Sarah Hetu
@sarahhetu.bsky.social
Mom, writer, optometrist, karate enthusiast, nature lover, artist, and cat-slave
#12x12PB, #kidlit, #picturebook
#12x12PB, #kidlit, #picturebook
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9 DAYS until #12x12PB registration opens for 2025! The countdown continues thrue 1/9. To win today's prize - "Go Away, I'm Writing" socks, comment before midnight ET. Members: How does 12 x 12 motivate you to BIC? Nonmembers: Do you have a writing routine? #kidlit #kidlitart
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
9 DAYS until #12x12PB registration opens for 2025! The countdown continues thrue 1/9. To win today's prize - "Go Away, I'm Writing" socks, comment before midnight ET. Members: How does 12 x 12 motivate you to BIC? Nonmembers: Do you have a writing routine? #kidlit #kidlitart
It's Day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas for Writers 2025. I posted my successes here: sarahhetu.com/1500-2/
- Sarah Hetu, WRITER
Children’s author Julie Hedlund, challenged participants of her 12 Days of Christmas for Writers series to share our SUCCESSES (rather than resolutions) this year. She believes the way New Year’s reso...
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December 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's Day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas for Writers 2025. I posted my successes here: sarahhetu.com/1500-2/
Hooray! @littlethoughtspress.com just launched Issue 12: Better Together (www.littlethoughtspress.com). Be sure to check out pages 40-42, on which you will find poems by two of my critique partners: @pjpurtee.bsky.social and @davidmcmullin.bsky.social. (My poem is on page 33!)
Little Thoughts Press | A children's literary magazine
Little Thoughts Press is a children's literary magazine designed for a youth audience ages ten and under. Founded in 2021 by editor in chief, Claire Taylor.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hooray! @littlethoughtspress.com just launched Issue 12: Better Together (www.littlethoughtspress.com). Be sure to check out pages 40-42, on which you will find poems by two of my critique partners: @pjpurtee.bsky.social and @davidmcmullin.bsky.social. (My poem is on page 33!)
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We could spend all day quibbling (or kwibbling) about how certain words SHOULD be spelled, but there's no denying that Mike Flowers' poem, Quibble, is positively delightful!
Check it out in Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Check it out in Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We could spend all day quibbling (or kwibbling) about how certain words SHOULD be spelled, but there's no denying that Mike Flowers' poem, Quibble, is positively delightful!
Check it out in Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Check it out in Issue 11: Stirring Words, available in print & pdf.
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Reposted by Sarah Hetu
Today, Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com launches
Issue 12: Better Together.
This issue is extra fun for me.
Poems from two of my Rhyme Time buddies,
@davidmcmullin.bsky.social & @sarahhetu.bsky.social,
are published in this issue!
One of mine is in there, too.
Issue 12: Better Together.
This issue is extra fun for me.
Poems from two of my Rhyme Time buddies,
@davidmcmullin.bsky.social & @sarahhetu.bsky.social,
are published in this issue!
One of mine is in there, too.
Today's the day! Join us in celebrating community & collective action with Issue 12: Better Together!
Inspiring & uplifting, Better Together celebrates the power of working together.
Get it now in print or as a free/pay-what-you-want PDF!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Inspiring & uplifting, Better Together celebrates the power of working together.
Get it now in print or as a free/pay-what-you-want PDF!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
ISSUES | Little Thoughts
A collection of past Little Thoughts Press issues.
www.littlethoughtspress.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today, Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com launches
Issue 12: Better Together.
This issue is extra fun for me.
Poems from two of my Rhyme Time buddies,
@davidmcmullin.bsky.social & @sarahhetu.bsky.social,
are published in this issue!
One of mine is in there, too.
Issue 12: Better Together.
This issue is extra fun for me.
Poems from two of my Rhyme Time buddies,
@davidmcmullin.bsky.social & @sarahhetu.bsky.social,
are published in this issue!
One of mine is in there, too.
Congratulations to all the winners in this year's Halloweensie contest! The 2025 Halloweensie Contest WINNERS!!! – Susanna Leonard Hill share.google/dmQ3DLljlNdu... @laurimeyers.bsky.social @jennadaucunas.bsky.social
The 2025 Halloweensie Contest WINNERS!!!
I know! It’s Saturday! And I don’t usually post on Saturday.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Congratulations to all the winners in this year's Halloweensie contest! The 2025 Halloweensie Contest WINNERS!!! – Susanna Leonard Hill share.google/dmQ3DLljlNdu... @laurimeyers.bsky.social @jennadaucunas.bsky.social
Please preorder Issue 12, Little Thoughts Press. The theme–Better Together–is significant: two critique partners and I have poems in this issue, proving that we truly are ‘better together!’ square.link/u/UOWLUcaU
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Little Thoughts Press Issue Twelve: Better Together - Claire Taylor | Little Thoughts Press
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November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Please preorder Issue 12, Little Thoughts Press. The theme–Better Together–is significant: two critique partners and I have poems in this issue, proving that we truly are ‘better together!’ square.link/u/UOWLUcaU
@littlethoughtspress.com @pjpurtee.bsky.social @davidmcmullin.bsky.social
@littlethoughtspress.com @pjpurtee.bsky.social @davidmcmullin.bsky.social
Check out these awesome #FallWritingFrenzy contest entries: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/f.... My poem is titled 'Skellerie Bones.' @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social
Fall Writing Frenzy Entry Form 2025
Hello #FallWritingFrenzy Friends- Yahoo!! Our competition is finally here! Kaitlyn Sanchez (Fall Writing Frenzy creator and co-host), Aixa Perez- Prado (Fall Writing Frenzy guest judge), and I, Lyd…
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October 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Check out these awesome #FallWritingFrenzy contest entries: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/f.... My poem is titled 'Skellerie Bones.' @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social
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This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Use a photo from #FallFrenzy as your prompt to write a poem.
Contest: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf...
@lydialukidis.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
#childrenspoetry #poetryforchildren
Use a photo from #FallFrenzy as your prompt to write a poem.
Contest: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf...
@lydialukidis.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
#childrenspoetry #poetryforchildren
#FallWritingFrenzy 2025 Rules
Dearest kidlit community- The days are getting shorter and the sweet smell of pumpkin spice is starting to fill the air. It’s fall….which means the annual Fall Writing Frenzy contest is…
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September 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Use a photo from #FallFrenzy as your prompt to write a poem.
Contest: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf...
@lydialukidis.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
#childrenspoetry #poetryforchildren
Use a photo from #FallFrenzy as your prompt to write a poem.
Contest: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/fallwritingf...
@lydialukidis.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
#childrenspoetry #poetryforchildren
Check out Susanna Hill's holiday contest: susannahill.com/2024/12/06/h... This year, the challenge was to write a complete story, in 250 words or less, geared towards kids under 12, with a theme of a 'holiday-centered mystery.' (mine's number 103 😉) #kidlit #picturebook
This Just In…!
You will all be glad to know that I’m starting the week with one of my shortest posts ever!Woo-hoo! More time for you guys to go do other fun things!I had great intentions for a proper post,…
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December 9, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Check out Susanna Hill's holiday contest: susannahill.com/2024/12/06/h... This year, the challenge was to write a complete story, in 250 words or less, geared towards kids under 12, with a theme of a 'holiday-centered mystery.' (mine's number 103 😉) #kidlit #picturebook