Prop 50! Mamdani! AND SO MUCH MORE!

After a short break, we are back with another wonderful interview. Don't miss reading all about @drnancydraws.bsky.social because you'll want to say you knew her before she was published! #kidlit https://www.keepwritingkidlit.com/nancy-stark-lee/

This book is coming out in TWO WEEKS! @briangehrlein.bsky.social helped me when I had questions about setting up my blog so I'm happy to return the favor and let everyone know to get this book. Congrats, Brian! #ThisIsNotaSleepyBearBook

There's an amazing giveaway on the blog right now -- a non-rhyming manuscript critique from one of our amazing interviewees! Go read the interview and then enter the giveaway! #amwriting #amquerying

Oh, and the blog has a newsletter! If you subscribe, there is a cute free gift! #kidlit www.keepwritingkidlit.com/subscribe/

I started a blog and it's finally live! www.keepwritingkidlit.com Please check it out! It's geared mostly toward the #kidlit community, but I'm hoping there will be value in it for other writers as well!

Hey, LA Friends! It's 8/18, which means it's 818 Day -- a day to celebrate the Valley! (Did anyone know this was a thing?) There's an event at Lawless Brewing tonight and I'll be there from 6PM to 8PM, tabling for NoHo Home Alliance, a nonprofit building community solutions to homelessness.

✨Please share and bookmark!✨ In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights! www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS... + A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:

I know I haven't been posting on here much, but that's because I've been working on a blog! It's about kidlit writing. I'll hopefully be sharing it soon. Stay tuned!

Thanks for sharing, @maggietokudahall.bsky.social! Just donated!

Abolish ICE.

What an AMAZING night with the other @pbrisingstars.bsky.social Honorable Mentions! Thank you, @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social and @kaileipewbooks.bsky.social for answering all of our questions (over 3.5 hours!). I am feeling reinvigorated!

✨pls share✨ I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom. If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful! GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel... 32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction

So thrilled to be an Honorable Mention this year! Thank you @juliapierrehammond.bsky.social and @pbrisingstars.bsky.social! ♥️

Did you do your 5Calls today? 👀

Netanyahu's illegal war has killed 50,000 Palestinians. Now, Trump wants to force out 2 million more to build a billionaire's playground in Gaza. That is ethnic cleansing — and it’s a war crime. Next week, I will force votes to block $8.8 billion in new arms sales to Israel.

Feeling this today. Definitely nauseated by the state of the world. Sad for all those suffering.

No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions. In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment. Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.

Here is the thing naysayers fail to understand: this is practice. Everybody gets together and throws sand in the gears of fascism for one day. Nobody has ever suggested that this is going to be the single day that changes everything. But stuff like this helps ppl organize+ prepare for larger actions

Let’s do this!

Hey, Bluesky! I'm looking for recommendations -- What are your favorite blogs or websites to read interviews with #kidlit writers? #PB #PBParty

"The imagination is the most powerful form of resistance." - RaMell Ross Tuning into the Writers Guild Awards just in time to hear this amazing speech!

I don't have a lot of interesting writing news right now. (I mean my reps did submit me to Buffy... along with everyone else in Hollywood.) BUT I was quoted in an article written by the wonderful @kellyjobrick.bsky.social and that's fun! Sharing it below! blog.finaldraft.com/writing-moti...

I submitted! Yay! Now... I'll try to forget about it! #PBParty

I recently joined the email list for @oilgasaction.bsky.social. They're holding a California Organizing Call on February 3rd to discuss the California Climate Superfund bill. I love a webinar so thought I'd share for people who love them, too! Sign up at bit.ly/ca-mass-call.

Thanks for this, Stephanie! I just called. No one answered, and I left a voicemail asking him to oppose RFK Jr.

I'm making my first thread on Bluesky! (Is that what it's called over here?) Below are some bookish ways to donate to help wildfire victims in Los Angeles (and beyond)!

This sounds so sweet! Fingers crossed there is a book signing near me, @natashakhankazi.bsky.social!

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fi... I don’t know this man. I randomly clicked on a campaigns and found him. Since 2015 he’s been helping formerly incarcerated people find work in fire and forestry. He likely helped recruit many of the heroes of this week. These are the amazing people in this city.

Put together a spreadsheet of Hollywood #crew fundraisers for crew members affected by the #LAFires. If you can give, please do. If you can't, please share! Our crews have had a horrible 5 years, and to start off 2025 with this level of destruction is unimaginable. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Starting in 4 days!!

We all need each other. ❤️

I checked this out of my sister’s local library to read with my niece and nephew. SO FUN! @justinrcolon.bsky.social

Who else is going? I'll be there! #kidlit

I’m just a writer, searching the internet, wondering when agents will open to queries in 2025. 👀 #amquerying #pb

I just registered for #Storystorm! I really want to complete the challenge this year. Last January, I got behind and didn’t finish. 😬

Hi! 👋🏻 I just joined to connect with screenwriters and kidlit writers. What should I know about this app? Who should I follow? Ready to get started!