Category: Blog
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Holiday Art Show at Carol & John’s Comics 2025
A favorite local event has come around again, the Holiday Art Show at my local comic shop, Carol & John’s. I’ve been contributing to the show for a few years, and my kids have contributed their art as well! Each piece of art is raffled off and proceeds go to The Greater Cleveland Food Bank. My son Read more
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#kidlitartpostcard December 2025
Aye Aye’ll be home for Christmas, you can count on him. Illustration inspired by a joke I made in one of my lovely critique groups – this little Aye Aye is bringing presents for all of my critique partners. On the first Thursday of each month, children’s book illustrators from around the world share illustrations Read more
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Flashes for Bluesky – Update
The Flashes for Bluesky app launched last February, and I thought I’d provide an update on how I use it. (See my previous post about the app launch) Flashes basically takes Bluesky accounts and presents them in an image-forward, Instagram-like experience. The presentation is clean and simple and much like what Instagram was when it Read more
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#teamsanchez
Thrilled to announce that I am now represented by the wonderful Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency! Kaitlyn is delightful and my stories & characters are in good hands – I can’t wait to partner with #teamsanchez 🥳 Read more
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Flashes for Bluesky
The Flashes for Bluesky app launched last night. It basically takes Bluesky and presents it as an image-friendly, Instagram-like experience. It looks great for a launch day. You can curate a portfolio tab to showcase curated images. Hopefully a sorting tool is in the works to make the portfolio curation easier. I’d like to see Read more
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#kidlitartpostcard February 2025
On the first Thursday of each month, children’s book illustrators from around the world share illustrations across social media using the hashtag #KidLitArtPostcard. Illustrator Gina Perry is kind enough to organize this event exclusively on Bluesky and Cara. Find out more at Gina Perry’s website. Brian’s Postcards on Bluesky Read more
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Preparing for #pbparty
#PBPARTY is an annual contest run by Mindy Alyse Weiss to help connect unagented writers & author/illustrators with agents & editors. I’m prepping a manuscript and picture book dummy to submit this year, and was a 2024 Illustration Showcase Finalist. It’s a great time with a lot or participants, the ranking parties where users help Read more
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#BluePit
A new pitch party debuted in Bluesky today. It’s not exclusive to kidlit, but it is nice to see so many creatives participating. Things felt pretty quiet over the holidays, and having a feed full of new creative pitches is welcome. This is the organizer’s announcement and rules: There are a lot of adult sci Read more
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Bluesky Moderation – Nuclear Block & Mute Lists for Beginners
With X‘s tailspin into an unusable platform—where you are aggressively served content that is unwanted, offensive, and a waste of your time while your own content is suppressed—I have really taken to Bluesky, where I am finding the most welcoming community I’ve encountered online in many years. It is definitely worth committing to build a Read more
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#PBCHAT Picture Book Club January 2025
I’ve organized a book club for picture books! A chance to meet other writers, illustrators, and creatives and talk about a picture book on Mondays at 9PM EST every two weeks, hosted on Bluesky. Follow the hashtag #PBCHAT We’re having a 1-hour chat using the hashtag #pbchat every 2nd Wednesday of the month! We’ll post Read more