Currently editing: Ebony Elizabeth Thomas's YA fantasy, and I have to admit, she got me! I knew there was a place in MI where Canada is further south than the US, but for some reason my mental picture of where Detroit is in the state was completely over by Lake MI, not at that same point!

Are you BIPOC and have been thinking of starting a bookstore? BINC is starting BINCTank, an incubator pilot program whose primary mission is to support BIPOC entrepreneurs to open new bookstores in underserved communities. Apply here: bincfoundation.org/binctank/

Padma Venkatraman #TheBridgeHome #BornBehindBars 🏳️‍🌈Phil Bildner🏳️‍🌈 Angie Thomas I. Marlene King scbwi Jan 24: Join Stacy Whitman, Bria Ragin, sydnee & Laurent Linn to learn about the editing process, what editors look for in a manuscript, and what it means for imprints to focus on publishing diverse perspectives.

Register here: pen.org/event/you-are-…

8th grade students can’t get enough of the suspense in Guadalupe McCall’s Summer of the Mariposas. 🦋 Ashley Howlett Ramsey Middle School #ServeToBeGreat

Love seeing these pics of students enjoying the Heroines' Journey! Stacy Whitman

Sun 10/8: cuddle w/ adoptable #kittens from #KittyQuarters #catrescue , a reading of BEING A CAT 🐈 at The Curious Cat Bookshop in Winsted, CT + a fundraiser to support Kitty Quarters' good work

Art by Pete Oswald
HarperKids HarperStacks 📚 😻🐈‍⬛😺

Seeking book recommendations from people who know golf. There's a golf place right next door to my bookstore. I know less than nothing about golf. Any golf-related books that might be good for displays? So far the only one I have is Tee Time on the Moon.

If you DO receive a code, pls:
1. Activate the code ASAP (so person knows you're using it, else they may give it to someone else)
2. Reply to your own comment saying you received one.
3. Thank/follow back person who donated over on Bluesky. cont'd

Reason for extra info: So we know you're not a code-flipper (some are selling Bluesky invite codes) + mainly looking for those interested in helping to build community over there. See debbieohi.link/bluesky-kidlit for more info.

If you are a K-12 educator or librarian, kidlit author or illus, kidlit industry professional still seeking a Bluesky code & plans to be ACTIVE on Bluesky (not just creating a placeholder & leaving), pls reply w/your kidlit/YA community involvement? (cont'd)

Fun fact: in France, Netflix already reports their viewership to writers monthly and pays writers based on that viewership, because it’s the law there. They literally already have this system in place.

Preorder a signed copy here: curiouscatbookshop.com/book/978141975…

In other ridiculous scammery, just a heads up that the apparently fake Literary Firm agency that pictures MEM as one of their success stories did not represent me or that book at any time. No agent was involved in the domestic sale, fyi.

Authors: Please listen to Bethany C. Morrow and beware of this so-called literary agency. My novel THE RAVEN'S TALE is listed as a 'success story' on their site, but I just heard about this place in the last half hour. My actual agent is Barbara Poelle.