Maritza Ruiz-Kim
@marzkim.bsky.social
#KidLit Artist Writer. ND Fam.
Turtle on a marathon
💚SCBWI Co-RA, SF North & East Bay
...drawing writing gardening sewing...
Always Making Something.
https://maritzaruizkim.com
My name sounds like🧜♀️mer-izza🍕
Turtle on a marathon
💚SCBWI Co-RA, SF North & East Bay
...drawing writing gardening sewing...
Always Making Something.
https://maritzaruizkim.com
My name sounds like🧜♀️mer-izza🍕
Late post for #kidlitpostcard day, a throwback to something i made for #FolktaleWeek 2022 when i worked on a mashup of Emily Dickinson X Cinderella.
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Late post for #kidlitpostcard day, a throwback to something i made for #FolktaleWeek 2022 when i worked on a mashup of Emily Dickinson X Cinderella.
YOU GUYS... I think I'm gonna go to a #NOKINGS rally tomorrow... I should make a poster... any suggestions? Maybe I'll modify an old art poster I made for the original protests in 2017.
June 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
YOU GUYS... I think I'm gonna go to a #NOKINGS rally tomorrow... I should make a poster... any suggestions? Maybe I'll modify an old art poster I made for the original protests in 2017.
Tool: playing a lo-fi music calm animation YouTube channel in the background as I write & draw for my #kidlit projects in my studio :) It’s like I have a little friend reading next to me :) #author #illustrator
June 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Tool: playing a lo-fi music calm animation YouTube channel in the background as I write & draw for my #kidlit projects in my studio :) It’s like I have a little friend reading next to me :) #author #illustrator
#kidlitchat My recurring ones are… “broken” or “it’s not working” and getting back up”…. :P
June 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
#kidlitchat My recurring ones are… “broken” or “it’s not working” and getting back up”…. :P
Hi #kidlitchat! Long time no… chat :D…
For today’s topic- I’m generally not too surprised by the subtexts in my work… I come back to familiar themes again and again… wait am I defining subtext correctly? I gotta look it up haha
For today’s topic- I’m generally not too surprised by the subtexts in my work… I come back to familiar themes again and again… wait am I defining subtext correctly? I gotta look it up haha
TOPIC: At what point do you figure out the subtext--the story within the story--and are you ever surprised at the themes that have embedded themselves in your work? #kidlitchat
June 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hi #kidlitchat! Long time no… chat :D…
For today’s topic- I’m generally not too surprised by the subtexts in my work… I come back to familiar themes again and again… wait am I defining subtext correctly? I gotta look it up haha
For today’s topic- I’m generally not too surprised by the subtexts in my work… I come back to familiar themes again and again… wait am I defining subtext correctly? I gotta look it up haha
A present!!
1949 Underwood Champion typewriter, pretty much perfect condition as far as I can tell, got it at an estate sale yesterday!
1949 Underwood Champion typewriter, pretty much perfect condition as far as I can tell, got it at an estate sale yesterday!
April 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A present!!
1949 Underwood Champion typewriter, pretty much perfect condition as far as I can tell, got it at an estate sale yesterday!
1949 Underwood Champion typewriter, pretty much perfect condition as far as I can tell, got it at an estate sale yesterday!
My tortilla loves me.
February 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My tortilla loves me.
