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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler
@jenfw.bsky.social
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Children's Author / Puzzle Specialist Author of 30+ #kidlit books, including fiction, text books, NF puzzle books, and comic books. The Puzzler's Guides to Alaska, Oregon, and California: one part puzzle book + one part natural history guide.
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · 2d
Come play! Alaska Book Week scavenger hunt/puzzle contest.
Randomly drawn winners will receive prizes. I'll send The Puzzler's Guide to Alaska to someone--maybe you?!

Find the pieces, solve the puzzle, submit your answer. Visit AlaskaBookWeek.org for instructions.
In the center, my hands extend from four layers of shirts in bright right red, purple, pink, and a multi-colored pile jacket. I'm holding a long skinny gray rock in my left hand and a round gray rock in my right, stacked to look like an exclamation point. The background is a pointy gray mountain with dark green and brown vegetation at lower elevation and Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park. Inset is a screenshot of puzzle instructions from the Alaska Book Week website and the Alaska Book Week logo. There's a pink stripe down the right side because the exclamation photo didn't extend as far as I wanted! I would love for you to come play my game, solve the puzzle, and submit an answer. Winners will be randomly chosen from entries.
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
You've inspired me, Laura. I will look into xeriscaping for my main flower bed. For a while, I had native perennials (wildflowers) going nicely in there, but they require more water than I can give them, and they bloom early and fast, so the colorful period is short. I will see what I can find.
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
There are sooooo many possibilities with paper crafting. I want to do more than I've done.
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
I actually have a blow torch. Not sure why. 🤷‍♀️
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Your miniatures are magnificent, and so are your flowers. Go, you!
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
That is a wonderful collage--and an even better garden! Cheers to you (and inspiration to me)!
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Wowzer, that is gorgeous! Okay, I can definitely do better on my flower bed. Maybe. I've got water issues, too.
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
I know! Elsewhere, one plant feeds a neighborhood, but here I can't get enough. Harvesting is fun! Processing all that I harvest is a little less fun, but only a little. #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Great idea! I have crafty friends who come camping at my house in the summer. Maybe we'll give this a go. Thanks for the idea and tip! #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
And then there are the berry beds and the orchard! I'm a garden glutton. #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Ohmygoodness, any veg I can grow in Alaska, and some I can't, which are in the greenhouse! Lots of greens, rutabagas, turnips, beets, broccoli, peas, beans, tomatoes, mini melons. I have plant half a dozen zucchini plants to get many zucs, though! #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Someday, I'm gonna give acrylic pouring a try! #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Superfun! Go, you! #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Yeah, that should do it. 😃 #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
It gets the bubbles out, right? #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
There's a story there! #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Yep, that makes sense. A lot of video games are stories. #kidlitchat What part of game development do you do?
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Yeah. That's nice! #kidlitchat
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Marti Johns...is on sub @martijohns23.bsky.social · May 28
It's so awesome when the piece is polished and you are just so in LOVE with it! #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
What are some things you create that aren't kidlit? How is it like the kidlit creative process?

I'm creating a garden. I guess maybe watching the garden grow is similar to watching a story take shape. #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
I knew what you meant. #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Interesting! #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
I remember explaining the importance of a little white stitch in the eye of an embroidered animal. You're right: it gave the animal life!
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Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com · May 28
The real best part of my creative process is when I put a dot in a circle a certain way and it becomes an eye, with life and expression. It is the best. #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
It's a wonder I ever get past this stage, actually. #kidlitchat
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Count me in!
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Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social · May 28
It feels like many of us here at #kidlitchat enjoy different parts of the process the most, so may I suggest we combine ourselves into one giant creative who loves EVERYTHING? We'll be unstoppable....
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JenFW #kidlit writer, puzzler @jenfw.bsky.social · May 28
Cheers to you, Brian!
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