Picture Book Endings
What makes a great ending for your picture book? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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Positive Traits
Check out this list of positive character traits. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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Repressed Emotions
How to show, not tell, your character's repressed emotions. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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11.10.2025 16:31 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Trends
Should you chase trends when writing your book? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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10.10.2025 15:53 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Picture Book Word Count
How many words should a picture book have? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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Middle Grades
Six golden rules for writing middle grade. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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08.10.2025 15:50 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Writing for Children
Here are some tips on writing for children. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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07.10.2025 15:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Submission Mistakes
Here are some common mistakes when submitting a picture book manuscript. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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06.10.2025 17:46 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Picture Book?
How do you know if what you've written is a picture book or not? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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05.10.2025 15:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Critique Feedback:
How do you evaluate the feedback you receive on your story. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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04.10.2025 19:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Techies Day! Celebrate by reading biographies of women computer pioneers, ADA BYRON LOVELACE AND THE THINKING MACHINE and GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE. @steamteambooks.bsky.social
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03.10.2025 18:45 — 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Critique Groups:
Why do you need a writing partner and/or a critique group? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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03.10.2025 15:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Submission Tracking
The key to managing your submissions is to carefully keep track of them. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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02.10.2025 15:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Art Notes:
Should you include art notes with your picture book manuscript. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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Publicists:
Here are ten things a publicist wants you to know.
#kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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Deep Point of View: There's more than one way to write deep POV. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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29.09.2025 15:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Emotions: How do you "show, not tell" emotions? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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28.09.2025 17:47 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Picture Book Concepts: How can you make your picture book concept amongst all the look-alike stories? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing lauriewallmark.blogspot.com/2025/09/pict...
27.09.2025 22:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Five Senses: Here are five ways to engage your readers' all five senses. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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26.09.2025 19:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mystery Settings: The setting of your book can help shape the mystery. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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25.09.2025 19:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Chapter Endings: How to write chapter endings that make your readers want to turn the page. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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24.09.2025 15:16 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Character Wounds: How to develop emotional wounds and character misbeliefs. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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23.09.2025 16:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What better way to spend a Saturday (9/27) than the Chappaqua Children's Book Festival? I'll be in the orange tent, row 3. Come say hi!
#bookposse #teachers #librarians #educators #homeschoolers #bookstagram #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM #jewishbooks #chess #dinos #astronaut #space
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Conflict: Use these four levels of conflict to strengthen your story. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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Book Festivals: Here are some tips for selling your book at a book festival table. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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21.09.2025 16:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Deep Point of View: There are four layers to deep point of view. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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Developmental Editing: Developmental editing is more than just checking grammar. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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19.09.2025 20:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pre-School Picture Books: How do you write a picture book that will resonate with preschoolers? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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18.09.2025 16:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Infodumps: How do you fix the dreaded infodump? #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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Pairing Beginnings and Endings: Here are some hints on how to pair your ending with your beginning. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing
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Middle Grade Author: Summer of L.U.C.K + Ready or Not + The Chambered Nautilus (Young Dragons)
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Birdy (middle grade novel, 2/17/26, from Christy Ottaviano at Little, Brown)
Flesh & Blood (memoir from Algonquin Books)
The Subway Stops at Bryant Park (short story collection from Leapfrog)
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Writer of Underwear Dragon kid's books (Random House), the football movie DRAFT DAY and other stuff. My newest kid's books are KITTYBUNKPORT (Viking) and WARM AND FUZZY (Tundra).
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Award winning middle-grade author, rep'd @gingerninja @CurtisBrownLtd Most recent book: SIX FEET BELOW ZERO: 2024 Mark Twain Readers Award, 2024 Golden Sower Award, Honeybee division, Sequoyah & VSBA 2023 Masterlists. Visit me at https://enajones.com
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Author of CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS AND HIS DARING ESCAPES, ESL workbooks and plays; major fan of movies, the theater, and book clubs. #SCBWI
MG & YA writer, poet, SPED Teacher
Rep: Jazmia Young at Curtis Brown Ltd.
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Fight fascism. Stands with Ukraine.
picture book author and pre-school teacher.
THE IMPOSTER (Gnome Road Publishing, Spring 2024)
EMILY SNOOK, THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK (Gnome Road Publishing Fall 2024)
HAIL THE TAIL (Beach Lane Books/S&S Spring 2027)
Batman & Psychology author, Popular Culture Psychology editor, psych professor/chair, social psychologist, Wheel of Fortune champ. Teach on media, crime, mental health.
16 books, most recently on Stranger Things, Spider-Man, The Handmaid's Tale.
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Wordsmith honing my craft. Crime fiction, historical true crime & thrillers.
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