Kathleen Lowry
@lifeontamiami.bsky.social
Homeschool mama to 3, wife, PB author, off-the-beaten-path explorer & kombucha lover. Writing Coach w/ Picture Book Author Academy.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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It's my birthday month! Anyone want to buy a book for my school library? The students thank you. And so do i!
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December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It's my birthday month! Anyone want to buy a book for my school library? The students thank you. And so do i!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
My 7yo loves the Mega Man universe. This is his "what to wear present" this year and I can already hear his screams of joy. 🎅
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My 7yo loves the Mega Man universe. This is his "what to wear present" this year and I can already hear his screams of joy. 🎅
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While you may be wrapping things up for the holidays, it's the perfect time to line up editorial services so you can dive into next steps in the new year. Let me know if I can help! www.alisonweisseditorial.com
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December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
While you may be wrapping things up for the holidays, it's the perfect time to line up editorial services so you can dive into next steps in the new year. Let me know if I can help! www.alisonweisseditorial.com
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35ºC today, my koala dove straight into the underwater post office, the octopus postman knows how to keep things cool!
Perfect timing too. It’s December #KidLitPostcard day!
I love creating whimsical little worlds full of charm and adventure.
If you think we’d be a great match, please reach out!
Perfect timing too. It’s December #KidLitPostcard day!
I love creating whimsical little worlds full of charm and adventure.
If you think we’d be a great match, please reach out!
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
35ºC today, my koala dove straight into the underwater post office, the octopus postman knows how to keep things cool!
Perfect timing too. It’s December #KidLitPostcard day!
I love creating whimsical little worlds full of charm and adventure.
If you think we’d be a great match, please reach out!
Perfect timing too. It’s December #KidLitPostcard day!
I love creating whimsical little worlds full of charm and adventure.
If you think we’d be a great match, please reach out!
Over on Instagram, the Picture Book Author Academy coaches are sharing our revision processes.
My top tip: use the search find function to highlight all your weak words: was, is, are, just, felt, etc.
This helps spot areas you are telling over showing or a need stronger voice. #KIDLITMEGAFEED
My top tip: use the search find function to highlight all your weak words: was, is, are, just, felt, etc.
This helps spot areas you are telling over showing or a need stronger voice. #KIDLITMEGAFEED
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Over on Instagram, the Picture Book Author Academy coaches are sharing our revision processes.
My top tip: use the search find function to highlight all your weak words: was, is, are, just, felt, etc.
This helps spot areas you are telling over showing or a need stronger voice. #KIDLITMEGAFEED
My top tip: use the search find function to highlight all your weak words: was, is, are, just, felt, etc.
This helps spot areas you are telling over showing or a need stronger voice. #KIDLITMEGAFEED
I tried showing my big kids (9 and 7) National Lampoon's Christmas. As a kid, this was my family's Christmas movie.
10 minutes in my husband looks at me and says, "This is highly inappropriate." 😅 which sums up every childhood movie I ever watched in the 80's-90's.
10 minutes in my husband looks at me and says, "This is highly inappropriate." 😅 which sums up every childhood movie I ever watched in the 80's-90's.
a man in shorts is standing next to a pile of trash and a car .
ALT: a man in shorts is standing next to a pile of trash and a car .
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December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I tried showing my big kids (9 and 7) National Lampoon's Christmas. As a kid, this was my family's Christmas movie.
10 minutes in my husband looks at me and says, "This is highly inappropriate." 😅 which sums up every childhood movie I ever watched in the 80's-90's.
10 minutes in my husband looks at me and says, "This is highly inappropriate." 😅 which sums up every childhood movie I ever watched in the 80's-90's.
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You're not going to believe me when I tell you that this first 31 Days 31 Lists post represents just a small smattering of the board books published in 2025, but it's the truth! We kick off with books for the youngest readers today! #31days31lists 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/01/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: The Great Board Books of 2025
You're not going to believe me when I tell you that this is just a small smattering of board books published in 2025, but it's the truth.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
You're not going to believe me when I tell you that this first 31 Days 31 Lists post represents just a small smattering of the board books published in 2025, but it's the truth! We kick off with books for the youngest readers today! #31days31lists 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/01/3...
