Heather Ayris Burnell
@heatherayris.bsky.social
Author of the Unicorn and Yeti. Sub It Club moderator. Librarian. Garlic farmer. Represented by @mccarthylit https://www.heatherayrisburnell.com/
https://www.greatnortherngarlic.com/
https://www.greatnortherngarlic.com/
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Why not spend an hour talking #kidlit here on Bluesky? Why not make that hour be today at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific when we have #kidlitchat (like we do every Tuesday)? Good plan! And I hope to see you then….
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Why not spend an hour talking #kidlit here on Bluesky? Why not make that hour be today at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific when we have #kidlitchat (like we do every Tuesday)? Good plan! And I hope to see you then….
I got one manuscript in that I've been working on for a while now and, even though I really like that one, it is very fun to work on something new! I am definitely a proponent of taking breaks from a manuscript. #amwriting #kidlit
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I got one manuscript in that I've been working on for a while now and, even though I really like that one, it is very fun to work on something new! I am definitely a proponent of taking breaks from a manuscript. #amwriting #kidlit
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The time has come: Vote in the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards! 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/10/v... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social
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Make your voice heard by voting for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The time has come: Vote in the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards! 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/10/v... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social
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🎉 NEW EVENT! Featuring @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social and @mrschureads.bsky.social! 📚❤️
Register: www.bookelicious.com/event/22
Jennifer and John share their fave books of the year!
📚 FREE event!
📚 Book giveaways!
📚 Bookelicious Bookstore Discount Code to tackle your holiday shopping lists!
Register: www.bookelicious.com/event/22
Jennifer and John share their fave books of the year!
📚 FREE event!
📚 Book giveaways!
📚 Bookelicious Bookstore Discount Code to tackle your holiday shopping lists!
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎉 NEW EVENT! Featuring @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social and @mrschureads.bsky.social! 📚❤️
Register: www.bookelicious.com/event/22
Jennifer and John share their fave books of the year!
📚 FREE event!
📚 Book giveaways!
📚 Bookelicious Bookstore Discount Code to tackle your holiday shopping lists!
Register: www.bookelicious.com/event/22
Jennifer and John share their fave books of the year!
📚 FREE event!
📚 Book giveaways!
📚 Bookelicious Bookstore Discount Code to tackle your holiday shopping lists!
Reposted by Heather Ayris Burnell
GN creators, only TWO days left to load your PB, Early, MG or YA #graphicnovel projects at the #KidLitGN 2025 pitch event at www.kidlitgn.com
The pitch window closes on Oct. 1 at 11:59 EDT but #agents and #editors can look all month!
#pitchevent #kidlit #illustrators #graphicnovels #comics
The pitch window closes on Oct. 1 at 11:59 EDT but #agents and #editors can look all month!
#pitchevent #kidlit #illustrators #graphicnovels #comics
September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
GN creators, only TWO days left to load your PB, Early, MG or YA #graphicnovel projects at the #KidLitGN 2025 pitch event at www.kidlitgn.com
The pitch window closes on Oct. 1 at 11:59 EDT but #agents and #editors can look all month!
#pitchevent #kidlit #illustrators #graphicnovels #comics
The pitch window closes on Oct. 1 at 11:59 EDT but #agents and #editors can look all month!
#pitchevent #kidlit #illustrators #graphicnovels #comics
Hooray for Mychal! Hooray for Marc Brown! Hooray for PBS! Hooray for Reading Rainbow! Hooray for graphic novels! Hooray for library cards!!!
Please kindly vote for your favorite library card design for the @pbs.org kids library card design contest 😁
And leave your graphic novel recommendations for myself and @arthurpbs.bsky.social’s Marc Brown! 🤩
And leave your graphic novel recommendations for myself and @arthurpbs.bsky.social’s Marc Brown! 🤩
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hooray for Mychal! Hooray for Marc Brown! Hooray for PBS! Hooray for Reading Rainbow! Hooray for graphic novels! Hooray for library cards!!!
I am again writing a story that I have rewritten so many times in so many ways. Maybe today I will find a way that works.
September 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I am again writing a story that I have rewritten so many times in so many ways. Maybe today I will find a way that works.
This is what my days look like lately but I am still sneaking in some writing where I can. Garlic shipping season is short but intense!
September 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is what my days look like lately but I am still sneaking in some writing where I can. Garlic shipping season is short but intense!
