Lou Piccolo | Picture book & middle-grade editor & author
@loupiccolo.bsky.social
What do I do? ✨ Help kidlit authors write & revise their books ✨ Host Middle Grade Made Easy(er) podcast ✨ Run Rhyme Made Easy(er) membership Start here⇣ https://linktr.ee/LouPiccolo
I’ll be hosting a workshop on building structure into your middle-grade novel on November 29! Structure will help you give agents and publishers what they’re looking for while giving you the freedom to write the story you want to write. loupiccolo.thrivecart.com/unlock-your-...
New podcast episode! If you’re stuck somewhere between ‘Chapter 1’ and ‘The End’, using story type can help get you back on track. Bonus: there will be a free workshop with goodies 🤩 www.buzzsprout.com/2291216/epis...
#16 Use Story Type to Unlock Your Middle-Grade Novel - Middle Grade Made Easy(er) | Kidlit Writing Craft Podcast
You have a great story idea but you don't know how to turn it into a fully developed middle-grade novel that publishers want to buy and readers will love.What to do?This episode on the ten universal s...
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Congratulations everyone!
Laura Wippell@laurawippell.bsky.social · 11mo agoYAY! So happy to be named a winner in this year's #KidlitChuckleChallenge! 😃 A huge congrats to the other winners, and a big thank you to the judges! @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social @musingmommumble.bsky.social @juliehauswirth.bsky.social @brilawyer.bsky.social
Eek! How will I stand the waiting before I can do the reading?
R.M. Romero@rmromeroauthor.bsky.social · 2y ago☔️ COVER REVEAL ☔️ THE TEAR COLLECTOR is a darkly fantastical climate change tale about two siblings who survive the end of the world only to wash ashore on an island full of secrets…and people who are slowly turning into monsters. You can preorder now! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/r-m-r...
Laura Shovan, author of verse novel The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary has a fall class coming up! #KidLit #WritingCommunity #Poetry
I'm very late in posting this, but was thrilled to received an honourable mention in the 2nd Annual Summer #kidlit Poetry Contest for the #LyricalLanguageLab. Thank you, fabulous judges! @reneemlatulippe.bsky.social @loupiccolo.bsky.social @suzylevinson.bsky.social and Michelle H. Barnes!
And if you haven’t yet read this, this is a good time to pick up a copy and then leave a review!
Meg Eden Kuyatt@medenkuyatt.bsky.social · last yr.Amazon is being a little weird with GITW reviews, so if you've posted, can you check when you get a chance that it went through?
I’m thrilled to be short-listed! Thank you @writingawards.bsky.social for such a great contest 💖
Searchlight Awards@writingawards.bsky.social · 2y agoAnnouncing the long-awaited results of Best Picture Book Text 2024. Huge congratulations to our final 10! Thank you to all the writers who entered this competition. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to read your stories. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/best-childre...
Thrilled to be on the long list for the Best Children’s Picture Book Text 2024! Thank you for this great contest @writingawards.bsky.social Waiting eagerly for the shortlist and winners in February! #contest #kidlit
Get them in - we can’t wait to read your winter wanderings! ❄️ #kidlit #poetry #kidlitpoetry #contest
Renée M. LaTulippe@reneemlatulippe.bsky.social · 2y agoSubmissions are officially open for the WINTER WANDERINGS rhyming kidlit poetry contest! We can't wait to read your work! #kidlit #poetrycontest #kidlitpoetry www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...
Just want to say how much I appreciate @doucette515.bsky.social effort and work on her website about verse novels. Thank you! christianadoucette.wordpress.com/2024/04/01/m...
Middle Grade Verse Novel Stats 2023
All About the Middle Grade Verse Novels 2023 2023 Page Count Stats:
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I love @viviankirkfield.bsky.social #50preciouswords contest and I’m honoured to be a winner this year! Thank you Vivian and judges for such a stellar organisation. We love you… and we’re looking forward to next year already. But we’ll give you a breather first 😘
Kidlit and YA authors - I made this for you 😀 Kidlit Marketing Made Easy(er) podcast breaks down marketing strategies you can use to connect with readers, build authentic relationships and sell books without having to dance on video. #kidlit #podcast www.buzzsprout.com/2291216/1418...