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For people who think book banning isn't a big deal because even if they're not available in libraries and schools, you can still buy them--this is an elitist argument. Most kids ONLY have access to books from their library. Libraries ensure info access for all. Libraries are vital in democracies.
It's not a badge of honor when books get banned. It stinks for everyone. For the book creators, who worked hard to create something special that now won't be shared. The kids who miss out. The librarians and teachers who are treated like criminals. And taxpayers who have to pay for this nonsense.
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
For people who think book banning isn't a big deal because even if they're not available in libraries and schools, you can still buy them--this is an elitist argument. Most kids ONLY have access to books from their library. Libraries ensure info access for all. Libraries are vital in democracies.
📣 I have a funny, commercial NF picture book with a reader engagement layer!
It's a topic I am passionate about (FOOD!) because of my 3 kiddos' allergies and needing to look at every.single.ingredient to find safe treats.
One day it'll be a book. 🤞
#amquerying #kidlit
It's a topic I am passionate about (FOOD!) because of my 3 kiddos' allergies and needing to look at every.single.ingredient to find safe treats.
One day it'll be a book. 🤞
#amquerying #kidlit
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
📣 I have a funny, commercial NF picture book with a reader engagement layer!
It's a topic I am passionate about (FOOD!) because of my 3 kiddos' allergies and needing to look at every.single.ingredient to find safe treats.
One day it'll be a book. 🤞
#amquerying #kidlit
It's a topic I am passionate about (FOOD!) because of my 3 kiddos' allergies and needing to look at every.single.ingredient to find safe treats.
One day it'll be a book. 🤞
#amquerying #kidlit
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Afoma is a beacon of light for the kidlit world!
No matter your reader, she has a book rec for them.
No matter your reader, she has a book rec for them.
Shoutout to the bloggers & Lit-fluencers like Afoma at Reading Middle Grade who make their own Best Books lists and take the care and time to email authors to let them know. Every single time I get an email like this, it absolutely makes my day. ❤️
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Afoma is a beacon of light for the kidlit world!
No matter your reader, she has a book rec for them.
No matter your reader, she has a book rec for them.
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I am honored to be a client of @starlingliterary.bsky.social , founded by ABLA agent alumni, @marchsoloway.bsky.social, @jemiscoe.bsky.social and @pterlip.bsky.social.
Be sure to give them and the agency a follow, as well as check out their shiny new website: www.starlingliterary.com
Be sure to give them and the agency a follow, as well as check out their shiny new website: www.starlingliterary.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I am honored to be a client of @starlingliterary.bsky.social , founded by ABLA agent alumni, @marchsoloway.bsky.social, @jemiscoe.bsky.social and @pterlip.bsky.social.
Be sure to give them and the agency a follow, as well as check out their shiny new website: www.starlingliterary.com
Be sure to give them and the agency a follow, as well as check out their shiny new website: www.starlingliterary.com
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Another incredible mentorship opportunity for #PB writers with Rosie Pova’s Picture Book Academy. 🎉🎉🎉The #Kidlit community is generous! Take advantage! Mighty Kidlit, 12 X 12, Writer’s Barn, Inked Voices… @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @brilawyer.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Another incredible mentorship opportunity for #PB writers with Rosie Pova’s Picture Book Academy. 🎉🎉🎉The #Kidlit community is generous! Take advantage! Mighty Kidlit, 12 X 12, Writer’s Barn, Inked Voices… @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @brilawyer.bsky.social
We have a life-sized skeleton in our storage unit we call Arturo.
My 7yo today"How did Arturo die?'
Husband: He's plastic, Buddy
Me: You thought we had a real dead body in our house?
7yo: (sad) Yeah. Now he's not as cool.
Wondering how many friends he told we have a dead body in our basement 🙈
My 7yo today"How did Arturo die?'
