I just remembered how people used to call sex workers "street walkers" which now totally sounds like a chilling and formidable gang of vigilant justice seekers with superpowers who protect sex workers.
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THE REINDEER REMAINDERS is out today! @mariehermansson.bsky.social
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Oh, totally. Which was my refrain after every pass I got from editors who couldn't handle it.
Unfortunately, kids aren't buying the PBs, gatekeepers are, so we have to make sure they pick this one up.
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Yep. Many editors wouldn't take it on because they couldn't handle the truth of it. But we need gatekeepers to pick it up so kids can learn how to deal with their anxiety and know they aren't alone if these drills scare them.
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Truth.
Constant humblement happening.
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Some kids even tried to hold their breaths during drills to be extra silent which is why the title of my book was originally WHEN BREATHING IS TOO LOUD. But the marketing team decided the title was too scary.
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And after Uvalde we know what "police response time" really is.
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If kids have older siblings, they learn even younger what it's about. And they tell each other. My kid knew in 1st grade why they did it. A girl in his class got a nosebleed but didn't tell the teacher because they were supposed to be quiet.
That's the event that made me write the book.
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Same here. There's so much evidence out there that the drills traumatize and don't even work in actual school shooting situations. One school shooter used knowledge of the drill to commit the shooting.
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When my oldest was in middle school two years ago, he was told to use his iPad to fight back if confronted by a shooter. He told me, "I will fight even if I get shot in the face." He was 12.
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You're the best
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YUP. I hate adding new streamers, too. I fell for Ghost on a Delta flight this summer, got season 1 from the library for the fam and am now trying to figure out how we cram all of s2 and s3 in a *7-day* free period that Paramount+ offers.
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#BlueSkySayHi
#SayHiOnBlueSky
Chloe is one of my favorite people in the kidlit community and I can't wait for her book release!!
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I know. It really does.
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Ugh, sorry to hear you're looking again. I've been there.
Your work is gorgeous and I'm sure you'll find rep again soon!
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Beautiful work!
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The sun set this evening in masses of cloud,
The storm comes to-morrow, then calm be the night,
Then the Dawn in her chariot refulgent and proud,
Then more nights, and still days, steps of Time in his flight.
~Victor Hugo, “Sunset”
#KWPrompts #Sky #Art #Watercolor #Watercolour #Clouds #Poetry
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Me with my sub list
(although only in my mind since I don't do the poking -- er, nudging)
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I fully agree. And yeah, for me gun violence has also been my primary political focus. I wrote this particular mss back in 2019 when I was highly motivated. It got a lot of visceral reactions from editors who passed. Then COVID happened and we pulled it from submission.
Resubbed and sold in 2022.
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It's been awhile since I've fallen for a new show but I did get the family into the US Ghosts this summer and it's so much fun.
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I have a Pakled-y quote in my bio here! No one has ever noticed, though. 😑
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There is and I will -- thank you!
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"You are more than welcome to ignore it, tell me to fuck off, whatever."
What it's like to have @devpetty.bsky.social as a PB critique partner. 😂
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I had a teacher friend send me photos of her classroom in lockdown. The kids were all hiding in their cubbies with their backpacks and jackets in front of them so they could barely be seen.
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It's definitely going to be a major school/library-focussed push.
I want to get it to members of Congress, too. Not entirely sure how to do that, though.
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Thank you, Bonnie. 💜
It's going to be a tough book to promote -- it won't carry the trappings of "excitement" that my other releases have -- and I really feel like it will be the kind of promotion I've never done before.
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The benefits of watching FRASIER over and over again! 😆
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Just thinking about how Taraji P. Henson warned Black folks to pay attention to Project 2025 at the BET Awards and now everyone is starting to catch on
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Now that we can have civilized conversations again w/o bots and algorithms messing with us, I'm wondering how #kidlit editors are feeling about submissions these days?
Overwhelmed? Bored? Excited?
I'm wondering if we've all already entered the anhedonia that election years tend to bring to us.
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I’m feeling fine. My symptoms have been so minimal — it’s more the isolation from the family and the fact that my elderly parents are visiting in a few days. I will likely test negative on my 10th day which will be Thurs. But thank you for asking.
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I'm super mad it's on yet another streaming service I have to pay for! I watched the first ep for free now have to wait until our free Prime period around Christmas.
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That lasted 45 seconds. She spends all that time yelling about getting up there, she finally makes it, gets settled, and it lasted 45 seconds. Now she’s back on the floor yelling about it again.
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She finally made it all the way up there
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Did something really nice for the family tonight: put season 1 of PUSHING DAISIES on hold at the library.
They’re welcome.
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When you’re found to be the victim of a corporation the corporation has to pay the government, not you. You can fuck right off, little person.
www.cnn.com/2024/07/08/b...
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Wow.
www.threads.net/@wedontwanna...
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Also, don't sleep on this sentence from @fuse8.bsky.social's SLJ blog post ... "You may remember Stephanie from her myriad books over the years, though the one I’d personally like you to keep your eye on is Touch the Sky (which has appeared on my Caldecott prediction lists for good reason)."
👀👀👀
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