Hey @studiobeancan.bsky.social thx for help w/my ?s re. what to submit > @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social Pitchfest 2025! Ended up going w/most finished story like u said. Also realized, I can be wedded to who my characters are AND be willing to re-configure how I write their story. Which: FUN! #kidlit
February 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hey @studiobeancan.bsky.social thx for help w/my ?s re. what to submit > @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social Pitchfest 2025! Ended up going w/most finished story like u said. Also realized, I can be wedded to who my characters are AND be willing to re-configure how I write their story. Which: FUN! #kidlit
I went into The Shrinking Pod, but turns out, it morphed and slid into another dimension, a world like ours but not ours, where I couldn't get to know my main characters as a peer, but I was able to be a passerby and Yes! I witnessed their friendship meet cute! Thrilling! #kidlit #amwriting
February 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I went into The Shrinking Pod, but turns out, it morphed and slid into another dimension, a world like ours but not ours, where I couldn't get to know my main characters as a peer, but I was able to be a passerby and Yes! I witnessed their friendship meet cute! Thrilling! #kidlit #amwriting
And now… I am entering The Shrinking Pod, to live amongst my 2 main characters in their tiny world, to find them and see what they’re up to, asking them how they met, and hoping to befriend them if they’ll have me. I think they will. They are loveable and aren’t I also? 🤪 #kidlit #amwriting
February 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
And now… I am entering The Shrinking Pod, to live amongst my 2 main characters in their tiny world, to find them and see what they’re up to, asking them how they met, and hoping to befriend them if they’ll have me. I think they will. They are loveable and aren’t I also? 🤪 #kidlit #amwriting
Reposted by Maritza Ruiz-Kim
#KidsComicsLetsGo... MEET anthologist @kidlitedna.com. Edna's picture book HONU AND MOA is an Aesop Accolades recipient - so her anthology comic will be good!
Support her work editing our Newsletter by subscribing at: bit.ly/kcu-studio-a...
#KidsComicsStudioAnthology
#kidscomics #kidlitart #kidlit
Support her work editing our Newsletter by subscribing at: bit.ly/kcu-studio-a...
#KidsComicsStudioAnthology
#kidscomics #kidlitart #kidlit
February 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#KidsComicsLetsGo... MEET anthologist @kidlitedna.com. Edna's picture book HONU AND MOA is an Aesop Accolades recipient - so her anthology comic will be good!
Support her work editing our Newsletter by subscribing at: bit.ly/kcu-studio-a...
#KidsComicsStudioAnthology
#kidscomics #kidlitart #kidlit
Support her work editing our Newsletter by subscribing at: bit.ly/kcu-studio-a...
#KidsComicsStudioAnthology
#kidscomics #kidlitart #kidlit
Reposted by Maritza Ruiz-Kim
Tell the stories of Trump's victims. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Tell the stories of Trump's victims.
February 20, 2025
open.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Tell the stories of Trump's victims. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Something I gotta look into... Making a Starter Pack or.. a Feed instead?... of SF Bay Area KidLit people coz... seeing you folx IRL is so energizing and helps this little artist writer keep on keepin' on.... Who would be interested in this info? Thoughts? #kidlit
February 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Something I gotta look into... Making a Starter Pack or.. a Feed instead?... of SF Bay Area KidLit people coz... seeing you folx IRL is so energizing and helps this little artist writer keep on keepin' on.... Who would be interested in this info? Thoughts? #kidlit
Seeing fellow #KidLit folx IRL, well it's just pretty dang niiiice isn't it? And also-- lots of *wows* hearing about the upcoming books! (Hey Jerrold does Tony have a 🦋?)
:D @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social @stephlaubooks.com @mdashow.bsky.social @studiobeancan.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Seeing fellow #KidLit folx IRL, well it's just pretty dang niiiice isn't it? And also-- lots of *wows* hearing about the upcoming books! (Hey Jerrold does Tony have a 🦋?)
:D @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social @stephlaubooks.com @mdashow.bsky.social @studiobeancan.bsky.social
There's the cover! Yay Michael!
I'm finally able to share this cover I created for Garrett's Forester's book 'Garrett's Ventures - First Profit: Gum.' It's about a kid learning about financial responsibility as he tries to make money, and also about friendship. See more at www.garrettsventures.com
#kidLit #kidLitArt #bookCover
#kidLit #kidLitArt #bookCover
February 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
There's the cover! Yay Michael!
Friends with books! Yay Steph!
It's the cover reveal! My picture book debut, 🩰❄️The Abominable Snow Dancer❄️🩰, is now available for pre-order:
✨Amazon: amzn.to/4hBtlfs
✨B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-abomin...
✨Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/17193/9780...
✨And at select indies!(www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9780593... is one of my locals)
✨Amazon: amzn.to/4hBtlfs
✨B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-abomin...
✨Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/17193/9780...
✨And at select indies!(www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9780593... is one of my locals)
February 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Friends with books! Yay Steph!
