Amanda Spino
@amandaspino.bsky.social
✏️ Middle-grade writer
📖 Librarian
✨ Seeker of Treasure
📖 Librarian
✨ Seeker of Treasure
I may not finish an entire novel in the month of November, but I've written 10,000 words of my new MG project. I think that calls for a celebratory slice of cherry pie.
#amwriting #kidlit #pie
#amwriting #kidlit #pie
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I may not finish an entire novel in the month of November, but I've written 10,000 words of my new MG project. I think that calls for a celebratory slice of cherry pie.
#amwriting #kidlit #pie
#amwriting #kidlit #pie
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I always find helpful articles in Poets & Writers but also wish there was a print magazine devoted solely to #kidlit writers. Maybe someday...
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I always find helpful articles in Poets & Writers but also wish there was a print magazine devoted solely to #kidlit writers. Maybe someday...
I'm so grateful that my story The Borderland was selected in this year's Fall Writing Frenzy contest! Thank you again to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social, @lydialukidis.bsky.social and @professoraixa.bsky.social for hosting! Also, a huge thank you to @sylvialiu.bsky.social for selecting my story! #kidlit
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I'm so grateful that my story The Borderland was selected in this year's Fall Writing Frenzy contest! Thank you again to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social, @lydialukidis.bsky.social and @professoraixa.bsky.social for hosting! Also, a huge thank you to @sylvialiu.bsky.social for selecting my story! #kidlit
Cutest vampire ever. 🐰
October 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Cutest vampire ever. 🐰
Hoping the kiddos will enjoy watching Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit while making their own clay creations. A little spookiness to kick off the season! 🐰 🎃
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hoping the kiddos will enjoy watching Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit while making their own clay creations. A little spookiness to kick off the season! 🐰 🎃
Sounds like a good read. I've found some real gems at thrift stores including this one by Isaac Asimov and his wife from 1980.
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Sounds like a good read. I've found some real gems at thrift stores including this one by Isaac Asimov and his wife from 1980.
Thank you, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and @lydialukidis.bsky.social for hosting the 2025 #FallWritingFrenzy! My story was more somber than I anticipated but I think it's the story I needed to write today. ❤️
October 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Thank you, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and @lydialukidis.bsky.social for hosting the 2025 #FallWritingFrenzy! My story was more somber than I anticipated but I think it's the story I needed to write today. ❤️
October 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I've heard great things about this book. But I have to admit, it was the cat on the cover that drew me in. 😂
#writing #savethecat
#writing #savethecat
September 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I've heard great things about this book. But I have to admit, it was the cat on the cover that drew me in. 😂
#writing #savethecat
#writing #savethecat
I'm thinking of creating another library escape room with our @breakoutedu.com kit. Any ideas for fun themes? #library #escaperoom
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm thinking of creating another library escape room with our @breakoutedu.com kit. Any ideas for fun themes? #library #escaperoom
In reading Donald Maass's "The Emotional Craft of Fiction," this line stuck with me: "The most useful question is not 'how can I get across what characters are going through?' The better question is 'how can I get readers to go on an emotional journey of their own?'" 📚
#BookSky #Writing
#BookSky #Writing
September 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A little-known fact about librarians - some of us don't have much time to actually read! That's why I was excited to join my library's new book discussion group for library staff. I've heard great things about our current read: Adam Grant's "Think Again." 📚
#booksky #librarylove
#booksky #librarylove
September 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A little-known fact about librarians - some of us don't have much time to actually read! That's why I was excited to join my library's new book discussion group for library staff. I've heard great things about our current read: Adam Grant's "Think Again." 📚
#booksky #librarylove
#booksky #librarylove
Does anyone else stop to explore Little Free Libraries in their travels? This one had a music writing book that looked interesting! #BookSky 🎶 📚
September 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Does anyone else stop to explore Little Free Libraries in their travels? This one had a music writing book that looked interesting! #BookSky 🎶 📚
One of the best parts of being a librarian is browsing the new cart and finding a treasure like this middle-grade verse novel by Chris Baron. 📚
#NovelsinVerse #LibraryLove #BookSky
#NovelsinVerse #LibraryLove #BookSky
September 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
One of the best parts of being a librarian is browsing the new cart and finding a treasure like this middle-grade verse novel by Chris Baron. 📚
#NovelsinVerse #LibraryLove #BookSky
#NovelsinVerse #LibraryLove #BookSky