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Jan Epstein Schwaid

@janalyssa.bsky.social

#kidlit writer, debut PB THE SHABBAT FLOOD Spring 2026! Screenwriter/author. Writer on PJ Library’s Beyond the Bookcase podcast. Instructor in screenwriting dept at NYFA. Pasta enthusiast, 6-year old wrangler, friend to all dogs but esp. Taco. She/her

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An Interview with Rebecca Gardyn Levington Rebecca Gardyn Levington discusses her new picture book Finding Forgiveness and shares tips for picture book writers about rhyming and more!

Author @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social discusses her new #picturebook Finding Forgiveness (w/ @dianamayoillo.bsky.social art) sharing tips for picture book writers about rhyming + more in an interview w/ @janalyssa.bsky.social
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20.08.2025 18:07 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

I’ve learned to make sure all my language is kid-friendly and relatable! Thanks, ninjas!

09.01.2025 01:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Team sugary coffee over here 🤣

04.01.2025 04:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Moving into writing Season 5 of Beyond the Bookcase! Here’s a fave from Season 4 where we meet Junie the Mermaid 🧜‍♀️🐚 who loves to throw beachside parties - and gossip 👀Listen at pjlibrary.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts!

14.12.2024 16:50 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations!! ❤️❤️❤️

26.11.2024 06:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

YouTube or HBO Max! It’s worth it for some terribly tear-jerking songs that scarred me for life.

24.11.2024 20:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I shake my fist at Hollywood!! But if you watch the animated HBO version from the 80s, M-shaped hat is retained in all its pointy glory.

24.11.2024 18:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Underneath hat is one single, large capital M (refrigeration required)

24.11.2024 16:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Just screened at Endora Film Fest - more Texas screenings next for our scrappy Texan short film Where We Went Wrong! #indiefilm #screenwriting #wherewewentwrong

17.11.2024 18:02 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Too cute!!!!

17.11.2024 04:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Would love to be added! bsky.app/profile/jana...

16.11.2024 19:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Excited that the #Kidlit community is moving over here! Proudly part of the 12x12 community, SCBWI, and Inked Voices.

16.11.2024 06:39 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I’m a neglectful Bluesky poster! But check out Season 3 of Beyond the Bookcase wherever you listen to podcasts. Here’s a fun standalone episode we’ve been working on forever - love how it came out! pjlibrary.org/podcasts

30.11.2023 16:58 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Amazing news!!! Congratulations!!

05.10.2023 19:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

Hi #kidlit community! We are down to the wire in Signal’s Best Buddy Podcast poll. Will you please vote for the podcast I write for, PJ Library’s Beyond the Bookcase? It’s a scripted children’s podcast and so many people would be grateful for your vote! Thanks! vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

04.10.2023 20:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s my first post here! Hello out there! I’m a writer in search of the kidlit and screenwriting communities! Here’s a photo of my dog Taco doing most of the work because the key to creativity is delegation.

03.10.2023 17:31 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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