📣Publishers! Editors! 📣 We authors are eager to show you our talents (writing or otherwise). We're generally one wig away from pulling out all the stops, so watch out.🤣 Please accept this audition to be your newest author. Skills include: Obsessive email checking ✅ Excessive coffee drinking

⭐️Asheville FREE kids event!⭐️ Storytime, easy/fun yoga, fun craft, mindfulness /resilience toolbox, +create your own stories!📚 🩵Packs Memorial Library (downtown) 🩵K-5th 🩵Thurs, Oct. 22nd 🩵3:30-4:30 Mark your calendars! ✅. Can't wait to see you there! 😃 #ashevilleevents #asheville

📣 Sound on 📣 When I'm not writing, I'm procrastinating. 🫣 When I'm not procrastinating, I'm wearing a wig & acting a fool. ✅😅 Get ready for next spooky season when my wacky, funny, & super silly picture book releases: How Halloween Almost Hallowasn't.🦇🪦 If you've read this far (congrats 👏) &

Basically killing it. ✍️🔥You? #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #authorsofig #writinglife

Will my book be in Barnes & Noble??? 😬 These are moments writers dream about & often these moments come with surprises, both good & bad. 🫣 I'm rooting for you! 🩵 If you have a child or know one, please consider grabbing a copy of Imperfectly Perfect Posey wherever books are sold (& in bio).

Writers! If you're not losing, spilling, or reheating coffee, are you even a writer? 🤣 If my calculations are correct (which they're likely not) I have encapsulated much of our day into this very scientific breakdown. 🤓 What else did I miss? Also, GO WRITE! 🩵✍️☕️

Who else is crushing their writerly goals?! 😜Keep it up! ⭐️ And if all else fails, just edit your previous goals. ✍️👀🤣 #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #writerslife #amquerying

This tip may seem simple & even obvious, but if it's truly put into action, it often delivers. Getting back to basics has a way of flipping a mental (& even emotional) switch that allows us to access deeper parts of ourselves. The first day is the hardest. It gets better from there. 🩵

As an author advisor & freelance editor, I edit tons of manuscripts & query/submission materials that do a lot of apologizing or apology signaling.🥹 I totally understand this & even used to do it. 💜 I urge you to read your queries & submissions to make sure they come across with

Don't tell anyone, I did this ok? 🤫🤣 But feel free to tell folks about this book.📚 IMPERFECTLY PERFECT POSEY: A Wobbly Yoga Story celebrates imperfection, resilience, & a growth mindset. 🩵 Who needs perfect when it's our "flaws" that make us even more interesting & lovable. 🩷⭐️ Posey is

No Love Potion is a pure delight from start to finish! 💜 Who doesn't love spooky potions, spells, adorable characters & brilliant writing?! Congrats to , , & on this phenomenal book. This is the perfect pairing of humor & heart! Go get it! 💜🖤 #picturebook #halloweenbooksforkids

Don't tell anyone, I did this ok? 🤣😅 But feel free to tell people about this book. 🙏🏻📚 IMPERFECTLY PERFECT POSEY: A Wobbly Yoga Story celebrates imperfection, resilience, & a growth mindset. Who needs perfect when it's our "flaws" that make us even more interesting & lovable. 🩵 #bookworm

Sitting too long? 😬 Not to worry! ✨ Your calf muscles act as a "second heart" or mechanical pump, pushing blood from your lower legs back towards your heart against gravity. 💪 For those of us who sit a lot like writers, illustrators, & desk workers, this exercise is SO beneficial to extend &

Who knew that the age group for our books could change like this? 🤷‍♀️ There's always more to learn in publishing. 😜 I think it's tricky with picture books because there is a reading age as well as an age that the book is appropriate for. #kidlit #writingtips #authorsofig #picturebookauthor

How are my writers doing?📚 Have you become skeletons waiting on literary news? ☠️ I hope not! 😅 May this week bring you: A YES!👍 A CONTRACT!✍️ Maybe an adorable writing companion!🐱🐶 Send this to a writing friend who "gets it." 👯‍♂️ What did I miss here--either good or

