editing out all the lines in my book in which the MC fingers the clothes in her closet or ponders the way words feel in her mouth😳I hope my high school students read my book someday, so you know, these have got to go. #amwriting

Habia una vez, in San Diego, I used to dress cute (skirts, heels) for my job as a teacher. Now I live in the PNW and today I am wearing a puffy vest and technical trousers and I am not even going on a hike. Send help

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Kiss scenes are fine and dandy but where are the forehead kisses? Give me inner wrists, temples and knuckle kisses you cowards

Whenever I see the subject line 'Query Reply...' pop up in my inbox, my knees instantly go weak. But once I read the words that mean NOT FOR ME, I realize it isn't the rejection that makes my heart pound. It's the possibility of a YES, and that's what keeps me going. #amquerying

Bisan has reported that tanks are outside the last operating hospital in Gaza and the area around the hospital is being carpet bombed. You can hear how close the bombs are and it’s terrifying

I started dabbling in the query process one year ago, lasted about 3 months, then I took a break. I finally tallied my rejections. I am at 22 total from both my PB and YA MSs, but I am not giving up!

My new favorite word in Spanish is despampanante (stunning)!

My heart is so full rn. I just got an email from a mom saying her daughter loves my Spanish class, and then one of my other HS students just read me an excerpt from her opinion essay that was inspired by my lesson on darning socks! (In addition to Spanish, I teach 'life skills'!)

They say that you need to stand on a mountain of rejections before you get that one yes, so can we count all the judges from #PBParty as rejections? It would really help with the count. Asking for a friend...

I am a proofreader. Would you like a list of words which are very nearly, not not quite, the same?

Of course you would 😆
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People asking for children's book recs on Facebook and getting replies filled with books from 40+ years ago is my villain origin story.

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Me: Minding my own business working in my classroom, which is right across the hall from the toilets.
Them: 'I get to go first because I have a bigger dong.'
Me: What!?
Yup. You don't teach elementary school anymore. These are high school kids... 🤣

Tuesday a.m. HS Spanish class
Me: Hey everyone, let's listen to some Manu Chao for our warm up!
Them: (eye rolls)
Friday a.m. same class
Me: OK, Day 2 of Desaparecido. Yeah!
Them: This is the best song ever! (singing along and smiling)
Me: Who are you people?
Them: It's Friday!

Me: Any questions?
9th grader: not a question, just a comment. This lesson was really nostalgic for me, and I wouldn't hate it if you did more lessons like this...
If you know HS kids, then you know this is the best compliment ever!

Want to write picture books? Realize you aren’t going to be instantaneously awesome. No one would think that they could fiddle around on a piano for a few months and then play a piece well enough to sell out Carnegie Hall.