Katie
@katiemahood.bsky.social
Kidlit Writer, SCBWI member, Nurse, Mom of boys and dogs.
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Katie
@katiemahood.bsky.social
· Jul 13
Kids are wild!
Like they come out of the bathroom announcing ‘GUY FIERI’ and then keep on walking…
And then you’re left wondering, but too afraid to ask…
Like they come out of the bathroom announcing ‘GUY FIERI’ and then keep on walking…
And then you’re left wondering, but too afraid to ask…
a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .
ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .
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August 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Kids are wild!
Like they come out of the bathroom announcing ‘GUY FIERI’ and then keep on walking…
And then you’re left wondering, but too afraid to ask…
Like they come out of the bathroom announcing ‘GUY FIERI’ and then keep on walking…
And then you’re left wondering, but too afraid to ask…
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August 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In case you missed it, we're running our Kidlit411 website banner contest: design a banner to win cash prizes ($175/ $125/ $75), an Illustrator Spotlight, and your design featured one month in 2026. Deadline: Oct. 15. #kidlitart
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Anyone else create characters and add them in to their story, only to be like, yeah but they’re dead!!? No? Just me?
Any tips for creating living breathing characters 🤣🤣🤣
#amwriting
Any tips for creating living breathing characters 🤣🤣🤣
#amwriting
August 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Anyone else create characters and add them in to their story, only to be like, yeah but they’re dead!!? No? Just me?
Any tips for creating living breathing characters 🤣🤣🤣
#amwriting
Any tips for creating living breathing characters 🤣🤣🤣
#amwriting
I had plans to get some editing done tonight, but then I went and picked up this new foster ❤️
August 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I had plans to get some editing done tonight, but then I went and picked up this new foster ❤️
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Keep bringing beauty to the world regardless of the circumstances
July 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Keep bringing beauty to the world regardless of the circumstances
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From your brilliant mind to paper and on to Nice, then Paris, and now Prague in the hands of a fan, a friend, and now a stranger @blacktopkid.bsky.social #razorbladetears
July 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
From your brilliant mind to paper and on to Nice, then Paris, and now Prague in the hands of a fan, a friend, and now a stranger @blacktopkid.bsky.social #razorbladetears
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#bluepit📖
When Harper’s worries threaten to consume her, she seeks solace in the branches of her tree, Esperanza, where she gathers strength to face the big problems in life that have no solutions.
A lyrical story about mental health that focuses on finding peace in nature.
#PB #Q
When Harper’s worries threaten to consume her, she seeks solace in the branches of her tree, Esperanza, where she gathers strength to face the big problems in life that have no solutions.
A lyrical story about mental health that focuses on finding peace in nature.
#PB #Q
July 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Ahoy #BluePit📖, #Q #PB Dino-Nauts (Dark humor, STEAM 350 words)
To fulfill her dream of exploring the cosmos, Creola has to outsmart a T-rex while building her rocket. Before the ticking asteroid clock expires, Creola blasts off, proving dinosaurs aren’t extinct - they’re in outer space!
To fulfill her dream of exploring the cosmos, Creola has to outsmart a T-rex while building her rocket. Before the ticking asteroid clock expires, Creola blasts off, proving dinosaurs aren’t extinct - they’re in outer space!
July 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Aloha #BluePit📖, #Q #PB Hang Ten Hippo (extreme sports, STEAM, 375 words)
Hippo dude spies yummy hyacinth up the beach, risks extreme sports and scoffs of fellow hippos for the taste of a new way of life. HTH imagines why the real surfing hippos of Loango Park started surfing in the first place. 🦛🏄♂️
Hippo dude spies yummy hyacinth up the beach, risks extreme sports and scoffs of fellow hippos for the taste of a new way of life. HTH imagines why the real surfing hippos of Loango Park started surfing in the first place. 🦛🏄♂️
July 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Aloha #BluePit📖, #Q #PB Hang Ten Hippo (extreme sports, STEAM, 375 words)
Hippo dude spies yummy hyacinth up the beach, risks extreme sports and scoffs of fellow hippos for the taste of a new way of life. HTH imagines why the real surfing hippos of Loango Park started surfing in the first place. 🦛🏄♂️
Hippo dude spies yummy hyacinth up the beach, risks extreme sports and scoffs of fellow hippos for the taste of a new way of life. HTH imagines why the real surfing hippos of Loango Park started surfing in the first place. 🦛🏄♂️
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Aloha #BluePit📖 #Q -ing #M #C thriller THE PRICE YOU PAY (90,000 words). Mss won 2023 Hugh Holton MWA MW.
Ad exec Rae Dane witnesses her boss's kidnapping. Rae's forced to fight back before her two-year-old daughter becomes collateral damage.
💃kidnapped
ransom 💰
👧 at risk
working mom turned 🦸♀️
Ad exec Rae Dane witnesses her boss's kidnapping. Rae's forced to fight back before her two-year-old daughter becomes collateral damage.
