Liz | Author • Illustrator

Thanks, Danny! Glad everyone enjoyed it!

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Love sibling stories!

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Abigaíl!! Why do I think I’ve read your query as a success on Query Tracker? Love the concept

This feels so epic! Love

An illustration of a 12-year-old boy in an epic stance looking off into the distance. He wears a T-shirt/tank and shoulder pads. It’s a closeup shot of a coliseum behind him with red flags waving. Sunlight glints off his shield as he prepares for a fight.

A humorous, illustrated middle grade like LAST KIDS ON EARTH with aliens. For reluctant readers. Author-illustrated and repped by @KristaVanDolzer #PosterPit #AG #SF #F #MG

Haha the title! Super cute.

Yayyy!! Thank you ;)

A poster, featuring an illustrated portrait of Aubeline de Sterraux from A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE. She is a white woman with brown hair tied in an intricate hairstyle. She wears a black dress with puffed sleeves and white earings. Aubeline is shown kneeling and praying, her head looking up. The top of the poster is colored, and the bottom part is black and white, the two part being separated by a red stain reminiscent of blood. The title of the book is in the center. Underneath is more text reading "A novel by Millie Abecassis," then a quote by April Yates reading "A gothic gem, rich with dread, desire, and a magic system as haunting as it is original." Under the quote are the names of several characters, listed as if they were actors: Aubeline de Sterraux, Vinnie Anneton, Damarisse de Sterraux, and "unhinged dudes." At the top are Cannes festival-style quotes reading "dangerous body-based magic" and "slow-burn sapphic romance."

Forthcoming 10.21.2025 at Brick & Bloom, a spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic ✨

🌹 Historical fantasy
🇫🇷 Belle Époque
🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

#PosterPit #P #A #F #HF

Request an ARC here: forms.gle/N6awtckRwFGy...

DUNGEONS & DRAMA x BETTER THAN THE MOVIES

when the new kid takes first chair, 17-y/o trumpeter Julissa fake dates him to impress her drifting friends and teams up with her rival Logan to sabotage him—only to realize Logan might actually be the one she’s falling for

#PosterPit #AG #YA #R

A faux movie poster for The Pirate, the Princess, and John featuring a silhouetted ship sailing on a layered blue ocean toward a distant castle under a pale moon, with three character names at the top: “Amir (the pirate),” “Mira (the princess),” and “John (for now).” Below the ship is the quote: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that isn’t what ships are built for.” The title appears in large white serif letters, and at the bottom is the tagline: “YA fantasy, 82k, multi-POV; anti-colonial, non-Western, political intrigue; besties to lovers, found family, platonic ‘touch her and die’; strong girls, big feelings, sharp prose; diverse, queer, magical.” The author’s X handle @SARADURANAUTHOR and Bluesky handle SARADURAN.BSKY.SOCIAL appear in the lower right corner.

THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN is now in query inboxes near you ✨

#PosterPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q #amquerying

This is a faux movie poster for a debut middle grade novel called GREGORY HERNANDEZ & THE GLADIATOR STARS. It's nighttime. A boy stares at the viewer, his mouth wide, hands stretched forward as if jumping toward you—an explosion kabooms behind him as aliens crash-land in his backyard.

When 12-year-old Gregory Hernandez wishes his sister would disappear, she's kidnapped by aliens. His living room is turned into an intergalactic gladiator ring, and he's got to fight warrior aliens to get his sister back before he’s grounded for life. #PosterPit #AG #SF #F #MG

a man says good evening in front of a bookshelf full of books ALT: a man says good evening in front of a bookshelf full of books

My creative writing teacher played the the whole 10th Kingdom series. It was great.

Landed back home and working on beta and agent edits for my illustrated MG. It already feels tighter. 💜 #writingcommunity #MG

Congrats to you!! That’s great. What kind to stories do you write?

Five novel-length manuscripts! Working on edits for number 4. 😄 You?

At a resort with the family this morning. Put in some time on edits, then logging into work shortly. Can’t wait to brainstorm new scenes for this edit while I lounge on a lazy river. #writing #mg

How I Got A Literary Agent 150+ Rejections, 10+ years, 5 Manuscripts, and a 50% Request Rate

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Curious about How I Got A Literary Agent? 150+ Rejections, 10+ Years, 5 Manuscripts, and a 50% Request Rate (See link in comment) #writerscommunity #querying #kidlit

It’s official! I signed with literary agent @kristavandolzer.bsky.social of @unteragency.bsky.social as an author-illustrator. I started writing my first book at 15 and have written five books over the last 15-20 years! I’m just SO grateful and beyond excited for the next step! #kidlit #writer

Good luck!

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Glad I could help! :)

Anyway, hope these help for whatever they are worth in case it’s up to you to come up with the accommodation system

3) 100% a master spreadsheet or even word doc with hyperlinks to important docs, passwords an even processes 4) I really like the Motion App for automatically time blocking my calendar based on my workload and the time it takes to get the job done. Trello just launched a similar function too.

So I have family members with ADHD and I’ve had coworker that have needed accommodations in a very hectic communications agency environment. A few options in case helpful 1) Record your meetings / utilize a note taker app 2) When assigned something, repeat it back, confirm deadline and details

Photo of an inside page of The Hotel Balzaar that’s signed by Kate DiCamillo with the message: “For Jenny, who is a writer too. Do not give up. The race goes to the relentless.”

The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo features a red cover with a drawing of a little girl and a parrot.

“Do not give up. The race goes to the relentless.”

This inspirational inscription from my author-hero, Kate DiCamillo, warrants sharing with the #kidlit community here. ❣️