congrats! that's a great review, and the book sounds awesome

find your zone - cheering you on! #KidLitChat

Thanks to you, @gregpincus.bsky.social and @bonnieadamson.com for holding the space for us all to be IN community togehter! #KidLitChat for the win!

I do the 8am writing club - much more doable for me (especially with virtual/remote work.)

I think the "perfect" amount of time is probably different for everyone. For me, I have no internal resistance to 12 minutes. (It doesn't feel daunting and I don't make up excuses about how I don't have 12 minutes.) I can almost always find 12 minutes in my day. #KidLitChat

that's good advice - I try to start every day with at least 12 min of me being a writer (a.k.a. writing), and then I feel like a writer with a day job, rather than a day job worker who also writes occassionally... (I do love my day job, but writing #kidlit is the work of my heart.) #KidLitChat

I try to do my (hopefully) creative writing before my day job starts in the morning... That's helped a lot. #KidLitChat

Very kind of you, Laura. BANANA MENORAH had a long gestation period... The real-life inspiration was 1997, draft 1 manuscript was Dec 2021, Sold in 2023, Published Nov 2025. So satisfying -- & I'm proud of the two-dad representation in a Hanukah picture book about creativity! #KidLitChat

which one, Debbie? That's so cool! #kidlitchat

thanks - I actually dug one out of the linen closet last night and put it out in my work area as a reminder... It must have taken her months and months to complete it!

I have a lot of guiding words/phrases for 2026... thanks for letting me share!

Hey! #kidlitchat tonight 1/6/2026! It's like a new year's resolution come true (be in community more)! Join me and @gregpincus.bsky.social and @bonnieadamson.com and, well, the #kidlit community!

maybe we can get kids/teens to be into the "reading party" idea of reading independently in a group setting, where they can talk about what they're reading around structures time where they're actually reading what they want to read...

definitely my happy place... but sometimes I'll talk on the phone and miss out on the whole meditation aspect (and brainstorming aspect) of the time in nature. Want to do more story-focused walks in 2026

yes, the "best of" lists are hard. They're all so subjective, and while it's great to have a book on one, it's challenging to not focus on the ones that didn't include your (okay, my) books! I try to remember I only need 3 good things about each book, and everything beyond that is extra.

I hear you, Jo. I was thinking that #kidlitchat on Tuesday was more substantive than the general #kidlit mega feed I usually look at, and wondered how we get that sense of community back... hence, the idea to be less about "me" and more about "us" in my sharing here on bluesky. #Grateful