💃kidnapped
ransom 💰
👧 at risk
working mom turned 🦸♀️
July 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I just fell in love with my husband all over again…
I told him I was going to try to clean out some books so we could fit everything on our shelves…
His reply: we just need a bigger library ❤️❤️❤️
I told him I was going to try to clean out some books so we could fit everything on our shelves…
His reply: we just need a bigger library ❤️❤️❤️
May 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I just fell in love with my husband all over again…
I told him I was going to try to clean out some books so we could fit everything on our shelves…
His reply: we just need a bigger library ❤️❤️❤️
I told him I was going to try to clean out some books so we could fit everything on our shelves…
His reply: we just need a bigger library ❤️❤️❤️
I NEED this book in my life 😂
I got this book because of the pretty pictures.
And because these are the only real affirmations I believe in 😅
And because these are the only real affirmations I believe in 😅
May 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I NEED this book in my life 😂
Had the most amazing PB package review and career consult with @alioop7.bsky.social this week! #kidlit writers if you are looking for editorial feedback, I highly recommend her services! I’m feeling super-encouraged and also got a lot of fantastic ideas to improve my manuscripts!
Happy Snoopy GIF
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July 15, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Had the most amazing PB package review and career consult with @alioop7.bsky.social this week! #kidlit writers if you are looking for editorial feedback, I highly recommend her services! I’m feeling super-encouraged and also got a lot of fantastic ideas to improve my manuscripts!
I finally saw a sleeping bumblebee today! Isn’t he cute?!?
July 12, 2024 at 12:06 AM
I finally saw a sleeping bumblebee today! Isn’t he cute?!?
Took a break from #amquerying for the summer, but still got 2 rejections in 2 hours this afternoon… I mean, I kind of figured they were at this point, but oof.
At least it’s a beautiful day!
At least it’s a beautiful day!
July 8, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Took a break from #amquerying for the summer, but still got 2 rejections in 2 hours this afternoon… I mean, I kind of figured they were at this point, but oof.
At least it’s a beautiful day!
At least it’s a beautiful day!
The last 2 weeks were a big heat 🥵wave, but tonight my family left a baseball game early because it was too chilly 🥶 and we weren’t prepared…
Make Up Your Mind Weather Landscape Artist Of The Year GIF
ALT: Make Up Your Mind Weather Landscape Artist Of The Year GIF
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July 1, 2024 at 1:44 AM
The last 2 weeks were a big heat 🥵wave, but tonight my family left a baseball game early because it was too chilly 🥶 and we weren’t prepared…
When you set your phone Lock Screen to a snapshot of your library card so your older 2 kids can check out books while you sit in the car with your youngest who failed to put on shoes before leaving the house… because it’s summer 🙄
Make Do With What We Got Clintus Mcgintus GIF
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June 29, 2024 at 6:36 PM
When you set your phone Lock Screen to a snapshot of your library card so your older 2 kids can check out books while you sit in the car with your youngest who failed to put on shoes before leaving the house… because it’s summer 🙄
PSA for all the parents taking a road trip this summer: audiobooks are an amazing way to entertain kids and cut down on screen time!
We borrow audiobook CDs from the library and the kids can listen while they do: coloring, word searches, sudoku, magnets on a cookie sheet, snacks and meals!
Win!
We borrow audiobook CDs from the library and the kids can listen while they do: coloring, word searches, sudoku, magnets on a cookie sheet, snacks and meals!
Win!
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June 26, 2024 at 10:58 PM
PSA for all the parents taking a road trip this summer: audiobooks are an amazing way to entertain kids and cut down on screen time!
We borrow audiobook CDs from the library and the kids can listen while they do: coloring, word searches, sudoku, magnets on a cookie sheet, snacks and meals!
Win!
We borrow audiobook CDs from the library and the kids can listen while they do: coloring, word searches, sudoku, magnets on a cookie sheet, snacks and meals!
Win!
Please stop spying on me 🤣
June 24, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Please stop spying on me 🤣
Hopped onto the other place today because… habit. Saw an upsetting post by an agent.
Glad to be taking the summer for an #amquerying break! The trenches are a rough place!
To my fellow #amquerying authors, keep your heads held high and don’t be afraid to take breaks when you need it!
Glad to be taking the summer for an #amquerying break! The trenches are a rough place!
To my fellow #amquerying authors, keep your heads held high and don’t be afraid to take breaks when you need it!
Please Take Care Of Yourself Cameron Vo GIF
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June 24, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Hopped onto the other place today because… habit. Saw an upsetting post by an agent.
Glad to be taking the summer for an #amquerying break! The trenches are a rough place!
To my fellow #amquerying authors, keep your heads held high and don’t be afraid to take breaks when you need it!
Glad to be taking the summer for an #amquerying break! The trenches are a rough place!
To my fellow #amquerying authors, keep your heads held high and don’t be afraid to take breaks when you need it!
Never thought I would write a romance novel, but this summer I am taking a break from kidlit to do just that! It will never see the light of day, but it is incredibly cathartic and great practice for writing a novel length story.
For all my fellow #writers out there, I wish you a great summer!
For all my fellow #writers out there, I wish you a great summer!
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June 22, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Never thought I would write a romance novel, but this summer I am taking a break from kidlit to do just that! It will never see the light of day, but it is incredibly cathartic and great practice for writing a novel length story.
For all my fellow #writers out there, I wish you a great summer!
For all my fellow #writers out there, I wish you a great summer!
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Hmm...what could this be?? Find out Friday! 😎
June 19, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Hmm...what could this be?? Find out Friday! 😎