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Maritza Ruiz-Kim

@marzkim.bsky.social

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#KidLit Artist Writer. ND Fam. Turtle on a marathon 💚SCBWI Co-RA, SF North & East Bay ...drawing writing gardening sewing... Always Making Something. https://maritzaruizkim.com My name sounds like🧜‍♀️mer-izza🍕

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jul 3

OMG that nose 😍

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jul 3

I didn't even know there was one! Oof! Next time?? :D

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jun 14

YOU GUYS... I think I'm gonna go to a #NOKINGS rally tomorrow... I should make a poster... any suggestions? Maybe I'll modify an old art poster I made for the original protests in 2017.

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jun 13

Tool: playing a lo-fi music calm animation YouTube channel in the background as I write & draw for my #kidlit projects in my studio :) It’s like I have a little friend reading next to me :) #author #illustrator

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thx friend

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jun 11

Oh you know- generally doing really well and then boom the world melts down further so… quite an off day, checking on family #LA

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jun 11

#kidlitchat My recurring ones are… “broken” or “it’s not working” and getting back up”…. :P

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hmm raccoons… There’s a great new raccoon caper, I hear! #kidlitchat

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hiya Elaine!!

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hi #kidlitchat! Long time no… chat :D…
For today’s topic- I’m generally not too surprised by the subtexts in my work… I come back to familiar themes again and again… wait am I defining subtext correctly? I gotta look it up haha

kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social · Jun 11

TOPIC: At what point do you figure out the subtext--the story within the story--and are you ever surprised at the themes that have embedded themselves in your work? #kidlitchat

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Apr 7

A present!!

1949 Underwood Champion typewriter, pretty much perfect condition as far as I can tell, got it at an estate sale yesterday!

Photo of a 1949 typewriter, model is Underwood Champion

Words typed out on new (to me!) typewriter

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Feb 27

My tortilla loves me.

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Feb 25

awww thx Denise!

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Feb 21

Hey @studiobeancan.bsky.social thx for help w/my ?s re. what to submit > @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social Pitchfest 2025! Ended up going w/most finished story like u said. Also realized, I can be wedded to who my characters are AND be willing to re-configure how I write their story. Which: FUN! #kidlit

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Feb 21

I went into The Shrinking Pod, but turns out, it morphed and slid into another dimension, a world like ours but not ours, where I couldn't get to know my main characters as a peer, but I was able to be a passerby and Yes! I witnessed their friendship meet cute! Thrilling! #kidlit #amwriting

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Feb 21

I think two things simultaneously: worth defending the goodness of your initial perspective (for ppl to crit the insides, not the outsides) and I agree, he's dangerous. And that Human life is always worth defending. And I get why you deleted! More than 2 thoughts at the same time I guess! :)

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Feb 21

And now… I am entering The Shrinking Pod, to live amongst my 2 main characters in their tiny world, to find them and see what they’re up to, asking them how they met, and hoping to befriend them if they’ll have me. I think they will. They are loveable and aren’t I also? 🤪 #kidlit #amwriting

Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Feb 21

I hear you! I feel the same way, about anyone making looks the focus of criticism, even Stephen Miller, coz it’s the insides that are the problem not the outsides!

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Feb 21

Poor babies aka all of us 😭

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Kids Comics Studio Anthology @kcsanthology.bsky.social · Feb 20

#KidsComicsLetsGo... MEET anthologist @kidlitedna.com. Edna's picture book HONU AND MOA is an Aesop Accolades recipient - so her anthology comic will be good!

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#KidsComicsStudioAnthology
#kidscomics #kidlitart #kidlit

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · Feb 21

As I was reading this thread I was thinking about the stories with all boys except for one girl, and when a story breaks that mold, i find it so refreshing… before even learning of how it serves the story… but when it does, even better!