@Bonnie Adamson, love this concept! I bet it's a fun read.

I often try both with my pb stories in the first draft phase, and the 'right' pov seems to emerge through the revisions. It seems to be the way the main character develops, intuitively. #kidlitchat

@Emily Calimlim I know, right? Gotta go for the gold. #kidlitchat

I'm busy planning out about six subs I hope to get out there before the end of the year. And working here and there on a MG Ms. We'll see...#kidlitchat

Are you ready to #kidlitchat? We start at the top of this very hour (10 minutes by my clock), and everything would be better if you join us! See you sooooooon!

TOPIC: We have a tradition here at #kidlitchat of checking in every quarter to share what we've been up to, career-wise. What have your past three months been like, and what's next? (Plans, daydreams and false starts are totally valid responses!)

Joined a new critique group, then a second one, and working on subbing, writing new drafts, and staying on top of my motivation. #kidlitchat

@vbartles.com Yes! I hear those voices as well.😁

I'd say keeping up (I'm really bad about it!) with social media is my biggest challenge.
My favorite part of the creative process is having a great idea pop into my head at the weirdest times, then putting it 'down on paper' and finding the heart of the story.
#kidlitchat

She wrote The Lost Apothecary which I've heard good things about. #kidlitchat

Yup #kidlitchat

Perfect summer read=so good I take it to the pool and forget to go in the water during adult swim bc I'm reading. Wanting to catch up on some authors: Kristin Hannah, Sarah Penner, Lilly Wilkinson, new picture books and MG too. #kidlitchat

Perfect summer read=so good I take it to the pool and forget to go in the water during adult swim bc I'm reading. Wanting to catch up on some authors: Kristin Hannah, Sarah Penner, Lilly Wilkinson, new picture books and MG too.

Thanks!

There's so much info out there online, I get overwhelmed. Do you have any tips for the most user friendly websites for pre-agented author onlies (me)? Thanks.

I like to do things with my hands, meaning making something (I am a longtime bead enthusiast), cooking something (esp. Polish foods I learned from my aunts), or sometimes just taking care of my many houseplants and our flower beds in the spring. Gives me thinking-about-my-writing time. #kidlitchat

Ya know, poetry found its way back into my pb manuscripts in '24...and I even won an award for a rhyming animal poem that came to
me almost all at once! So the next few things I wrote at the end of '24 and into '25 just seemed to fall into a rhyming pattern. My current pb decided to rhyme, too. 😄

@Scott Rhoades Writer me too!

I make up my own words. Simply funny! #kidlitchat

Picture Book Rising Stars 2025!

Here's my 12 x 12 badge #12x12PB

Glad to be back in 12 x 12 in 2025!

My 2025 goals are to keep writing, submitting, staying in touch with other writers, and to celebrate my surprises and sucesses. Thank you #JulieHedlund for that last bit. #kidlitchat

Welcome Jolie! #kidlitchat

My gift would be more time to write, hands down. #kidlitchat

Traveled to Colorado, attended #PictureBookSummit, wrote three pb drafts, and submitted several polished manuscripts. I'm pleased. #kidlitchat

My sister Malinda, who kept my earliest poems which she reads to me still, bad spelling and all, when we need a laugh or some inspiration.

Love this letting go idea, Lorraine McCown.

Each idea seems to come to me a little bit differently. #kidlitchat

Very cool Bev Twomey!