Kristine Ada Carter
@kristineadacarter.bsky.social
MG and YA writer. Landscape, farm, and food photographer.
Critique groups have been the biggest thing to up my writing game. Here is a great article describing how to start one.
If you are feeling like the world is falling down, others are too. Any act of creation and community joy right now is resistance. Start small, meet your neighbors, make something beautiful together.
How to start (and keep) a writers group
If you are looking to start your own writers group, for whatever reason, these are my notes on what I would do if I had to start a new group today.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Critique groups have been the biggest thing to up my writing game. Here is a great article describing how to start one.
Editor Ruqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social gave me an incredibly insightful live critique of the first 30 pages of my middle grade, novel-in-verse. Highly recommend signing up with her through @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social!
Want beginning to be spot on before querying. #kidlit #writingcommunity
Want beginning to be spot on before querying. #kidlit #writingcommunity
somehow i forgot to set up my october @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social availability but i *am* open and you can book with me below:
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Ruqayyah Daud
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October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Editor Ruqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social gave me an incredibly insightful live critique of the first 30 pages of my middle grade, novel-in-verse. Highly recommend signing up with her through @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social!
Want beginning to be spot on before querying. #kidlit #writingcommunity
Want beginning to be spot on before querying. #kidlit #writingcommunity
Autumn stretches amber
limbs through sky,
sparring sun for shine.
(by me)
I love autumn walks down country lanes: the nip in the air, the crunch beneath my feet, the warmth of the glowing woods. #writingcommunity #naturephotography
limbs through sky,
sparring sun for shine.
(by me)
I love autumn walks down country lanes: the nip in the air, the crunch beneath my feet, the warmth of the glowing woods. #writingcommunity #naturephotography
October 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Autumn stretches amber
limbs through sky,
sparring sun for shine.
(by me)
I love autumn walks down country lanes: the nip in the air, the crunch beneath my feet, the warmth of the glowing woods. #writingcommunity #naturephotography
limbs through sky,
sparring sun for shine.
(by me)
I love autumn walks down country lanes: the nip in the air, the crunch beneath my feet, the warmth of the glowing woods. #writingcommunity #naturephotography
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Giving this a little bump. Next month is gonna be fun! 👇🏽
Since my summer query one went so well, I’m doing another workshop in the winter.
Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.
These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...
Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.
These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...
Winter Workshop: Building the Nonfiction Book Proposal — ERIC SMITH
Hey friends. So my first attempt at a self-run workshop this summer was a really wonderful success. A few dozen folks signed up, we worked on query letters and opening pages, and at the end of the si...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Giving this a little bump. Next month is gonna be fun! 👇🏽
I find my heart's home by following the yellow leafed road. #naturephotography
October 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I find my heart's home by following the yellow leafed road. #naturephotography
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📚👍 This book of #theater poems, coming in late October, is a star in the spotlight! A variety of poetry forms land center stage, as readers experience what it takes to put on a show—all contained in a 3-act structure. Fun and funny! Bravo! #kidlit #comics #edusky jilannehoffmann.com/2025/10/03/l...
Limelight – Perfect (lots of) Picture(s) Book Friday
* Veering off into the graphic novel arena this week, because I want everyone to cheer on Renée LaTulippe’s book about musical theater, releasing October 28th! It’s fun. It’s poet…
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October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
📚👍 This book of #theater poems, coming in late October, is a star in the spotlight! A variety of poetry forms land center stage, as readers experience what it takes to put on a show—all contained in a 3-act structure. Fun and funny! Bravo! #kidlit #comics #edusky jilannehoffmann.com/2025/10/03/l...
Just finished reading the beautifully constructed middle grade novel-in-verse: The Song of Orphan's Garden by @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social. My mind buzzing with the power and possibility of poem and song to heal our collective winter. #booksky #kidlit
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Just finished reading the beautifully constructed middle grade novel-in-verse: The Song of Orphan's Garden by @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social. My mind buzzing with the power and possibility of poem and song to heal our collective winter. #booksky #kidlit
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Welcome to the #BookSky Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction feed!
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June 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Welcome to the #BookSky Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction feed!
➢ use 🪐📚or 📚🪐 in your posts
╰ ➤ add a 💙 to post to the main feed too
✧ follow @booksky.club for updates!
✧ save / heart / pin / repost the feed if you're enjoying it
✦ Patreon ✦ homepage ✦ other feeds ✦ FAQ ✦
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So excited to FINALLY be able to share some of Khoa Le's amazing art! THE OCEAN'S HEART releases March 3, 2026!!! Get some goodies by preordering from Noe Valley Books!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/15/_... #kidlit #picturebooks @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social #edusky
Cover Reveal: THE OCEAN’S HEART: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life
Hip hip hooray!!! Time to lift the curtain and REVEAL a beautiful new picture book COVER! And this one is for a dear friend, author Jilanne Hoffman who has a new book launching March 3, 2026 from M…
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September 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So excited to FINALLY be able to share some of Khoa Le's amazing art! THE OCEAN'S HEART releases March 3, 2026!!! Get some goodies by preordering from Noe Valley Books!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/15/_... #kidlit #picturebooks @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social #edusky
I believe in bibliotherapy. Often a good fantasy transports me to an another world to see mine with new eyes. But today, this book of essays, Almost Anything by @annelamott.bsky.social from my aunt's book collection rescued me from despair. My departed aunt's lifeline became mine. #booksky
October 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I believe in bibliotherapy. Often a good fantasy transports me to an another world to see mine with new eyes. But today, this book of essays, Almost Anything by @annelamott.bsky.social from my aunt's book collection rescued me from despair. My departed aunt's lifeline became mine. #booksky
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How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft.
