What a great day to have a #kidlitchat! I hope you'll join in at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific today right here on Bluesky to talk with your #kidlit lovin' friends and soon to be friends. It's a Tuesday tradition, I tell ya! I hope to see you soooooon....

Some people think you shouldn't use "that" to refer to people, but writers as well-known as Chaucer and Shakespeare have been doing it for centuries. The objection only started in the early 1900s. Learn more: Apple: is.gd/Nf70h7 Spotify: is.gd/MZFFSa

In my experience, "A lot of people ask me..." is usually code for, "No one ever asks me this or cares, but I REALLY REALLY want to talk about it anyway."

#NationalMentalHealthAwarenessMonth If you're a #KidLit creator with #anxiety, all this week I'll be unpacking the ins and outs of #Self-Care planning for before, during, and after conferences— Preparing for the Worst, Making the Best kcstrocchia.com/2026/01/08/p... #WriterSky #WritingCommunity

Do you mean to tell me that if I don't go big, I may get to go home?

Spent my sleeping hours on a book that ended up only being, "all right." I would like to void that transaction now. #booksky #am....exhausted

Is it weird that my new favorite song is from a commerical?

How vulnerable are you willing to get? Sharing yourself in your work can be difficult, but it can yield benefits. Author Rachel Toalson shares her truth, today at WU.

You can always count on me being an inconsistent blogger. Promise. #booksky #amreading #bookreviews

"I thought I made myself perfectly clear the last time you came home with one of my kids. You are not welcome here. I am busy with real life, working full-time and schlepping my three kids to sporting events in which they are mediocre at best. I don’t have time for your bullshit."

Orange weeds in costume, at least make the deer recoil. I am not a fan. #haikusaturday

It recently came to my attention that not everyone knows that snapdragons (my favorites!) actually snap open and close when you gently squeeze the sides. Or, as I always told my kids, "That flower is talking to you!" (Flowers in the video were too damp for primo snapping, but you get the idea.)

I really enjoyed this story. Nice price for the ebook, but if you splurge for the mammoth, brick-like 800 page print copy, you'll also be set for any potential home intrusions. #booksky

New York subway rule: dogs can only travel if they go "in a bag." New Yorkers took it very seriously... and became incredibly creative. 🐶

Hope your day's outlook is as positive as my weather report! #amwriting #Tuesdaymotivation

Writers: if you could create a space in your house that was just yours, to hold all your books and your pens and it was the place you went to write, what would you call it? Your library? Your study? Your retreat? Something else?

My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com

Happy new week! I love the summary on my weather app today. If only this described the coexistence of humans! #Mondaymotivation

Hear, hear! I believe this is THE maxim for every day.

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My favorite thing about this morning's Tony Award nominations is June Squibb getting a nod for her work in Marjorie Prime... at 96 years old. Go, June!! www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news...

I'm here for ALL the "cerulean monologue" spin-offs!

"Books allow us humans to live different lives; meet different people; experience different cultures; and explore historical truths or, untruths." by booktalkwithlauren.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/booktalk...

Good morning! Any non-coffee drinkers out there? (Anyone?) If yes, what's your lesser known tip or trick for staying focused and alive when you haven't slept and need to get the thing done? #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers

This morning, I mapped out a 2-errand route that got me to my second destination at the exact moment the doors opened. This is euphoria.

My weather app has started offering more insightful (and less aggressive?) commentary. Just a few weeks ago, it would have ended abruptly with, "High of 46." And an implied, "Loser."

Always something good from @julievickwriter.bsky.social April Laughs and Recs from open.substack.com/pub/julievic...

The color depicted stone tools, harpoons, and tears from assistants spilling searing hot Starbucks.

My word/feeling of the morning = zombie-like And you?

Psssst...Hey! I went to a new-to-me bookstore this afternoon, and it was cool, and had a greenhouse, and a mural, and the BOOKS, and obvs my day was better than yours. #booksky

"It’s not my fault that humanity is one big tenth grader who only wants to play Fortnite."

An algorithm has somehow determined that I enjoy watching boiling hot "pre-candy liquid" being poured, scraped, cooled, colored, cut, and smashed about. And, they are correct. ???

Is your WIP misbehaving this morning? Writing discipline is not always enough. "How do I let myself show up with love and devotion and allow the work to flow through me, as it is meant to do?" #amwriting #writingcommunity

When all the library holds come in at the same time. 🤩 I #amreading tonight!

New blog post up on our site! Author Ryan Rae Harbuck talks about the creation of her new picture book, 'When I Grow Up I Want to be a Chair' 👩‍🦽✨ Check it out 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/blog/post/20...

Happy Monday! My word/feeling of the day, so far = "confounded" What's yours? #amwriting

True story.

Happy weekend! My word/feeling of the day, so far = "sunshiny" What's yours?

I may need to try this "experiment in liking"... nancyreddy.substack.com/p/things-i-l...

I have been contemplating getting on the treadmill for the past 3 hours. And, now it's finally time. To eat a cookie.

FEED ME, SEYMOUR! The #WIPSnips words for April 24th is "hungry" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Good morning! My word/feeling of the day, so far = mentally-pummeled. What's yours?

If-Then statements in the book world. Some great recommendatons here!

You had me with the picture of Bernie. And, bonus...a relatable read for families entrenched in (most?) any competitive sport.

Word of the morning = flummoxed.

Hearing so much about cortisol actually has made my insomnia worse. Now when I wake up at 2am, I envision a yellow-ish blobby fellow (cousin to Mr. Mucus) pointing a wand and...TA DA...Visceral fat belly! High blood pressure! Agonizing cataloging of daily (perceived?) stresses! SHAZAM!

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