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Martha Mihalick

@marthamihalick.bsky.social

Children's/YA books editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Opinions my own. she/her

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Martha Mihalick@marthamihalick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I just watched Seven Dials on Netflix, and I finally got a Dorothy L. Sayers book (Strong Poison) to read on vacation in a couple weeks and one of my fave shows last year was The Residence and where are the modern YA versions of this kind of cozy mystery and why are they not in my submissions pile?

Martha Mihalick@marthamihalick.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The perfect album from the year I turned 16–and also the one that was most played in the car with my newly gained drivers license independence…

Album cover of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill
Chris Morran@themorrancave.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Perfect album from the year i turned 16? Lots of contenders, with Nevermind being a clear front-runner. Also Loveless, Green Mind, Blue Lines, Low End Theory... But for me there was one perfect album to be a 16-year-old idiot prone to squawking along to the tape deck in his 1989 Daihatsu:

Martha Mihalick@marthamihalick.bsky.social · last yr.

Craft question: are there any mg or ya books told in dual POV, where in each you consider the POV character the hero and the other the villain—sympathizing with or understanding the actions of each when you’re in their head, even though you know they’re “evil” to the other?

Martha Mihalick@marthamihalick.bsky.social · last yr.

I’ve been reading and watching a lot of sci-fi recently (📚Some Desperate Glory, Wool, 📺 Andor, Silo, Foundation). My biggest takeaway? I don’t think I have the upper body strength to survive in a dystopia.

Martha Mihalick@marthamihalick.bsky.social · last yr.

Sometimes I think about Dear Genius, the collection of funny, pithy, insightful letters that the legendary Ursula Nordstrom wrote to authors like Sendak, EB White, Margaret Wise Brown, etc, and how I email my authors things like Neverending Story gifs.

Casey Lyall@caseylyall.bsky.social · 2y ago

Awesome review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for The League of Littles! Thank you for the kind words! @sarafaber.bsky.social and I can't wait to share this one! The League of Littles hits shelves on June 17th from Greenwillow Books and will be available anywhere books are sold.

The League of Littles by Casey Lyall

Lyall (Waking the Dead and Other Fun Activities) teams up with illustrator Faber in this shenanigans-filled graphic novel, a dua...

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Donalyn Miller@donalynbooks.bsky.social · 2y ago

“The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians —because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.” —Madeleine L’Engle

Authors Against Book Bans@authorsabb.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you're an author who has or will be publishing a books and you'd like to fight for the freedom to read & against book bans, we'd love to have you join Authors Against Book Bans. (OK, not the most creative name, but, you know, communicative!) All the info & the sign up form at

Authors Against Book Bans

Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · 2y ago

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.