January 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
How to write: Stop not writing. Keep your butt in the chair. Write really bad small sections of the whole—passages, moments, episodes, memories—til you have an incredibly shitty 1st draft. Then take out the boring parts, the lies and pretensions. Then write a better 2nd draft.
This free event hosted by @mgwg.bsky.social and featuring spectacular novel-in
-verse authors offered so much advice, resources, insights, and beautiful writing. My head still reeling! Count me in on their future events! #mg #writingcommunity
-verse authors offered so much advice, resources, insights, and beautiful writing. My head still reeling! Count me in on their future events! #mg #writingcommunity
Novels-in-Verse: The Power of Poetic Narrative
Sept 15, 7 p.m. CT
Free: middlegradewritersgroup.eventbrite.com
Panelists: Meg Eden Kuyatt, Doan Phuong Nguyen, Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Padma Venkatraman
Award-winning authors discuss how they create novels-in-verse. #middlegradewriters #writingcommunity
Sept 15, 7 p.m. CT
Free: middlegradewritersgroup.eventbrite.com
Panelists: Meg Eden Kuyatt, Doan Phuong Nguyen, Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Padma Venkatraman
Award-winning authors discuss how they create novels-in-verse. #middlegradewriters #writingcommunity
September 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This free event hosted by @mgwg.bsky.social and featuring spectacular novel-in
-verse authors offered so much advice, resources, insights, and beautiful writing. My head still reeling! Count me in on their future events! #mg #writingcommunity
-verse authors offered so much advice, resources, insights, and beautiful writing. My head still reeling! Count me in on their future events! #mg #writingcommunity
Writers: I highly recommend booking a critique of your query & opening pages with literary agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social through @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social! He sent his gold feedback way early. Went over and beyond! #writingcommunity #writersky
September 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Writers: I highly recommend booking a critique of your query & opening pages with literary agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social through @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social! He sent his gold feedback way early. Went over and beyond! #writingcommunity #writersky
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So excited to finally talk about Neighborhood Literary, an agency with an extra focus on taking care of our local writer communities.
🏠 The door is open.
🫖 The kettle is on.
✨ Come on in.
Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...
🏠 The door is open.
🫖 The kettle is on.
✨ Come on in.
Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...
Come on in. — Neighborhood Literary
Well, here we are. The news is out, the agency is open. Welcome. There’s a lot to potentially say in an introduction post. But I’ll try to keep it short and sweet. I’ve always been driven to make...
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March 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
So excited to finally talk about Neighborhood Literary, an agency with an extra focus on taking care of our local writer communities.
🏠 The door is open.
🫖 The kettle is on.
✨ Come on in.
Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...
🏠 The door is open.
🫖 The kettle is on.
✨ Come on in.
Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...
This dandelion at dusk reminds me to spread seeds of hope. My favorite books have been friends in dark times. While novels must have conflict, I return to ones where love and determination make the lives of the main characters and their worlds better by the end. #booksky #photography #hope
September 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This dandelion at dusk reminds me to spread seeds of hope. My favorite books have been friends in dark times. While novels must have conflict, I return to ones where love and determination make the lives of the main characters and their worlds better by the end. #booksky #photography #hope
This class on finding the hook of a novel taught by editor Raqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social was gold! So many concrete examples of great hooks from well known novels and interactive exercises to work on our own pitches. #writingworkshop
It's almost here! The class we've been looking forward to for MONTHS!
Join us tonight at 8:30pm ET with Ruqayyah Daud at Hachette Book Group to learn how the worst part of pitching ("So, what's your book about?") can turn into your creative superpower.
hook-of-your-book-class.manuscriptacademy.com
Join us tonight at 8:30pm ET with Ruqayyah Daud at Hachette Book Group to learn how the worst part of pitching ("So, what's your book about?") can turn into your creative superpower.
hook-of-your-book-class.manuscriptacademy.com
Finding the Hook of Your Book - Manuscript Academy Workshop
Master your book pitch in one hour with Hachette Book Group editor Ruqayyah Daud. Learn to hook agents and readers from hello.
hook-of-your-book-class.manuscriptacademy.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This class on finding the hook of a novel taught by editor Raqayyah Daud @borahaze91.bsky.social was gold! So many concrete examples of great hooks from well known novels and interactive exercises to work on our own pitches. #writingworkshop
When the world weighs too heavy on my brain, I read books. So grateful for the beauty in Renée Watson #YA #poetry collection: Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renee Watson, illustrated with gorgeous multi-media art by Ekua Holmes. The perfect combo of celebration, remembrance, and hope. #kidlit #booksky
September 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
So grateful for @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social's Summer Academy: Insightful & interactive writing workshops. Line edit reviews of queries & pages by agents @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & @alicespeilburg.bsky.social. Best of all, great critiques by new writing friends! #writingcommunity
We had such a wonderful week at our Summer Academy!
