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Author Tiffany McDaniel
@tiffanymcdaniel.bsky.social
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The only official BlueSky Account of Knopf and Simon and Schuster author of Betty, On the Savage Side, The Summer that Melted Everything, and A Sky Full of Dragons. Instagram and TT @authortiffanymcdaniel
www.tiffanymcdaniel.com & www.thewandkeepers.com
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National Fettucine Day is celebrated every February, and I love mine with broccoli. Fun fact, Fettuccine Alfredo was invented by a man named Alfredo di Lelio in Italy.

#food #fettucinealredo #book #booksky #tiffanymcdaniel
February 11, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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#book #tiffanymcdaniel #thegreatgatsby #romeoandjuliet #prideandprejudice #wutheringheights #janeeyre #booksky
February 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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1/2 Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and love is a theme that generations of readers have read from The Great Gatsby, to Romeo & Juliet. This slideshow features them and more in a collection of some of literature’s most famous love stories.
#valentines #love #books #booksky
February 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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It's Cream Cheese Brownie day!
Chocolate brownies with cream cheese frosting is one of my favorites, and this is one of Mamaw’s recipes. Fun tidbit, There are rumors that cream cheese was invented by accident in the late 1880s.

#food #book #booksky #dessert #brownie #chocolate
February 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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3/3 The slides also include some fun facts about these gadgets that were first invented not to keep our heads dry from the rain, but rather to keep out the sun.

#book #booksky
February 10, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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#literature #booksky #reading
February 10, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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1/3 Happy Umbrella Day! Surprisingly, umbrellas have some famous literary associations. Who can forget the magical umbrella that Mary Poppins uses to fly! Swipe through the slides to read about a few of the books that includes umbrellas in their pages.
#book #booksky #tiffanymcdaniel #umbrella
February 10, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Winter nature break ❄️

#winter #snow #tiffanymcdaniel #book #booksky #nature
February 10, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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Listen up publishers, "You can be committed to artistry." I had to share this incredible message about why we need to keep AI out of books, writing, and publishing from Tony over at @alifeonbooks (Instagram)

#books #booksky #reading #ai #genai #datacenter #tiffanymcdaniel #publishing
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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3/3 Also a note on the photograph used in these slides, it’s taken at the pond. The reflection of the trees reminds me what’s at risk with the environmental cost of AI.

Land, water, and the world we all call home.

#books #booksky #ai #genai #datacenter #tiffanymcdaniel #notoai #artists
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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2/3 Gen AI is a serious threat to artists & writers. As we end Childrens Writers&Illustrators week, I wanted to share more about the threat AI carries for books, readers, and the environment. Swipe through the slides to learn more about why human made art matters.
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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1/3 According to a 2024 Society of Authors survey, a quarter of illustrators have already lost work due to generative AI. It can be expected that by the time an up to date survey is complete, that that percentage will have grown.

#book #booksky #genai #ai #artists #writers #tiffanymcdaniel
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Happy National Pizza Day! Since I was a kid, Mom has stocked the freezer with her homemade pizza dough, which meant a fresh pizza was a bake away. The origin of pizza goes back to ancient Egyptians who cooked flatbread and topped it with oil and spices.

#pizza #food #book #booksky #tiffanymcdaniel
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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I want to send big congrats to author @jasoncavallaro.bsky.social for his book Cracking Spines which is up for the Bram Stoker Awards! So well deserved. I could not be more honored to be one of the authors included in the pages. And whether you love horror or not, this is a book not to miss!
#horror
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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2/2 Her books are ones I still love to reread today. Swipe through the slides to learn more about the woman behind these delightful stories.

#booksky #childrensbook #beatrixpotter #kids #childrensliterature #kidbook #kidlit #book #tiffanymcdaniel
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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1/2 Celebrating Beatrix Potter this Children's Authors and Illustrators Week! I grew up with Potter books and instantly loved not only her beautiful stories, but her magical illustrations that brought her creations to life.

#kidlit #books #booksky
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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3/3 Reading to kids comes with many benefits. A 2019 OSU study found a 5-year-old who is read to daily is exposed to around 300,000 more words than a child who isn’t read to regularly. Not to mention all the reading memories we create when we engage kids with books.
#booksky #kids #read #literacy
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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2/3 We are in a literacy crisis. And part of that is that we seeing a decline in parents reading to their kids compared with previous generations.

#kidlit #childrensbooks #middlegradebooks #book
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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1/3 As we celebrate children’s authors and illustrators week, I wanted to share some tips to introducing kids to reading, the benefits of reading aloud to kids, and how to carve out time to ensure that we’re setting up the next generation for a lifetime of books.

#books #kidbooks #reading #booksky
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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Children’s Author & Illustrators Week, February 1-7! I love writing children’s literature with The Wand Keepers, and this week reminds us to celebrate the genre that is literature’s most joyful. Check the slides to journey through books that have impacted generations of readers.
#kidbook #book
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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It's Homemade Soup Day, but I don’t need an excuse to cook up some cheesy broccoli soup with a dumpling hidden just beneath the cheese. Fun soup fact, The word “soup” comes from the French word soupe, which comes from the Vulgar Latin word suppa.
#food #book #booksky #soup
February 4, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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The Great Backyard Bird Count is coming up, February 13-16th! I will be participating, and if you're unfamiliar with it, it's an annual global event to encourage folks to watch for birds, record what you see, and submit your data to birdcount.org
A great way to help scientists & birds!
#bird #nature
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Happy National Carrot Cake Day! It's a beloved cake around our house, and the photos are of the one I baked from my mother Betty's delicious recipe. Fun fact, the cake might have originated in the Middle Ages when carrots were used as a substitute for sugar in desserts due to costs🥕
#cake #bake
February 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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National Serpent Day is celebrated every February! Growing up, Mom taught my sisters and me how to garden from an early age. She made sure to include lessons about respecting the critters that shared our garden. I’m grateful for those early lessons in honoring nature.

#nature #snakes #book #booksky
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Middle Grade March is fast approaching and over on my IG @authortiffanymcdaniel I'm holding calls for giveaway hosts for The Wand Keepers series!

#book #booksky #tiffanymcdaniel #middlegradebooks #kidlit #fantasybook #childrensliterature
February 3, 2026 at 10:02 AM