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Erica Sirotich

@ericasirotich.bsky.social

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Illustrator & author of books for kids. Repped by Jenn Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social of ABLA. Creator of the MAIL DUCK books published by Abrams Appleseed. www.ericasirotich.com

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Apr 13

I got to hang out with @literaticat.bsky.social in Rhinebeck! Hadn’t seen her in 10 years!

Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · Apr 1

Great to see @ericasirotich.bsky.social and her lovely family for Bookstore fun! 🤩 and she decorated our shelf-talker for her books! @oblongbooks.bsky.social

Me with a giant head and Erica with a tiny head

Erica’s books MAIL DUCK and MAIL DUCK HELPS A FRIEND on the shelf at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck

Close up of a decorated shelf-talker for MAIL DUCK

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Veronica Bane @veronicabane.bsky.social · Apr 13

Tomorrow is going to be a book distribution event for the ages. If you lost your books in the Los Angeles wildfires, you absolutely need to stop by Diesel Bookstore in Santa Monica from 3-6 to “shop” our selection of new and like new books.

Please share this thread so folks can find us. 🙏📚❤️‍🩹

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Feb 5

I wish we could edit posts so that when we find out about these things, we could improve ours feeds.

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Jan 21

Protect trans kids. Protect nonbinary kids. Protect queer kids. #protecttranskids

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Jan 14

Aww, thank you Ceci!

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hey, it’s #portfolioday! I’m Erica, an illustrator and author based in upstate New York. I’ve illustrated several picture books, board books, and covers, editorial pieces, and puzzles for kids magazines.

I’m repped by @literaticat.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social.

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Veronica Bane @veronicabane.bsky.social · Jan 12

Los Angeles teachers, if you lost your classroom library in the fire, I am a HS English teacher and YA author and I will get you books whenever you're ready for them. The bookish community is here for you. There is no expiration date.

tinyurl.com/LAFireBookDo...

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Jan 14

HA I love that.

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Jan 14

Yeah, I can see that. It’s been so hard to break the habit of opening those and doom scrolling, especially when so much doom keeps happening. 😖 But I don’t feel good about sharing art in those places anymore so there’s less and less of a point in giving them my attention.

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Jan 14

Here’s a wintry doodle from last night. #sketchbook #doodle #kidlitart

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Jan 14

I really need to train myself to make Bluesky my go to and wean myself off the cursed Meta apps. Have any of you dumped Meta altogether?

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Nov 20

Actually HC gets half of that, so the author gets $1250.

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Nov 20

I want it.

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Nov 20

This is my newest setup! It’s going to be a shrimp tank; I have red rilis coming from a local breeder soon. Excited to see this tank grow out/fill in!

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Nov 19

My obsession, which was reignited early this year after many years away from the hobby, and which has been keeping me sane, is nano freshwater aquariums. This is my new little tank, which will soon be a shrimp home.

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Nov 19

Every time I open Bluesky I see lots and lots of cats. Which is GREAT! This is my boy, Sully. But…..

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Nov 19

I honestly thought our industry would be one of the few bastions that would refuse to become a part of this soulless machine. I was wrong.

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Nov 19

Like, who is really going to want to accept $1250 so a robot can create books in their style? And put them out of work? It’s an insult to even be asked.

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Nov 19

Really. I’m so disheartened. What are we going to do? Are all publishers going to head this way? Could we mount enough resistance to make them rethink?

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Nov 18

Link to article: lithub.com/harpercollin...

HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.

On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…

lithub.com

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Oct 15

Omg, thank you Breanna ❤️

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Oct 15

This is WILD, guys. 🥹

Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · Oct 8

So cool! MAIL DUCK by @ericasirotich.bsky.social is my go-to gift for 1 & 2 year olds, and Good Housekeeping agrees -- they put it on this AMAZING list of the 50 Best Children's Books of All Time. I guess it's officially a MODERN CLASSIC?! 😍

www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/enterta...

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Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Oct 15

This is just WILD!!! 🤩 Can I retire now? Jk.

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Sep 21

Lucky me.

Erica Sirotich @ericasirotich.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is perfect. 💕