Hello #kidlitartpostcard people! I'm Ken, an author, illustrator, and engineer, not necessarily in that order.
If you're a publisher or an agent and like what you see, please reach out.
Until then, it's back to the drawing board on this story! ☮️😊
#scbwiillustrators
#scbwi-mi
#inkandwatercolor
If you're a publisher or an agent and like what you see, please reach out.
Until then, it's back to the drawing board on this story! ☮️😊
#scbwiillustrators
#scbwi-mi
#inkandwatercolor
January 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Hello #kidlitartpostcard people! I'm Ken, an author, illustrator, and engineer, not necessarily in that order.
If you're a publisher or an agent and like what you see, please reach out.
Until then, it's back to the drawing board on this story! ☮️😊
#scbwiillustrators
#scbwi-mi
#inkandwatercolor
If you're a publisher or an agent and like what you see, please reach out.
Until then, it's back to the drawing board on this story! ☮️😊
#scbwiillustrators
#scbwi-mi
#inkandwatercolor
A beautiful day yesterday at #LATimesFestivalofBooks
#CasitaBookstore
Happy lunes, mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
#writingcommunity
#authorslife
#kidlit
#SCBWI
#12x12PB
#CasitaBookstore
Happy lunes, mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
#writingcommunity
#authorslife
#kidlit
#SCBWI
#12x12PB
April 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A beautiful day yesterday at #LATimesFestivalofBooks
#CasitaBookstore
Happy lunes, mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
#writingcommunity
#authorslife
#kidlit
#SCBWI
#12x12PB
#CasitaBookstore
Happy lunes, mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
#writingcommunity
#authorslife
#kidlit
#SCBWI
#12x12PB
Thanks to @SCBWI-MI and all the presenters for a great day #makingbooksbloom yesterday! #kidlit
May 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thanks to @SCBWI-MI and all the presenters for a great day #makingbooksbloom yesterday! #kidlit
💬SCBWI MI is hosting a dazzling series of webinars from Feb to April⚡But hurry! Registration closes February 9 and the first webinar is this week⚡Level Up & Sign Up for 1 or all 4 at www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi... 🎮 @scbwi-mi.bsky.social #scbwievent #publishingwebinarseries #kidlitart #amquerying
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
💬SCBWI MI is hosting a dazzling series of webinars from Feb to April⚡But hurry! Registration closes February 9 and the first webinar is this week⚡Level Up & Sign Up for 1 or all 4 at www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi... 🎮 @scbwi-mi.bsky.social #scbwievent #publishingwebinarseries #kidlitart #amquerying
July 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Thank you all the #SCBWI-MI volunteers and organizers and guest speakers for a great conference and a fun time! 👏👏👏 I’m sure some books will bloom from it! 👍😊🌷🌷🌷📕📘📙
#scbwimichigan #scbwimichiganillustrators #scbwiillustrators #makingbooksbloom #kidlitart #watercolor #ink #illustration
#scbwimichigan #scbwimichiganillustrators #scbwiillustrators #makingbooksbloom #kidlitart #watercolor #ink #illustration
May 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Thank you all the #SCBWI-MI volunteers and organizers and guest speakers for a great conference and a fun time! 👏👏👏 I’m sure some books will bloom from it! 👍😊🌷🌷🌷📕📘📙
#scbwimichigan #scbwimichiganillustrators #scbwiillustrators #makingbooksbloom #kidlitart #watercolor #ink #illustration
#scbwimichigan #scbwimichiganillustrators #scbwiillustrators #makingbooksbloom #kidlitart #watercolor #ink #illustration
Sending love and blessings to all!
Happy Easter Sunday, mi gente!
#writingcommunity #kidlit
#12x12PB #SCBWI #Easter
Happy Easter Sunday, mi gente!
#writingcommunity #kidlit
#12x12PB #SCBWI #Easter
April 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Sending love and blessings to all!
Happy Easter Sunday, mi gente!
#writingcommunity #kidlit
#12x12PB #SCBWI #Easter
Happy Easter Sunday, mi gente!
#writingcommunity #kidlit
#12x12PB #SCBWI #Easter
Keeping our world in my prayers….especially our niños!
Hope you are having a blessed day, mi gente.
#writingcommunity #writingbreak #Traditions
#kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI
Hope you are having a blessed day, mi gente.
#writingcommunity #writingbreak #Traditions
#kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI
April 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Keeping our world in my prayers….especially our niños!
Hope you are having a blessed day, mi gente.
#writingcommunity #writingbreak #Traditions
#kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI
Hope you are having a blessed day, mi gente.
#writingcommunity #writingbreak #Traditions
#kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI
Stay the course!
With a smile.😄
Happy martes, mi gente!
#writingcommunity #amwriting #12x12PB #SCBWI #bilingualparenting #authorslife
With a smile.😄
Happy martes, mi gente!
#writingcommunity #amwriting #12x12PB #SCBWI #bilingualparenting #authorslife
April 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Stay the course!
