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Nicole Loos Miller

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PB, MG & YA writer. 2023 #RevPit Winner! School Social Worker. Mom to two amazing humans. Sometimes I laugh at my own jokes and I always think you are great! http://nicoleloosmiller.com

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · Apr 19

When a lonely, grief-stricken girl accidentally wakes the village scarecrow, she finds comfort in his loyalty. When his friendship turns to jealousy & takes on a life of its own, she must find a way to stop him before he destroys everything—and everyone—she holds dear. #MG #F #posterpit

A black and white forest is in the background and a girl caught mid-turn is in the foreground, her face obscured by her hair. The tagline "Grief has a life of its own" is at the top with the title "WREN AND THE SCARECROW, a spook MG by Nicole Loos Miller" below it.

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · Jul 19

NPR just had an article about mosquitoes! Bananas have no statistically significant effect but your clothing color can impact how attracted mosquitoes are to you! (Avoid red, yellow and pink I believe?)

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · Jun 6

YES 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social · Jun 6

Reminder that calling what these grown ass men are doing as being “catty” or saying “the girls are fighting” is just propping up the patriarchy.

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · Jun 6

This!!! Every time I see that I’m like THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE PROBLEM!!

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Ruth Johnson @ruthjohnsonart.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hello everyone. It’s #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Ruth Johnson, an illustrator with a love for all things spooky or magical. I would love to work on things including animals, nature, or old places. You can find my portfolio at www.ruthjohnson.net

#kidlitart #illustration

Illustration of an old building where ghost footprints lead to one of five doors. This door is covered with a curtain, and light is coming from behind it. Above is a staircase where a girl and cat walk towards a magical light.

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · Jun 6

This is AMAZING!! Love all the threads woven in!

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · Jun 6

Gorgeous!!!

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 projects for PB, GN, board & chapter books🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Agent - Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

#kidlitart #kidlit

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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · Jun 5

The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · Jun 6

So glad men aren’t emotional or irrational or reactive the way a woman leader would be 🫠☠️😭

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hey, remember when Trump told a room of Big Oil CEOs he'd make all their wildest dreams of climate denial come true...for $1B in campaign cash? Now the White House war on the environment is the Trump corruption scandal we don't talk about nearly enough

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Trump got the Big Oil cash he wanted so now he’s killing the planet |Will Bunch

Even top climate experts are shocked at the speed with which Trump is undoing their work, after $450M in Big Oil donations.

www.inquirer.com

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 16

Yes PLEASE

kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · May 16

thank you to @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social for sending me an early reader copy of WITCH QUEEN RISING so i can be even more annoying about this book. "A reclusive Black witch who fled New Orleans and the burden of her bloodline rises to be the greatest among them"???? sign me tf UP

a bound manuscript of WITCH QUEEN RISING with the penguin random house card sticking out of the top cuz i'm using it as a bookmark

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 16

Excuse me WHAT 🙋‍♀️

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 15

As both a parent of school-aged children and someone who works in school, it's officially the season to look at the calendar and panic shout "It's already [insert date here]?!?!"

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 11

These are GORGEOUS!!! 🤩

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 11

My cats LOVES to eat grass and then he throws it up on our rugs once he’s back inside 🤣

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 10

But think of the *reach*

(Sorry, I could resist…)

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 10

Pill pockets literally save our diabetic cat’s life on the daily!

(Thanks to an oral diabetes medication - important background info)

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 9

The world is burning
But also
What’s for dinner?

(This might become an unfortunate series 😭)

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · Apr 26

Grieve
But also
The laundry
Still needs
To be done

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 9

Pope PICKLE VI

Truly the identity I was meant to have

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 9

Punks value optical health

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 9

So much food humor circulating right now and I really love how accurately I feel like it reflects our true values

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 9

So good.

Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 9

Case. In. Point:

Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · May 8

We have confirmation. The Weiner Circle in Lincoln Park has responded to the Chicago Pope 😂

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He has eaten our dogs

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Raven Oak @ravenoak.bsky.social · May 8

It really is this simple.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Father Nathan Monk posted on Facebook a message. This is a screenshot of the message, which says, "You are about to watch the whole world respect a chosen name. It's that easy."

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · May 9

Chicago is currently just a city of people texting their group chats speculating about where the pope has and hasn’t eaten (and I, for one, hope Rainbow Cone is on that list)

NPR @npr.org · May 8

Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.

Who is the new Pope Leo XIV and what are his views?

Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.

www.npr.org

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