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@Vera Lisa Smetzer
@veralisa.bsky.social
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💕 Romance author at Love Inspired/Harlequin. ☕️📖
"Journey to Forgiveness" is a second chance romance set on a flower farm in Maine. August 2026. Avail. preorder.

Writing/illus. picture books.

Photography: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/vera-smetzer
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VIP address tonight! Merry Christmas eve. 🎄💫⛄️https://noradsanta.org/en/map
December 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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charlenedraws.bsky.social
ICYMI! 👇 #kidlitart
kidlitart.bsky.social KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social · 15d
December's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Year End Roundup: All About Hope

Join your hosts on Dec 18, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about hope!

Banner art by @anneappert.bsky.social
Art of three bunnies looking up at fireworks in the night sky. Text reasd year end roundup: All About Hope #kidlitart. Art by Anne Appert
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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venetiajane.bsky.social VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 16d
9 December: In Victorian London, “Robin Dinners” gave roast beef and plum pudding to thousands of poor children from ragged schools. Robins were linked to Christmas giving, inspired by Victorian postmen in red coats called “Robin Redbreast”, seen as cheery messengers of goodwill. #ChristmasCardDay
A vintage Christmas illustration showing two robins dressed as Victorian postmen, wearing navy caps and collars. One robin carries a letter in its beak as they stand on holly branches outside a frosty window. Text below reads “The Christmas Morning Post.”
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
veralisa.bsky.social
Yikes!! 😮
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds
Pace of area’s temperature rise, outpaced in US only by Alaskan Arctic, apparently increased in past five years
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Hope you enjoyed today's celebration of women printmakers! 🧡💛🤎
Have a great day xx
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Wheelbarrow Washing" by Pamela Grace, contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, Scotland #WomensArt
Print featuring a green wheelbarrow in the foreground in a garden setting with bare trees, xhickens and a washing line with clothes hanging
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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litkidsmagazine.bsky.social
DEADLINE EXTENDED until 11/14!
Calling 5-13 y/o kids! We need writing, art, and photos to publish for Issue 8: Air. 🌪️
November might be blustery, but creativity tames the squalls. Our mentors can't wait to help hone your talent! Keep shining! ✨
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#parents
a tornado is moving over a dirt road in the middle of a field
ALT: a tornado is moving over a dirt road in the middle of a field
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November 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
veralisa.bsky.social
Portland, Maine! Happy Halloween! 🍁👻
womensartbluesky.bsky.social womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Oct 31
Portland, US, annyal event known as the "Standup Paddleboard Witch Paddle" #womensart
(Image S.Bugarsky)
Photo of women in witch costumes,black cloaks and pointed hats on paddle boards
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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#HaikuSaturday
Photo of yellow and orange leaves with a haiku typed over the photo which reads… My fire within sparking, illuminating Creativity —Kim Campbell, Books, Butterflies, & Being Photo by Kim Campbell
October 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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I couldn’t bear to leave these leaves 🍂
Photo of a hand holding six leaves in different shades of yellow, orange, and red.
October 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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debbieohi.com
Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps:

(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.

Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit
a cartoon of a woman hugging a book standing in front of a store that says support indie bookshops
Alt: Illustration of smiling person hugging a book. In the background is a friendly-looking bookstore with lighted windows, text on wall reads "Support Indie Bookshops."
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October 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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shannonhale.bsky.social Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · Sep 23
Libraries are so cool. Whenever I'm away from home and need a place to hang out between things, I find a library. There's a bathroom, a water fountain, chairs, and I can read, meditate, use the computers, or just be, and no one tries me make me buy anything.
September 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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a bunny holding a spiked morning star by lily seika jones text: we must remain whimsical to survive the horrors of this world
August 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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amandajealous.bsky.social AmandaJealous @amandajealous.bsky.social · Aug 28
I raised some monarchs this summer. Releasing them all grown up has lightened my heart in these turbulent times.
August 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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hobbityaga.bsky.social
When you see an excellent tree on a walk , there is nothing stopping you from leaning close to it & gently whispering “You’re doing a great job, thank you”.🌳 🌲
August 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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#VerseThursday #kidlit Book of the Day: You're a Poet: Ways to Start Writing Poems #family #friends #imagination #poetry from @candlewickpress asuen.com/youre-a-poet/ #EduSky 📚👍
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
veralisa.bsky.social
Adorable!
kasiakapabu.bsky.social Kasia Przygoda-Burek @kasiakapabu.bsky.social · Aug 13
Since summer in the forest glade was rainy, little Edmund sat down in his favorite armchair, covered his feet with a blanket because he knows he gets cold after sitting still for too long, and started reading.

#kidlitart
#childrensbookillustration
#readingillustration
August 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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For those who care about what's happening in the world but sometimes need a timeline cleanse, feel free to follow my #Uplift feed:

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Hand-curated by yours truly (I try to update at least once a day), criteria unapologetically subjective.
August 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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brookebaum.bsky.social
It is an amazing feeling when my 3 year old, who has been watching me work on my picture book the last few months, decides to doodle the characters herself and make up stories for them. ❤️

#kidlit #kidlitart
August 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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ginaperry.bsky.social
Tossing it out there one last time #kidlitart ...Illustration Institute based on Peaks Island in Maine has fantastic free programming. I'll be attending a workshop with LeUyen Pham on Wednesday - I think there are still a few spots left. More info: www.illustrationinstitute.org/summer-2025-...
Summer 2025 Events — Illustration Institute
www.illustrationinstitute.org
August 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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venetiajane.bsky.social
I often think the back of a sunflower is just as awesome as the front! I photographed this one in a field full of sunflowers in Somerset last week. I hope you all have a great Monday, and may it be as bright and cheerful as the petals of this flower 🌻
#MondayMotivation #flowers
Close-up of the back of a sunflower, showing the intricate green bracts fanning out beneath vivid yellow petals, with fine hairs on the stem and a softly blurred background.
August 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
veralisa.bsky.social
Interesting!
August 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
veralisa.bsky.social
three drops of rain
a greeting card from heaven
midsummer heat

Issa
August 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
veralisa.bsky.social
Helpful post... thank you, Angela! 💌
angemmorton.bsky.social Angela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social · Aug 9
With the (already high) cost of living climbing ever higher, I've updated this post & thought I'd put it on the radar for artists who are trying to make a go of it & are researching options for doing so on a shoestring budget. If FREE sounds doable, you may find the info in this piece helpful. 👩‍🎨🫶
Getting Started as an Artist on a Budget
This post is for anyone interested in budget-friendly (read: FREE) options for presenting, and selling, their artwork online. I know from ex...
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August 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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I'm looking for an outfit that says "knows how to have a good time" but also "lives in a haunted grandfather clock with an origami swan"
July 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM