Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION!
@caitdarfler.com
picture book writer. mom. geologist. environmentalist. gardener. jigsaw puzzler. #SCBWI #kidlit 🏳️🌈
Co-Assistant Regional Advisor, SCBWI NY: West/Central
PBParty2025 Finalist!
www.caitdarfler.com
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social
Co-Assistant Regional Advisor, SCBWI NY: West/Central
PBParty2025 Finalist!
www.caitdarfler.com
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social
Reposted by Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION!
Your picture book needs to answer one question fast: So what?
If you can't answer it, neither can an editor (or a sales rep, or a buyer). Today's post explains exactly how to fix that.
www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/11/24/i...
#PictureBooks #WritingTips #KidLit
If you can't answer it, neither can an editor (or a sales rep, or a buyer). Today's post explains exactly how to fix that.
www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/11/24/i...
#PictureBooks #WritingTips #KidLit
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Your picture book needs to answer one question fast: So what?
If you can't answer it, neither can an editor (or a sales rep, or a buyer). Today's post explains exactly how to fix that.
www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/11/24/i...
#PictureBooks #WritingTips #KidLit
If you can't answer it, neither can an editor (or a sales rep, or a buyer). Today's post explains exactly how to fix that.
www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/11/24/i...
#PictureBooks #WritingTips #KidLit
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Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
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November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
#writers this is worth a read. #kidlit
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Imposter Syndrome Crisis
By Rachel Toalson
writerunboxed.com/2025/11/12/t...
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Imposter Syndrome Crisis
By Rachel Toalson
writerunboxed.com/2025/11/12/t...
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Imposter Syndrome Crisis
As a runner who dabbles in long distances of the double digit kind, my resting heart rate sits at about 45-50 beats per minute on any given day. For the last two hours, it had been stuck at 85—almo…
writerunboxed.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#writers this is worth a read. #kidlit
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Imposter Syndrome Crisis
By Rachel Toalson
writerunboxed.com/2025/11/12/t...
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Imposter Syndrome Crisis
By Rachel Toalson
writerunboxed.com/2025/11/12/t...
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Get your query letter ready to send to agents! Learn about the querying process and what to do while waiting for responses.
#kidlit #scbwi
Register here:
www.scbwi.org/events/novel...
#kidlit #scbwi
Register here:
www.scbwi.org/events/novel...
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Get your query letter ready to send to agents! Learn about the querying process and what to do while waiting for responses.
#kidlit #scbwi
Register here:
www.scbwi.org/events/novel...
#kidlit #scbwi
Register here:
www.scbwi.org/events/novel...
I need to remember this!
“Show, don’t tell” doesn’t mean “never tell.” It means to find the balance.
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I need to remember this!
I wear another hat beyond #kidlit #writer - chairing a county environmental advisory board - and today I had a small win!
Legislation I was leading, made it unanimously through committee.
#Celebrate!
Onwards!
#volunteering #environmental
Legislation I was leading, made it unanimously through committee.
#Celebrate!
Onwards!
#volunteering #environmental
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I wear another hat beyond #kidlit #writer - chairing a county environmental advisory board - and today I had a small win!
Legislation I was leading, made it unanimously through committee.
#Celebrate!
Onwards!
#volunteering #environmental
Legislation I was leading, made it unanimously through committee.
#Celebrate!
Onwards!
#volunteering #environmental
@scbwiwestcentny.bsky.socia representing at The Rochester Children & Teens’ Book Festival www.rcbfest.com
It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!
Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College
With @pattywurster.bsky.social
It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!
Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College
With @pattywurster.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@scbwiwestcentny.bsky.socia representing at The Rochester Children & Teens’ Book Festival www.rcbfest.com
It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!
Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College
With @pattywurster.bsky.social
It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!
Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College
With @pattywurster.bsky.social
Tomorrow (Sat 11/8) I'll be with @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social & @pattywurster.bsky.social at The Rochester Children & Teens’ Book Festival www.rcbfest.com
It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!
Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College
It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!
Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Tomorrow (Sat 11/8) I'll be with @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social & @pattywurster.bsky.social at The Rochester Children & Teens’ Book Festival www.rcbfest.com
It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!
Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College
It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!
Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College
Who's joining? I'm hosting the final 2 hrs of this marathon! It starts Saturday at 10 AM Eastern!
#24hourChildrensBookChallange #Childrensbooks #scbwi #amwriting #amillustrating
www.scbwi.org/events/the-e...
