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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 1h

Love this picture to represent this movement!

Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 3h

It's been a hot minute, but I wrote a new picture book! My messy first draft with an unexpected monster vs. a firm, boundry-setting MC was sent to CP for their thoughts. 🎉

After splitting with my agent this year, I've only written 1 other MS. Felt good to get writing again.
#amwriting #kidlit

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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · 4h

#NoKings

Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · May 2

I know this is an old thought, but I came across this brilliant Octavia Butler poem again today, and I felt a fresh wave of grief that our president and his staff are cowards, fools, thieves, liars, AND tyrants, and what their awfulness is doing to us in turn.

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING
Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 4d

I'm just a previously agented author, standing with a megaphone to remind querying authors to vet both an agent AND their AGENCY. Trust me. Just because an agent gives positive vibes isn't enough. I learned the hard way.

If you have even one red flag, I'd say stay away.

#amquerying #kidlit

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 6d

Pressed "send" on a picture book MS I love to an editor I'd love to work with, so of course I am questioning all of my word choices, periods, and commas.

Anyone else overanalyze their books after sending them off?

#kidlit

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 7d

As you make Halloween preparations, please consider having non-candy options, or candy free of the top 8 allergens, available for trick or treaters will food allergies.
As a mama to 3 kiddos with allergies, it would mean the world to a family to have their kids included.
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Please Join Us for the Teal Pumpkin Project 2025! | Celiac Disease Foundation

Halloween is just around the corner, and this year the Celiac Disease Foundation is proud to partner again with our friends at Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) to promote the Teal Pumpkin…

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 7d

Found this helpful post by the wonderful @debbieohi.com! Especially for any author getting ready to submit directly to an editor, it can be helpful to find out their preferences for pagination.
Thanks Debbie for putting this together!
#amquering #KIDLITMEGAFEED
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Pagination in Picture Books: Should You Or Shouldn’t You? – Debbie Ridpath Ohi

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 9d

THANK YOU for this opportunity!!

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 9d

There is still time to sign up for this webinar that includes a submission opportunity to Sylvie Frank who is normally closed to unagented submissions!

Link to sign up: keap.page/wfa867/works...

#kidlit #KIDLITMEGAFEED #amwriting #amquerying #picturebooks

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 12d

You know a book has to be good when the toddler stops his destruction of CandyLand to check it out.

The Book of Rules by @briangehrlein.bsky.social is a family favorite

#kidlit

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Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social · 12d

Soooo excited to announce my next book for kids due out next Fall! Any junior True Crime enthusiasts out there?? Or if you like I Survived, be sure to check this out!

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 12d

My kiddos will love this! Congrats on your book!

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 13d

Adding to my Christmas wishlist! This looks like such a fun read.

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 16d

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210"

It reads:

"Dear Joel:

I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country.

I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.

Sincerely yours,

Charles M. Schulz"

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NPR @npr.org · 17d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Mariana Ríos Ramírez @marianarios.bsky.social · 18d

🎢 Celebrating @asiqueira.bsky.social newest book: Vera la Valiente is Scared. Congratulations,amiga! 🎉

This book is funny, engaging & it addresses an important topic that will resonate with many children: facing our fears.

https://marianariosramirez.com/vera-la-valiente-is-scared/

#kidlit #pb

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 18d

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 18d

This is so cool, Audrey! It's the perfect book for Reading Rainbow.

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 19d

This is s genius idea!

Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 19d

Our next available Your Own Private Bookstore is Friday October 24! Have a kickass bookstore to yourself for an hour. Bring some friends. Lots of people give it as birthday gifts for big readers! Book it here: portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-1...

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 19d

This is going to be amazing! Getting firsthand insight about craft from an editor is always eye opening-no matter how long you've been writing.

AND there's an above the slushpile submission opportunity for an editor normally closed to unagented subs!!

#KIDLITMEGAFEED

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Workshop with Sylvie Frank

Can’t make it live? No worries—you’ll get the replay and still have access to the exclusive submission.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 19d

Querying too soon = like entering a baking contest with raw dough. You’ll leave with a mess and a sudden desire to throw your laptop into a lake. I wrote the checklist you actually need 👉 buff.ly/uBvGZMt

Should I Query Yet? A Brutally Honest Checklist for Writers on the Fence

So you’ve got a draft.

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 20d

My daughter had a party today and wanted to take a book "in case they play something I don't want to."

Love her love of reading, but...

This is the book she wanted to bring. If you have a magic-loving, baker middle grader, this has her reading past lights out.

#kidlit

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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 22d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 21d

I thought they'd be taller...and more blue. 🤔 My childhood was a lie.

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 22d

I'll be at Corona ReaderCon this Sunday - hope to see you there :)

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#kidlit #booksky

A graphic for Corona ReaderCon: A Kids & Teens Book Festival, Corona Public Library, featuring award-winning author Isabel Quintero - All ages welcome!
September 28th, 2025, 1-5pm

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