Karly Dizon

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Ugly hiccup choked sobs

Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.

I was ugly sobbing in the theater 😭

Book deal announcement for a novella by T A Chan to Fairwood Press by Karly Dizon

Character art of a young man posed with a leg crossed in a purple and gold uniform

Character art of a young woman in a green jumpsuit and radio in hand

✨ BOOK DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT✨

excited ONE LAST GAME found a home with @patrickswenson.bsky.social thanks to @karlydizon.bsky.social

If you like stories with:
♟️ high stakes game
🌱 eco friendly dystopia
🩸 over throwing immoral systems
🗡️ b e t r a y a l s

This might be for you!

#writingcommunity

Welcome back!!!! Some exciting new adventures ahead

PROFESSIONAL NEWS UPDATE: I'm coming BACK to #publishing in the role of Editorial Director at Storehouse Voices, a new imprint focusing on Black voices at @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social!

Storehouse isn't on the Sky yet, but visit our website for info/updates:
Storehousevoices.com

I’m relearning Spanish right now as well as ELD! Maybe we can practice :D

Happy new year to you and yours!!!

I know you!!!! lol hiiiiii!!!!! It’s been awhile since we’ve connected. I hope you and yours are doing well.

I didn’t know you were a former educator. What did you teach?

That’s absolutely wonderful! What have you seen are experiences or stories your students want to read or they most connect with?

I love that you found such joy in writing the procrastination project 🤭 sometimes new creativity is found during such moments

Queries 101. Sunday, December 15, 7:30pm eastern

I'm doing my Queries 101 class again! Free to BIPOC, queer, disabled, & marginalized folks and a reasonable fee for everyone else.

Please share.

www.eventbrite.com/e/queries-10...

Hi! Lovely to meet you. So which is it? Chicken or the egg? Did you teach middle school first that inspired your love for MG fiction or did you enjoy reading & writing MG fiction that inspired you to teach?

I think MG is so fun. It’s the age where magic and the impossible is still possible

Ha! Please keep that excitement fueling your fire to write the unexplainable media collage blackout poetry 😂 looks like you write across all age groups. Does any particular one call to you especially? Or is it just by what inspires you at the time?

😂 I know that feeling about the second half. There’s magic in getting to know our characters and seeing them introduce themselves and begin their journey.

Just had a hilarious morning reading (singing) the picture book DIGESTION THE MUSICAL by Adam Rex (Chronicle Books) to the little one. We were laughing so hard we both had tears in our eyes, and Act 3 was absolute hilarity with our mini dance party. What a fun read!

lol as am I. Have had Bluesky for a little bit but officially deleted and moved here about 2 weeks ago.

But hiii!! What do you write? And what’s your favorite part of writing

Lots of new connections! Wanted to say hello and lovely to meet you! Tell me a little bit about yourself

Hey, authors new to Bluesky: We've gathered a little starter pack of publishers, organizations, and publications to follow and help populate your feed with literary resources.

go.bsky.app/bQfVJ6

In honor of rebuilding the #kidlit #YaLit community here, you can AMA!

-comment by Fri, Nov 22 5:00 ET with a question about publishing, craft, the industry, etc - silly, funny questions welcome!
-No pitching allowed. Let’s save that for future pitch events
-limit to 1 question per person

lol I feel so tech challenged. Every time I tried to open this it says page not found. How do I find this via your profile instead of the link?

Hey #kidlit illustrators, I'm a children’s publishing #art director. To celebrate Bluesky’s recent 20M user milestone I’d like to gift a FREE one hour Zoom portfolio-review/coaching-session.

1. Reply w/ your art.
2. Random winner.
3. No DMs please.

I will look closely at every reply! 💙❤️

Remember the rules here: Don’t ever engage, just block.

It’s still a lot of randos coming into posts to antagonize or debate on purpose. Dont fall for the okeedoke. If the vibes are weird block

Also remember that you can detach quotes, hide bad replies, and blocking here is nuclear

Screenshot: Hello! My name is Brian LaRossa, I’m executive art director in Scholastic’s hardcover picture book group, where I’ve worked for 20 years. I oversee our Branches and Acorn imprints which are beginning graphic readers and illustrated chapter books, I also oversee our younger nonfiction series, and a good number of stand alone fiction and nonfiction picture books for our Orchard imprint. If you're an illustrator who is interested in working together I would love to hear from you! I've created this form to help me capture a record of your interest. Please note that this form is not time-sensitive. I keep it live year-round. When beginning new projects I routinely check the spreadsheet for new submissions and search/sort my notes on previous submissions. In addition, I also regularly post open calls, exclusively on Bluesky. I invite you to follow me there and submit your work! If your work is a good fit for an upcoming title I will reach out at that time. Until then, take care!

Hey illustrators! Did you know there's a contact form on my website just for you? When beginning new projects I routinely check the spreadsheet for new submissions and search/sort my notes on previous submissions.

>>> www.brianlarossa.com

💙❤️ #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #artsearch #art #artist

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Announcing #BluePit!

The first BlueSky exclusive writing pitch event open to all genres!

Much of the #WritingCommunity is migrating due to Twitter's new AI & block policy, so the time has come to bring pitch events with us.

Agent participation is welcome & public feeds will be provided!

I teach critical writing for the art department at The City College of New York. The following is a short thread full of words from people who are smarter than me about the vital role that artists play in society generally, and doubly so in the face of authoritarian regimes.

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I said on my QOTD after the election that I was considering ending the series but I think I’m going to keep them going because I think we’re all going to need some of his righteous anger over the next four years

I certainly will

Picture of agent Karly Dizon with her webinar title, "What agents want you to know about picture book submissions." Paula, "Loved getting to hear your take on so many important topics." Angela, "What a wonderful first experience to this group this (webinar) has been for me. Thank you!" Lucretia, "Thanks for... sharing your many insights so candidly."

We learned so much about the #picturebook market and submissions at the first #12x12PB webinar of the year with @karlydizon.bsky.social! Here are just a few member comments. Are you #amquerying this year? Join us and get this replay! 12x12challenge.com/membership

Agent Karly Dizon's 12 x 12 webinar for January 30th is "What Agents Want You to Know About Picture Book Submissions."

On January 30th, agent superstar @karlydizon.bsky.social will join us to talk about #picturebook submissions! #amquerying #kidlit #12x12PB Want to attend? 12x12challenge.com/membership

🥲 the amount of browsers I’ve closed in the last few days