With a smile.😄
Happy martes, mi gente!
#writingcommunity #amwriting #12x12PB #SCBWI #bilingualparenting #authorslife
With a smile.😄
Happy martes, mi gente!
#writingcommunity #amwriting #12x12PB #SCBWI #bilingualparenting #authorslife
Today on "The Mitten" blog, Charlie Barshaw interviews another esteemed SCBWI-MI 2025 Spring Conference faculty member, author Kat Higgs-Coulthard 🌟🎉👏📚🌸🌷 Follow the link below to read more about Kat's journey!
Blog link: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/.../scbwi-mi....
Blog link: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/.../scbwi-mi....
April 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Today on "The Mitten" blog, Charlie Barshaw interviews another esteemed SCBWI-MI 2025 Spring Conference faculty member, author Kat Higgs-Coulthard 🌟🎉👏📚🌸🌷 Follow the link below to read more about Kat's journey!
Blog link: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/.../scbwi-mi....
Blog link: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/.../scbwi-mi....
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Revision day.Trusting the process! 😄
Happy Sunday,mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
#writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit
#languageandculture
#authorslife
#12x12PB #SCBWI
Happy Sunday,mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
#writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit
#languageandculture
#authorslife
#12x12PB #SCBWI
April 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Revision day.Trusting the process! 😄
Happy Sunday,mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
#writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit
#languageandculture
#authorslife
#12x12PB #SCBWI
Happy Sunday,mi gente!
❤️❤️❤️
#writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit
#languageandculture
#authorslife
#12x12PB #SCBWI
Today on the Mitten, Wendy BooydeGraaff introduces the three agents attending this year's SCBWI-MI Critique Carousel! If you've considered attending, you won't want to miss this special feature! 🙌🎉📚💫
✨URL: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... ✨
✨URL: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... ✨
July 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Today on the Mitten, Wendy BooydeGraaff introduces the three agents attending this year's SCBWI-MI Critique Carousel! If you've considered attending, you won't want to miss this special feature! 🙌🎉📚💫
✨URL: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... ✨
✨URL: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... ✨
💛☀️ My sun, Mi Sol ☀️💛
two versions because I couldn't decide what I liked better <3
#イラスト#かわいい #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #SCBWI
two versions because I couldn't decide what I liked better <3
#イラスト#かわいい #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #SCBWI
August 14, 2024 at 6:24 PM
💛☀️ My sun, Mi Sol ☀️💛
two versions because I couldn't decide what I liked better <3
#イラスト#かわいい #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #SCBWI
two versions because I couldn't decide what I liked better <3
#イラスト#かわいい #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #SCBWI
Looking forward to connecting with #educators at NCTE on Friday 11/21😍
~11:00 WHAT IF it wasn't boring?-Mi. High ballroom 4C/4D
~1pm signing multiple titles RMC SCBWI Booth #1026
~2:30 signing HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Astra Booth #922
~3:30 Threads of Possibility-Rm 106
#edusky @kl4gm.bsky.social
~11:00 WHAT IF it wasn't boring?-Mi. High ballroom 4C/4D
~1pm signing multiple titles RMC SCBWI Booth #1026
~2:30 signing HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Astra Booth #922
~3:30 Threads of Possibility-Rm 106
#edusky @kl4gm.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Looking forward to connecting with #educators at NCTE on Friday 11/21😍
~11:00 WHAT IF it wasn't boring?-Mi. High ballroom 4C/4D
~1pm signing multiple titles RMC SCBWI Booth #1026
~2:30 signing HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Astra Booth #922
~3:30 Threads of Possibility-Rm 106
#edusky @kl4gm.bsky.social
~11:00 WHAT IF it wasn't boring?-Mi. High ballroom 4C/4D
~1pm signing multiple titles RMC SCBWI Booth #1026
~2:30 signing HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Astra Booth #922
~3:30 Threads of Possibility-Rm 106
#edusky @kl4gm.bsky.social
Celebrating #freelittlelibraryday and #weneeddiversebooks by donating "Roll Thunder, Hear My Cry" and "Trouble Don't Last" to this one in Mt Pleasant, MI. #scbwimi #literacy @scbwi.bsky.social @scbwi-mi.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Celebrating #freelittlelibraryday and #weneeddiversebooks by donating "Roll Thunder, Hear My Cry" and "Trouble Don't Last" to this one in Mt Pleasant, MI. #scbwimi #literacy @scbwi.bsky.social @scbwi-mi.bsky.social
Level -Up series from SCBWI-MI!
Hurry, registration for the Query Workshop, Query Webinar, and Illustrator Workshop closes Monday, February 9.
#kidlit
www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
Hurry, registration for the Query Workshop, Query Webinar, and Illustrator Workshop closes Monday, February 9.
#kidlit
www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
SCBWI-MI Spring Workshop Series: Level-Up
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators provides the resources, professional networking, and community-building opportunities that support writers, illustrators, and translators throug...
www.scbwi.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Level -Up series from SCBWI-MI!