#24hourChildrensBookChallange #Childrensbooks #scbwi #amwriting #amillustrating
www.scbwi.org/events/the-e...
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Who's joining? I'm hosting the final 2 hrs of this marathon! It starts Saturday at 10 AM Eastern!
#24hourChildrensBookChallange #Childrensbooks #scbwi #amwriting #amillustrating
www.scbwi.org/events/the-e...
#24hourChildrensBookChallange #Childrensbooks #scbwi #amwriting #amillustrating
www.scbwi.org/events/the-e...
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Do you know some great 2025 endpapers or case covers you want to nominate for the Endies and Undies Awards? The deadline to nominate is TOMORROW (Oct. 31st). Head here to get going: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/30/l...
LAST CALL for 2025 Undies (Case Cover) and Endies (End Paper) Award Submissions! Deadline is Oct. 31st!
Send in those nominations for the Undies and Endies Awards!
100scopenotes.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Do you know some great 2025 endpapers or case covers you want to nominate for the Endies and Undies Awards? The deadline to nominate is TOMORROW (Oct. 31st). Head here to get going: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/30/l...
I'm heading on a self led #writing retreat.
Therefore, I'm hording library books. Like a book goblin.
Therefore, I'm not returning any. Wonderful looming piles.
Therefore, my flow to sharing books is broken.
Therefore, I'm sorry #kidlit #kidlitart
📚👍 So many good #picturebooks will be back soon.
Therefore, I'm hording library books. Like a book goblin.
Therefore, I'm not returning any. Wonderful looming piles.
Therefore, my flow to sharing books is broken.
Therefore, I'm sorry #kidlit #kidlitart
📚👍 So many good #picturebooks will be back soon.
October 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm heading on a self led #writing retreat.
Therefore, I'm hording library books. Like a book goblin.
Therefore, I'm not returning any. Wonderful looming piles.
Therefore, my flow to sharing books is broken.
Therefore, I'm sorry #kidlit #kidlitart
📚👍 So many good #picturebooks will be back soon.
Therefore, I'm hording library books. Like a book goblin.
Therefore, I'm not returning any. Wonderful looming piles.
Therefore, my flow to sharing books is broken.
Therefore, I'm sorry #kidlit #kidlitart
📚👍 So many good #picturebooks will be back soon.
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
I Am Not A Vampire
Miles McKenna & Riley Samels
More of this. More of vampires and werewolves and acceptance of who we are. Adorable. Relatable on so many levels. Go be a werewolf kid, it's who you were born to be.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
I Am Not A Vampire
Miles McKenna & Riley Samels
More of this. More of vampires and werewolves and acceptance of who we are. Adorable. Relatable on so many levels. Go be a werewolf kid, it's who you were born to be.
October 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
I Am Not A Vampire
Miles McKenna & Riley Samels
More of this. More of vampires and werewolves and acceptance of who we are. Adorable. Relatable on so many levels. Go be a werewolf kid, it's who you were born to be.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
I Am Not A Vampire
Miles McKenna & Riley Samels
More of this. More of vampires and werewolves and acceptance of who we are. Adorable. Relatable on so many levels. Go be a werewolf kid, it's who you were born to be.
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Fireworks
Matthew Burgess & Catia Chien
@matthewburgessj.bsky.social
WOW! This book packs a punch of summer-days. Come for the onomatopoeias and stay for the gorgeous art. LOVE IT!
(a perfect comp for my own story on submission #editors)
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Fireworks
Matthew Burgess & Catia Chien
@matthewburgessj.bsky.social
WOW! This book packs a punch of summer-days. Come for the onomatopoeias and stay for the gorgeous art. LOVE IT!
(a perfect comp for my own story on submission #editors)
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Fireworks
Matthew Burgess & Catia Chien
@matthewburgessj.bsky.social
WOW! This book packs a punch of summer-days. Come for the onomatopoeias and stay for the gorgeous art. LOVE IT!
(a perfect comp for my own story on submission #editors)
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Fireworks
Matthew Burgess & Catia Chien
@matthewburgessj.bsky.social
WOW! This book packs a punch of summer-days. Come for the onomatopoeias and stay for the gorgeous art. LOVE IT!
(a perfect comp for my own story on submission #editors)
I'm going! Who else is going to be there?
Registration for the SCBWI 2026 New York Conference opens TODAY, October 14 @ 10am PST ! 🎉
View the entire in-person line up on our website here: tinyurl.com/79hkf4ta
(and a special thank you to Merrill Rainey for making our gorgeous conference art www.littlerainey.com)
#scbwiNY26
View the entire in-person line up on our website here: tinyurl.com/79hkf4ta
(and a special thank you to Merrill Rainey for making our gorgeous conference art www.littlerainey.com)
#scbwiNY26
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I'm going! Who else is going to be there?
