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D.N. Schmidt, sci-fi novelist🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 25d

How to spread the word about your favorite author:

⚬ Write a review!

⚬ Recommend their books to your friends!

⚬ Make a TikTok eating their books!

⚬ Organize a book club that definitely isn’t a cult!

⚬ Start a conspiracy theory about them! Are they a Bigfoot? Let’s steal their DNA and find out!

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dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · Jun 2

Diagnosed with scoliosis at 14, 3 separate surgeries, (fused to T3 to L3) but no one explained to me it would be a lifelong debilitating condition that I would suffer with in some form for the rest of my life. Scoliosis awareness month would have been a lifesaver back then. #ScoliosisAwarenessMonth

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Family Voices of Alabama @familyvoicesal.bsky.social · Jun 2

"Scoliosis affects 1 in 40 children and up to 1 in 3 adults. Many go undiagnosed for years. Awareness can lead to earlier detection, improved treatment options, and better quality of life."

#ScoliosisAwarenessMonth #Scolosis

www.scoliosis.org/awareness-mo...

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dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · May 29

Love receiving writing friends book post! Such a stunning story @sabrinashahauthor.bsky.social can’t wait to read it to my little darlings later ❤️

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Chloe Ito Ward @chloeitoward.bsky.social · May 18

#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide

Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn

gofund.me/ce50d993

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dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · May 9

Look what’s popped up in my kindle @amiescool.bsky.social very excited!

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dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · May 7

Amazing desert ❤️

dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · May 6

Happy 99th birthday to the man that taught me these little spoods can change colour and due to colours insects can and can’t see are practically invisible to their prey. Was delighted to see one on my lilac.

dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · May 2

Amazing competition at my school!

dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · May 2

Just watched a tiny caterpillar, who was washed from the drainpipe by the rain, climb back up again. It took him/her 20 mins but what a lesson in resilience stamina and endurance. Nature is awesome!

a close up of a wooden surface with a small green bug on it

ALT: a close up of a wooden surface with a small green bug on it

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Chloe Ito Ward @chloeitoward.bsky.social · May 2

Teachers & Librarians, we're hosting a picture book bundle giveaway on Insta, and today is the last day! Please check it out 🥰🙃

www.instagram.com/p/DJHYDghpd8...

#Edusky #Skybrarian #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed #reading #books #library #amteaching

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dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · Apr 28

Nearly there. Only another 25,000 words left of my rewrite.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · Apr 22

Let's celebrate Earth Day! Go for a walk in our living world. Touch trees. Be proud about your love for our Earth. Speak up about ending climate change. Speak up about conserving our world. Speak up against the oligarchs who are pushing fossil fuels and pillaging our planet. Make a joyful noise!

Female cone of tamarack, Larix laricina, with bright green cone scales tipped in red attached to a twig. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

A white conical flower of silverbell, Halesia carolina, with white petas, bright yellow stamens clustered aound a pink pistil. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

Two dark red flowers of pawpaw, Asimina triloba, with yellow round cylinders of stamens. Small flies are sitting on the petals. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

A vegetative bud of kingnut, Carya laciniosa, with a cluster of new pale green leaves in the center surrounded by broad, deep red bracts. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

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Polar Bears International @polarbearsinternational.org · Apr 22

Happy Earth Day! Wondering how you might be able to take meaningful actions for polar bears? Peruse our new Take Action toolkit and find ways you can make a difference, no matter where you live. #EarthDay
pbears.org/takeaction

Take Action | Polar Bears International

Learn about the different ways you can take action, and help protect the polar bears.

pbears.org

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · Apr 16

The new version of INTO THE GRAY is up on Goodreads!

If you want to read...go hit the want to read button.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Into The Gray

Welcome to Nowhere, a gray expanse full of piles of los…

www.goodreads.com

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · Apr 16

MG horror

INTO THE GRAY coming from Undertaker Books April 25th!

The first in The Nowhere Series!

#HorrorWritersChat
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dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · Apr 16

This sounds great fun. Look forward to the debrief.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Apr 3

Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”

Theft is not a valid alternative.

META BOOK THIEVES - They Must Do The Write Thing

The Society of Authors are protesting Meta’s HQ today

This image shows illustrations of authors holding placards saying “make it fair” and “do the write thing”

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · Mar 31

It's officially Day 1 of the Bologna Children's Book Fair!

Heading to the 2025 Bologna Book Fair? If so, don’t miss the chance to stop by the SCBWI booth and say hello!

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · Mar 28

And here it is!
My middle grade horror INTO THE GRAY is coming back! The first book in The Nowhere Series!

Who is that creepy guy in the corner? What's with that evil Faerie bird? What is that robot? And WHERE IS EMBER?
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undertakerbooks.bsky.social @undertakerbooks.bsky.social · Mar 28

When the social media guy can't schedule posts on Bluesky, our Bluesky followers get to see @kathleenpalm.bsky.social's new cover an hour early!

INTO THE GRAY is coming April 24, 2025!

#coverreveal #horror #middlegrade #horrorreaders #horrorwriters #writing #comingsoon

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Amie Jordan @amiescool.bsky.social · Mar 28

Presenting my new book how men present fish.

Out May 8th - pre order now.

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Sabrina Shah #kidlit author @sabrinashahauthor.bsky.social · Mar 24

Ahhh thank you so much for sharing ☺️☺️

Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · Mar 20

Coming from @barefootbooks.bsky.social MUSIC OF THE MOUNTAINS youtu.be/3uK4VzQCWOA

Music of the Mountains | Book Trailer

YouTube video by Barefoot Books

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alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · Mar 20

uk! the government is running a consultation on it’s proposed reforms to health and disability benefits which could cut off vital, life saving support to thousands of people. here’s your chance to feedback, or, if disabled yourself, let them know how this will impact you-
www.gov.uk/government/c...

Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper

This consultation seeks views on the approaches government should consider around reform of the health and disability benefits system and employment support.

www.gov.uk

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Sabrina Shah #kidlit author @sabrinashahauthor.bsky.social · Mar 17

Guys I just want Music Of The Mountains to be out in the world 🥹 This book means everything to me

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dmariewrites.bsky.social @dmariewrites.bsky.social · Mar 4

I wrote my first short story today. A twist on the tale of the pied piper. I might write more 😊

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