If anyone is wondering if kidney donation is safe, I donated mine in 2023 and am living my life normally. Consider this request, or at least share?

Yahoo! No A or E likes yet, but IT STARTS WITH A CIRCLE just earned a #sunwritefun AMA prize! Also this: "This is very well written. Your rhyme & meter are so strong. I love that it's a nonfiction piece written in rhyme. It combines the whimsy of poetry w/the knowledge building of nonfiction."

Such a fun contest! Thanks for donating #SunWriteFun! fingers crossed! #kidlit www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @picturebooksummit.bsky.social @jyotigopal.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social

Happy #Caturday

When your grad level classes lead to📕💡 even before ☕️ #GreatStart #writinglife + #teaching #WhenTwoJobsCollide

Wow, so much wonderful art! Now open for public viewing: SCBWI Summer 2025 Portfolio Showcase - www.scbwi.org/submissions/... #scbwisummer25 #KidLit #SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷

It's #Caturday!

Happy #Caturday CatterPeeps!-❤️, Zuccy

Happy #Caturday! Zuccy's expressions today were priceless.

An honorable mention out of 586 entries, #writingcommunity? I'll take it! Can't wait for next year's #50preciouswords. As soon as I sent it, I saw areas to revise--oh well! Still ecstatic about the outcome & #grateful for an HM my 4th year in a row. #kidlit #STEM

Zuccy's #Caturday Vibes

Love this resource!

Happy fun and relaxing #Caturday meow peeps! -Zuccy

STEM+SEL for this year's @viviankirkfield.bsky.social's #50PreciousWords entry. So many great entries, but here's 🤞🌠. Plus, gave me an excuse to play in #Canva. 🙂 Good luck, 🍀 everyone! #12×12pb, #kidlit

🎵 Another #Caturday night...🎵

Happy #Caturday peeps! Also, this is the best cat tree (from #Costco & #catit.us). So easy to clean. 😼 Zuccy gives it an 18/18 toe beans🐾. 🔗 in comments.

#writingcommunity the best #kidlit article I've read in 2025. Shout out to #12x12pb peeps for sharing. If you aren't part of #12x12pb, regist. closes soon (end of Feb. I think). Thx, to @jestrudel.bsky.social for penning this. It wasn't too long at all. writingcommunity.ca/kidlit-confu...

Happy #caturday!

The song🎵 may be Friday I'm in Love, but Zuccy + The Cure = A 😀 #Caturday!

One of the things I ❤️ about BlueSky is how much I learn about the 📚 industry. Going to take Dory's advice and just keep 📝, but also work for change-so I guess I'm channeling Princess Leia, too. 🙂

Had a productive #Caterday. Sent additional manuscripts requested by an agent, sent out fresh queries, and identified my author brand (I think). Now following Zuccy's lead and relaxing. #caterday #amquerying #writinglife

New year, new writing #writingcommunity, #12×12pb, revisting advice from @stephenking's On Writing. 6 hours of closing the door=1 crappy PB draft ready for revision. Yes, gasp! it rhymed, but that's how it wanted to be written. Hv already started revising it into prose. #ExcitedAboutThisProject

Last chance #12×12pb & #writingcommunity

It's here! One of my favorite free writing workshops by @juliefhedlund.bsky.social. #kidlit #12×12pb juliehedlund.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Happy Hanukkah to my friends who celebrate. The latest from the Maccabeats. This one made me tear up. History matters. youtu.be/Jn_mJ3Wrn40?...

Happy #Caterday! Zuccy after finding out #catsushi is imported. (To be fair, she is not a fan of any new tariffs.)

Another great opportunity #writingcommunity #12x12pb #kidlit

I'm only posting this so I can read it later when the 🌩️s come and I'm not feeling as ☀️ about my 📝journey. #SocialMediaIsForOurselvesToo. Also, I completed this year's 12x12PB Challenge by @juliefhedlund.bsky.social #12x12PB. #kidlit rocks!

❤️ this resource at www.tinyurl.com/cathiesediti.... Thank you, @charmstrong.bsky.social . ##writingcommunity #12x12pb #writers you need to ✅️ it out

Happy #Caterday!

This current state saddens me, but I know our #edusky and #kidlit writing community will rise to help this change course. I predict an influx of requests for STEAM, particularly math-based books and learning soon. Perhaps, more emphasis will be placed on foundational skills early on.

Looks like a great opportunity #writingcommunity

Not counting my 🐔s yet, but doing a 😊🕺. So glad I took advantage of this SCBWI critique opportunity! #amquerying #YA #KidLit #SCBWI #ThisMadeMyDay #GettingCloser

#EduSky peeps. The Virtual Author Visit list for World Read Aloud Day (courtesy of @katemessner.bsky.social ) just posted. You can find available authors (who will do a free 15 minute virtual visit read aloud/Q&A) here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

#writingcommunity #12x12pb #kidlit 70 and counting 🙂. Guess it's time to up my querying game.

👀s like a great opportunity #12x12PB, #kidliy, #writer friends.

POETRY CONTEST!! We're baaaaaaaack ... but this time it's for RHYMING VERSE for PB, MG, YA! Submissions open Monday, November 18. My fellow judges are back: Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Suzy Levinson, and Lou Piccolo. We can't wait to read your kidlit poems! www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...

Have you explored the website, Kidlit411? It's a treasure trove of resources for kidlit creators - authors, author-illustrators, illustrators - whether you're just getting started, you're looking for ways to level up, or you need helpful tips to continue developing your craft. www.kidlit411.com

Help! #Kidlit #writers, being vulnerable... Just saw the MS I sent to Charlesbridge has a page copied twice. Normally, I'd take it as a #live&learn/#NeverRepeatLifeRevision, but it's a unique take on one of their wish list topics. Should I email w/a note+revised MS, or channel Elsa & let it go?

As a writer and educator, I'm also loving the resources I see on #EduSky. Here's one gem: www.techlearning.com/news/grammar...

I think this is my first November 🍀 clover! Despite the cold, one sprouted through. Needed this after all that's happened so far this month. My metaphor for hope...what's one of yours?

First 🍀of 2024

Are they no longer doing apipit?

Thank you #SCBWI for the awesome Marvelous Midwest Conf. It was amazing! #12x12pb

So excited to participate in @viviankirkfield ''s #50preciouswords 2024. Glad I didn't forget. This year, I focused on #sel. Good luck, everyone! #kidlit #12x12PB.

New year, new writing workshop text to explore. Rereading my copy of Natalie Goldberg's, Writing Down the Bones. #writingcommunity #12x12pb peeps, I found posting weekly made me more accountable, so will be doing it with this book as well.

Does anyone know if @katemessner.bsky.social has posted the World Read Aloud Day newsletter for classrom sign-ups yet?

One of the last Saturdays With @StephenKing before my next 📚 on the craft of writing. Another favorite #12x12pb, #kidlit, #writingcommunity. (Along with one of the best 📷 I've ever taken). Happy writing!