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Chris Nihart
@chrishoucknihart.bsky.social
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writer | middle-grade fiction | history lover | book hoarder #amquerying #amwriting #kidlit #middlegrade
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Chris Nihart @chrishoucknihart.bsky.social · Jan 27
After finding an aged letter written to a Civil War ghost haunting her attic, Evvie must battle her own feelings of loss being separated from her dad. To help mend her wounds, she wants to reunite the ghost and his daughter in the afterlife. All before the house is sold and torn down. #2025Pit #MG
Silhouette of a father and daughter holding hands Picture of an historic house with a Belvedere. Vintage letter written using calligraphy. Photo of a Civil War soldier
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Beanie Feldstein Celebrates Friendship in Debut Picture Book 'Teeny and Tilly' | People buff.ly/GomEwlB
October 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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bookdesignbee.bsky.social
Today marks my 7th year at Simon and Schuster, and my 10th year in children's publishing!! I'm very emotional!
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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bookwormsat.bsky.social
'Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.'
-Emily Brontë

Tomorrow #BookWormSat celebrates autumn! Join us! 🍂
Art by John Atkinson Grimshaw. Painting of a woman walking on a path. Bare trees, house in the distance, dark colours. Night.
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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inventingreality.bsky.social
#amwritingsf #writerhelp #writerslift #amwriting #writingcommunity
How to Promote Multiple Books on Your Website
Previous entries here were predicated on the idea that you are promoting a single, new volume, particularly one that has just been published. However, it’s possible that you already have publi…
inventingrealityediting.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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sownow.bsky.social
It is the birthday in 1864 of English author and screenwriter Elinor Glyn. Her romantic fiction was considered scandalous in its day, but her work helped create the “it girl” – a young woman with so much beauty and charm she effortlessly overwhelms the men least susceptible to them.
#WriterSky #BOTD
A b/w photo portrait of Elinor Glyn Source: IMDB
October 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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birdwriterwrites.bsky.social
Looking for a middle grade with magic?

www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Red-Cap... #london #manchester #edinburgh #leeds #reading #readers #illustrations #sorcery #spells #JKRowling #mgbooks #fantasy #fairytales #kufree #kidsebook #illustrations #paperback #booksky #children #learning #nature #caringfordogs
October 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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daphnefama.bsky.social
HMW made the @vulture.com list, and my heart is doing tiny bat flips. Appreciate the love! 🖤
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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laurelsnyder.bsky.social
At last! At last! I can finally share!

Y'all. LeUyen Pham has done something truly extraordinary with this book.

March, 2026. Just you wait!
The cover of a new picture book by Laurel Snyder and LeUyen Pham called SHRINKING VIOLET. It's purple with a small girl on it, a bird, and lots of flowers.
August 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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lbschool.bsky.social
We're so excited for @melissadassori.bsky.social's GRETA EVER AFTER to be out in the world tomorrow! This one's for the aspiring young journalists who wish their lives were a little more magic, or anyone who loves a "relatable coming-of-age story interwoven with dark fairy-tale elements" (Kirkus).
August 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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melissaroske.bsky.social
Don't miss my interview with MG author @melissadassori.bsky.social on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social blog! Melissa's latest #middlegrade novel, GRETA EVER AFTER releases tomorrow, August 19, from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social. #kidlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/interview-wi...
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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dunn4authors.bsky.social
Extra, Extra! Read All About It

Promoting your book is a lot of hard work, author. Sometimes it can feel like standing on the corner of a busy street and yelling, hoping someone will hear you and buy your book.

Read more: tinyurl.com/5n6f3axu
August 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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aluhnim.bsky.social
Tiny painting doodle for the day.
A photo of a tiny painting with a person with blue hair
August 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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tonyriches.bsky.social
Anne Boleyn’s falcon badge at Wethersfield Church in Essex. The falcon was a Boleyn family emblem, and the crown and sceptre were added after her marriage to King Henry VIII as a sign of her royal status. #Tudors #StainedGlassSunday
August 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Unboxing video of the hardcover of GHOST CIRCUS👻🎪! When I tell you all I am obsessed with this book: I am obsessed!! Thank you @unionsqandco.bsky.social for your gorgeous work!!! Comes out on Tuesday (Aug 19)!!

@yellghoul.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Thank you to the IL Reading Council for generously buying 100 copies of STAGE FRIGHT to give away at the Illinois State Fair. I got to sign and hand them all out to bunches of book fans! Happy to meet Il Sec of State Alexi Giannoulis, Honorary Chair of the Illinois Reads Program, too! #kidlit
August 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Do you need help going to a YES in publishing? We've go the class for you!

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#mswl #mswlma
April 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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unteragency.bsky.social
The Unter Agency is now on Bluesky! Follow us for deal announcements, book birthday celebrations, writing and querying tips, our latest #mswl notes, and the occasional giveaway.
April 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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path2pub.bsky.social
After #P2Ppit on twitter vs blue sky, I noticed: What platform agents and editors participated more, where writers were more engaged, which platform us contributors had more ease regulating, etc

Will anyone be interested in a post on the pitch event stats? 👀
#WritingCommunity
February 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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dmsliteraryj.bsky.social
When I first started writing for publication in earnest, I really felt it, you know?

How many writers in the #WritingCommunity lose the feeling of "it" due to rejections?

Plenty! Writers let's pull it together! Let's work hard! Exercise our superpower!

Let's be literary Jedi!
February 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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mariamars.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!!
I'm Maria Mars, a children's book illustrator based in Spain.
Portfolio: www.mariamars.com
📧 mariamarsart@gmail.com
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
February 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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dolokecki.bsky.social
#kidlitartpostcard day!
I'm Dolo Okecki, an Argie illustrator doing early reades, chapter books, MG, textbooks and graphic novels for all ages. I love comics and anything paneled!
Today, a cover for "Show Strides 2"

More art and contact info at www.dolokecki.com Rep'd by Astound in most countries.
Girl jumping with her pony in a horse competition.
February 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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granni.bsky.social
oh wow it’s #KidLitArtPostcard day !! hi 👋 i like to illustrate animals and landscapes in warm toned palettes 🐦‍⬛
February 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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malulenzi.bsky.social
Hello #kidlitartpostcard community!
I'm Malu Lenzi, illustrator and cute maker. Love creating nimal characters for playful kids books and educational projects. Kids 0-6 years old are big fan of my cute art ;)

Portfolio - malulenzi.com
Represented by Advocate Art
#kidlitart
February 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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hollysullo.bsky.social
Howdy #kidlitartpostcard! I'm Holly Sullo, a freelance illustrator looking to do more in the #kidlit industry! Currently looking for a rep, and open for new work- 🧡

🧡 Portfolio hollysullo.com

#illustration #art #kidlitart
An illustrated postcard. There's a pink rabbit in the center of the canvas, looking away from the viewer holding a steaming cup of tea. They are surrounded by flora, the tone is warm and sweet. The bottom has my illustration contact information on it.
February 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM