Didja know that there's gonna be a #kidlitchat at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific today here on Bluesky? It happens every Tuesday, in fact - an hour of #kidlit chatting, camaraderie, and desserts that could only be better if even more of you joined the fun. Or maybe not better but bigger, at least. Join us!
September 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Didja know that there's gonna be a #kidlitchat at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific today here on Bluesky? It happens every Tuesday, in fact - an hour of #kidlit chatting, camaraderie, and desserts that could only be better if even more of you joined the fun. Or maybe not better but bigger, at least. Join us!
GET TO KNOW LEISA STEWART-SHARPE
Leisa Stewart-Sharpe joins me in The Reading Realm today to talk about her new book MERMAID OF THE DEEP, which is illustrated by Khoa Le!
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#KidLit #BookSky #KidLitChat
Leisa Stewart-Sharpe joins me in The Reading Realm today to talk about her new book MERMAID OF THE DEEP, which is illustrated by Khoa Le!
@postwavebooks.bsky.social
thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/09/28/g...
#KidLit #BookSky #KidLitChat
GET TO KNOW LEISA STEWART-SHARPE - The Reading Realm
Leisa Stewart-Sharpe joins Ian Eagleton in The Reading Realm today to talk about her new book MERMAID OF THE DEEP, which is illustrated by Khoa Le! Before we settle down in The Reading Realm for a cha...
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September 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
GET TO KNOW LEISA STEWART-SHARPE
Leisa Stewart-Sharpe joins me in The Reading Realm today to talk about her new book MERMAID OF THE DEEP, which is illustrated by Khoa Le!
@postwavebooks.bsky.social
thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/09/28/g...
#KidLit #BookSky #KidLitChat
Leisa Stewart-Sharpe joins me in The Reading Realm today to talk about her new book MERMAID OF THE DEEP, which is illustrated by Khoa Le!
@postwavebooks.bsky.social
thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/09/28/g...
#KidLit #BookSky #KidLitChat
Liz Flanagan joins me in The Reading Realm today to talk about her new book, THE MOONLIGHT DRAGON!
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@foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
#KidLit #KidLitChat #BookSky #EduSkyPrimary
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@foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
#KidLit #KidLitChat #BookSky #EduSkyPrimary
GET TO KNOW LIZ FLANAGAN - The Reading Realm
Liz Flanagan joins Ian Eagleton in The Reading Realm today to talk about her new book, THE MOONLIGHT DRAGON… Before we settle down in The Reading Realm for a chat, what’s your drink and snack of choic...
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September 28, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Liz Flanagan joins me in The Reading Realm today to talk about her new book, THE MOONLIGHT DRAGON!
thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/09/28/g...
@foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
#KidLit #KidLitChat #BookSky #EduSkyPrimary
thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/09/28/g...
@foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
#KidLit #KidLitChat #BookSky #EduSkyPrimary
I’d love it if #dvpit next week brings some of those people back to Bluesky so we can build up the book community here again. I’m trying to think of what I can do to help that. Would people be up for Ask An Agent or AMA type threads? I’ll try to make it to Tuesday night #kidlitchat regularly again.
September 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I’d love it if #dvpit next week brings some of those people back to Bluesky so we can build up the book community here again. I’m trying to think of what I can do to help that. Would people be up for Ask An Agent or AMA type threads? I’ll try to make it to Tuesday night #kidlitchat regularly again.
Just in case #kidlitchat would like to participate.
September 25, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Just in case #kidlitchat would like to participate.
I live the line from Hamilton: #kidlitchat
Hamilton: Why Do You Write?
ALT: Hamilton: Why Do You Write?
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September 24, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I live the line from Hamilton: #kidlitchat
Love that @johnzeleznikauthor.bsky.social Plans, dreams, all on a piece of paper :) We all have to start somewhere! #kidlitchat
September 24, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Love that @johnzeleznikauthor.bsky.social Plans, dreams, all on a piece of paper :) We all have to start somewhere! #kidlitchat
Is there one of them you'd be heartbroken if it never got published? Like you'd regret never making it happen? If so, that's the one you should pick. #KidLitChat
September 23, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Is there one of them you'd be heartbroken if it never got published? Like you'd regret never making it happen? If so, that's the one you should pick. #KidLitChat
I think some ideas are just persistent and either stay front and center or show up again and again. Or a new idea drags a previous idea back up and shows the start of a pattern that starts to make sense. #KidLitChat
September 23, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I think some ideas are just persistent and either stay front and center or show up again and again. Or a new idea drags a previous idea back up and shows the start of a pattern that starts to make sense. #KidLitChat
I have too many ideas & some feel super random so I dont aways know where they belong right away. I put them in a notebook until I find their home. Then a couple ideas will just start sticking together like rubber cement, & then a couple more glob on, until it's a big ball of goodness. #KidLitChat
September 23, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I have too many ideas & some feel super random so I dont aways know where they belong right away. I put them in a notebook until I find their home. Then a couple ideas will just start sticking together like rubber cement, & then a couple more glob on, until it's a big ball of goodness. #KidLitChat
Little late here, #kidlitchat, but interesting question! I have a couple ideas marinating. Sometimes I write them down or create a folder on my computer. But they mostly wait in a queue. I brainstorm multiple book ideas, but I draft them one at a time.
