Roberta Gibson

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Combine literature, chemistry, and art through natural dye project in this lesson that reveals how acids and bases change colors.
Perfect for #STEM learning, eco-friendly crafts
🎨 www.patriciamnewman.com?p=13111

#MITKidsPress #edusky @Robertagibson.bsky.social

LitLinks: How to encourage students to experiment with natural dyes Combine ELA, art, and chemistry to entice middle grade readers (and older) to experiment with natural dyes.

Exploring natural dyes is a wonderful way to combine chemistry, art and literature in your lessons. See @patricianewman.bsky.social LitLinks blog for details
www.patriciamnewman.com/litlinks-how...

#STEAM #kidlit #Dyes

Orange promotional graphic for Inked Voices Picture Books (Nonfiction) workshop with Kirsten Larson, running Jan 7–Mar 22, 2026. Includes her headshot and book Reimagining Your Nonfiction Picture Book.

Revise your nonfiction picture book with me in a small-group Inked Voices workshop! @inkedvoices.bsky.social 
🗓️ Jan 7–Mar 22, 2026
Apply by Nov 2, 2025
Two rounds of critique plus  craft discussion.
🔗 https://app.inkedvoices.com/event/workshop/458
#KidLit #NonfictionPB #WritingCommunity #PictureBook

Encouraging writers to watch their webinar replays

Are all those webinar replays you have meaning to watch stacking up like books on your TBR pile? How many hours of watching do you have? Let's spend a day watching the replays.
Come back and report if you find anything inspiring. I may delete a few, too.

Have you visited #LitLinks recently? A great place to find out about new children's books AND get activity suggestions to accompany them. It's win-win! #kidlit #STEM

Fun idea!

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is OpenOctober@Sourcebooks.com. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

Signing the anthology this Friday! Come and see us.

Next Friday, Sept 19, Editor Melissa Rechter of Crooked Lane Books & Alcove Press is taking zoom pitches at the WriteNOW! Conference. Let's take a closer look at her manuscript wishlist.

#DSWN #AmWriting #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity

Register for the upcoming WriteNow! conference September 20, 2025 at desertsleuths.com

Can you believe this line up? Register Now! for the WriteNow! conference next weekend September 20, 2025. All the details at desertsleuths.com #writingcommunity #writingconference

I so admire each of these authors!! Honored to be sitting (virtually) with them.
@djledford.bsky.social @robyngigl.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social @desertsleuths.bsky.social

SoWest: Danger Awaits! (Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter Anthology Book 11) These 25 stories are filled with everyday people, private investigators, police personnel, husbands and wives, and others who solve crimes and mysteries their own way. A blend of historical, contempor...

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Yep, the books won't be there on time so the @desertsleuths.bsky.social SoWest: Danger Awaits! anthology launch party is postponed. You can still pre-order the books on Amazon

Book cover of a diving falcon, an owl, a pelican, a chickadee, a swift, an ostrich, and a hummingbird set against a cloudy sky.

Don't miss this sneak peek at an ingenious & stunning #STEM PB introduction to the flight of birds and discover your own way to soar. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... Olga Ptashnik @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #PPBF #kidlit #birds

Can't wait to see it!!!

Announcing new Desert Sleuths anthology SoWest Danger Awaits with author signings at PoisonPen Bookstore September 19

Writing short stories is the best because you can be part of something big, in this case the newest @desertsleuths.bsky.social anthology SoWest: Danger Awaits! Kindle version available for pre-order on Amazon, physical copy available September 19, 2025. amzn.to/45DsnMH Register at desertsleuths.com

WriteNOW! Conference September 19-20, 2025 $25 for Desert Sleuths members, $35 for everyone else- for a full day of virtual events One of Saturday's panels features Deborah J Ledford, Robyn Gigl, D.M. Rowell, and Alex Segura on Doing Justice to Characters Unlike Yourself Additional a la carte pitching, craft, and editing opportunitie are also available Register at https://DesertSleuths.com

More amazing guests for the 2025 WriteNOW! Conference. Authors Deborah J Ledford, Robyn Gigl, D.M. Rowell, & Alex Segura discuss "Doing Justice to Characters Unlike Yourself". #AmWriting #MysteryWriters #CrimeWriters #ThrillerWriters #WritingCommunity #DSWN25

Writers: Another free opportunity to learn more about craft. Wednesday August 20, 2025. Sorry it is late notice, so go register at desertsleuths.com right now! Villains are always the hardest to write!
#writingcommunity

Launch party for Desert Sleuth's anthology So West: Danger Awaits September 19, 2025 at Poisoned Pen Bookstore

Our newest anthology launches September 19, 2025 at the Poisoned Pen bookstore @poisonedpen.bsky.social
6-4:30 p.m. MST Check it out for 25 new mystery and suspense short stories from @desertsleuths.bsky.social

WriteNow! annual writing conference information, register now for September 19, 20, 2025 virtual

#writingcommunity
#writingconference
Looking to hone those writing skills? Want to develop a sense of community?
Need inspiration?
Now is the time to register for the 2025 Desert Sleuth's WriteNow! Conference. Open to all! Virtual.
desertsleuths.com/writenow-2025/

Rain lily pink flower

Rain lilies bloom after a rain, just for a short time. But these little bees always manage to find them.
#bees

Ever wanted to write a prison story? Get the details at tomorrow's Desert Sleuths meeting. Register at desertsleuths.com #writingcommunity

Yes! Nonfiction at its best.

Of course. That's how it works. But don't despair, your brain is probably working on something. I got the answer to a story problem while making a pie recently.

Discover @colleenpaeff.bsky.social 's exquisitely illustrated, lyrical, informational biography of a self-taught naturalist who became a preeminent expert on fireflies. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... Ji-Hyuk Kim Margaret K. McElderry Books #kidlit #biography #picturebook

Yay MIT Kids Press!

Storytime with the Author: How To Build an Insect with Roberta Gibson Gilbert's independent bookstore

I forgot the Link: literallybookshop.com/events/25622...

Storytime for kids June 8, 2025 at noon at Literlly a Bookstore in Gilbert, AZ

So excited to be presenting HOW TO BUILD AN INSECT at Literally a Bookshop in Gilbert, AZ on Sunday June 8, 2025 at Noon. Such a cute shop and the nicest people!

@desertsleuths.bsky.social Note: new speaker for our Wednesday May 21, 2025 meeting. Plus book giveaway! Hope you can still make it!

Update: Our speaker has changed to Tori Eldridge for this date!