Hurry, registration for the Query Workshop, Query Webinar, and Illustrator Workshop closes Monday, February 9.
#kidlit
www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
Hurry, registration for the Query Workshop, Query Webinar, and Illustrator Workshop closes Monday, February 9.
#kidlit
www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
This week's blog post on "The Mitten" features our quarterly celebratory news, "Hugs and Hurrahs"! 🤗🎉🎈🤩 Click below to go to the blog and see what successes fellow SCBWI-MI members are celebrating! 🥳🎊🙌📚
scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/hugs...
#scbwi #scbwimichigan #childrensliterature
scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/hugs...
#scbwi #scbwimichigan #childrensliterature
May 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This week's blog post on "The Mitten" features our quarterly celebratory news, "Hugs and Hurrahs"! 🤗🎉🎈🤩 Click below to go to the blog and see what successes fellow SCBWI-MI members are celebrating! 🥳🎊🙌📚
scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/hugs...
#scbwi #scbwimichigan #childrensliterature
scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/hugs...
#scbwi #scbwimichigan #childrensliterature
Plugging away at a picture book about a young Pony Express rider.
#OldWest
#PonyExpress
#scbwi-mi
#scbwiillustrators
#kidlitart
#OldWest
#PonyExpress
#scbwi-mi
#scbwiillustrators
#kidlitart
June 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Plugging away at a picture book about a young Pony Express rider.
#OldWest
#PonyExpress
#scbwi-mi
#scbwiillustrators
#kidlitart
#OldWest
#PonyExpress
#scbwi-mi
#scbwiillustrators
#kidlitart
Happy Tuesday, mi gente.
If you observe,I hope you find time to pray. Our world needs it…🙏🏻❤️
#writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit #holyweek
#bilingualparenting
#languageandculture
#12x12PB #SCBWI
If you observe,I hope you find time to pray. Our world needs it…🙏🏻❤️
#writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit #holyweek
#bilingualparenting
#languageandculture
#12x12PB #SCBWI
April 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Happy Tuesday, mi gente.
If you observe,I hope you find time to pray. Our world needs it…🙏🏻❤️
#writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit #holyweek
#bilingualparenting
#languageandculture
#12x12PB #SCBWI
If you observe,I hope you find time to pray. Our world needs it…🙏🏻❤️
#writingcommunity #amwriting #kidlit #holyweek
#bilingualparenting
#languageandculture
#12x12PB #SCBWI
I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since #scbwiNY25 So grateful to Shutta Crum & SCBWI MI for the scholarship & opportunity to attend. I'm just sitting down to review notes & connect with more awesome #kidlit creators! Here's just some of the postcards I picked up - say hey if you're here :)
February 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since #scbwiNY25 So grateful to Shutta Crum & SCBWI MI for the scholarship & opportunity to attend. I'm just sitting down to review notes & connect with more awesome #kidlit creators! Here's just some of the postcards I picked up - say hey if you're here :)
Mi gente! Here is the replay of my IG Live with my author friend @leahschanke.bsky.social
Leah’s book, Freedom At Dawn is now available!Please request at your local library and bookstore and don’t forget to review!
#writingcommunity #kidlit
#12x12PB #SCBWI
www.instagram.com/reel/DIR7RVj...
Leah’s book, Freedom At Dawn is now available!Please request at your local library and bookstore and don’t forget to review!
#writingcommunity #kidlit
#12x12PB #SCBWI
www.instagram.com/reel/DIR7RVj...
April 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Mi gente! Here is the replay of my IG Live with my author friend @leahschanke.bsky.social
Leah’s book, Freedom At Dawn is now available!Please request at your local library and bookstore and don’t forget to review!
#writingcommunity #kidlit
#12x12PB #SCBWI
www.instagram.com/reel/DIR7RVj...
Leah’s book, Freedom At Dawn is now available!Please request at your local library and bookstore and don’t forget to review!
#writingcommunity #kidlit
#12x12PB #SCBWI
www.instagram.com/reel/DIR7RVj...
Today on the blog post we reflect on this year's SCBWI-MI Making Picture Books Bloom 2025 Spring Conference, and how we have permission to make "bad" art! 🎨🖌📚💫
Link: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
Link: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
June 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Today on the blog post we reflect on this year's SCBWI-MI Making Picture Books Bloom 2025 Spring Conference, and how we have permission to make "bad" art! 🎨🖌📚💫
Link: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
Link: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
In honor of Black History Month, today's Mitten Blog post features an essay by our SCBWI-MI Equity and Inclusion team lead, Naomi V. Dunsen-White! 🎉👏🏳️🌈🙌🏽💥💞☮🌎
URL: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/blac...
URL: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/blac...
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
In honor of Black History Month, today's Mitten Blog post features an essay by our SCBWI-MI Equity and Inclusion team lead, Naomi V. Dunsen-White! 🎉👏🏳️🌈🙌🏽💥💞☮🌎
URL: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/blac...
URL: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/blac...