TOPIC: It's the fall equinox here in the Northern Hemisphere - bringing to mind harvesting ideas and storing them up for winter. Do you stockpile ideas, characters, words, or anything? And how do you decide which idea of yours is ripe for starting? #kidlitchat
September 23, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Little late here, #kidlitchat, but interesting question! I have a couple ideas marinating. Sometimes I write them down or create a folder on my computer. But they mostly wait in a queue. I brainstorm multiple book ideas, but I draft them one at a time.
Well, goodnight everyone. This was fun! #kidlitchat
September 23, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Well, goodnight everyone. This was fun! #kidlitchat
Well, if that 15 years of topics file is running low... sounds like it's time to circle back to the beginning for 2nd (or 3rd) drafts! Revision is my favorite part of the process!! ;) #KidLitChat
September 23, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Well, if that 15 years of topics file is running low... sounds like it's time to circle back to the beginning for 2nd (or 3rd) drafts! Revision is my favorite part of the process!! ;) #KidLitChat
Yeah, I'm going to do that. I'm wanting to take my grandson to a "1,000 Books Before Kindergarten" celebration at the library tomorrow morning, so I need to be rested well enough to be able to venture out of the house tomorrow. 'Night everyone! Thanks for another lovely #KidLitChat <3
September 23, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Yeah, I'm going to do that. I'm wanting to take my grandson to a "1,000 Books Before Kindergarten" celebration at the library tomorrow morning, so I need to be rested well enough to be able to venture out of the house tomorrow. 'Night everyone! Thanks for another lovely #KidLitChat <3
I write all of my first drafts in spiral notebooks too. I used to save the prettiest ones for "special projects" but then I never found anything special enough. Now, it just makes me smile to write in my prettiest notebooks on the regular! #KidLitChat
September 23, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I write all of my first drafts in spiral notebooks too. I used to save the prettiest ones for "special projects" but then I never found anything special enough. Now, it just makes me smile to write in my prettiest notebooks on the regular! #KidLitChat
We are idea MACHINES. And if that's a problem, it's a good problem to have. May we never run out of ideas! Thanks for tonight, everyone. See you next time.
#kidlitchat
#kidlitchat
September 23, 2026 at 2:02 AM
We are idea MACHINES. And if that's a problem, it's a good problem to have. May we never run out of ideas! Thanks for tonight, everyone. See you next time.
#kidlitchat
#kidlitchat
Thank you all for joining in another #kidlitchat (where we started with 15 years of topics put in a file and are finally running low. Honest, that's how it happened.). Looking forward to seeing you all next week!
September 23, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Thank you all for joining in another #kidlitchat (where we started with 15 years of topics put in a file and are finally running low. Honest, that's how it happened.). Looking forward to seeing you all next week!
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That's the lovely thing about analogies. You can form them to fit wherever they need to! It's one of my favorite things about creative writing. :) #KidLitChat
September 23, 2026 at 2:00 AM
That's the lovely thing about analogies. You can form them to fit wherever they need to! It's one of my favorite things about creative writing. :) #KidLitChat
Next month plan to visit Utah for more research. #kidlitchat
September 23, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Next month plan to visit Utah for more research. #kidlitchat
I usually don't have LDS characters but this one project will have a protagonist whose passion for women's rights in 1916/1917 are in conflict with what the church expects of young women. #kidlitchat
September 23, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I usually don't have LDS characters but this one project will have a protagonist whose passion for women's rights in 1916/1917 are in conflict with what the church expects of young women. #kidlitchat
Oh yes! I love serving my ideas ala mode! (That really would be a good name for a podcast. Now I'm imagining that it would be my #KidLitConfections in podcast form, pairing books and delicious desserts in a whole new forum!) #KidLitChat
September 23, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Oh yes! I love serving my ideas ala mode! (That really would be a good name for a podcast. Now I'm imagining that it would be my #KidLitConfections in podcast form, pairing books and delicious desserts in a whole new forum!) #KidLitChat