Honestly. Read the reviews of 's latest, Worry Box. It's basically taking the horror market by storm. Couldn't be more proud of my big brother. Get your copy & report back. Also--review it, request it at your library, etc. DO IT!!! This little sister energy brings the fury! 🔥🤣

My mom gifted this vintage Stanley and Rhoda book to me. 🥹♥️ Thank you to Rosemary Wells for creating these. I'm transported back to my childhood with every page. Rhoda's dramatics in the bathtub still makes me laugh. 💙 #picturebooks #vintagebooks #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram

It's basically the Where Waldo of publishing, but without the red and white striped shirt and cute glasses. 👀🥸😅 If you do this too, chances are we'd be friends👯 The worst is when there's all praise at the top and your heart pounds thinking it's a YES. 😭Which words did I miss❓📚 #authors

This conference could NOT have been better! It was so intimate--organized to ensure actual connection & learning! 🩵 did a stellar job of setting this up & even keeping us hydrated & fed! The writing community is like no other. Just the best of the best. XO-Aunt Lizzie

Just out here, trying to find ways for authors and illustrators to save money on promotional materials and crafts for the kids at events. ✅ It can be really nice to have something for the kids to do while you chat about your book to the parents and/or take payments. ⭐️ these things add up quickly,

I wasn't expecting that to be the answer. 😅 Publishing is always surprising. ✅ Imperfectly Perfect Posey: A Wobbly Yoga Story is definitely one my heart (& one I wrote in 2016!). Sending my support to all the writers today & all days. May our books find their way into children's hands-- even if

Thank you @patbrownbooks.bsky.social for having me on your fabulous blog!

Patricia Brown@patbrownbooks.bsky.social · last mo.

I was delighted to interview the beautiful Lizzie Brooks on my blog. She is truly an inspiration to me! And Posey reminds me that it's okay if I wobble in yoga and life sometimes.🥰🧘‍♀️ @lizziebrooks.bsky.social patbrownbooks.com/2026/09/05/c...

One of my favorite author event hacks! 🤩 These visits can be stressful so you don't want to be chasing after market caps! 😅 I'm doing two events this weekend & they both involve an easy craft. Thanks to the educators who showed this hack online! 🙏🏻 If anyone knows who came up with this, pls

Writers! Illustrators! It's good to be at your desk, but it's also helpful to be away. 💕 I'm 47. I've taught yoga & fitness since 2000. Studies overwhelmingly show that physical activity boosts creative output.💯 Test this out! ✅ I have a YouTube channel: Lizzie Brooks Yoga & Fitness (in bio

ASHEVILLE! This Sat. Sept 5, 1-2pm! Read aloud, fun yoga, literacy based games, & crafts! Can't wait to meet you & share Imperfectly Perfect Posey: A Wobbly Yoga Story by me & incredible illustrator, Enni Heikura, of course! No yoga experience necessary! #asheville #ashevillekids

🤫Shhh...don't tell. 🤣 I only moved ONE copy! Author friends are the BEST friends. 🩵 Congrats to all of these creators: , , , , , , , ,

Thank you, @saraphudson.bsky.social for making such a great edu actor guide for Imperfectly Perfect Posey! EDUCATORS! Find it at www.LizzieBrooksBooks.com 🩵

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Sara Hudson@saraphudson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thank you @lizziebrooks.bsky.social for the opportunity to create an educator guide for Imperfectly Perfect Posey, helping preschool and early elementary teachers integrate mindfulness and movement into the day: www.lizziebrooksbooks.com/educator-gui... #pblit #EducatorGuides

Educators! I love you for all you do for kids. I'm in awe of your abilities & hard work. ⭐️ Please use this educator guide along with Imperfectly Perfect Posey: A Wobbly Yoga Story. Children will learn about effort over perfection, regulating big feelings, breath work, moving their bodies, & more!

Stand up & move! Feel better in under a minute! Don't be perfect, just move your body-even if your moves don't look like mine! Especially for writers, illustrators, & creatives who need a sitting break. 🎉⭐️🩵 I wuv you. -Aunt Lizzie

I sure wish I had this book as a kid.📚I'd have felt much more understood & I'd have understood others better. And you know what often comes from better understanding? Love, acceptance, & peace. 🩷 Congrats to for this brilliant text, for the adorable illustrations, & for publishing such fun &