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Last weekend I journeyed into the Berkshires with my younger son to visit my friend, Ruth. She lives in a magical little nook on a mountain replete with car sized boulders and lush green ferns. 🧵

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Hope you're a punctuation superhero today. #writingcommunity #amwtiting #booksky #writesky #writer #writing #writingtips

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It’s spring in Massachusetts, and I’m spending a LOT of time weeding. My new house was neglected for decades and sometimes it feels like I’ll never be done. I feel that way at the beginning of a book revision, too.🧵

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Do you know why we use the phrase, “Trust your gut?” melanieconklin.substack.com/p/trust-your...

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The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.

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I removed my recent post about the election data because I received some criticism about the way it was portrayed. To be clear what I’m saying is I would like to see a recount of the paper ballots in a few key Pennsylvania counties in order to put these questions to rest one way or the other.

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With the firing of the Librarian of Congress, book bans, and book burning dominating the headlines, it can be scary to speak up, but artists are in the business of speaking truth. melanieconklin.substack.com/p/an-artists...

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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

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I’m a huge fan of Edward Gorey’s work, particularly The Gashleycrumb Tinies, which is a hilariously dark alphabet book in which each letter is represented by a child who meets a horrible (and often ironic) fate.

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A #metoo story set in middle school. A page-turning mystery. A best friend breakup. Social media, consent, and boundaries. This is the story you’ve been looking for to discuss social media with your young readers. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/melan...

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So awesome to see CRUSHED out in the wild! 😍🥰

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WHEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT has been selected for the Kansas NEA Reading Circle! Super stoked that this reassuring picture book written by me and illustrated by @leahhong.bsky.social will be shared with countless young readers in Kansas. 🥳🎉 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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For anyone looking for ways to promote empathy in young readers, I wrote a book about a sensitive boy battling toxic masculinity in middle school. It’s called A Perfect Mistake. www.lbyr.com/titles/melan...

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LET’S FREAKING GOOOO NC!!!

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After growing up never finding souvenirs with my name, the amount of joy I get each time Christiana Mall is mentioned in @erinentrada.bsky.social’s FIRST STATE OF BEING! Also do I detect a @melanieconklin.bsky.social quotation? Or is this coincidence? I’m so glad to finally be reading this!

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