Saritza Hernández

An illustrated cover for a short comic called The Hearth by lainey williams. A cabin sits in a clearing in a snowy forest. The small windows in the log cabin are lit yellow and there is a trail of blood through the snow leading to the door. Smoke rises from the cabin’s chimney to surround the title. On either side of the smoke are illustrations in the style of Karelian embroidery, showing stylized geometric patterns in red thread. On the left side embroidery section, there is a depiction of a woman kneeling. her hands are stained red and she wears a headscarf. Opposite her is a woman standing. Instead of a left arm she has a wing. Over the top of the image, two geese shaded in red fly over the cabin and smoke. The trees all around the cabin are shaded in dark blue.

The Hearth (1/21)

A sapphic horror comic about witchcraft and hunger in the dead of winter.

Photo of an elderly man in the front seat of a car with the front visor down. An arm is visible with their hand under the visor to add extra protection from the sun.

When you’re driving your father-in-law to his birthday dinner and the visor isn’t long enough but the sun bothers his eyes… and you happen to also be a professional driver.

Is it any wonder why I’m madly in love with this man?

In a dimly lit room: a girl is startled standing near a crystal ball and candles on a table. The crystal ball appears to be breaking and lighting up it's surroundings. A plume of a smoke like form is emerging from the crystal ball. You can make out distorted and pained faces in the smoke.

Week 2: The Crystal Ball Reveals... 🔮🔮🔮

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Four kids are trying to eat donuts hanging on strings without using their hands. The first one is a curly redheaded white kid dressed as a purple dragon and is cheating- using their hands to hold the donut. The second is a south Asian kid with straight black hair in a large pink bunny suit. The third is Black kid with an Afro and a hair pick, dressed up as a mad scientist - his donut has been stolen by a white dog. The dog is running away with the donut. The fourth kid is a smaller white kid dressed as a robot who has not gotten any donuts yet. There’s a large tree with fall leaves and a stone wall in the background.

My 1st piece for #ABLArtFest - the prompt was #fallfestivities!

I adore the sneaky dragon, the determined bunny, and the trying-ever-so-hard robot…. But the mad scientist and dog for sure “steal” the scene (see what I did there?!).

#kidlitart #illustration #cutpaper @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

A kid lit illustration of a witch family concoct potions at a spooky candy store after hours. A ginger cat hovering over the cash register watches the crew

After hours at the potions candy shop for #kidlitartpostcard day! This one is inspired by the incredible historic candy store in Philly, Shane’s Confectionary 🍬 @litagentsaritza.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

A Bluey fan art illustration by Wren Rios, it shows the interior of the Heeler household. There’s a shoebox and a jar in the foreground, bugs crawling in and out of each. Some bugs on the floor as well. There’s a butterfly in the air above and to the left of Bluey who’s stood confidently in the center, she’s wearing a striped tie and a pen in her ear, holding a clipboard in one hand that features a rudimentary drawn house with a bug in it. She’s stood beside a large briefcase and behind the briefcase is Bingo who’s cautiously hiding with a worried face.

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Hey #KidLitArtPostcard !

I'm Wren! I make stories and art for middle grade! I love empathetic stories, monsters and magic!!

Rep'd by my amazing agent
@litagentsaritza.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

www.wrenrios.com

Any illustrator who wants a little #Inktober inspo should participate! Don’t forget to tag us @andreabrownlit.bsky.social and use the #ABLArtFest hashtag — we can’t wait to see the fun (festive, spooky, silly, adorable) stuff you come up with! 🥰 YAY ART!

Surreal image of a snowy forest with two women in it: one is standing in a clearing holding a bow up, having just shot an arrow, and the other imposed on the yellow sky looking down in surprise or fear. She wears a green embroidered cloak. Flying around her, facing the opposite way, are two geese. There are motifs of simplified goose icons on either side of the main illustration.

concept illustration I did a year and a half ago for the hearth (sapphic horror romance comic I'll be sharing throughout October)

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

Encantada to have helped usher in so many amazing Latine and Hispanic titles al mundo entero. Keep the fiesta going and let us know ¿cuales te llamaron la atención?
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It’s the start of my FAVORITE season! And we’re kicking it off with some fun, fall adventuring with @wrenriosart.bsky.social for @andreabrownlit.bsky.social’s #ablartfest!

Yaaass!! Congratulations, @mychal3ts.bsky.social on the hosting gig for Reading Rainbow. To say that I got all wibbly seeing you in the video welcoming us into a new era of books is an understatement. 🥹🌈🦋📚

‎BookBuddy: Book Tracker ‎BookBuddy is a powerful book management app that gives you access to your entire book catalog, anywhere. Using BookBuddy is fun and easy, allowing you to quickly find any book in your library, share ...

