After two and a half long years deep in the query trenches, I've found my dream agent! I'm thrilled to announce that I've signed with Tali Shammas at Storm Literary. I can't wait to start this journey with her to bring my books into the world!

Tali Shammas@talishammas.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨 CLIENT ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I am just thrilled to welcome @pamelamorganwrites.bsky.social to my @stormliterary.bsky.social team! I can't wait to get her story of a child making sense of the reunion between an estranged grandmother and her moms into children's hands! 🤩🎉

CALLING ALL PICTURE BOOK WRITERS! Tired of counting your words without illo notes? Frustrated with manually renumbering your spreads whenever you revise? I’m developing a solution & I need your help! Drop a message below if you’re interested in beta testing this new software! #pbwriters #kidlit

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I’m developing some new software for PB writers. I need 5 beta testers who will be actively writing and revising PB MSs over the next 2-4 weeks, who’d be willing to provide some feedback. Must use Windows! If you’re interested, give me a follow and I’ll be in touch. #pbwriters #kidlit

So proud of my critique partner and friend! Her and @joycesweeney.bsky.social will make beautiful books together and I can't WAIT to read them all!!!

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Shouting it out! Don't give up. Over 175 queries with 5 different MSs. I've signed with Joyce Sweeney (@joycekay.bsky.social) at the @seymouragency.bsky.social Onto submissions!

Stay tuned... #DVPit #writersky #booksky

Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway! Jolene Gutierrez is offering a critique on a non rhyming picture book under 500 words. To enter like, comment, and repost this post. You must do all three. Good luck! @writerjolene.bsky.social

Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway! CK Malone is offering a critique on a fiction picture book with 1,500 words or less. To enter like, comment, and repost this post. You must do all three. Good luck!

Did you know that #KidLitCritiqueDay is coming up on March 29th!? Get ready for a fun day filled with free picture book critique giveaways! While you wait for this awesome event, please check out and support the books by the people who are participating in this event.

I did the thing today! 🤞 Good luck to all my #kidlit friends who submitted to #PBParty today!

Having such a great time meeting new people!

Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION!@caitdarfler.com · 2y ago

This is #scbwiNY25 with @pamelamorganwrites.bsky.social and @socalledyalife.bsky.social

Did you see my 2025 #kidlit Writer Bingo Card? Well here’s the contest I plan to enter to fill a row!

Mindy Alyse Weiss@mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you're an unagented writer or author/illustrator of picture books, I hope you'll enter the 2025 #PBParty contest. It has helped make so many agent and editor matches in the past...and we can't wait to see the magical matches that will happen this year. mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty...

I’ve created a #kidlit writer bingo card. I can’t decide what the prize is when I get BINGO, though. Got any low/no cost suggestions? #pb #writingcommunity #bingo

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Storystorm 2025 Day 3: Leigh Anne Carter Gets Honest

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Day 1 of #StoryStorm done. I always find the first week to be a breeze, but staying motivated through the month is hard. Who else is participating and wants to be accountability buddies? #kidlit #PiBoIdMo #pb taralazar.com/2025/01/01/s...

Storystorm 2025 Day 1: Tara Lazar Isn’t Advertising for Google

It’s Day One of Storystorm 2025! Hooray! You remembered, right? Did you put it on your Google Calendar? Don’t despair if you didn’t. I admit, I’m not the most organized pers…

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A HUGE congratulations to my CPs, @lizlazarlit.bsky.social and Na’Keysha for receiving the @12x12challenge.bsky.social Silver Scholarship. And congrats to all these incredible writers who are putting their stories out into the world! t.co/1wf2N28TOZ

Hoping to generate some amazing PB ideas in the New Year! #WritingCommunity #StoryStorm #PiBoIdMo #pb

Took the kids to see Wicked last night. Seriously blown away!! Anyone else picking up on this QPR? Their chemistry was incredible. Highly recommend and I’ll be going for a few more viewings.

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Yesterday’s High: 65 Today’s High: 29 Midwesterner’s be like, Ope, time to put a sweater on.

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LET'S TALK ABOUT GRANDMA x WILL IT BE OKAY? When Laurel hears a tapping at the door, A STRANGE WIND blows through her home & threatens her happy family. As her moms fret over reuniting with an estranged parent, Laurel must find the strength to face a grandmother she never met. #SkyPitch #L #LGBT

MY PAPI HAS A MOTORCYCLE x THE MEMORY JAR Tilly & Grandpa never stray from their walk until Grandpa hears the ice cream truck & takes Tilly farther than she’s ever gone. GRANDPA'S NOT LOST, but Tilly is! Now she must take charge & retrace their steps, or they may not find the way home. #SkyPitch #L

Sometimes, Nora has to be SMALL AND QUIET when she really wants to yell like grownups. But when she frightens her sister, Nora must learn that being big & loud doesn’t have to be scary if she hopes to help her sister feel safe. SOMETIMES I GRUMBLESQUINCH x THE BIG BAD WOLF IN MY HOUSE #SkyPitch #L

Huge congratulations to my talented CP @sparklemarkers.bsky.social I can’t wait to see the amazing books you bring into the world!

Katherine Thorne@sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 2y ago

Exciting news—I am now represented by @swekstein.bsky.social! Here's to new adventures! #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #illustration

Look at this absoltuely precious book by my amazing CP Pamela Morgan @pamelamorganwrites.bsky.social and Heather Bell @heatherbell37.bsky.social I'm late to the party grabbing my own copy but so happy I did! #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook

So Bluesky is newish to me, but I’m planning on participating in #SkyPitch tomorrow. Any of my #kidlit friends joining? Is there a way to make a list to follow? I can’t wait! @skypitch.bsky.social

I’m attempting to write my very first contemporary YA novel and I would love to meet other YA writers (or perhaps a YA CG??) Drop a comment if you’re interested in connecting. I need all the help I can get! #kidlit #writingcommunity #ya

I’m honored that Simply Skye made it to the final round of the Crystal Kite awards in the Midsouth Division. Thank you to everyone who voted! 🙏 There are so many incredible books on this list! Voting is open until June 21: scbwi.org/crystal-kite #scbwi #kidlit #picturebook

Yay! Delighted to announce my CP @pamelamorganwrites.bsky.social 's picture book is in the final shortlist of SCBWI Crystal Kite award. If you have enjoyed reading the book, do support her by voting in SCBWi MidSouth Division. #scbwi #crystalkiteaward

My first ever #NaNoWriMo and so far it’s going very well. Who else is participating? Am I going to hit a wall? 👀 🧱

Hi writers. I *really* hate Twitter, but I *really* love pitch parties, so if you tweeted a kidlit pitch for #pitdark or #pbpitch over there, feel free to post it here in the comments. If I ❤️, query it with the party hashtag in the referral line. #imarebel 😇

Next month I'll be working on an adult queer romance novel. Wanna let me info dump about the plot? Find and DM me on X bc by 11/1, I will be 🫥 (Gifts of ☕️and GF vegan 🧁WILL award you the prize of being the first to read a finished draft) #NaNoWriMo #amwriting #amquerying #lgbtq #romance