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ashleedani.bsky.social
english teacher extraordinaire and #kidlit writer for life ✨ rep: @amandalitagent.bsky.social @belcastroagency.bsky.social
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Don't miss the #PBSummit BLACK FRIDAY SALE just for #picturebook #writers & #illustrators. Get 40% off past Summit presentations this weekend only! Use code 40OFF at picturebooksummit.fr... Expires 12/2/24. #blackfriday #blackfriday2024 #amwriting #amreading #kidlit

💜ANNOUNCEMENT 💜 I am WILDLY EXCITED to share that I've signed with the incredible @amandalitagent.bsky.social at @belcastroagency.bsky.social! I cannot imagine a better partner and advocate for my writing and I'm thrilled to start this journey with her as my agent!

My debut rhyming #picturebook has been announced!! So honored and grateful to work with 3x NYT-bestselling illustrator Ramona Kaulitzki and the team at Random House Studio!! 💖🐎

Where are the Bluesky chapter book writers at? 👋 #kidlit

I made a Picture Book Author Starter Pack! This is trad pub'd authors with books currently out 🙂 go.bsky.app/B8U5Ekc

Hello new followers! 👋 Whether you followed us from the other place or are just now hearing about us, and whether you're a writer or an agent or acquiring editor, we're thrilled to have you! For more info about #PitchDis, make sure to check out the official site. www.pitchdis.com

The adhd urge to rearrange my entire classroom on a dime despite essays to grade and lessons to plan. Hyperfocus engaged 👍

Good morning, #kidlit friends! What's on the agenda to support book world and beyond? Work on a project. Buy a book. Read. Write a review. Make a recommendation. Support your indie and/or library. Boost a creator. Send a query. Edit a chapter. Find a gem. Spark literary joy. Know you are enough.

Not me splurging at the Scholastic Book Fair at my daughter’s preschool this morning

Hi #kidlitchat! I’m an English teacher who writes PB-YA. Excited to be here 🙃

I still have 40 spots open on this #starterpack comment if you want to be added! Will likely be the last one. go.bsky.app/My2twFk

This was so helpful! 🙌

Good to know!

I'm thrilled to announce my debut picture book FORTS, illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social, published by Viking. Release date: 7/29. Preorders now open! Signed copies are available through Dotters' Books. dottersbooks.com/pages/contac... #kidlit thx to @joycesweeney.bsky.social for everything.😘

My inbox . . . 👀

Literary agents & agencies! Do you have a Starter Pack, Feed, or List specifically about your agency/agents? Pls make sure your profile is filled out, incl a link to your agency in your bio, then reply w/your info. I'll add your info to For Agents resource page: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo...

Kids have so much energy. Ellie can vault over furniture with ease. If i tried that, I would break something, such a an appliance or my skull ;) #kidlitart #art #characterart #children

Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you do now: 🖤retail worker 🖤assistant store manager 🖤preschool teacher 🖤center director 🖤dean of students And now? High school English teacher ☺️

A ghostly middle grade novel is exactly what I need to be reading on this windy Monday 👻

Please read and share! #writingcommunity - Let chaos reign.

Hi, Bluesky! My name is Ashlee 👋 I write PB-YA and I recently completed a literary agent internship. I’m hoping to post here more and rebuild our wonderful #writingcommunity on a happier app 🙂

Hi lovely folks. I’ll try to better here. You can always come to me with kidlit questions, and I will always try to help you wade through. That’s what this community can do so well. #askkidlit

Announcing #BluePit! The first BlueSky exclusive writing pitch event open to all genres! Much of the #WritingCommunity is migrating due to Twitter's new AI & block policy, so the time has come to bring pitch events with us. Agent participation is welcome & public feeds will be provided!

Are you getting in the Halloween mood? #kidlit #kidlitart #halloween #halloweenfun #music

Come by for a visit. #art #Halloween