Back On The Wolds. 15°C. Hawthorn berries.
Karyn Curtis
@karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social
Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
A short, fun one from Poems on Toast (officially out NEXT WEEK!). Please watch until the end to enjoy my slightly smug 'mug-of-tea-cheers' - this was not a one-take video! 😅 That last line is a trickster! Also on YouTube @troikabooks.bsky.social #PoemsOnToast #Poetry #KidLit #TongueTwister #NewBook
Terms that are making me smile today: cinnamon bun, little duck, meow sign, and moon’s ear. They’re what the @ symbol is called in Sweden, Greece, Finland, and Kazakhstan.
“If there’s one thing my 13 years of life have taught me, it’s that having parents who love you doesn’t erase the somebody else who brought you into the world” —Gloria Gibson, MC from Where the Light Shines In. Releasing 9.29.26. Just dropped: Audiobook sample!! ⬇️ rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
RBmedia | Where The Light Shines In
Listen to the audiobook Where The Light Shines In, written by Jenny Mattern, narrated by Cat Protano.
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Word that’s making me smile today: heofon-candel (heaven candle). It’s an Old English term for the sun. 📷: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Check out this absolutely lovely review of my debut novel, Where the Light Shines In, which releases 3 weeks from today!! stephsstoryspace.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/a...
ARC Review: Where the Light Shines In
Gloria hasn’t told her parents about a game she plays in secret. In it, she looks into strangers’ faces and wonders if any of them are her biological mom. Sometimes, women look a lot like her, more…
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patchy sun the resilience of rainbows #dailyhaikuprompt (patch) #haiku #micropoetry
Intrigued by the Fall apple dishes Tom went picking Golden Delicious He baked pie, cake and crumble With feathers a-jumble And fulfilled all his late summer wishes 🍎 Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me
Picking Apples from Basket
ALT: Picking Apples from Basket
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Come write with us!! 🥰 Spotlight: The Magic of 17-27-27! reviseandshine.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
Spotlight: The Magic of 17-27-27!
with Jo Knowles, and special guests Cindy Faughnan and Susan Kaplan Carlton
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#haikuSaturday summertime falters like a sputtering golf cart on the eighteenth green #summersend #helloseptember #autumn #summer #chilly
...then the 'shrooms reminded me of sheep I'd seen grazing on a hillside in England. What do you see? #HaikuSaturday #haiku.