Laura McLam

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” – Roald Dahl

"Do something. Do anything. Even the 'wrong' path will teach you more than standing still." - tinybuddha

Thanks @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social for the inspiration.

'Reducing time from idea to manifestation' 🔥🔥🔥

AI x Creativity: Insights from Google DeepMind & IDEO | LinkedIn Join us for a live conversation with Matthieu Lorrain, Creative Lead for AI & Creativity at Google DeepMind, and Savannah Kunovsky, Managing Director at IDEO’s Emerging Technology Lab, as they explore...

Watching @matthieulorrain.bsky.social and loving that in an AI webinar he's advocating for using a pencil and paper. All the tools for all the different moments of creation.

Noticing how inaccurate the weather apps are these days? Funny how you gut the National Weather Service and that happens. It’s called forethought. We teach it to elementary school kids.

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful moms out there and Love to all those with complicated feelings around motherhood. 💞

Publishing trend - turn all successful series into graphic novels. Sweet Valley High, Junie B. Jones . . . . anything can be a graphic novel. When are the Magic Treehouse graphic novel editions coming out?

12 x 12 March Book Chat with Zainab Khan 12 x 12 member Zainab Khan shares her debut picture book NOURA'S CRESCENT MOON and the special inspiration behind the book.

Thank you @zainabzk.bsky.social for sharing your wonderful book with @12x12challenge.bsky.social. I agree with @juliehedelund.bsky.social - it's so sensory! The world needs more of this. #mentortext

What a unique idea for illustration - fabric artwork by Chris Raschka. Text by @rachelvail.bsky.social.

Are there other cloth inspired illustration out there?

Quote of the day: "Don't be afraid to be seen trying."

"Not everything blooms in spring. Your season might be autumn.

Keep going." - @jamesclear.bsky.social

Freezing funding halts medical, engineering, and scientific research — Harvard Gazette Projects focus on issues from TB and chemotherapy to prolonged space travel, pandemic preparedness.

This. Research helps everyone and makes America great.

www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

Harvard won’t comply with Trump administration’s demands — Harvard Gazette “The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” says President Garber.

Proud to work at a university that says no to government overreach.

Link to letter of demands from the #Trump administration in the comments. @harvard.edu

Love this definition by @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social:

A PB is "a marriage of text and art to convey meaning."

So simple but so spot on. Text is only 1/2 the story.

English teacher Elizabeth Stone on how becoming a parent changes you:

"It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."

Source: A Boy I Once Knew ​

12 x 12 February Webinar with Cynthia Leitich-Smith

"Voice is a manifestation of courage." - Cynthia Leitich Smith

If you missed @12x12challenge.bsky.social Feb Webinar watch before it's too late! So many inspiring nuggets from @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social 🔥

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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

“People forget about the fathers.” For generations of American men, grieving a child’s death was something to bury. With the Sad Dads Club, they can now discuss it in the open.

Such a moving story from @hsph.harvard.edu - “People forget about the fathers.”. harvardpublichealth.org/mental-healt... #saddads #mentalhealth

#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features This is "#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features" by The Manuscript Academy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉

This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!

Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106

Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...

Swedish author Margareta Magnusson published her first book at 85. It’s never too late to start.

Beautiful!

Did you know it’s National Mothers Appreciation Day? Me neither. Pretty sure my kids made it up. But how sweet.

I joined the 12x12 writing challenge and I'm excited to get writing! #12x12PB
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I was in one that wasn't working well for my schedule, so I'm in search of a new one. Feedback is so important!

#WritingTip:
You can always fix bad pages. You can’t fix no pages.

Write. Just write.