Husband: He's plastic, Buddy
Me: You thought we had a real dead body in our house?
7yo: (sad) Yeah. Now he's not as cool.
Wondering how many friends he told we have a dead body in our basement 🙈
a poster for the outlaws shows a woman sitting in front of a graffiti covered wall
ALT: a poster for the outlaws shows a woman sitting in front of a graffiti covered wall
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December 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We have a life-sized skeleton in our storage unit we call Arturo.
My 7yo today"How did Arturo die?'
Husband: He's plastic, Buddy
Me: You thought we had a real dead body in our house?
7yo: (sad) Yeah. Now he's not as cool.
Wondering how many friends he told we have a dead body in our basement 🙈
My 7yo today"How did Arturo die?'
Husband: He's plastic, Buddy
Me: You thought we had a real dead body in our house?
7yo: (sad) Yeah. Now he's not as cool.
Wondering how many friends he told we have a dead body in our basement 🙈
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I'm doing a picture book workshop in the new year!
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December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm doing a picture book workshop in the new year!
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Alert: I've gotten several reports of non-payment by Graveside Press, from authors w/ stories in one or more anthologies. Also failing to provide author copies, & failing to respond to emails & messages. Anyone w/ similar experiences, pls contact me (Writer Beware) in confidence: [email protected]
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Alert: I've gotten several reports of non-payment by Graveside Press, from authors w/ stories in one or more anthologies. Also failing to provide author copies, & failing to respond to emails & messages. Anyone w/ similar experiences, pls contact me (Writer Beware) in confidence: [email protected]
I OF COURSE got my MIL & SIL these gems for Christmas (and secretly hope I can borrow them 😅)
Bluebells is a historical fiction about the only woman on Charles Darwin's expediton team that came to Valparaíso
Donde Habitan las Sirenas is a novel about leaving home to find your place in the world.
Bluebells is a historical fiction about the only woman on Charles Darwin's expediton team that came to Valparaíso
Donde Habitan las Sirenas is a novel about leaving home to find your place in the world.
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I OF COURSE got my MIL & SIL these gems for Christmas (and secretly hope I can borrow them 😅)
Bluebells is a historical fiction about the only woman on Charles Darwin's expediton team that came to Valparaíso
Donde Habitan las Sirenas is a novel about leaving home to find your place in the world.
Bluebells is a historical fiction about the only woman on Charles Darwin's expediton team that came to Valparaíso
Donde Habitan las Sirenas is a novel about leaving home to find your place in the world.
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Reminder as we start to talk about panels for next year's NCTE conference: please don't just invite BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ creators to be on diversity panels. Invite them to be on panels about craft and STEAM books and history and horror and funny books and and and and... Diverse panels are just better.
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Reminder as we start to talk about panels for next year's NCTE conference: please don't just invite BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ creators to be on diversity panels. Invite them to be on panels about craft and STEAM books and history and horror and funny books and and and and... Diverse panels are just better.
My 9yo and I finished the Impossible Creatures book today and I am floored. She immediately said "we need the 2nd one now!"
Sad for her, it won't ship to Chile, so we have to wait for a friend to bring it down for us.
If you've read the 2nd book, was it as good as the first?
Sad for her, it won't ship to Chile, so we have to wait for a friend to bring it down for us.
If you've read the 2nd book, was it as good as the first?
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My 9yo and I finished the Impossible Creatures book today and I am floored. She immediately said "we need the 2nd one now!"
Sad for her, it won't ship to Chile, so we have to wait for a friend to bring it down for us.
If you've read the 2nd book, was it as good as the first?
Sad for her, it won't ship to Chile, so we have to wait for a friend to bring it down for us.
If you've read the 2nd book, was it as good as the first?
I know encouraging kids at traditional school to finish strong the last week before summer break is hard, but no one told me how hard it would be to motivate MYSELF too as a homeschool mom.
