Sandy Jonas
@sandyjonas.bsky.social
Author/illustrator, she/her kidlit and cozies 🇨🇦
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Writers, check out this fun new holiday contest from #MightyKidlit! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit @ziemkemichele.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Writers, check out this fun new holiday contest from #MightyKidlit! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit @ziemkemichele.bsky.social
#kidlitpostcard #kidlit #illustration
Hey all, I’m Sandy, a Canadian author/illustrator. I actually played one of these clunkers when I was 12 (against my will of course). Now I can illustrate it and pretend I was amazing, though the sour notes are more accurate.
Hey all, I’m Sandy, a Canadian author/illustrator. I actually played one of these clunkers when I was 12 (against my will of course). Now I can illustrate it and pretend I was amazing, though the sour notes are more accurate.
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#kidlitpostcard #kidlit #illustration
Hey all, I’m Sandy, a Canadian author/illustrator. I actually played one of these clunkers when I was 12 (against my will of course). Now I can illustrate it and pretend I was amazing, though the sour notes are more accurate.
Hey all, I’m Sandy, a Canadian author/illustrator. I actually played one of these clunkers when I was 12 (against my will of course). Now I can illustrate it and pretend I was amazing, though the sour notes are more accurate.
#100dayproject #kidlit #illustration
Carlotta Klee on Insta has great quick prompts. She does more watercolour and I used felts but I think they both work and was fun to do. Day 60 of 100
Carlotta Klee on Insta has great quick prompts. She does more watercolour and I used felts but I think they both work and was fun to do. Day 60 of 100
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#100dayproject #kidlit #illustration
Carlotta Klee on Insta has great quick prompts. She does more watercolour and I used felts but I think they both work and was fun to do. Day 60 of 100
Carlotta Klee on Insta has great quick prompts. She does more watercolour and I used felts but I think they both work and was fun to do. Day 60 of 100
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Give some love to new #CDN publisher: MIGHTY VILLAGE BOOKS @mightyvillagebooks.bsky.social. Pleased to present my interview with founder author-illustrator Danielle Daniel (remember her award-winning SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX). Learn more here: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/migh...
Mighty Village Books: Interview with Danielle Daniel, new Canadian publisher
Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators
canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Give some love to new #CDN publisher: MIGHTY VILLAGE BOOKS @mightyvillagebooks.bsky.social. Pleased to present my interview with founder author-illustrator Danielle Daniel (remember her award-winning SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX). Learn more here: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/migh...
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The hardest rejection: "This is great...but not for me."
Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No.
Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.
Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No.
Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.
"This is GREAT... But Not For Me" - The Hardest Rejection Literary Agents Give (And What To Do Now)
YouTube video by The Manuscript Academy, LLC
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The hardest rejection: "This is great...but not for me."
Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No.
Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.
Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No.
Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.
October 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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#Agents, #editors & #publishers you still have time to find your next amazing GN client amongst the 181 pitches on the #KidLitGN website: kidlitgn.com/submission-d... The pitch event ends Oct. 31 #pitchevent #kidlit #graphicnovels
Agent, Editor, & Publisher Submission Guidelines – KidLitGN
kidlitgn.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#Agents, #editors & #publishers you still have time to find your next amazing GN client amongst the 181 pitches on the #KidLitGN website: kidlitgn.com/submission-d... The pitch event ends Oct. 31 #pitchevent #kidlit #graphicnovels
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October 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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🧸"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your HEART!"🧸
~Winnie-The-Pooh, 1926
#AAMilne #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #picturebooks #WritingCommunity #BookClub #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #ArtSky #writerslift
~Winnie-The-Pooh, 1926
#AAMilne #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #picturebooks #WritingCommunity #BookClub #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #ArtSky #writerslift
September 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🧸"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your HEART!"🧸
~Winnie-The-Pooh, 1926
#AAMilne #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #picturebooks #WritingCommunity #BookClub #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #ArtSky #writerslift
~Winnie-The-Pooh, 1926
#AAMilne #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #picturebooks #WritingCommunity #BookClub #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #ArtSky #writerslift
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Looks like there were 301 October #kidlitartpostcards! Browsing the hashtag on the FLASHES app is my fav way to see the art. It is like an Instagram experience, but without any algorithm/chronology issues.
It’s an iPhone app, but they announced a beta version coming for Android. @flashes.blue
It’s an iPhone app, but they announced a beta version coming for Android. @flashes.blue
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
October 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’ve been drawing behind the scenes on my iPad and not in my sketchbook, so I haven’t posted here for a while. But I needed a break from being able to correct what I don’t like and live with my mistakes, it keeps me real even if no one looks. 53/100 #100dayproject
#kidlit #halloween #pumpkin
#kidlit #halloween #pumpkin
October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’ve been drawing behind the scenes on my iPad and not in my sketchbook, so I haven’t posted here for a while. But I needed a break from being able to correct what I don’t like and live with my mistakes, it keeps me real even if no one looks. 53/100 #100dayproject
#kidlit #halloween #pumpkin
#kidlit #halloween #pumpkin
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Hey writing friends: Here's a free online seminar on grant writing for Canadian writers (including the recent Canada Council for the Arts funding portal update) with author, grant writer, and educator Lindsay Zier-Vogel. Friday, November 7, 2025, 11 am to 12:20 pm. #CANkidlit
October 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hey writing friends: Here's a free online seminar on grant writing for Canadian writers (including the recent Canada Council for the Arts funding portal update) with author, grant writer, and educator Lindsay Zier-Vogel. Friday, November 7, 2025, 11 am to 12:20 pm. #CANkidlit
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FYI of a new scam I keep getting lately:
Someone tries to log in to your Dropbox, fails & requests a link, so you get a password reset email from legit Dropbox.