Thank you so much to our brilliant writers, our kind and thoughtful faculty, and all of you for making it a joy to come to work.
Thank you so much to our brilliant writers, our kind and thoughtful faculty, and all of you for making it a joy to come to work.
August 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
So grateful for @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social's Summer Academy: Insightful & interactive writing workshops. Line edit reviews of queries & pages by agents @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & @alicespeilburg.bsky.social. Best of all, great critiques by new writing friends! #writingcommunity
I am loving #aarzuallaround, a #mg novel-in-verse about a spunky girl who saves money in an unexpected way to help her sister get medical treatment. @marziehabbas.bsky.social pulls heartstrings while also incorporating details about Pakistani food and culture in innovative poetry. #kidlit
August 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I am loving #aarzuallaround, a #mg novel-in-verse about a spunky girl who saves money in an unexpected way to help her sister get medical treatment. @marziehabbas.bsky.social pulls heartstrings while also incorporating details about Pakistani food and culture in innovative poetry. #kidlit
Oh my goodness, I found the honesty of literary agent @joycekay.bsky.social on @bethandlisapod.bsky.social so refreshing. Episode full of industry insights. If you are writer, tune in.
NEW EPISODE! @joycekay.bsky.social with The Seymour Agency joins us to explore the challenges and opportunities in today’s publishing landscape. 📚 #kidlit #writers #writingcommunity #amquerying #querytip #writingpodcast #podcast #scbwi
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Navigating KidLit and Publishing Realities with Agent Joyce Sweeney
Send us a text Episode Summary: In this episode of Writers With Wrinkles, literary agent and author Joyce Sweeney joins Beth and Lisa to explore the challenges and …
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July 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Oh my goodness, I found the honesty of literary agent @joycekay.bsky.social on @bethandlisapod.bsky.social so refreshing. Episode full of industry insights. If you are writer, tune in.
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I’m hiring an editorial assistant! Position will report to me and the director of our Graphic Novel program. You will get to work on childrens and our New Adult imprint. Apply here: jobs.jobvite.com/hachette-boo...
Hachette Book Group is looking for Editorial Assistant, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Hachette Book Group is looking for Editorial Assistant, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I’m hiring an editorial assistant! Position will report to me and the director of our Graphic Novel program. You will get to work on childrens and our New Adult imprint. Apply here: jobs.jobvite.com/hachette-boo...
I have learned so much from these opening pages workshops!
We are super excited to have Estelle Laure, agent & developemental editor at Folio Literary for a MG Opening Pages workshop. A great way to get marketing and editorial feedback on your opening pages. Perfect for querying writers and those planning to query soon! app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...
July 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I have learned so much from these opening pages workshops!
In the mist, the past looms so large, so stretched and distorted, it might belong to a creature from Mars, not myself. Perhaps that makes it easier to step forward into uncertainty. To dare facing past’s future: today. #writesky #writersnotebook #writingprompt
Hey writers,
Up for a little fun?
* Prose Challenge *
Using the image below as inspiration, write something. It can be poetry, narrative, or a description. Just keep to one post, so limit 300 characters.
#writesky #writing #authorsky #writingprompt #writingq #writingcommunity #wriersnotebook
Up for a little fun?
* Prose Challenge *
Using the image below as inspiration, write something. It can be poetry, narrative, or a description. Just keep to one post, so limit 300 characters.
#writesky #writing #authorsky #writingprompt #writingq #writingcommunity #wriersnotebook
July 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
In the mist, the past looms so large, so stretched and distorted, it might belong to a creature from Mars, not myself. Perhaps that makes it easier to step forward into uncertainty. To dare facing past’s future: today. #writesky #writersnotebook #writingprompt
When flowers reflect the sunlight, my eyes burn. #showmesomething #yellow
July 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
When flowers reflect the sunlight, my eyes burn. #showmesomething #yellow
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Hi everyone! Today’s photo challenge theme is YELLOW—bright, bold, golden, or soft like sunshine. Show me your take on it! Repost w/ a quote & send back a photo of your own of ANYTHING related to yellow for a follow and likes on your posts.
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#photography #challenge #yellow #ShowMeSomething
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#photography #challenge #yellow #ShowMeSomething
July 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Hi everyone! Today’s photo challenge theme is YELLOW—bright, bold, golden, or soft like sunshine. Show me your take on it! Repost w/ a quote & send back a photo of your own of ANYTHING related to yellow for a follow and likes on your posts.
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#photography #challenge #yellow #ShowMeSomething
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#photography #challenge #yellow #ShowMeSomething