Yahooo Jerrold! A starred review!
Conventional wisdom says you don't react or respond to your reviews but I never claimed to be conventionally wise. If you ever wondered what it looks like when an author gets their first industry review, you're in luck. I recorded it for you. 👀
JERROLD REACTS! KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW FOR JIM! WHAAAT???
YouTube video by Jerrold Connors
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Yahooo Jerrold! A starred review!
Onwards to the Imaginary Places, where I find the stories that haunt me in good ways
(aka- I'm going to work/write/draw now) haha
#kidlit
(aka- I'm going to work/write/draw now) haha
#kidlit
February 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Onwards to the Imaginary Places, where I find the stories that haunt me in good ways
(aka- I'm going to work/write/draw now) haha
#kidlit
(aka- I'm going to work/write/draw now) haha
#kidlit
You guys (who were there) remember when Twitter was like, a place to say writerly stuff out loud, the way you wish you could say things in the moment during hang outs with people, and you could be interesting instead of awkward, and it felt so real?
February 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You guys (who were there) remember when Twitter was like, a place to say writerly stuff out loud, the way you wish you could say things in the moment during hang outs with people, and you could be interesting instead of awkward, and it felt so real?
You know what feels like *The Worst*? Being worried people will see me as a Try Hard, but OMG I am trying really freaking hard and I can't stop.
February 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
You know what feels like *The Worst*? Being worried people will see me as a Try Hard, but OMG I am trying really freaking hard and I can't stop.
What happens with the replies I add to my own posts? Are those also invisible? Am I the kind of invisible that might come with perks, like, can I observe uncreepily without being seen, OOO!! can I go into the white house and invisibly observe and expose it all!?! Now that would be something.
February 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What happens with the replies I add to my own posts? Are those also invisible? Am I the kind of invisible that might come with perks, like, can I observe uncreepily without being seen, OOO!! can I go into the white house and invisibly observe and expose it all!?! Now that would be something.
How raw should I be about how sad it feels to think like nothing is ever gonna go anywhere with my work? No one ever gonna see it, no one ever gonna really want it, but you know Great Effort! Nice try! Love ya! you know... heh heh i know there is no hashtag oh this, no feed visibility prolly 🤷♀️
February 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
How raw should I be about how sad it feels to think like nothing is ever gonna go anywhere with my work? No one ever gonna see it, no one ever gonna really want it, but you know Great Effort! Nice try! Love ya! you know... heh heh i know there is no hashtag oh this, no feed visibility prolly 🤷♀️
Wah hahaha @roricomics.bsky.social said we gotta be Tumblr feral on Bluesky, didn't she?!? but what if I am a cuddly fluffy guinea pig who startles easily!?! // @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social 😂
February 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Wah hahaha @roricomics.bsky.social said we gotta be Tumblr feral on Bluesky, didn't she?!? but what if I am a cuddly fluffy guinea pig who startles easily!?! // @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social 😂
A Fast Comic :)
🔎 What is the size of federal workforce vs. US population, compared to 1980?
🔎 Who are “private contract worker” = “non-profit”? What about “for-profit”?
🔎 What “for-profit” industries contract with the federal government?
🔎 Where is good data (not anecdotal) on this & how defined?
🔎 What is the size of federal workforce vs. US population, compared to 1980?
🔎 Who are “private contract worker” = “non-profit”? What about “for-profit”?
🔎 What “for-profit” industries contract with the federal government?
🔎 Where is good data (not anecdotal) on this & how defined?
February 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A Fast Comic :)
🔎 What is the size of federal workforce vs. US population, compared to 1980?
🔎 Who are “private contract worker” = “non-profit”? What about “for-profit”?
🔎 What “for-profit” industries contract with the federal government?
🔎 Where is good data (not anecdotal) on this & how defined?
🔎 What is the size of federal workforce vs. US population, compared to 1980?
🔎 Who are “private contract worker” = “non-profit”? What about “for-profit”?
🔎 What “for-profit” industries contract with the federal government?
🔎 Where is good data (not anecdotal) on this & how defined?