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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 8h

Critique groups have been the biggest thing to up my writing game. Here is a great article describing how to start one.

Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 22h

If you are feeling like the world is falling down, others are too. Any act of creation and community joy right now is resistance. Start small, meet your neighbors, make something beautiful together.

How to start (and keep) a writers group

If you are looking to start your own writers group, for whatever reason, these are my notes on what I would do if I had to start a new group today.

www.writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 8h

Editor Ruqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social gave me an incredibly insightful live critique of the first 30 pages of my middle grade, novel-in-verse. Highly recommend signing up with her through @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social!
Want beginning to be spot on before querying. #kidlit #writingcommunity

Ruqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social · 2d

somehow i forgot to set up my october @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social availability but i *am* open and you can book with me below:

manuscriptacademy.com/faculty-memb...

Ruqayyah Daud

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 6d

Love the blood drop bullet points

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 6d

Love relying on puns

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 6d

Autumn stretches amber
limbs through sky,
sparring sun for shine.
(by me)

I love autumn walks down country lanes: the nip in the air, the crunch beneath my feet, the warmth of the glowing woods. #writingcommunity #naturephotography

Vertical picture of country lane through woods in autumn.

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks so much!

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 6d

Love the motion, emotion connection!

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 7d

Giving this a little bump. Next month is gonna be fun! 👇🏽

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Since my summer query one went so well, I’m doing another workshop in the winter.

Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.

These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...

Winter Workshop: Building the Nonfiction Book Proposal — ERIC SMITH

Hey friends. So my first attempt at a self-run workshop this summer was a really wonderful success. A few dozen folks signed up, we worked on query letters and opening pages, and at the end of the si...

www.ericsmithrocks.com

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 8d

Love the vertical composition!

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 8d

I find my heart's home by following the yellow leafed road. #naturephotography

Country road flanked by woods with amber fall leaves.

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 11d

📚👍 This book of #theater poems, coming in late October, is a star in the spotlight! A variety of poetry forms land center stage, as readers experience what it takes to put on a show—all contained in a 3-act structure. Fun and funny! Bravo! #kidlit #comics #edusky jilannehoffmann.com/2025/10/03/l...

Limelight – Perfect (lots of) Picture(s) Book Friday

* Veering off into the graphic novel arena this week, because I want everyone to cheer on Renée LaTulippe’s book about musical theater, releasing October 28th! It’s fun. It’s poet…

jilannehoffmann.com

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 8d

Oh I want to check this out. Thanks for recommendation!

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. Great article in general today. Like the topic breakouts. Thanks for sharing!

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 8d

Will do that next time. Can't edit now.

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 9d

Just finished reading the beautifully constructed middle grade novel-in-verse: The Song of Orphan's Garden by @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social. My mind buzzing with the power and possibility of poem and song to heal our collective winter. #booksky #kidlit

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#BookSky moderator 💙📚 @booksky.club · Jun 5

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 29d

So excited to FINALLY be able to share some of Khoa Le's amazing art! THE OCEAN'S HEART releases March 3, 2026!!! Get some goodies by preordering from Noe Valley Books!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/15/_... #kidlit #picturebooks @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social #edusky

Cover Reveal: THE OCEAN’S HEART: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life

Hip hip hooray!!! Time to lift the curtain and REVEAL a beautiful new picture book COVER! And this one is for a dear friend, author Jilanne Hoffman who has a new book launching March 3, 2026 from M…

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 9d

Beautiful!

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 10d

I believe in bibliotherapy. Often a good fantasy transports me to an another world to see mine with new eyes. But today, this book of essays, Almost Anything by @annelamott.bsky.social from my aunt's book collection rescued me from despair. My departed aunt's lifeline became mine. #booksky

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Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social · Jan 7

How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft.

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you for making the world a brighter place!

Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 15d

What an exciting mix of projects! Good luck on sub!

Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 15d

Love Good Different! Going to get Girl in the Walls!

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Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social · 19d

Oh that is gorgeous! Will check out in October!

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