Jenna Waldman

Hooray! Chag Purim! 😻

Thrilled to have been a judge again this year, and so excited for the finalists! #PBParty

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And I forgot to tag it with a fabulous #PBParty!

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Just voted Y on a biography that made me smile, a beautiful story about strength, and I turned it green!

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Aye mateys, thar be a boatload of pirate themed entries this this year's #PBP-aaaarrr-ty! (And some might even be greenlit!) #PBParty

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I just put a "Y" on a dry humor friendship story that made me giggle. It had a low word count, and I could tell the writer made every, well, word count! #PBParty

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I just put a "Y" on a hilarious rhyme entry! Sometime potty humor doesn't work, but this one did for me 😂 #PBParty

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A lot of #pbparty rhyme entries are about cats this year! And as cat mom, that makes me meowy happy 😻

After almost exactly one year of querying, I'm so excited to now be represented by Lisa Rambert-Valaskova at the Transatlantic Agency 🤩 Can't wait to get back out on sub! 📚

I'm thrilled for another year of being a judge for #PBParty (especially the rhyme entries!) 🤩 Start polishing those entries, I can't wait to read YOUR manuscript!

Thank you, Carrie! 🤩

I'm still terrible at posting on Bluesky, so belatedly sharing this 😅

The kitties are celebrating a starred review from @sljournal ! Thank you for the lovely words 🤩

In only a few months, Erica J. Chen‘s adorable kitties will be bringing their Passover hijinks to the world 😺

Not so fast, fur child!
#CatsofBluesky

I'm on your team!

Thrilled for these kind words from Kirkus about A Purr-fect Passover 😻 I'm so happy to have this worked on another book with the fabulous Erica Chen 🤩

I must do my part in keeping #CatsofBluesky going strong 😻

My old neighborhood bookstore! 💗

Is there a starter pack for that?

Hi, Candace! ☺️

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Just heard on @wwdtm-podcast-bot.bsky.social that after the election, 1 million users moved from X to Bluesky...I have no doubt that the #kidlit community makes up a big part of that! And now that they're here...I better start using Bluesky more ☺️

Oh no! Hope they feel better soon 🤞 We'll see if I can get my act (and brain) together 😉

And of course, kid is home sick so I haven't been able to pitch anything yet 😹

Well, I originally joined Bluesky as a judge for #PBParty. But! Now that I'm here, and I'm back to querying...I'll give the first #SkyPitch a try 😉 (Esp since I liberated myself from Twitter 🙌)

Good luck to everyone!

Well said, @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social ! 🥰

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I've finished reading entries! (Unless a red turns orange or purple between now and tomorrow night.) And after reading your queries and stories, I feel like I've just met a whole bunch of AMAZING new friends ☺️ #PBParty

Can't believe we have less than a week before our judge's zoom! Pouring another cup of coffee, and back to the entries 🤩 #PBParty

(Time change=even more coffee!)

Just put a "Y?" for a scary and sweet story that made me both smile and tear up...and saw the color turn green 💚 #PBParty

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But just a reminder for your entries next year, and rhyme writing in general....please double space your work, and put spaces between your stanzas, my eyes are getting old and text blends together 🤣 #PBParty

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I'm done with the rhyme, and some really sang!

Some common threads I found were: pets, smells, and libraries 😉

Keep on writing, keep on rhyming, keep on making those words do beautiful things!

Now on to the other entries 😄

#PBParty