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It’s COVER REVEAL day!!!!!! I’m just the tiniest bit excited!

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I'll never understand how podcasts featuring dudes sharing long-winded opinions on things they have no expertise in became such a fucking trend.

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Six years ago today (my oh my how the time does fly!), my debut novel THE ABSENCE OF SPARROWS hit the shelves. I'm still very proud of it and I hope you'll check it out if you haven't already. It's a middle grade horror novel about a young birder and a plague that turns people to glass. #kidlit

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Six years ago today (my oh my how the time does fly!), my debut novel THE ABSENCE OF SPARROWS hit the shelves. I'm still very proud of it and I hope you'll check it out if you haven't already. It's a middle grade horror novel about a young birder and a plague that turns people to glass. #kidlit

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May the fourth be with you...

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On the importance of creativity in troubled times. Worth a watch, imo. youtu.be/2XZ9z6OewR0?...

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Today’s the BIG DAY OF GIVING! I'm the founder of E Train Talks, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit & I'm on a mission to spread reading joy. My nonprofit is small, but our impact is BIG! 💯 of donations go to giving new books to children in need. Help me reach more kids📚💛 www.bigdayofgiving.org/organization...

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I don't think we fully appreciate how much of an uphill battle it is to win while running on an actual platform with a positive message as opposed to just sowing division and flooding the internet with blatant lies.

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As relieved as I am that Carney was elected last night, I'm pretty disappointed at the voter turnout numbers, and at the fact that certain parts of the country so thoroughly failed the assignment of not splitting the progressive vote in a disastrous way.

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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Please get out and support your local bricks and mortar! They need us more than ever.

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Excited to teach my webinar, WRITING VIBRANT SECONDARY CHARACTERS on Tuesday April 29, 7 p.m. ET with Mid-Atlantic @scbwi.bsky.social. ($30/ $15 for SCBWI premium members) Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/writi...

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Just a heads-up that for the next few days, you can pre-order my novel THE RAVENOUS SKY (the sequel to THE SHADOW ROAD) for 25% off from Barnes & Noble if you're a member! #kidlit #CanYALit

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Just a heads-up that for the next few days, you can pre-order my novel THE RAVENOUS SKY (the sequel to THE SHADOW ROAD) for 25% off from Barnes & Noble if you're a member! #kidlit #CanYALit

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Imagine the society we could have if young men listened to Radiolab instead of Rogan.

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Just finished this and wow--can't wait to recommend it to my middle schoolers. The terrifying killer dragons remind me of grievers, and our main character is Thomas...is that a coincidence @kurtkirchmeier.bsky.social? Librarians, buy this book for 7th-8th graders! #youngteenlit #tlsky #mglit

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This is not a difficult choice for me. I am Canadian, I love Canada. I don't want to see it annexed and I don't want to see what we built destroyed by extremists on either side of the border. That's why I am voting for @mark-carney.bsky.social and the #Liberals. #CanadaStrong #cdnpoli #canpoli

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Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.

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A lot of conservatives are fully aware of the fact that their guy is completely outclassed in this election, but they'll vote for him anyway, because they would rather watch Canada go down in flames (or be annexed) than vote for someone who isn't on their "team." You can't fix this kind of stupid.

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Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

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Super happy to see that THE SHADOW ROAD is a staff pick for teen science fiction at the Seattle Public Library! #kidlit #CanYaLit To view the full 22-book list: seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... _

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Students, you can vote now on campus, from April 13 to 16. Visit lpc.ca/how2vote to learn more.

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Super happy to see that THE SHADOW ROAD is a staff pick for teen science fiction at the Seattle Public Library! #kidlit #CanYaLit To view the full 22-book list: seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... _

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Happy to share that THE SHADOW ROAD made it onto the CBC's 2025 Librarian Favorites list for sixth to eighth grade readers! Thank you, Children's Book Council! #kidlit #CanYALit To view the full list, check out the PDF link here: www.cbcbooks.org/wp-content/u...

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Happy to share that THE SHADOW ROAD made it onto the CBC's 2025 Librarian Favorites list for sixth to eighth grade readers! Thank you, Children's Book Council! #kidlit #CanYALit To view the full list, check out the PDF link here: www.cbcbooks.org/wp-content/u...

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The left has got to stop scolding each other long enough to unify as a force that understands this is a madness without a bottom and start chaining hands to keep everything from falling in. It has become a party of nitpickers scoring imaginary points in a game only hall monitors pay attention to.

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hear hear

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Me, last week: Looks like March is going to go out like a lamb despite not coming in like a lion. Mother Nature, today:

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Same, little pepper, same

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Elbows up, Canada.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is to call an election on Sunday. Exercise your right to vote. Canada’s future is at stake.

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It's honestly hard to overstate just how unserious and underqualified PP looks next to Carney.

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Well that's a whole Sunday down the drain dealing with home electrical problems. But I believe it's sorted and nothing started on fire, so I guess that's something.

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Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.

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Thank you. We're strongest when we are united.

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Finally watched Late Night with the Devil and it completely fell flat for me.

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If audiobooks are your jam and you'd rather support indie bookstores than Amazon by way of Audible, please consider Libro.fm instead. You can find THE SHADOW ROAD there and I would love it if you gave it a listen! #CanYALit #kidlit #IReadCanadian #YAfantasy libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

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As someone who has been fascinated by both birds and quantum mechanics for many years, I absolutely adored this episode of Radiolab. I won't spoil it for you, but it's pretty mind-blowing. youtu.be/k4a0nrSG1c0?...

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