True! Dang. I really wanted to see you shimmy… So, how do you get your books in front of readers? By marketing (which is NOT the same as selling and is NOT a dirty word). Marketing is all about creating delicious connections. #kidlit #MarketingTips loupiccolo.myflodesk.com/bookmarketing
i am very humbled and very proud that my middle-grade verse novel has been longlisted in the Searchlight Writing Award's for Children's Best Novel Opening competition. Thank you @WritingAwards for making my 2023 end with a bang! #appreciation #kidlit #versenovel #middlegrade
Searchlight Awards@writingawards.bsky.social · 3y agoAnnouncing the longlists for Searchlight’s Best Novel Opening Competition and Best Picture Book Text 2023. Congratulations to everyone who entered - we loved your stories. Thank you for sharing them with us. 🍾👏 www.searchlightawards.co.uk/picture-book... www.searchlightawards.co.uk/novel-openin...
There's a plethora of prime poetry pickings in Tuesday's newsletter. And one is a PAID submission opportunity. I want PAID to flash neon-like but Bluesky won't allow it... a crying shame. Link to subscribe:https://loupiccolo.myflodesk.com/thekidlitterletter #kidlit #poetryforkids #submit
Did you know that my website has free printables & activities perfect for #STEMDay & every day? Check out these fun activities to pair with Magnolia Mudd and the Super Jumptastic Launcher Deluxe, or visit kateyhowes.com for more! kateyhowes.com/_files/ugd/6...
Don’t be THAT person who gave up looking, turned away and missed the Yeti lumbering by… Grab this rare and wondrous kidlit submission opportunity. “What is it?” you shriek. “Tell us!” I’ll be doing that in The Kidlitter Letter’s next issue on Tuesday. loupiccolo.myflodesk.com/thekidlitter...
If you are a picture book author or illustrator, take a look at the #12x12PB scholarship program and consider applying! Deadline is November 30th.
12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge@12x12challenge.bsky.social · 3y agoWe have HUGE #12x12PB scholarship program news! In addition to the 6 Diversity and Financial Need Scholarships to cover GOLD registration in 2024, we're adding 20 (!!) SILVER-member scholarships! Deadline to apply is November 30, 2023. www.12x12challenge.c... #kidlit #amwriting
I’ve added the lovely LitSharkMag… and now there are 44 children’s magazines looking for short stories, articles and poems. loupiccolo.myflodesk.com/freeguide #kidlit
Do you know a kidlit/YA person new to Bluesky? Here are starting resources that might help, pls see full thread 👇🏼 My take on social media Quick tips + templates My Bluesky how-to videos KidLit Authors & Illustrators On Bluesky Kate Messner's KidLit Community list cont'd
My #3tofollow are: @kerrymurphyeditor.bsky.social @rcchizhov.bsky.social @sharkstories.bsky.social
Debbie Ridpath Ohi@debbieohi.com · 3y ago#3tofollow CHALLENGE: Name 3 people on Bluesky who have fewer than 100 followers (and have made at least one post) whom you feel people should follow. I'll start: @kidlit247s.bsky.social @dadsreadingbooks.bsky.social @jenanbenton.bsky.social #3tofollow feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Sharing is caring. Be aware #kidlitchat
Victoria Strauss@victoriastrauss.com · 3y agoJust updated my Writer Beware post about long-standing payment problems at Cricket Media with info on how one creator took matters into their own hands...and got their money. See the 10/18/23 update writerbeware.blog/2022/11/18/l...
Love the #kidlitcommunity, there’s nothing quite like it.
Christiana Doucette@doucette515.bsky.social · 3y agoThe Middle Grade Hub group I'm part of keeps a handy Google Sheet of agents with Middle Grade on their MSWL, too. It gets updated as we think about it. But it's a good place to check for us. Love how community makes us all stronger. #KidLitChat
Kidlitters, read!
Debbie Ridpath Ohi@debbieohi.com · 3y agoCurious why 32 pages is the standard for picture books but why NOT all pages are available for story content? Here's my post about how a picture book is physically constructed, and how this affects picture book writers & illustrators: debbieohi.substack.com/p/picture-bo...
