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troystory.bsky.social
www.troystory.ca Kids' author. Nine picture books. 18 magazine stories.
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It's not just you. Everything is taking forever. It's tough out there for authors right now.

Always good to go with the classic books. #Childrensbooks #Snails #Reading #Comics #Comic #Cartoon #funny

Me and my bsky bubble

Debut author @elaynecrain.bsky.social shares insights into creating her seriously silly picture book - There's Something Odd About the Babysitter. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... John Ledda Feiwel & Friends #interview #kidlit #humor

What I mean when I say I want masculinity without toxicity

'Mon the bugs.

Just one (1) ice cream, it's the right weather some of my picture book art from a while back :-) 🖼️▶️ www.inprnt.com/gallery/carl... #art #kidlitart

Please enjoy this photo of our new kitten Bobby and our mostly confused dog Ralph

Call for nf books: Great Plains Press’s Yellow Dog imprint seeks non-fiction book submissions for a new middle-grade series that feature individuals who have contributed to the history of Canada’s prairie provinces. Submissions: [email protected]

Signal boosting.

QUESTION for artists out there who have a lot of colored pencils: how do YOU store them? I currently have too many types stored in too many places. #ColoredPencils #PencilStorage

a preview of ZEB AND BEL: A CASE OF BIRD PROBLEMS (1/?... will add more each day) #kidlitart #comics #kidlit

Good morning friends. Happy Monday!

Happy #FathersDay from Enchanted Lion Books! To the ones who give us warmth and love, who play with us and guide us, who raise us and help us grow 💛 (Art from I’M LIKE A TREE AND A TREE’S LIKE ME and ON ALL FOURS) #kidlit #kidlitart #fathersday2025

I ended up leaving before finishing mother's day, so this only ran in a few places, but I still really like the little anim I made for father's day this year. #art

Happy Father’s Day. Art from my new picture book “I’m Small, But I Lost Someone Big” written by Jamie Tafoya. #kidlitart #illustration

Boosting!

Today is a day for the Dad's; The fathers of lasses and lads. We pack cars and mow grass And drop kids off at class We're much more than just passing fads #LimerickSunday #FathersDay

Always love these two ❤️🩷😆😁😅 @stevemartinreally.bsky.social and #martinshort

If you see this, share a skeleton.

I told you we’d be back

Disney and NBCUniversal is suing Midjourney for mass copyright infringement - commencing the first major legal battle against an AI company that could dictate the future of generative AI. (Read more: Deadline)

“Oh, hello. What’s your name?” #kidlitart #kidlit #illustrator

Knock knock. Who’s there? Hike. Hike who? solitary cow. standing atop a mountain. longs for home – Dundee.

Fishing for Cod, Sidney, BC H.G. Glyde 1982

Feeling stuck in the mushy middle of your novel? You might be missing the midpoint—a dramatic, game-changing moment that throws a knife in the dinner table and propels your story toward the climax. Let’s talk midpoints. A thread 🧵🪓 #writingcommunity

Victoria’s Bolen Books celebrates 50 years in business with a May pop-up at the store’s original 1975 location – featuring only books that would have been available in the 1970s, lava lamps, and a disco reading corner. buff.ly/uiFJjqt

Mafalda's quick-witted, bitingly sharp observations, created more than a half a century ago, prove even more relevant amid contemporary chaos

The parable of the turkey: So theres this turkey sitting on his ass staring at a tree. A nearby steer gets curious and shouts to him. “Hey! You’ve been looking at that treetop all day. Whats so interesting?” “Well I just really want to get to the top of that tree. Sit up there enjoying the view”

Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social sharing the love for Frank Wynne's translation i to English of Mafalda. 😍😍 #xl8 #comics #kidlit

Hey... you (ᵘˢᶦⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵉ ᴳᵉⁿᵉʳᵃᵗᶦᵛᵉ ᴬᴵ). Write the damn email yourself. Take the notes for the meeting yourself. It's not that hard. Also, stop fooling yourself, you're not THAT busy. 'Tech giants’ carbon emissions up 150% with AI growth' www.energymonitor.ai/news/interna...

Omg this is the most adorable thing ever, look at the itty-bitty little sweater! 😍

#booksky

I missed the Strawberry Moon (darn!) but I'm still thinking about moons. If you want to read a book full of moons then you might enjoy Moon Wishes, illustrated by the very talented Milan Pavlovic. I hope the words can soothe & calm in these not-so-calm days. #kidlit #kidlitart #moon #moonwishes

It’s #KidLitArtPostcard Day, a great excuse to draw something. You can see more of my stuff at instagram.com/johnpmcnamee Rep’d by Charlie Olsen | Inkwell Literary

Good morning. We are open!

Hello, Timeline! 👋 Does anyone have any book recommendations for the summer? My TBR list could use a boost! I'm open to all genres.

The Bluebird of Happiness