K.C. Hayes
@kchayes.bsky.social
Fly fisher. Ukulele player. Picture book writer. Author of MOVING WORDS ABOUT A FLOWER. Does all his own stunts. www.kchayes.net
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Enter by tomorrow!
What's happening in two weeks?
My & @jaredchapman.bsky.social's boisterous book, MONTY AND THE MUSHROOMS drops!
So let's do a giveaway!
Follow, Repost, Comment by Fri 3/7 to enter to win a signed book and some goodies! (3 avail)
#kidlit #fungifriends
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Monty-...
My & @jaredchapman.bsky.social's boisterous book, MONTY AND THE MUSHROOMS drops!
So let's do a giveaway!
Follow, Repost, Comment by Fri 3/7 to enter to win a signed book and some goodies! (3 avail)
#kidlit #fungifriends
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Monty-...
March 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Enter by tomorrow!
Ridiculously happy to be a finalist in the always-exciting #PBParty event, organized by the impressive-energetic
@mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
#childrensbooks
@mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
#childrensbooks
March 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ridiculously happy to be a finalist in the always-exciting #PBParty event, organized by the impressive-energetic
@mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
#childrensbooks
@mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
#childrensbooks
Just in time for spring! March 11, 2025 is the release date for the paperback version of Moving Words About A Flower, from @charlesbridge.bsky.social and illustrated by Barbara Chotiner.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
#childrensbooks
#picturebooks
#kidlit
#childrensbooks
March 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just in time for spring! March 11, 2025 is the release date for the paperback version of Moving Words About A Flower, from @charlesbridge.bsky.social and illustrated by Barbara Chotiner.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
#childrensbooks
#picturebooks
#kidlit
#childrensbooks
I had much fun writing a mini-story and entering it in #50PreciousWords, organized by the indefatigable @viviankirkfield.bsky.social. Now it's fingers crossed while the judges do their thing.
March 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I had much fun writing a mini-story and entering it in #50PreciousWords, organized by the indefatigable @viviankirkfield.bsky.social. Now it's fingers crossed while the judges do their thing.
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no better evidence that we’ve got a couple trillion-dollar squatters holding the internet back than the fact that a company with 20 employees can make a better platform than Meta
November 21, 2024 at 8:40 PM
no better evidence that we’ve got a couple trillion-dollar squatters holding the internet back than the fact that a company with 20 employees can make a better platform than Meta
Still amazed by Mac Barnett's first line of text for "Extra Yarn."
Pure poetry:
On a cold afternoon, in a cold little town,
where everywhere your looked was either the white of snow
or the black of soot from chimneys,
Annabelle found a box filled with yarn of every color.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
Pure poetry:
On a cold afternoon, in a cold little town,
where everywhere your looked was either the white of snow
or the black of soot from chimneys,
Annabelle found a box filled with yarn of every color.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
November 22, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Still amazed by Mac Barnett's first line of text for "Extra Yarn."
Pure poetry:
On a cold afternoon, in a cold little town,
where everywhere your looked was either the white of snow
or the black of soot from chimneys,
Annabelle found a box filled with yarn of every color.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
Pure poetry:
On a cold afternoon, in a cold little town,
where everywhere your looked was either the white of snow
or the black of soot from chimneys,
Annabelle found a box filled with yarn of every color.
#picturebooks
#kidlit
How (IMO) to use AI's deficiencies to improve your PB writing.
Part 2 of 2
ECONOMIZE
AI doesn't compress thoughts with metaphors etc., so after comparing drafts (see Part 1):
a. Notice any overlap of long-windedness.
b. Find a more elegant way of expressing that thought.
#AI
#kidlit
#picturebooks
Part 2 of 2
ECONOMIZE
AI doesn't compress thoughts with metaphors etc., so after comparing drafts (see Part 1):
a. Notice any overlap of long-windedness.
b. Find a more elegant way of expressing that thought.
#AI
#kidlit
#picturebooks
November 20, 2024 at 10:26 PM
How (IMO) to use AI's deficiencies to improve your PB writing.
Part 2 of 2
ECONOMIZE
AI doesn't compress thoughts with metaphors etc., so after comparing drafts (see Part 1):
a. Notice any overlap of long-windedness.
b. Find a more elegant way of expressing that thought.
#AI
#kidlit
#picturebooks
Part 2 of 2
ECONOMIZE
AI doesn't compress thoughts with metaphors etc., so after comparing drafts (see Part 1):
a. Notice any overlap of long-windedness.
b. Find a more elegant way of expressing that thought.
#AI
#kidlit
#picturebooks
How (IMO) to use AI's deficiencies to improve your picture book writing.
Part 1 of 2
PURGE CLICHÉS
AI tends to use generalized text, so you can:
a. Enter a synopsis of your story as a ChatGPT prompt.
b. Compare the result with YOUR story.
c. Eliminate overlap of clichés
#AI
#kidlit
#picturebooks
Part 1 of 2
PURGE CLICHÉS
AI tends to use generalized text, so you can:
a. Enter a synopsis of your story as a ChatGPT prompt.
b. Compare the result with YOUR story.
c. Eliminate overlap of clichés
#AI
#kidlit
#picturebooks
November 20, 2024 at 10:22 PM
How (IMO) to use AI's deficiencies to improve your picture book writing.
Part 1 of 2
PURGE CLICHÉS
AI tends to use generalized text, so you can:
a. Enter a synopsis of your story as a ChatGPT prompt.
b. Compare the result with YOUR story.
c. Eliminate overlap of clichés
#AI
#kidlit
#picturebooks
Part 1 of 2
PURGE CLICHÉS
AI tends to use generalized text, so you can:
a. Enter a synopsis of your story as a ChatGPT prompt.
b. Compare the result with YOUR story.
c. Eliminate overlap of clichés
#AI
#kidlit
#picturebooks
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I’m gonna be doing this with #SCBWI OK/AK (but it’s open to anyone interested)!
I hope it’ll help #KidLit folks who are new to BlueSky (or haven’t joined yet) more acquainted with the platform, how it works & how features like Feeds can be helpful for our community.
I hope it’ll help #KidLit folks who are new to BlueSky (or haven’t joined yet) more acquainted with the platform, how it works & how features like Feeds can be helpful for our community.
VIRTUAL CHAT, ANYONE?
OK/SCBWI folks! (and anyone else who might like to participate). We're going to get together AGAIN and chat about the how-tos of BlueSky. DM me for the link! #kidlitcommunity #scbwi #okarscbwi
OK/SCBWI folks! (and anyone else who might like to participate). We're going to get together AGAIN and chat about the how-tos of BlueSky. DM me for the link! #kidlitcommunity #scbwi #okarscbwi
July 13, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Analysis by Philip Bump | X gives Elon Musk everything he ever wanted: attention, praise, sycophancy, nonsense presented as news reporting, hostility to non-right-wing ideas or arguments, money. Who, he figures, could want anything more?
Analysis | Musk is nearly done destroying what made Twitter Twitter
Musk didn’t buy Twitter. He bought millions of accounts he could repurpose for another app entirely.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 5, 2023 at 8:17 PM
Analysis by Philip Bump | X gives Elon Musk everything he ever wanted: attention, praise, sycophancy, nonsense presented as news reporting, hostility to non-right-wing ideas or arguments, money. Who, he figures, could want anything more?