REMINDER: #FirstDraftFriday is Dec. 6 with
@literallylynne.bsky.social and BROOMMATES!
Read the blog, write a new #picturebook draft, & enter the critique giveaway! 🎉
RT this for an extra entry! #kidlit #WritingCommunity
Details⬇️
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
@literallylynne.bsky.social and BROOMMATES!
Read the blog, write a new #picturebook draft, & enter the critique giveaway! 🎉
RT this for an extra entry! #kidlit #WritingCommunity
Details⬇️
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
#FirstDraftFriday 2024
This is year four for #FirstDraftFriday, and I'm so grateful for everyone who has joined in, be it every now and then or every. single. month! It's awesome to be part of your kidlit journey.If you're ...
www.holliewolverton.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:40 AM
REMINDER: #FirstDraftFriday is Dec. 6 with
@literallylynne.bsky.social and BROOMMATES!
Read the blog, write a new #picturebook draft, & enter the critique giveaway! 🎉
RT this for an extra entry! #kidlit #WritingCommunity
Details⬇️
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
@literallylynne.bsky.social and BROOMMATES!
Read the blog, write a new #picturebook draft, & enter the critique giveaway! 🎉
RT this for an extra entry! #kidlit #WritingCommunity
Details⬇️
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
Wish I'd made the move over here a while ago! Hoping to connect with #kidlit friends and chat about all things #picturebooks! Where my #FirstDraftFriday folks at???
November 16, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Wish I'd made the move over here a while ago! Hoping to connect with #kidlit friends and chat about all things #picturebooks! Where my #FirstDraftFriday folks at???
My WIP, “Out of Sight,” has officially hit 10,000 words!!
#workinprogress #wip #roughdraft #firstdraft #firstdraftfriday #author #writer #draft #reader #book #books
#workinprogress #wip #roughdraft #firstdraft #firstdraftfriday #author #writer #draft #reader #book #books
August 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
My WIP, “Out of Sight,” has officially hit 10,000 words!!
#workinprogress #wip #roughdraft #firstdraft #firstdraftfriday #author #writer #draft #reader #book #books
#workinprogress #wip #roughdraft #firstdraft #firstdraftfriday #author #writer #draft #reader #book #books
#FirstDraftFriday is TODAY!
#kidlit, #writingcommunity
☑️Read blog
☑️Get inspired by author @literallylynne.bsky.social
☑️Draft a new #picturebook
☑️Enter giveaway by 10pm ET
& optional/for fun
✅Drop a GIF in comments to hint at your idea
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
#kidlit, #writingcommunity
☑️Read blog
☑️Get inspired by author @literallylynne.bsky.social
☑️Draft a new #picturebook
☑️Enter giveaway by 10pm ET
& optional/for fun
✅Drop a GIF in comments to hint at your idea
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
#FirstDraftFriday with Lynne Marie
Lynne Marie is here as our final #FirstDraftFriday guest of 2024. She has quite a tale about how her most recent picture book, BROOMMATES, came to be. Read on to get inspired and then draft your own picture book manuscript today. BROOMMATES, written by Lynne Marie & Brenda Reeves Sturgis and illustrated by Nico Ecenarro, is available now from The Little Press. To order or learn more about Lynne, visit LiterallyLynneMarie.com. Lynne is generously offering a manuscript critique prize for someone
www.holliewolverton.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:44 PM
#FirstDraftFriday is TODAY!
#kidlit, #writingcommunity
☑️Read blog
☑️Get inspired by author @literallylynne.bsky.social
☑️Draft a new #picturebook
☑️Enter giveaway by 10pm ET
& optional/for fun
✅Drop a GIF in comments to hint at your idea
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
#kidlit, #writingcommunity
☑️Read blog
☑️Get inspired by author @literallylynne.bsky.social
☑️Draft a new #picturebook
☑️Enter giveaway by 10pm ET
& optional/for fun
✅Drop a GIF in comments to hint at your idea
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
First Draft Friday is on! Check out Hollie Wolverton’s blog post, featuring Kailei Pew!
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
#FirstDraftFriday with Kailei Pew
This is a special #FirstDraftFriday for me as we're featuring one of my wonderful CPs, author Kailei Pew! She's here to talk about her forthcoming picture book, THE MONSTER ABOVE THE BED, which I had ...
www.holliewolverton.com
September 1, 2023 at 1:48 PM
First Draft Friday is on! Check out Hollie Wolverton’s blog post, featuring Kailei Pew!
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
My #FirstDraftFriday GIF...
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December 6, 2024 at 12:46 PM
My #FirstDraftFriday GIF...
No perfection. No pressure. Just words on the page.
Your story grows one day at a time — so let’s begin today.
Start your draft.
Show up for your story.
Future you will thank yourself.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #FirstDraftFriday #WritersOfInstagram #WriteEveryDay #NaNoWriMo #WriterLife
Your story grows one day at a time — so let’s begin today.
Start your draft.
Show up for your story.
Future you will thank yourself.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #FirstDraftFriday #WritersOfInstagram #WriteEveryDay #NaNoWriMo #WriterLife
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
No perfection. No pressure. Just words on the page.
