Jennifer L. Blanck
@jlblanck.bsky.social
Writer, traveler, wine lover, chocoholic (dark please!), public speaker, challenge seeker, life long learner, and optimist. #SCBWI #12x12PB #Toastmasters
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Had I Been Creepy?
I don’t typically hang out alone in an unfamiliar place outside in the dark. But here I was, sitting in Monument Circle at 8:30 pm waiting for a light show. It was August, and the temperature had e…
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Thrilled to meet the creator of one of my all time favorite #picturebooks: inspiring and award-winning author-illustrator @dansantat.bsky.social! Thanks, @librarycongress.bsky.social, for a fantastic #natbookfest!
A great #storyteller in all forms = @dansantat.bsky.social. So fun hearing him talk and seeing him illustrate @librarycongress.bsky.social #natbookfest.
Colorado National Monument is a beautiful place. Thanks to the National Park Service and everyone who saved and continue to protect the site. jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2026/07/12/m...
More from Colorado National Monument
It’s hard to call Window Rock Trail a hike. It’s more like a scenic stroll. I had just explored Canyon Rim Trail solo, if you don’t count the three different lizards that greeted me along the way. …
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The National Park Service preserves many of our natural and cultural resources. Learn about NPS resources beyond the National Parks. Here's a taste: jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/l... Also, follow @altnps.bsky.social for what's really happening inside the U.S. government.
Leapin’ Lizards
I crunched along what I hoped was the Canyon Rim Trail. I was following the edge—most often at a respectable distance—of the expansive Wedding Canyon in Colorado National Monument. I couldn’t stop …
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What a delight to hear @devpetty.bsky.social share insights about #picturebook dialogue! Thank you, Dev, for sharing your experience, expertise, and humor and offering concrete examples. #amwriting #kidlilt @12x12challenge.bsky.social
"Too often we romanticize or idealize things—people, places, events, relationships, and more. Consider the carefully chosen or constructed pictures people post on social media." Read more at jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/i...
Isn’t It Romantic?
I’m riding a bike along the Seine from the French town Vernon to Giverny—the village of the garden muse and last home of impressionist painter Claude Monet. I glide by undulating bucolic fields—lus…
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Thank you, @jenrofe.bsky.social from Andrea Brown Literary, Stephen Barr from Writer’s House, and @haley-j-casey.bsky.social from Creative Media Agency for sharing your insights and stories. Such a wonderful way to wrap up the @scbwisandiego.bsky.social MayFest!
An insightful #editor panel with Rachel Diebel from Feiwel and Friends, Carter Wilken from @harpercollins.bsky.social Children's Books, and Krista Marino from Delacorte Press. Another great @scbwisandiego.bsky.social MayFest session! #kidlit #amwriting
"Sometimes what we leave out allows the #reader to enter the #story more deeply." " #Books are a safe place for #children to experience #emotions." Such an insightful keynote by @sydneydraws.bsky.social and an amazing start of @scbwisandiego.bsky.social MayFest! #writing #kidlit
"I guess I didn’t know what to expect. Or, really, I hadn’t thought about it. Surely, I expected white cliffs. It’s right there in the name." Read more at jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/t... #whitecliffsofdover #unitedkingdom #expectations
The White Cliffs of Dover
I guess I didn’t know what to expect. Or, really, I hadn’t thought about it. Surely, I expected white cliffs. It’s right there in the name. I would be in London for a week and thought it would be f…
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A little reception with refreshments, and that's a wrap on #CCDC26 by @barrelhouse.bsky.social! It's been day full of #writing and #inspiration. I'm leaving with new pieces to revise, new ideas to explore, and a #poem I know exactly how to edit.
Thanks to @wordperv.bsky.social for a critique of my #poem at #CCDC26 that was exactly what I needed! #poet #poetry @barrelhouse.bsky.social
What a productive workshop on generating #poetry from research led by Lynne Schmidt at #CCDC26! #poetry #poems @barrelhouse.bsky.social
Loved hearing the insights from Michele Evans, @ericarstern.bsky.social @dianarojas.bsky.social and @housleydave.bsky.social led by @poeticmoni.bsky.social from how they found their form to their revision process to getting published and more. #writing #poetry #CCDC26 @Barrelhouse.bsky.social
Such a fantastic #writing workshop exploring hybrid forms by Sarah Carson at #CCDC26. @barrelhouse.bsky.social
And we're off! A fantastic first #CCDC26 workshop by @aurorabonner.bsky.social on #writing place as a lived experience. @barrelhouse.bsky.social
We're saying goodbye to our Second Chance Inbox and introducing a new query policy: Creators may now query more than one ABLA literary agent as long as you query us one at a time! Check out the SUBMISSIONS tab on our website for more info. We look forward to considering your work!
Authors & publishers posting abt illustrated books: pls credit the ILLUSTRATOR. Not only are helping to boost them, but also shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist. #PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #KidLit
We're almost out of time to tell the House of Representative to #FundLibraries in next year's federal budget! If you haven't taken action, now's the moment: email or call your House Rep TODAY: ala.org/showup
Thank you, @sandraproudman.bsky.social, for sharing your insights and so many concrete examples and tips on query letters! And thank you, @scbwisandiego.bsky.social, for hosting the presentation. #kidlit #amwriting
Sometimes I search Bluesky like this: "#kidlitartpostcard since:2025-10-01 until:2025-11-01" to find #kidlitartpostcard posts from October when I'm looking for someone to illustrate new Halloween picture books. It's a good idea to post samples that align with each month's dominant holiday.
🚨🚨🚨 ACTION ALERT: Massachusetts readers, ask your legislators to protect the freedom to read by supporting H.3594, An Act Regarding Free Expression. This bill would strengthen protections for libraries & students’ right to read. Send a message today: act.pen.org/a/mass-actio...
Protect the Freedom to Read in Massachusetts!
The Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee is currently reviewing a bill that will protect against book bans in public schools and libraries and we need your help ensuring it passes!
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“If we are going to fulfill the responsibility of seeing what #children see that nobody acknowledges, then we have a responsibility to the child we know the best, which is our inner child." An amazing #kidlit #writing talk with insights & inspiration from Daria Peoples! @12x12challenge.bsky.social
It's March Madness, and I have a new #haiku published in Sense & Sensibility #HaikuJournal. Thank you, @patriciacarragon8.bsky.social sensesensibilityhaikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/s... #poetry
Excited to have one of my #haiku included in this lovely journal! #poetry #haikujournal
Patricia (Trisha) Carragon@patriciacarragon8.bsky.social · 7mo agosensesensibilityhaikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/s... Another beautiful journal. Thx to the 42 poets for making this issue fantastic! #haiku #haikujournal #publicationnews
