Tasha Hilderman | Writer

The magic of blocking the internet Go Slow and Make Things

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Oh that’s great to hear! Keep at it! 🩷 I read or saw something once years ago that said “if you knew you would sign with an agent next year, what would you do differently?” And I thought “I would write more” and so I did. Best wishes!

We celebrated the launch of LIGHTS AT NIGHT with a pajama party! We had a fort, twinkle lights, glow sticks, light up wands and rings and cookies! It was a great night, thanks to everyone who came out 🌌
#kidlit #picturebooks #writing

Don't wait until you've reached your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take toward reaching that goal.

"Writing is all about the courage and tenacity to take that next step. To finish your first draft, to finish your book, to publish your book, to keep going. To write another story. To fulfill your writing dream."- Wrtr #amwriting #WritingCommunity Be #Writing - #Author #Writer #AuthorSky #BookSky

"In this bedtime picture book, join two special families on an illuminating journey through the year and seasons as they explore all the different lights we see at night."

Enter to win a copy of @tashahilderman.bsky.social & Maggie Zeng's "Lights at Night" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky

FREE Book Chat happening Tuesday, August 12 at 8pm ET/5pm PT!

Join us for this month’s #12x12PB Book Chat with @tashahilderman.bsky.social as she shares how her new #picturebook LIGHTS AT NIGHT went from idea to bookshelf!

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#kidlit #12x12PB

Who’s been use @thestorygraph.com and what can you share about it?

(PS LIGHTS AT NIGHT is out in two weeks!)

This is my now-17 year olds most famous line, from when she was a toddler to now. She need a copy!

*truthiness amiright @stephencolbert.bsky.social

Publisher's announcement with putt putt golf illustrations in background. Text reads: Heidi Kilgras at Random House has acquired world rights to Mini-Golf Fun!, an early reader by Tasha Hilderman (l.), illustrated by Kaly Quarles, in which a young mini-golfer putts their way through an elaborate course of windmills, mole hills, and waterfalls to an ice cream celebration. Publication is planned for summer 2026; Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency represented the author, and Jennifer March Soloway at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the illustrator.

Grab your visors! @tashahilderman.bsky.social and I are on the green! Just pay attention to art and not my record-setting high score! ⛳️

I'm so psyched for this charmer and all the kitschy putt putt props!

And golf clap for the lovely team at @randomhousekids.bsky.social

#kidlit #earlyreader

Who’s speaking at #picturebookpalooza ? I’m glad you asked! @kateallenfox.bsky.social @benjamingottwald.bsky.social @isabellakung.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris and @stacymcanulty.bsky.social to name a few! 🎉 It’s FREE, see my previous post to register 🥳

SLJ Picture Book Palooza Join us July 17th for our fifth annual SLJ Picture Book Palooza, an all-day, free virtual celebration of authors and artists from around the world, who bring picture books to life with their extraordi...

Picture Book Palooza is tomorrow! You can register here for FREE: www.slj.com/event/slj-pi...

#picturebooks #picturebookpalooza

Yes! Impossible to capture but just sooo incredible

I was literally just scrolling though wondering how I can avoid all the other noise. I reallllly want to like Bluesky but like to keep my social channels for writing and art and cute animals (the stuff I’m not exposed to everywhere else)

If you start writing a new wonderfully weird idea, but you run into trouble executing that wonderfully weird idea, there are two possible causes:

1. it’s a dumb idea that won’t work
2. you’re a visionary genius & the only person who can pull it off

The only way to know? Keep writing.

July 17th is Picture Book Palooza, a free virtual celebration of authors and artists from around the world! Register at slj.com

I will be in the For the Very Young session at 11:05 – 11:55 AM ET talking about LIGHTS AT NIGHT

#kidlit #canlit #picturebooks #librarian #PictureBookPalooza

Book cover of picture book titles If a Bumblebee Lands On Your Toe by Cynthia Mackey and Vikki Zhang, shows a fairy-like bee in a background of flowers and animals

What to do IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE? Take some whimsical lessons from nature acc to Cynthia Mackey @booksbycindy.bsky.social in her new #picturebook illus by Vikki Zhang. From Yeehoo Press. Out soon. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/04/if-b...

i can't believe i just have to keep feeling things with this same silly heart that still uses hotmail

A playful book cover featuring the title "I'M BORED" in bold blue letters against a light blue background. An illustration of a young girl with pigtails, wearing a striped shirt, leans against the word "BORED" with a disinterested expression. The Junior Library Guild Selection gold seal is displayed in the lower-right corner, highlighting the book's recognition.

Book Giveaway! 📚🎉 Help me test out @laiew.bsky.social's RaffleBlue tool & you may win a paperback copy of I'M BORED by @michaelianblack.bsky.social and me.

TO ENTER: pls Like and re-post. US/Canada only. Winner picked Mon. Hoping to use RaffleBlue as my go-to Bluesky giveaway tool. #BookGiveaway

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How great are these packs! So easy!

Looking at Picture Books | Mac Barnett | Substack Conversations about how picture books work. Click to read Looking at Picture Books, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Oh heyyyyy PB authors and illustrators! Something new and exciting! lookingatpicturebooks.substack.com?utm_campaign...

Métis Like Me, is available now!
“This is a book for everyone” —SLJ
“A joyful story that encourages empathy and affirms identity” —Kirkus Reviews
⭐️School Library Journal
⭐️Kirkus Reviews
📘 Blue Ribbon Selection for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
#indigenous
#kidlit #picturebooks

Thanks Debbie!

We have a question! First off, the usual caveats: YMMV, my way is not the only way, whatever works if your process, your process may change. That being said, I've been revising pretty much the same way since the beginning, and it works for me. So here we go. 1/

Always keep that little place where the magic grows inside of you, alive. - Text is displayed on an image of a magical place, you can see a starry sky with a far away brown mountain peak showing just on the bottom, a tiny person with a glow about them standing on the mountain top.

Not everything you write has to be for publishing or fame, some things can be written just for fun, written for joy, can get you out of a writing rut while writing on something else. Writing for joy can clear your mind while you think through and write your novel. #amwriting #author #writing -Wrtr

it’s crazy that it’s the year 2023. i remember back when it was 1996 and 2003 and some other years like that. 2014 too, that was another one