Genielysse Reyes
@genielysse.bsky.social
She/they
Fil-Am 🇵🇭 author and artist 🦋
Repped by Janine Le 💛
Maker of PBs, GNs, and verse novels 📚
Enthusiast of animated movies 🎥
…and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies 🍪
🖤🤍💜
Fil-Am 🇵🇭 author and artist 🦋
Repped by Janine Le 💛
Maker of PBs, GNs, and verse novels 📚
Enthusiast of animated movies 🎥
…and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies 🍪
🖤🤍💜
Leaping into summer like so 💛✨☀️🌻
June 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Leaping into summer like so 💛✨☀️🌻
A personal little update ☺️
June 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A personal little update ☺️
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✨Please help me spread the word as I try to raise $15K for families ASAP
I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨
www.32auctions.com/organization...
I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Full Manuscript Critique - MG or YA
Auction item 'Full Manuscript Critique - MG or YA' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
✨Please help me spread the word as I try to raise $15K for families ASAP
I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨
www.32auctions.com/organization...
I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Reunited with my manuscript for a final round of edits.
I feel like a kid again, playing with all the sand I wrote into this sandbox.
Crossing fingers for this one—my childhood self would’ve loved it 💛
I feel like a kid again, playing with all the sand I wrote into this sandbox.
Crossing fingers for this one—my childhood self would’ve loved it 💛
May 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Reunited with my manuscript for a final round of edits.
I feel like a kid again, playing with all the sand I wrote into this sandbox.
Crossing fingers for this one—my childhood self would’ve loved it 💛
I feel like a kid again, playing with all the sand I wrote into this sandbox.
Crossing fingers for this one—my childhood self would’ve loved it 💛
I want to slap my computer right now 😂
March 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I want to slap my computer right now 😂
I’m coming, wait for me! I hear the [ends of this revisiooon]!
March 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I’m coming, wait for me! I hear the [ends of this revisiooon]!
Another late night writing update: I just finished revising Act 2!!
a man in a blue and white striped shirt is standing next to two stuffed animals
ALT: a man in a blue and white striped shirt is standing next to two stuffed animals
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March 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Another late night writing update: I just finished revising Act 2!!
Painting again 💖
March 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Painting again 💖
Late night writing thought: oh my gosh, I adore this book. The more I revise it, the more I have a good feeling about it ☺️
February 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Late night writing thought: oh my gosh, I adore this book. The more I revise it, the more I have a good feeling about it ☺️
Missing my spoken word girl 💛🧡 but it’s been so fun revisiting her with my evolving art style—here’s hoping this graphic novel finds its home one day ✨
February 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Missing my spoken word girl 💛🧡 but it’s been so fun revisiting her with my evolving art style—here’s hoping this graphic novel finds its home one day ✨
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Storytellers will be the ones to see us through this. Stories help us remember where we come from and what we’ve been through. They inspire us to imagine new and better futures. A love of storytelling fosters empathy, compassion, and curiosity.
February 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Storytellers will be the ones to see us through this. Stories help us remember where we come from and what we’ve been through. They inspire us to imagine new and better futures. A love of storytelling fosters empathy, compassion, and curiosity.
I love a good Wizard of Oz adaptation, and it’s been fun doodling what mine would look like 💙🌈
Dorothy is FilAm, of course, with a sweet filipiniana dress and Philippine woven basket. And the Scarecrow loves utilizing his flimsily epic height to help his friends out.
May share more 💛
Dorothy is FilAm, of course, with a sweet filipiniana dress and Philippine woven basket. And the Scarecrow loves utilizing his flimsily epic height to help his friends out.
May share more 💛
February 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I love a good Wizard of Oz adaptation, and it’s been fun doodling what mine would look like 💙🌈
Dorothy is FilAm, of course, with a sweet filipiniana dress and Philippine woven basket. And the Scarecrow loves utilizing his flimsily epic height to help his friends out.
May share more 💛
Dorothy is FilAm, of course, with a sweet filipiniana dress and Philippine woven basket. And the Scarecrow loves utilizing his flimsily epic height to help his friends out.
May share more 💛
Celebrating my dream to author/illustrate picturebooks and chapter books 💛
Meet Huni Cruz! She’s a 6yo FilAm girl who is determined to learn one new thing a day (and add a commemorative pin to her collection). I love drawing her and exploring her world, and I hope to share more of her soon!
Meet Huni Cruz! She’s a 6yo FilAm girl who is determined to learn one new thing a day (and add a commemorative pin to her collection). I love drawing her and exploring her world, and I hope to share more of her soon!