The idea of upgrading our business quickbooks for the garlic farm is that it will be less work… eventually… someday… but not today. Today I enter much repetitive data and try to configure things I scarcely understand.
August 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The idea of upgrading our business quickbooks for the garlic farm is that it will be less work… eventually… someday… but not today. Today I enter much repetitive data and try to configure things I scarcely understand.
Today I will focus on writing and making apricot fruit leather.
July 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Today I will focus on writing and making apricot fruit leather.
I have just been delivered a mojito as a bribe to go hang up the garlic we harvested this morning. I guess it is working. Writing time is over for now.
July 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I have just been delivered a mojito as a bribe to go hang up the garlic we harvested this morning. I guess it is working. Writing time is over for now.
As someone in the midst of garlic harvest and I concur.
Garlic is not to be measured. Garlic
is not to be rationed. Garlic is to be treated like air conditioning in a Las Vegas hotel room
is not to be rationed. Garlic is to be treated like air conditioning in a Las Vegas hotel room
July 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
As someone in the midst of garlic harvest and I concur.
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#BluePit is coming up fast on July 13th!
We'll be starting our pre-event Q&A #BluePitHype starting on July 8th!
We can't wait to see all your great pitches!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Writers #WriterSky
We'll be starting our pre-event Q&A #BluePitHype starting on July 8th!
We can't wait to see all your great pitches!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Writers #WriterSky
July 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#BluePit is coming up fast on July 13th!
We'll be starting our pre-event Q&A #BluePitHype starting on July 8th!
We can't wait to see all your great pitches!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Writers #WriterSky
We'll be starting our pre-event Q&A #BluePitHype starting on July 8th!
We can't wait to see all your great pitches!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Writers #WriterSky
Every so often I like to put my Unicorn and Yeti books in order of publication by memory and see if I can still get it right. Just a little brain test. So far, so good.
June 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Every so often I like to put my Unicorn and Yeti books in order of publication by memory and see if I can still get it right. Just a little brain test. So far, so good.
I do not enjoy 80 mph as a speed limit.
June 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I do not enjoy 80 mph as a speed limit.
Now I am in a poker room listening to the sweet sound of men (mostly) shuffling their poker chips. 😂
June 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Now I am in a poker room listening to the sweet sound of men (mostly) shuffling their poker chips. 😂
I got to hear from some writers and do some fun writing exercises, then I found Unicorn and Yeti at the East Las Vegas Library!
June 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I got to hear from some writers and do some fun writing exercises, then I found Unicorn and Yeti at the East Las Vegas Library!
I have never been to an scbwi meeting/workshop before. I did go to a western Washington conference like 25 years ago but that’s it. 🤔
June 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I have never been to an scbwi meeting/workshop before. I did go to a western Washington conference like 25 years ago but that’s it. 🤔
Maps rerouted me and I had to drive on the highway, which was not the plan, but I have arrived. 🤪
June 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Maps rerouted me and I had to drive on the highway, which was not the plan, but I have arrived. 🤪
Currently forcing myself out of the hotel room and over to the library. That’s me in Vegas. 😂
June 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Currently forcing myself out of the hotel room and over to the library. That’s me in Vegas. 😂
Taking two different stories about the same characters and meldging them into one. Also making a big mess. #amwriting
June 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Taking two different stories about the same characters and meldging them into one. Also making a big mess. #amwriting
The most Vegas thing I have seen so far is a bride jumping out of a car at an intersection, then the groom running after her. They stopped to fight in front of the liquor store. As a bonus I was real close to ripping that car door off and hitting the groom with the van but I just missed them!
June 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The most Vegas thing I have seen so far is a bride jumping out of a car at an intersection, then the groom running after her. They stopped to fight in front of the liquor store. As a bonus I was real close to ripping that car door off and hitting the groom with the van but I just missed them!
Thinking about going to an SCBWI presentation while I'm here in Vegas. Am trying not to let the thought of driving the box van into unknown territory stop me. But...we shall see.
June 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thinking about going to an SCBWI presentation while I'm here in Vegas. Am trying not to let the thought of driving the box van into unknown territory stop me. But...we shall see.
I’m about to drive a sprinter box van through the Las Vegas strip. Wish me luck.
May 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I’m about to drive a sprinter box van through the Las Vegas strip. Wish me luck.