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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · 2d

This was such an inspiring discussion! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Sep 5

This made me LOL! 😂 💯💯💯

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Aug 23

Reading it now and it’s sooo good!

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Aug 8

Kids are wild!

Like they come out of the bathroom announcing ‘GUY FIERI’ and then keep on walking…

And then you’re left wondering, but too afraid to ask…

a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .

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Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social · Aug 6

In case you missed it, we're running our Kidlit411 website banner contest: design a banner to win cash prizes ($175/ $125/ $75), an Illustrator Spotlight, and your design featured one month in 2026. Deadline: Oct. 15. #kidlitart

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Kidlit411 Banner Design Contest 2025

A one-stop place for all your kid lit information needs.

www.kidlit411.com

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Aug 1

Anyone else create characters and add them in to their story, only to be like, yeah but they’re dead!!? No? Just me?

Any tips for creating living breathing characters 🤣🤣🤣

#amwriting

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Aug 1

I had plans to get some editing done tonight, but then I went and picked up this new foster ❤️

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Aug 1

Looking forward to if/when you open up to US authors again!

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Jul 14

a cartoon cheetah wearing a police uniform stands in front of a door

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Jul 14

a thank you card with a bird and butterflies on it

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thank you!

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Jul 13

I think I’m going to try it in verse 😬😬😬

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Jul 13

a woman is holding a glass of wine and saying " positive vibes for you "

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Diamond Doyle (she/ella/elle) is Querying @diamonddoyle.bsky.social · Jul 1

Keep bringing beauty to the world regardless of the circumstances

A purple flower blooming in a crack in concrete

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Diamond Doyle (she/ella/elle) is Querying @diamonddoyle.bsky.social · Jul 11

From your brilliant mind to paper and on to Nice, then Paris, and now Prague in the hands of a fan, a friend, and now a stranger @blacktopkid.bsky.social #razorbladetears

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Diamond Doyle (she/ella/elle) is Querying @diamonddoyle.bsky.social · Jul 13

Ashley Rose is a floriculturist whose life changes when she inherits a madam’s diary from 1910—along with a serial killer’s blood in her veins.

VERITY meets KING OF ASHES in a thriller about inheritance, violence, & the cost of uncovering buried truths.

#Q #A #T #bluepit

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Jul 13

This is my dog!

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Jul 13

#bluepit📖
When Harper’s worries threaten to consume her, she seeks solace in the branches of her tree, Esperanza, where she gathers strength to face the big problems in life that have no solutions.

A lyrical story about mental health that focuses on finding peace in nature.
#PB #Q

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sarabraas.bsky.social @sarabraas.bsky.social · Jul 13

Ahoy #BluePit📖, #Q #PB Dino-Nauts (Dark humor, STEAM 350 words)

To fulfill her dream of exploring the cosmos, Creola has to outsmart a T-rex while building her rocket. Before the ticking asteroid clock expires, Creola blasts off, proving dinosaurs aren’t extinct - they’re in outer space!

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sarabraas.bsky.social @sarabraas.bsky.social · Jul 13

Aloha #BluePit📖, #Q #PB Hang Ten Hippo (extreme sports, STEAM, 375 words)

Hippo dude spies yummy hyacinth up the beach, risks extreme sports and scoffs of fellow hippos for the taste of a new way of life. HTH imagines why the real surfing hippos of Loango Park started surfing in the first place. 🦛🏄‍♂️

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sarabraas.bsky.social @sarabraas.bsky.social · Jul 13

#Bluesky📖, #Q #PB Working title: Dino-Nauts (Dark Humor, STEM 350 words)

How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Dyckman meets The Rock From the Sky by Klassen

🦕🦖🌍☄️🚀🎉🛰️

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sarabraas.bsky.social @sarabraas.bsky.social · Jul 13

#BluePit📖, #Q #PB Working title: Dino-Nauts (Dark Humor, STEM 350 words)

How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Dyckman meets The Rock From the Sky by Klassen

🦕🦖🌍☄️🚀🎉🛰️

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sarabraas.bsky.social @sarabraas.bsky.social · Jul 13

Aloha #BluePit📖 #Q -ing #M #C thriller THE PRICE YOU PAY (90,000 words). Mss won 2023 Hugh Holton MWA MW.

Ad exec Rae Dane witnesses her boss's kidnapping. Rae's forced to fight back before her two-year-old daughter becomes collateral damage.

💃kidnapped
ransom 💰
👧 at risk
working mom turned 🦸‍♀️

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Jul 11

Adding to my toppling TBR!

Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · May 23

I just fell in love with my husband all over again…

I told him I was going to try to clean out some books so we could fit everything on our shelves…

His reply: we just need a bigger library ❤️❤️❤️

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