Immediately followed by a real looking follow-up from someone allegedly with Dropbox support but a @dropbox.zendesk email.
Don't click 👍
Someone tries to log in to your Dropbox, fails & requests a link, so you get a password reset email from legit Dropbox.
Immediately followed by a real looking follow-up from someone allegedly with Dropbox support but a @dropbox.zendesk email.
Don't click 👍
October 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
FYI of a new scam I keep getting lately:
Someone tries to log in to your Dropbox, fails & requests a link, so you get a password reset email from legit Dropbox.
Immediately followed by a real looking follow-up from someone allegedly with Dropbox support but a @dropbox.zendesk email.
Don't click 👍
Someone tries to log in to your Dropbox, fails & requests a link, so you get a password reset email from legit Dropbox.
Immediately followed by a real looking follow-up from someone allegedly with Dropbox support but a @dropbox.zendesk email.
Don't click 👍
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There has been an effort for a while now to make my drawings more cartoony/have diverse shapes and silhouettes. An attempt to counter same face/body syndrome. So here's a character design practice, drawing the Spongebob characters as humans.
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
There has been an effort for a while now to make my drawings more cartoony/have diverse shapes and silhouettes. An attempt to counter same face/body syndrome. So here's a character design practice, drawing the Spongebob characters as humans.
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So much cool art in one place 🤗✨😍❤️
It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!
And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
So much cool art in one place 🤗✨😍❤️
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PLAGUE THIEVES is nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards — Diamond Willow 2025, and has been shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2025 and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards 2025.
pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
PLAGUE THIEVES is nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards — Diamond Willow 2025, and has been shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2025 and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards 2025.
pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
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Bringing it to 🦋 by request:
People hate their own art because it looks like they made it. They think if they get better, it will stop looking like they made it. A better person made it. But there's no level of skill beyond which you stop being you. You hate the most valuable thing about your art.
People hate their own art because it looks like they made it. They think if they get better, it will stop looking like they made it. A better person made it. But there's no level of skill beyond which you stop being you. You hate the most valuable thing about your art.
December 13, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Bringing it to 🦋 by request:
People hate their own art because it looks like they made it. They think if they get better, it will stop looking like they made it. A better person made it. But there's no level of skill beyond which you stop being you. You hate the most valuable thing about your art.
People hate their own art because it looks like they made it. They think if they get better, it will stop looking like they made it. A better person made it. But there's no level of skill beyond which you stop being you. You hate the most valuable thing about your art.
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I regret very much that none of my books are available in braille - so far anyway - but here's an invaluable free library for children and adults so please pass it on to anyone who can use it.
Braille books
If you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you
www.rnib.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I regret very much that none of my books are available in braille - so far anyway - but here's an invaluable free library for children and adults so please pass it on to anyone who can use it.
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Hi #portfolioday ! I'm Paula, a #kidlitillustrator and I love creating energetic characters & scenes, bringing the fun to books, magazines, puzzles, cartoons and comics, etc. for kids!
Folio: paulajbecker.com
Email: pbecker.illustrator@gmail.com
#kidlitart
Folio: paulajbecker.com
Email: pbecker.illustrator@gmail.com
#kidlitart
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hi #portfolioday ! I'm Paula, a #kidlitillustrator and I love creating energetic characters & scenes, bringing the fun to books, magazines, puzzles, cartoons and comics, etc. for kids!
Folio: paulajbecker.com
Email: pbecker.illustrator@gmail.com
#kidlitart
Folio: paulajbecker.com
Email: pbecker.illustrator@gmail.com
#kidlitart
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Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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October 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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October 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Golden submission opportunity with @ashleedani.bsky.social!
#SeasonsOfKidLit @authorhmacht.bsky.social @literallylynne.bsky.social
www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...
#SeasonsOfKidLit @authorhmacht.bsky.social @literallylynne.bsky.social
www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...
Trick or Treat with Agent Ashlee MacCallum! HUGE Submission Opportunity Inside!
Hi, readers, writers, and querying creators of all kinds! Today is #SeasonsOfKidLit’s last day of our 2025 Trick-or-Treat Event, and we’re closing it out in an extremely BIG way! We’re thrilled to wel...
www.seasonsofkidlit.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Golden submission opportunity with @ashleedani.bsky.social!
#SeasonsOfKidLit @authorhmacht.bsky.social @literallylynne.bsky.social
www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...
#SeasonsOfKidLit @authorhmacht.bsky.social @literallylynne.bsky.social
www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...