aly (she/her)

if you are querying, do you put your pen name on the manuscript, or your real (legal) name?

How many authors out there also keep journals? Why/why not?

i can tell my psychic little sister ABSOLUTELY knows when i'm going to die and she won't tell me and it's pissing me off. i know there's a story here somewhere and i will find it even if it's the death of me... literally.

daily rejection inspiration: "You have to learn to take rejection not as an indication of personal failing but as a wrong address" — Ray Bradbury #writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying

team @ogmatthewlillard.bsky.social 4lyfe <3 i don't think i've been on here for months. just had to pop in to say this on the off chance he sees it because i've been a fan for literally decades. that man has RANGE and i'd be honored to work on a film with him someday if i ever got to that level

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day and happy Halloween-Month! I am Marta, illustrator and author, and I am open to new projects, especially board books, picture books and book covers! I love anything funny, cute, but also spooky and magical!

I have NEVER been skilled at drawing. (This is exhibit a in why I am an abstract painter). However, I decided to participate in #scbwiArtober2025 because I had surgery last week & I need entertainment. So…This is Abel the Spider (RIP) getting SQUASHED by… a Squash. (Since I know you couldn’t tell)

And she never quit. Goal for all of you: never quit.

Every time I see a house like this on Zillow I chant to myself WITCH HOUSE, WITCH HOUSE, WITCH HOUSE Anyway I don’t ask for much in life but I can’t wait to be a millionaire with a witch house

I have this horrible affliction where my real birth name is actually not a very good name for an author or artist. I’ve been dying to drop my last name my entire life help

Hi! My name is Morgan ❤️ some things I love to draw: 🍄 whimsical scenes 🌼 kids on adventures 🍂 cozy environments I’d love to book some work in PB and also MG 🩷 💌 Morgan.huffs@gmail.com 🌷morgansketch.com #kidlit #kidlitartpostcard

Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids. 🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟 Portfolio - charlenechua.com Agent - Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #PB #GN #chapterbooks #boardbooks

Feeling frustrated? Overwhelmed? Take a deep breath and keep going. Keep writing. Keep creating. Believe. #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

So, fellow authors. I #amquerying & it’s a new manuscript but I’ve queried this agent once before. The query letter is basically going to be the same then besides the info about my new book… is this a problem? lol I don’t know how else to change it but I feel like it’s recognizable, right? HELP

The people complaining that companies want to pay less to clean up AI generated content is so odd. If we want to be valued for our work as humans we have to show them we’re worth paying for. At least charge your regular rate if you’re gonna do this. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day everyone 💌 l'm Caroline, 🇬🇧🇦🇺 picture book maker with a softly textured style and a love of endearing tales ✏️✨ Represented for writing and illustration by @kellydhouse.bsky.social 📚 #kidlit #kidlitart PORTFOLIO www.carolinemcphersonillustration.com

First things first. #WriterSky #DebbieOhiComics

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Gina Perry, a New England author and illustrator of children's books. I'm looking for that next cute and colorful book project: from picture book to early readers and chapter books. Rep'd by Sean McCarthy Lit. More at: www.ginaperry.com #kidlit

More: - Tiffany Aching, Pratchett - Prydain, Alexander (great as a pre-LOTR series imo) - Dark Is Rising, Cooper - His Dark Materials (hits real hard for weirdo smart kids) - Graceling, Cashore (I mistakenly read them in order 1-3-2 and actually might recommend that) - Queen’s Thief, Turner

Gonna tell the future generations this is Labubu.

I’ve decided I should stop intentionally limiting myself

Forever cringe, but forever grateful🫶🏻

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

“I believe people with imagination have a responsibility to speak other futures into existence.” -Mads Gobbo

If you live in Canada and believe you're immune from an Orwelian future, please be aware that the Edmonton School District just banned 200 books, including six of mine, from its school libraries.

ai is a vampire. you don't have to invite it in

I hope they sue them for BILLIONS.

on being a hater anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

He is a Bad Man™️

White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.

My favourite Finnish way of saying “there’s no place like home” is oma maa mansikka, muu maa mustikka. It means “own land strawberry, other land blueberry.”

I see #Aughost is a hashtag for the upcoming month and you know what maybe it is a sign to write a ghostly manuscript

Oh wow… (article from July 25 but close enough) bookriot.com/most-read-bo...

What’s a shark’s favourite novel? A Farewell to Arms

This sounds so sweet 😭 definitely want to read this

I found a writing course called “OMNISCIENCE—HOW TO SEE AND KNOW EVERYTHING” and, like, I’m the eldest daughter. I was born with this ability

I still can’t get over how brilliant the movie title Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is I mean COME ON

Apparently “The Snowy Day” is on Libby as an audiobook. You know, the award-winning picture book with absolutely NO text? 😂

Writing is the art of leaving pieces of yourself between the lines, hoping someone else will find them and feel a little less alone. ✨️

Literature is dead and no one reads anymore! I would still encourage you to make terrible life choices and become a writer anyway! Fuck a job, write poetry!