Lunch!!!

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

The Louvre heist continues. Yes! It showed up on my phone. Seriously, it did. What can I make of/from these letters? Snort! #Louvre #ClassicWords

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

Sure, Musk gets a trillion dollar payday. But . . . can he go to CVS and use up all his coupons and get a $8.99 can of cashews for 69 cents? I think not. #CVS #Cashews #Nuts #coupon

FYI. #Airports

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

You can't make this stuff up. #Louvre #Heist #Misfits #SecurityCamera #France #Museum

Warming up for my Zoom into Illinois classrooms to talk about The Misfits - A Royal Conundrum. (It's a Bluestem Awards nominee!) #Kidlit #bluestem #Misfits #booksbooksbooks #Illinois @randomhousekids.bsky.social

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

Seen on my walks. Look how fast I am!!! #DailyWalk

Really liked this #HouseofGuinness. Wish I had seen it before I went to Dublin earlier this year. #Dublin #Beer @netflix.com

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

#daylightsavings #Time #Confusion

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

Huge congrats to all the @publisherswkly.bsky.social Star Watch 2025 Honorees. But especially to Kait Feldmann (who happens to be my daughter)! ❤️ #PW #PWstarwatch @ktliterary.bsky.social #publishing #booksbooksbooks #KidLit

Yes! It has happened. I used up all the ink in my pen. Have you had a small victory recently? #Pens #smallvictories #Writing

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

The squirrels had fun! #Halloween #trickortreat

Made the (extended) deadline and sent in the manuscript. #Deadline #KidLit #Author #writing #booksbooksbooks

There comes a day in every author's life when the struggle becomes real. Yes, it's when you have to transfer your manuscript to Word, because that's the only program your publishing house will accept. And when you try, everything gets messed up!!! #Writing #Word #deadline #KidLit #books

This is going to happen.

Dictionary.com has selected "67" as the 2025 Word of the Year. The slang word is pronounced "six seven," in case you didn't know.

Look at me eating all healthy! #veggies #healthy

Research Question: Would a kid today know that "bingo" means you got it right?

Find Bud the Bear. (In Maizy Chen’s Last Chance he goes missing.) #BudTheBear #MaizyChensLastChance

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

And it's on sale!!!

Here's a trio of mysteries by #heathergudenkauf that I've listened to in the past weeks. They were great! Of the three, I think my fave was Everyone is Watching. What are you reading/listening to these days? #Thriller @libbyapp.com #AudioBooks #booksbooksbooks @heathergudenkauf.bsky.social

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

Because of the recent news, I felt compelled to eat this. #louvre #louvremuseum #croissant #pastry #heist

Seen on my walk. # DailyWalk

I was cleaning, as one does when on a deadline, and came across this. Could not figure out who sent me See’s chocolates. (I still have brain fog from covid.) Then I remembered! It was me! It was me when I sent myself chocolates a couple years ago!!! 🥰 #deadlines #chocolates #brainfog #writing

LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY. THANK YOU, @merriam-webster.com!!! #ALLCAPS #DICTIONARY

Taking a break from my novel to work on an assignment for NPR. You know what that means, right? Yes, mini M&Ms. #npr #writing #booksbooksbooks #chocolate

OOF!!!! I got an extension! I got an EXTENSION ON MY DEADLINE!!!! Am I still stressed? Yes. #Deadline #Author #Writing #KidLit #booksbooksbooks #Misfits #Stress

Find Bud the Bear. (In Maizy Chen’s Last Chance he goes missing.)

Have you seen this yet? Such a powerful documentary. Can't stop thinking about it. @netflix.com #ThePerfectNeighbor #Documentary

I love candy corn too much. (Don’t judge me.) But because of my lack of self control, after eating just one, I can’t stop. Therefore, I’ve gone cold Turkey and I’ve managed to go two years without having any at all!!! Looking to make this year #3. Wish me luck! #halloween #candycorn #candy

A brazen museum heist. The world's most expensive jewels stolen. Unknown thieves. Authorities flummoxed. The Louvre? Yeah, that. But all this is in The Misfits books!!!! @dansantat.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social #Louvre #Heist #MiddleGrade #Misfits #KidLit #jewelry #booksbooksbooks

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

HOORAY! Today is NATIONAL DAY ON WRITING, established in 2009 by our friends at National Council of Teachers of English!!! (In honor of today, I am writing and will continue to do so until I meet my deadline.) @ncte.org #Writing #KidLit #Books #Reading

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Maybe you've heard about the jewelry robbery at the Louvre? But have you heard about the Lego robberies? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u... #Lego #robbery #Criminals

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

Guess this proves that I've been making subpar coffee for 15 years! (Actually, I used a Keurig for a LONG time, but now really like instant coffee. Don't judge me.) #Coffee #InstantCoffee #Keurig #FrenchPress

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

Research Question: What was the best or worst food your school cafeteria served? #cafeteria #schoollunch

#Cookie #Crumbs #Oops