Your story grows one day at a time — so let’s begin today.
Start your draft.
Show up for your story.
Future you will thank yourself.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #FirstDraftFriday #WritersOfInstagram #WriteEveryDay #NaNoWriMo #WriterLife
Your story grows one day at a time — so let’s begin today.
Start your draft.
Show up for your story.
Future you will thank yourself.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #FirstDraftFriday #WritersOfInstagram #WriteEveryDay #NaNoWriMo #WriterLife
Love #FirstDraftFriday and I’m so glad you’re here, Hollie. 🩵 #kidlit
Wish I'd made the move over here a while ago! Hoping to connect with #kidlit friends and chat about all things #picturebooks! Where my #FirstDraftFriday folks at???
November 18, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Love #FirstDraftFriday and I’m so glad you’re here, Hollie. 🩵 #kidlit
Awesome interview with @literallylynne.bsky.social on #FirstDraftFriday! Check out the post for a #GiveAway opportunity!
December 6, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Awesome interview with @literallylynne.bsky.social on #FirstDraftFriday! Check out the post for a #GiveAway opportunity!
Today was my third time participating in #FirstDraftFriday! It's great to start the month with a new manuscript draft! Also, being just the day after #kidlitartpostcard and after receiving a lot of love on my illustrations, it really helps to start the month in good mood!
September 7, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Today was my third time participating in #FirstDraftFriday! It's great to start the month with a new manuscript draft! Also, being just the day after #kidlitartpostcard and after receiving a lot of love on my illustrations, it really helps to start the month in good mood!
It's First Draft Friday, folks! Take a moment and hammer out a draft. Need more inspiration, enjoy this interview.
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
#FirstDraftFriday with Cynthia Mackey
Today's #FirstDraftFriday guest is Cynthia Mackey, who is here to tell us how her upcoming picture book, IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, came to be. Read on to get inspired and then draft your own ...
www.holliewolverton.com
November 1, 2024 at 1:14 PM
It's First Draft Friday, folks! Take a moment and hammer out a draft. Need more inspiration, enjoy this interview.
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
Another #FirstDraftFriday is in the books! Way to wrap up 2024, #picturebook friends who could join in today!
@literallylynne.bsky.social, thank you for sharing about BROOMMATES & offering a critique! The winner is...
@donnarossman.bsky.social
I'll email you!
@literallylynne.bsky.social, thank you for sharing about BROOMMATES & offering a critique! The winner is...
@donnarossman.bsky.social
I'll email you!
a picture of a woman wrapping a gift with the words let 's wrap this up
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December 7, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Another #FirstDraftFriday is in the books! Way to wrap up 2024, #picturebook friends who could join in today!
@literallylynne.bsky.social, thank you for sharing about BROOMMATES & offering a critique! The winner is...
@donnarossman.bsky.social
I'll email you!
@literallylynne.bsky.social, thank you for sharing about BROOMMATES & offering a critique! The winner is...
@donnarossman.bsky.social
I'll email you!
I'd normally be posting a #FirstDraftFriday reminder today for next Friday, but...
I'm putting the blog on hold for awhile due to some changes in my work life.
A huge THANK YOU to all who have participated over the last 4 years! I loved being part of your writing journeys!
I'm putting the blog on hold for awhile due to some changes in my work life.
A huge THANK YOU to all who have participated over the last 4 years! I loved being part of your writing journeys!
a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock laying on the roof of their house with the words time to take a break below them
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December 27, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I'd normally be posting a #FirstDraftFriday reminder today for next Friday, but...
I'm putting the blog on hold for awhile due to some changes in my work life.
A huge THANK YOU to all who have participated over the last 4 years! I loved being part of your writing journeys!
I'm putting the blog on hold for awhile due to some changes in my work life.
A huge THANK YOU to all who have participated over the last 4 years! I loved being part of your writing journeys!
Hi #kidlitart was a good month
-I participated in #firstDraftFriday and I won a critique!
-I participated in #Latinxpitch and an editor liked my pitch but my agent (who I don't have yet) has to send it
-I got some work after a month with nothing
-I worked a lot on my dummy
-My aji plant has 2 ajies!
-I participated in #firstDraftFriday and I won a critique!
-I participated in #Latinxpitch and an editor liked my pitch but my agent (who I don't have yet) has to send it
-I got some work after a month with nothing
-I worked a lot on my dummy
-My aji plant has 2 ajies!
September 27, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Hi #kidlitart was a good month
-I participated in #firstDraftFriday and I won a critique!
-I participated in #Latinxpitch and an editor liked my pitch but my agent (who I don't have yet) has to send it
-I got some work after a month with nothing
-I worked a lot on my dummy
-My aji plant has 2 ajies!
-I participated in #firstDraftFriday and I won a critique!
-I participated in #Latinxpitch and an editor liked my pitch but my agent (who I don't have yet) has to send it
-I got some work after a month with nothing
-I worked a lot on my dummy
-My aji plant has 2 ajies!