February 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Celebrating my dream to author/illustrate picturebooks and chapter books 💛
Meet Huni Cruz! She’s a 6yo FilAm girl who is determined to learn one new thing a day (and add a commemorative pin to her collection). I love drawing her and exploring her world, and I hope to share more of her soon!
Meet Huni Cruz! She’s a 6yo FilAm girl who is determined to learn one new thing a day (and add a commemorative pin to her collection). I love drawing her and exploring her world, and I hope to share more of her soon!
January, you threw in my face one layoff, two broken down cars, too many neighborhoods on fire, and too, too, TOO many lives lost and rights stripped.
February 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
January, you threw in my face one layoff, two broken down cars, too many neighborhoods on fire, and too, too, TOO many lives lost and rights stripped.
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Clarion West Announces Scholarship for Trans Writers locusmag.com/2025/01...
Clarion West Announces Scholarship for Trans Writers
The Clarion West writers’ workshop has announced a new scholarship for “trans, two-spirit, nonbinary, and other gender-expansive authors.” The Sea Star scholarship, funded by an a…
locusmag.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Clarion West Announces Scholarship for Trans Writers locusmag.com/2025/01...
Many congratulations to all the ALA YMA recipients, including @thegabecole.bsky.social , @aidawrites.bsky.social , and @erinentrada.bsky.social !!! So thrilled to celebrate all your stories! 💛💛💛
January 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Many congratulations to all the ALA YMA recipients, including @thegabecole.bsky.social , @aidawrites.bsky.social , and @erinentrada.bsky.social !!! So thrilled to celebrate all your stories! 💛💛💛
Ahh congrats to all the AANHPI authors at the ALA YMA 2025!!
January 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ahh congrats to all the AANHPI authors at the ALA YMA 2025!!
Also, I’m already sat and ready for the ALA Youth Media Awards tomorrow 🌟 Sending congratulatory wishes to all 2024 authors! Excited to celebrate and feel much needed joy with the Kidlit Community 💖
January 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Also, I’m already sat and ready for the ALA Youth Media Awards tomorrow 🌟 Sending congratulatory wishes to all 2024 authors! Excited to celebrate and feel much needed joy with the Kidlit Community 💖
Thankful for the rain on SoCal 💛💛💛
January 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thankful for the rain on SoCal 💛💛💛
Not me dreaming of literary tattoos 👀🧐📚
January 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Not me dreaming of literary tattoos 👀🧐📚
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#Kidlit friends - time to spread the word! With the fires and devastation in LA, many amazing kid lit peoples have come together to help hold an auction to help!
Check out @kidlitforla.bsky.social for big names involved, critiques, books, and more!
Help out by sharing!
#kidlitart #kidlitartists
Check out @kidlitforla.bsky.social for big names involved, critiques, books, and more!
Help out by sharing!
#kidlitart #kidlitartists
January 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
#Kidlit friends - time to spread the word! With the fires and devastation in LA, many amazing kid lit peoples have come together to help hold an auction to help!
Check out @kidlitforla.bsky.social for big names involved, critiques, books, and more!
Help out by sharing!
#kidlitart #kidlitartists
Check out @kidlitforla.bsky.social for big names involved, critiques, books, and more!
Help out by sharing!
#kidlitart #kidlitartists
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Thank you to everyone who've bid on items for the 2nd annual #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser already! 🫶
With a ceasefire coming tomorrow, families will be hoping to evacuate injured family members.
175+ items left without bids!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Next goal $10,000 raised!
With a ceasefire coming tomorrow, families will be hoping to evacuate injured family members.
175+ items left without bids!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Next goal $10,000 raised!
January 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Thank you to everyone who've bid on items for the 2nd annual #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser already! 🫶
With a ceasefire coming tomorrow, families will be hoping to evacuate injured family members.
175+ items left without bids!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Next goal $10,000 raised!
With a ceasefire coming tomorrow, families will be hoping to evacuate injured family members.
175+ items left without bids!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Next goal $10,000 raised!
A little 2024 reflection about accomplishments 🌟
December 29, 2024 at 12:37 AM
A little 2024 reflection about accomplishments 🌟
Achievement unlocked this year: I started working at a wonderful organization called Words Alive 💙
I first got involved with Words Alive because I wanted to make a difference in the reading journeys of young people in my community.
I first got involved with Words Alive because I wanted to make a difference in the reading journeys of young people in my community.
December 3, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Achievement unlocked this year: I started working at a wonderful organization called Words Alive 💙
I first got involved with Words Alive because I wanted to make a difference in the reading journeys of young people in my community.
I first got involved with Words Alive because I wanted to make a difference in the reading journeys of young people in my community.