetry recommendations? korzeliussharon.substack.com/p/pass-the-p...

I did it! 32 new ideas during this long, snowy, busy month. Thanks @taralaser and all the #Storystorm contributors! #kidlit #PB #WritingCommunity

Hi, I'm Debbie Ridpath Ohi, author & illustrator, gamer, bibliophile. I Want To Read ALL The Books. #BlueSkyTips links: UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO BLUESKY - Quickstart Guide - Curation Tips - KidLit Community - KidLit Mega Feed - Board Gaming Uplift 💙🦋 Questions? Try SEARCH in my Unofficial Guide!

I just added IT STARTED WITH A P by Brittany Pomales (with awesome illustrations by Andrew Joyner) to my "Want to Read" shelf on Goodreads! Who else is excited for this one? @brittanypomales.bsky.social #kidlit

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

MY #kidlit #poetry #library haul!! Time to get writing and rhyming. Or maybe free versing. #SCBWI #webinar

I like to go running or hiking when the snowplows aren’t on the road. Photography is also another one of my hobbies. And of course reading.

Heads up #VerseNovelists enthusiasts All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson Avail 4Feb www.bloomsbury.com/us/all-the-b...

This speaks to me SO HARD. I have such a stickler inner editor.

Get ready to bid on the best names in children's publishing AND support wildfire relief charities in Los Angeles! #kidlit #losangeles #fires

although times are dark your spirit is ever strong dry those tears my friend

Hi Loren!!!

My final Newbery/Caldecott 2025 prediction post is up. I'm not talking about what I want to win, necessarily, but what I think WILL win. So buckle up and enjoy this crazy ride . . . #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/01/17/n...