4 more days till 3 months of lazy, summer beach days. 🌴🎉
4 more days till 3 months of lazy, summer beach days. 🌴🎉
a starfish on a beach with the words " every day is one step closer to summer "
ALT: a starfish on a beach with the words " every day is one step closer to summer "
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November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I know encouraging kids at traditional school to finish strong the last week before summer break is hard, but no one told me how hard it would be to motivate MYSELF too as a homeschool mom.
4 more days till 3 months of lazy, summer beach days. 🌴🎉
4 more days till 3 months of lazy, summer beach days. 🌴🎉
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I’m speechless….
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! is a 2026 NCTE Charlotte Huck recommended read. Thank you NCTE for this honor! Congratulations to all the other authors and illustrators who received Charlotte Huck and Orbis awards yesterday!!!!!
#ncte #ncte25 #charlottehuckawards
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! is a 2026 NCTE Charlotte Huck recommended read. Thank you NCTE for this honor! Congratulations to all the other authors and illustrators who received Charlotte Huck and Orbis awards yesterday!!!!!
#ncte #ncte25 #charlottehuckawards
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’m speechless….
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! is a 2026 NCTE Charlotte Huck recommended read. Thank you NCTE for this honor! Congratulations to all the other authors and illustrators who received Charlotte Huck and Orbis awards yesterday!!!!!
#ncte #ncte25 #charlottehuckawards
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! is a 2026 NCTE Charlotte Huck recommended read. Thank you NCTE for this honor! Congratulations to all the other authors and illustrators who received Charlotte Huck and Orbis awards yesterday!!!!!
#ncte #ncte25 #charlottehuckawards
The In Your Dreams movie is so refreshing! Loved the ending, even my 9yo said "WOW, that never happens!"
Also loving awesome hits like "Hey Ya" from Outcast being in soundtracks.
Also loving awesome hits like "Hey Ya" from Outcast being in soundtracks.
a man wearing a green shirt and suspenders is singing into a microphone .
ALT: a man wearing a green shirt and suspenders is singing into a microphone .
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November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The In Your Dreams movie is so refreshing! Loved the ending, even my 9yo said "WOW, that never happens!"
Also loving awesome hits like "Hey Ya" from Outcast being in soundtracks.
Also loving awesome hits like "Hey Ya" from Outcast being in soundtracks.
Any good western middle grade books with strong female MCs that focuses more on adventure and friendship that any romance- in the vein of the TV show Spirit?
I already have Prarie Locus on my list. So, I'm looking for more cowgirl/horse-lover types than bonnet-wearing MCs.
#kidlit
I already have Prarie Locus on my list. So, I'm looking for more cowgirl/horse-lover types than bonnet-wearing MCs.
#kidlit
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Any good western middle grade books with strong female MCs that focuses more on adventure and friendship that any romance- in the vein of the TV show Spirit?
I already have Prarie Locus on my list. So, I'm looking for more cowgirl/horse-lover types than bonnet-wearing MCs.
#kidlit
I already have Prarie Locus on my list. So, I'm looking for more cowgirl/horse-lover types than bonnet-wearing MCs.
#kidlit
I had a blast reading first pages last night for Picture Book Author Academy's Kat Brzozowski webinar!
My main takeaways:
-Opening lines are your thesis statement for the MS.
-No long, muddled opening lines. Get us into the action.
-End first pages on tension: action or emotional
#KIDLITMEGAFEED
My main takeaways:
-Opening lines are your thesis statement for the MS.
-No long, muddled opening lines. Get us into the action.
-End first pages on tension: action or emotional
#KIDLITMEGAFEED
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I had a blast reading first pages last night for Picture Book Author Academy's Kat Brzozowski webinar!
My main takeaways:
-Opening lines are your thesis statement for the MS.
-No long, muddled opening lines. Get us into the action.
-End first pages on tension: action or emotional
#KIDLITMEGAFEED
My main takeaways:
-Opening lines are your thesis statement for the MS.
-No long, muddled opening lines. Get us into the action.
-End first pages on tension: action or emotional
#KIDLITMEGAFEED