I finished writing my picture book draft! for #FirstDraftFriday👻 #kidlit #writingcommunity #picturebook
July 5, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I finished writing my picture book draft! for #FirstDraftFriday👻 #kidlit #writingcommunity #picturebook
Doing my first #FirstDraftFriday! #kidlit
July 5, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Doing my first #FirstDraftFriday! #kidlit
Thanks so much for the inspiration to write a new #PictureBook draft on #FirstDraftFriday, @holliewolverton.bsky.social! Still plenty of time to write a #PB today, #KidLit and #WritingCommunity friends!
REMINDER: #FirstDraftFriday is Dec. 6 with
@literallylynne.bsky.social and BROOMMATES!
Read the blog, write a new #picturebook draft, & enter the critique giveaway! 🎉
RT this for an extra entry! #kidlit #WritingCommunity
Details⬇️
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
@literallylynne.bsky.social and BROOMMATES!
Read the blog, write a new #picturebook draft, & enter the critique giveaway! 🎉
RT this for an extra entry! #kidlit #WritingCommunity
Details⬇️
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
#FirstDraftFriday 2024
This is year four for #FirstDraftFriday, and I'm so grateful for everyone who has joined in, be it every now and then or every. single. month! It's awesome to be part of your kidlit journey.If you're ...
www.holliewolverton.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Thanks so much for the inspiration to write a new #PictureBook draft on #FirstDraftFriday, @holliewolverton.bsky.social! Still plenty of time to write a #PB today, #KidLit and #WritingCommunity friends!
The #12x12PB challenge gives me a baseline goal of writing at least one draft per month. For the past couple years, I wrote those drafts on #FirstDraftFriday, hosted by @holliewolverton.bsky.social. Before that, I wrote them on critique train days hosted by @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social.
December 31, 2024 at 8:11 PM
The #12x12PB challenge gives me a baseline goal of writing at least one draft per month. For the past couple years, I wrote those drafts on #FirstDraftFriday, hosted by @holliewolverton.bsky.social. Before that, I wrote them on critique train days hosted by @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social.
So excited to see #FirstDraftFriday join BlueSky! 🥰
December 7, 2024 at 2:19 AM
So excited to see #FirstDraftFriday join BlueSky! 🥰
Woohoo! #FirstDraftFriday is on Bluesky!
PB writers...join us for a great day of donuts, reading a blog, writing a draft and entering a giveaway.
Hollie always forgets to list the donuts but I find them essential to a good day of writing.
#kidlit
PB writers...join us for a great day of donuts, reading a blog, writing a draft and entering a giveaway.
Hollie always forgets to list the donuts but I find them essential to a good day of writing.
#kidlit
#FirstDraftFriday is TODAY!
#kidlit, #writingcommunity
☑️Read blog
☑️Get inspired by author @literallylynne.bsky.social
☑️Draft a new #picturebook
☑️Enter giveaway by 10pm ET
& optional/for fun
✅Drop a GIF in comments to hint at your idea
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
#kidlit, #writingcommunity
☑️Read blog
☑️Get inspired by author @literallylynne.bsky.social
☑️Draft a new #picturebook
☑️Enter giveaway by 10pm ET
& optional/for fun
✅Drop a GIF in comments to hint at your idea
www.holliewolverton.com/post/firstdr...
#FirstDraftFriday with Lynne Marie
Lynne Marie is here as our final #FirstDraftFriday guest of 2024. She has quite a tale about how her most recent picture book, BROOMMATES, came to be. Read on to get inspired and then draft your own picture book manuscript today. BROOMMATES, written by Lynne Marie & Brenda Reeves Sturgis and illustrated by Nico Ecenarro, is available now from The Little Press. To order or learn more about Lynne, visit LiterallyLynneMarie.com. Lynne is generously offering a manuscript critique prize for someone
www.holliewolverton.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Woohoo! #FirstDraftFriday is on Bluesky!
PB writers...join us for a great day of donuts, reading a blog, writing a draft and entering a giveaway.
Hollie always forgets to list the donuts but I find them essential to a good day of writing.
#kidlit
PB writers...join us for a great day of donuts, reading a blog, writing a draft and entering a giveaway.
Hollie always forgets to list the donuts but I find them essential to a good day of writing.
#kidlit
I am missing #FirstDraftFriday today but I wrote a picture book anyway! Hope you are okay.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am missing #FirstDraftFriday today but I wrote a picture book anyway! Hope you are okay.
So great to hear you're keeping #FirstDraftFriday going for yourself! Congrats on your new draft, Susan!!
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
So great to hear you're keeping #FirstDraftFriday going for yourself! Congrats on your new draft, Susan!!
It's been a really bad week, but I was able to participate in the last #FirstdraftFriday of this year #kidlit
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December 7, 2024 at 7:50 PM
It's been a really bad week, but I was able to participate in the last #FirstdraftFriday of this year #kidlit
Love it! And love that you found a GIF to match! Thank you for joining in on #FirstDraftFriday, Claire!
December 7, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Love it! And love that you found a GIF to match! Thank you for joining in on #FirstDraftFriday, Claire!
