Before you turn your attention to the Big Game, let us tell you about another one of our ALL STAR mentors: @shanakeller.bsky.social! UNAGENTED creators passionate about history + bringing magic/whimsy to their work should have Shana HIGH on their mentor lists www.pbrisingstars.com/shana

Congratulations to @shanakeller.bsky.social, whose THE SOLE MAN is on ALSC's Día Reading List! www.ala.org/sites/defaul...

This week's #libraryhaul, best #picturebooks #kidlitart #kidlit The Book That Almost Rhymed - Omar Abed & Hatem Aly @omarabedwrites.bsky.social @metahatem.bsky.social Cats Are A Liquid - Rebecca Donnelly & Misa Saburi Fly, Firefly! - Shana Keller & Ramona Kaulitzki @shanakeller.bsky.social

Congratulations to @shanakeller.bsky.social, whose book THE SOLE MAN is a California Reading Association's 2024 EUREKA! Silver Award winner! californiareading.org/cra-awards/

My copies are here!!!! Woot-woot!!! 🥳🤗 🥰 🥿👞👢🩴🥾👠👡🩰 The Sole Man is out tomorrow! 📚📖📚📖 #unboxing #newbook #bookish #booklove #kidlit #inventors #science #dedication#ly #stembooksforkids #author #fyp #bookreels #library #jan #dutch #ushistory #pubday #bookbirthday www.instagram.com/reel/C-Gwo_F...

Happy book birthday to THE SOLE MAN, by @shanakeller.bsky.social! The little-known story of Jan Ernst Matzeliger and his innovations in shoe manufacturing comes to life for young readers, featuring charming illustrations by Stephen Costanza.

So this happened last night! I was promoted to purple belt in jiujitsu with Tom DeBlass!!! It was pretty awesome to do this (despite all my injuries) along with my training partners, and witness my coach receive his black belt! I love this sport and the community. 💜 #jiujitsu #writer

Someone's guarding my papers. If only she could help me edit. #cats

A screenshot of the Publishers Marketplace item in case you couldn't access the link. For more about the Second Chance Inbox, check out out the new Submission Guidelines on our website: www.andreabrownlit.com/submissions And here's a handy-dandy Q&A: bsky.app/profile/lite... More Q's? Ask me!

I generally like answering questions about pulp authors like H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, C. L. Moore, Seabury Quinn, E. Hoffmann Price and the like. I rarely get asked, though.

The best part about a long road trip in the quiet morning hours is plotting the next novel. 📚✍️🏽 #kidlit