BlueSky #writers #amquerying take notice!
GUESS WHAT!!! Special BlueSky only submission opportunity!
I will open my QueryManager link Wednesday 10/15 at 9 AM EST and leave it open until Monday 10/20 9 AM EST.
Please make sure to check my MSWL and only submit what I am looking for.
ONE submission per author.
I will open my QueryManager link Wednesday 10/15 at 9 AM EST and leave it open until Monday 10/20 9 AM EST.
Please make sure to check my MSWL and only submit what I am looking for.
ONE submission per author.
a man in a tie is shouting yay in a kitchen .
ALT: a man in a tie is shouting yay in a kitchen .
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October 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
BlueSky #writers #amquerying take notice!
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
A Spoonful of Frogs
Casey Lyall & Vera Brosgol
@caseylyall.bsky.social
@verabrosgol.bsky.social
I love this story and read it a couple of times a year. The unraveling of the witch is so well done within the text and art.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
A Spoonful of Frogs
Casey Lyall & Vera Brosgol
@caseylyall.bsky.social
@verabrosgol.bsky.social
I love this story and read it a couple of times a year. The unraveling of the witch is so well done within the text and art.
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
A Spoonful of Frogs
Casey Lyall & Vera Brosgol
@caseylyall.bsky.social
@verabrosgol.bsky.social
I love this story and read it a couple of times a year. The unraveling of the witch is so well done within the text and art.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
A Spoonful of Frogs
Casey Lyall & Vera Brosgol
@caseylyall.bsky.social
@verabrosgol.bsky.social
I love this story and read it a couple of times a year. The unraveling of the witch is so well done within the text and art.
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Arguers
Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social
The title and the cover made me pick this up. I was not disappointed. My little enjoyed the ridiculous things they argued about in the story. Grab this one.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Arguers
Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social
The title and the cover made me pick this up. I was not disappointed. My little enjoyed the ridiculous things they argued about in the story. Grab this one.
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Arguers
Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social
The title and the cover made me pick this up. I was not disappointed. My little enjoyed the ridiculous things they argued about in the story. Grab this one.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Arguers
Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social
The title and the cover made me pick this up. I was not disappointed. My little enjoyed the ridiculous things they argued about in the story. Grab this one.
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Becoming Boba
Joanna Ho & Amber Ren
@joannahowrites.bsky.social
@amberren.bsky.social
Look at that cute Boba! A story with something for kids (and adult) at every level. Learn about milk tea, accepting differences, or just enjoy the art!
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Becoming Boba
Joanna Ho & Amber Ren
@joannahowrites.bsky.social
@amberren.bsky.social
Look at that cute Boba! A story with something for kids (and adult) at every level. Learn about milk tea, accepting differences, or just enjoy the art!
October 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Becoming Boba
Joanna Ho & Amber Ren
@joannahowrites.bsky.social
@amberren.bsky.social
Look at that cute Boba! A story with something for kids (and adult) at every level. Learn about milk tea, accepting differences, or just enjoy the art!
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Becoming Boba
Joanna Ho & Amber Ren
@joannahowrites.bsky.social
@amberren.bsky.social
Look at that cute Boba! A story with something for kids (and adult) at every level. Learn about milk tea, accepting differences, or just enjoy the art!
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
In the World of Whales
Michelle Cusolito & Jessica Lanan
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@jessicalanan.bsky.social
Here were my notes: "Gorgeous. Lyrical and touching. Quiet book about birth of sperm whale and a free diver. Well done."
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
In the World of Whales
Michelle Cusolito & Jessica Lanan
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@jessicalanan.bsky.social
Here were my notes: "Gorgeous. Lyrical and touching. Quiet book about birth of sperm whale and a free diver. Well done."
October 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
In the World of Whales
Michelle Cusolito & Jessica Lanan
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@jessicalanan.bsky.social
Here were my notes: "Gorgeous. Lyrical and touching. Quiet book about birth of sperm whale and a free diver. Well done."
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
In the World of Whales
Michelle Cusolito & Jessica Lanan
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@jessicalanan.bsky.social
Here were my notes: "Gorgeous. Lyrical and touching. Quiet book about birth of sperm whale and a free diver. Well done."