Thanks to a friend introducing me to the Book Buddy app, I’m cataloging my entire collection of books and my database-loving brain is super happy!!
apps.apple.com/us/app/bookb...

Settlement of AI lawsuit gets tentative approval; some writers will get paid, but mostly only if they make claims | NWU On September 25, 2025, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave preliminary (tentative) approval to a proposed $1.5 billion settlement of some of the...

This is the most complete information I've seen about the Anthropic copyright settlement — dates of when things are likely to happen, what to do now, and what it all means for different types of writers. nwu.org/anthropic/

🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

ABLA art fest 2025 prompts for illustrators: fall festivities, the crystal ball reveals, ghostly encounters, chats by the cauldron, trunk or treat

We’re back with #ABLArtFest 2025! 

There's a lot going on in the world these days, so this year we're offering weekly prompts this year instead of daily ones.

Use the #ABLArtFest hashtag and tag @andreabrownlit so everyone can find you. 

We can't wait to see what great pieces you come up with!

Yeah and it said “Oops, something went wrong. Try again.” But I was already there to pick up some meds so I asked. The vaccines are available walk-in but they couldn’t access the system to check me in.

Tried to get mine at CVS today but apparently their entire system (for vaccine check-ins) was down in the area. 😔 Going to try again tomorrow.

Sitting in the waiting room waiting for my mammogram and they’re playing all of the greatest hits of soft rock from the 90s. I’m bopping my head and humming along. Hope that your Friday is going just as nicely. And don’t forget to get your ta-tas checked.

Collage of different templates for picture book creators, with small panels for thumbnail sketches. Promo graphic reads "Creating Picture Books: How-To Guides, free templates, and resources" by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.

Picture book creators! Confused about the difference between self-ended & separated-ended picture bks in traditional trade publishing? Why paginating your mss can help you figure out pacing & more? Also feel free to download my free templates:

debbieohi.com/2025/09/pict...

#KidLit #PictureBooks101

every corporate decision comes down to money and clearly the economics for abc/disney outweighed the threats from the fascist government

Watch The Thursday Murder Club | Netflix Official Site A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper based on the novel.

Watched The Thursday Murder Club on Netflix this morning and what a delight! Cozy, very British, and a truly lovely movie. I don’t know how well adapted it is from Richard Oseman’s book but I really enjoyed it.
www.netflix.com/us/title/817...

https://bookshop.org/a 96260/9781250843043

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250440846/christianafigueresfriendoftherainforest/

So… my copies recently arrived and I couldn’t feel happier! “Christiana Figures, Friend of the Rainforest" written by Margarita Engle. Published through Macmillan’s GodwinBooks imprint.

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#kidlitart #picturebookillustration

Now is a great time to buy hard copies of your favorite queer literature.

If you like Murder She Wrote , Only Murders in the Building & cafecito then YWL Mango, Mambo, & Murder. The ebook is on sale for HHM. bookshop.org/p/books/mang...

Middle Grade Is Down but Never Out We asked children’s book agents about trends they are seeing in the category, and how they persevere in a tough market.

Lovely to see this piece about Middle Grade in Publisher's Weekly, with words of wisdom from our very own @ksonnack.bsky.social

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Have a great time!!

USA Today screenshot of Immortal Dark at 34

Indie Bestseller screenshot of The Raven Boys the Graphic novel

NYT bestseller screenshot of Zombie and Brain are Friends at number 5

Indie bestseller screenshot of space case the graphic novel at number 3

Congratulations to these bestselling authors repped by ABLA!

NYT: @grubreport.bsky.social and @laancham.bsky.social (ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS)

Indie: @sasmilledge.bsky.social (THE RAVEN BOYS graphic novel) and @wardjenkins.bsky.social (SPACE CASE gn

USA Today: Tigest Girma (IMMORTAL DARK)

Ame mucho el final #violin #cover #musica #golden #huntrix #kpophunterdemon #kpop TikTok video by Alejandro Pinto

I don’t know how I ended up in #KpopDemonHunters corner of TikTok but I am here for every interpretation of the soundtrack. Like this one:

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SdJF3o/

Three generations of women dance plena through a cultural education center which has Puerto Rican vejigante masks and children’s watercolor artwork on its walls

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! This one is inspired by Puerto Rican heritage and learning family traditions (in this case, plena dancing!) I would love to work on another Latinx picture book for my next project. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social at ABLA, more art @ cindylozito.com