I can't stop watching this! The twirl in front of the mirror!!!

Perfect day to be working on my MG novel, The Frost Pony. #wip #kidlit #writingcommunity (Yes, little Penelope, after visiting her neighbor friends, prefers the shelter of a tree rather than her stable with a giant mound of hay. Meanwhile my big horses are all under cover tucking in on said hay.)

March is doing its lion-thing, but in the softest, prettiest way.

No kidding! I'm getting a flood of these right now. Spam filed and blocked, they are! #writingcommunity

Oh, my. Such a powerful PB. It's like an intricate miniature of our history ... traveling our street, our timeline. Amazing book. Thanks for sharing, Karen Krossing. #kidlit #writingcommunity

So many phenomenal picture books this evening at the CANSCAIP PB event! I got those beautiful story shivers with this one ... thank you for sharing tonight, Laura Alary 🔦 #kidlit #writingcommunity

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Wow ... shades of today. Really sad that we are repeating history.

I'm in! #kidlit #writingchallenge #writingcommunity #writesky

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Fable has mad skills as a cucumber pointer. A must-have helper in the chaos garden when Greek salad is on the menu!

I love this wildly productive time when the garden is going mad with flowers and fruit ... and I'm flinging out words like zucchini! #writingcommunity #kidlit #amquerying

Wow. They must really be afraid of 'the Libs' ... what did 'the Libs' do to them??! Asking for a friend.

"It's just wrong to require grown people to get a permission slip to roam about freely. So, I resisted, I objected, the only way I knew how." TX State Rep. Nicole Collier on why she will remain locked inside the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Okay. Officially having an attack of 'Writer's Kalopsia' 😆Suddenly fascinated by the wonderful word 'nor' ... 'no' plus 'or.' NOR Amazing! 🤣😂🤣 #writingcommunity #wip #kidlit #amquerying

Smoky skies over Puck's head. Horses are now inside with hay, and I'm on my computer. No plum picking for now.

Good memoir and essay (like this) may save our history from this escalation in whitewashing. LOVED THIS. open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...

Not sure whether to pick that flower or worship it ... Strange alien communication? Making my tinfoil hat now! (okay, anything to avoid working on this next chapter.) 😉🤣😬👽#wip #writingcommunity

I tell the story to my horses. Literally sit on a mounting block surrounded by my horses and tell them the story. Then I wonder out loud with them. Somehow, in that horse discussion, the story moves!

We all have that same choice: the choice to STOP homophobia.

I love this idea ... I've not seen a Venn diagram poem before. Great job!!!

Berry, Destroyer of Worlds, with his evil genius sister, Honey. They've taken out one pod and one umbrella and are now ready for breakfast. It's a good day. #WIP #BerryDestroyerofWorlds #kidlit #amquerying

Every bloom reminds me to pray for nurses. It's a tough profession. Stay safe, keep burnout away, my colleagues! Thankful for a wonderful class of nursing students who gifted me this lovely plant when they graduated a few years ago. #nursing #caregivers #nursesky

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Berry, Destroyer of Worlds. #wip #kidlit #writingcommunity

74% of teens use AI for friendship. Half talk to their AI friend EVERY DAY. One-third report the AI has said something that makes them uncomfortable. AI friendship bots are a freight train headed for our kids. It's malpractice not to protect them.

Yup. Impostor syndrome doesn't care about any past success ... it's kind of like that Jack-in-Box pop up that scares the heck out of kids the first 101 times they play with it. Then, it doesn't. You just sort of realize it's going to happen! And carry on. 😄

Penelope waiting for her hay. "I get it, Penelope," she said, rechecking her email again. #amquerying #kidlit #writingcommunity #writesky

In the creative summer time, summer is still best done with friends. Thankful for my writing friends and partners! #writingcommunity #kidlit #writesky #booksky #creatives

Palms up, speechless.

Berry is in a mood. Berry is fueling the energy of a character who is pushing everyone away with his chaotic frustration at LIMITS! A whole acre of wooded, bushy, goaty bliss, but he is preferring to bash things where I can note his displeasure. Berry would like to be driving the tractor.

I can't stop watching this!

Good morning, Creatives! I hope you are peacefully gearing up for a productive day 🧑‍🎨🧑‍💻👩‍🏫

Puck and four 'dear' friends 😉😁🤣

My 'really?!" face following what feels like the 139th rejection letter of the 139th rewrite of a 3 page PB ... #kidlit #amquerying #writesky

Lilacs ARE spring, aren't they? #garden

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In spring, I am torn between writing and gardening. Both honor fingertip wisdom! #writingcommunity #gardening

Berry has his own style. But one thing is certain: Berry is watching everything! Kidlit inspiration at its finest. #kidlit #writingcommunity #booksky

Were you a horse book addict growing up? All it took was a cover pic of a pony to get my attention! The Black Stallion series, Jill pony series, all the Pullein-Thompson stories ... even Trixie Beldon and Honey Wheeler had horses! Walter Farley ... I'm not worthy. #kidlit #writingcommunity #booksky

Notice the difference, Catholics?

Good morning, Creatives. Here's to an energized weekend of doing what brings you joy! #writingcommunity #wip #writesky #booksky #kidlit #gardensky

I'm starting to think of my frontal lobe as the kid in the backseat repeating, "Are we there yet?!" ... meanwhile, my subconscious sighs and says, "Just shut up, close your eyes, and live the story through your fingers." #writingcommunity #wip #writesky #kidlit

RETWEET if you stand with Judge Hannah Dugan!

It is strangely pleasant to be writing about winter snow and Christmas on this gorgeous spring day! I get to have minibreaks outside with the horses and watch them LOVING the new grass! Keep being nature inspired, Creatives! #writingcommunity #frostpony #kidlit #wip

Walter stopping to smell the magnolias ... a good message to me. Creatives, take a nature break to rev up the inspiration vibes and calm the querying jitters! #writingcommunity #writesky #kidlit #amquerying

Timeless PB ... "I think I can, I think I can!" The Little Engine that Could, by Watty Piper and Loren Long. This little PB always got us up and over that mountain. #timelesswriting #PB #kidlit #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky #amquerying

I hate the "what was I thinking?!" wash of angst that hits when a query or sub is out there hanging in the wind for what seems to be an eternity. #writingcommunity #kidlit #writesky #Iamquerying

For all of us who did our time in campus classrooms, this hits the spot!

Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime. The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.