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Marvelous Now
Angela DiTerlizzi & Lorena Alvarez Gomez
What amazing, vivid, colorful images. I love stories that l focus on mindfulness and grounding.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Marvelous Now
Angela DiTerlizzi & Lorena Alvarez Gomez
What amazing, vivid, colorful images. I love stories that l focus on mindfulness and grounding.
October 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Marvelous Now
Angela DiTerlizzi & Lorena Alvarez Gomez
What amazing, vivid, colorful images. I love stories that l focus on mindfulness and grounding.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Marvelous Now
Angela DiTerlizzi & Lorena Alvarez Gomez
What amazing, vivid, colorful images. I love stories that l focus on mindfulness and grounding.
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Picture Book Connect: Let's Polish Up Your Manuscript! Bring those first 250 words of your picture book manuscript to share. Feel free to drop by to meet SCBWI picture book writers.
#kidlit #picturebook #scbwi
Register Here:
www.scbwi.org/events/pictu...
#kidlit #picturebook #scbwi
Register Here:
www.scbwi.org/events/pictu...
October 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Picture Book Connect: Let's Polish Up Your Manuscript! Bring those first 250 words of your picture book manuscript to share. Feel free to drop by to meet SCBWI picture book writers.
#kidlit #picturebook #scbwi
Register Here:
www.scbwi.org/events/pictu...
#kidlit #picturebook #scbwi
Register Here:
www.scbwi.org/events/pictu...
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Patchwork
Matt De La Pena & Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social
Here are my notes from this one: "We are a multitude, not defined by any one thing. Lovely lyrical language. Powerful."
Yup.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Patchwork
Matt De La Pena & Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social
Here are my notes from this one: "We are a multitude, not defined by any one thing. Lovely lyrical language. Powerful."
Yup.
October 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Patchwork
Matt De La Pena & Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social
Here are my notes from this one: "We are a multitude, not defined by any one thing. Lovely lyrical language. Powerful."
Yup.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Patchwork
Matt De La Pena & Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social
Here are my notes from this one: "We are a multitude, not defined by any one thing. Lovely lyrical language. Powerful."
Yup.
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Great Santa Stakeout
Betsy Bird & Dan Santat
@fuse8.bsky.social
@dansantat.bsky.social
I should probably wait until Dec to share this, but fun, kid-friendly books don't have a specific "season". My family loved this.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Great Santa Stakeout
Betsy Bird & Dan Santat
@fuse8.bsky.social
@dansantat.bsky.social
I should probably wait until Dec to share this, but fun, kid-friendly books don't have a specific "season". My family loved this.
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Great Santa Stakeout
Betsy Bird & Dan Santat
@fuse8.bsky.social
@dansantat.bsky.social
I should probably wait until Dec to share this, but fun, kid-friendly books don't have a specific "season". My family loved this.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Great Santa Stakeout
Betsy Bird & Dan Santat
@fuse8.bsky.social
@dansantat.bsky.social
I should probably wait until Dec to share this, but fun, kid-friendly books don't have a specific "season". My family loved this.
#kidlit #kidlitart #authors
I need a list of debut #picturebooks out in the past 5 years. Shoot me your favorite titles to grab!
I'm doing an exercise during a writing retreat and want to focus on debut texts.
Thank you in advance!
I need a list of debut #picturebooks out in the past 5 years. Shoot me your favorite titles to grab!
I'm doing an exercise during a writing retreat and want to focus on debut texts.
Thank you in advance!
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
#kidlit #kidlitart #authors
I need a list of debut #picturebooks out in the past 5 years. Shoot me your favorite titles to grab!
I'm doing an exercise during a writing retreat and want to focus on debut texts.
Thank you in advance!
I need a list of debut #picturebooks out in the past 5 years. Shoot me your favorite titles to grab!
I'm doing an exercise during a writing retreat and want to focus on debut texts.
Thank you in advance!
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
A Little Bit of Everything
Meghana Narayan & Michelle Carlos
@michellecarlos.bsky.social
The art in this is outstanding! Checkout out this gorgeous book!
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
A Little Bit of Everything
Meghana Narayan & Michelle Carlos
@michellecarlos.bsky.social
The art in this is outstanding! Checkout out this gorgeous book!
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
A Little Bit of Everything
Meghana Narayan & Michelle Carlos
@michellecarlos.bsky.social
The art in this is outstanding! Checkout out this gorgeous book!
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
A Little Bit of Everything
Meghana Narayan & Michelle Carlos
@michellecarlos.bsky.social
The art in this is outstanding! Checkout out this gorgeous book!