Christine Ottaviano Shestak
@christineoshestak.bsky.social
retired MH counselor for children. teens, and the occasional adult
pre-published YA author
looking for writing friends whose warped sense of humor matches mine
pre-published YA author
looking for writing friends whose warped sense of humor matches mine
Here's hoping you get everything you want
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
YouTube video by Arlo Guthrie - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here's hoping you get everything you want
Join me at this writing event? wn.nr/Mn7jFSp
Get Your Summit Handbook Here!
Dear amazing summit attendee, This is a welcome pack for the event. If you wish, you can download your copy of summit handbook AND enter a prize draw to get one free registration to my flagship course...
wn.nr
October 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Join me at this writing event? wn.nr/Mn7jFSp
Indegenous Peoples Day in Santa Fe
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Indegenous Peoples Day in Santa Fe
Balloon Fiesta welcomes us back to ABQ
October 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Balloon Fiesta welcomes us back to ABQ
Got to meet my BOM "kids" - they were on fire during the show and filled with hugs and laughter when they came to meet us
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Got to meet my BOM "kids" - they were on fire during the show and filled with hugs and laughter when they came to meet us
What a nice surprise to see Fr. Chike here in ABQ!!!!
August 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What a nice surprise to see Fr. Chike here in ABQ!!!!
I think how hard this made me laugh means this is a "Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200, Go Directly to Hell."
Biologists named a sex pheromone found in mouse urine after Mr. Darcy.
If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly wondering, “How do these aloof and frankly cold male mice keep attracting partners?!” Science has an answer: Blame it on the darcin. Back in 2010, a te…
lithub.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I think how hard this made me laugh means this is a "Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200, Go Directly to Hell."
Ed couldn't get the 3D printing done, but the wind is a constant in ABQ, so we're quite PROUD
July 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ed couldn't get the 3D printing done, but the wind is a constant in ABQ, so we're quite PROUD
Expressing gratitude for the 0.8" rainfall
May 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Expressing gratitude for the 0.8" rainfall
Hoppy Bunny Day!
Pharrell Williams' Happy Easter Ecard (Famous Song)
[Lyrics] Because I'm happy, clap along... [Message] Hope your Easter is happy!
cards.ag.com
April 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hoppy Bunny Day!
Hedgehog cactus says Happy Spring!
April 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Hedgehog cactus says Happy Spring!
Teeny hedgehog cactus flowers - spring has sprung in ABQ!
March 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Teeny hedgehog cactus flowers - spring has sprung in ABQ!
I don't know what's funnier: that square wombat poop deserves intense scientific scrutiny or that a mechanical engineer solved the problem
Wombats Poop Cubes, and Scientists Finally Got to the Bottom of It
The marsupial’s unique digestive tract forms square dung
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I don't know what's funnier: that square wombat poop deserves intense scientific scrutiny or that a mechanical engineer solved the problem
Holy Boat Snack! Disney has managed to tell two stories of princesses looking to save the world - and no handsome prince needed to get the job done! #Moana2
March 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Holy Boat Snack! Disney has managed to tell two stories of princesses looking to save the world - and no handsome prince needed to get the job done! #Moana2
Why Books Get Banned - can anyone guess?
Cover to Cover - PEN America
PEN America sought to further understand the impacts of this censorship – the identities and genres being erased from public schools.
pen.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Why Books Get Banned - can anyone guess?
How querying feels
March 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
How querying feels
Reposted by Christine Ottaviano Shestak
Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is running for Governor of New Mexico. She would be the first Native American woman Governor in U.S. History.
REPOST if you support Deb Haaland as she runs to make history!
REPOST if you support Deb Haaland as she runs to make history!
February 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is running for Governor of New Mexico. She would be the first Native American woman Governor in U.S. History.
REPOST if you support Deb Haaland as she runs to make history!
REPOST if you support Deb Haaland as she runs to make history!
I can't wait to get my hands on this book by a NM SCBWI friend!
Book to Share: The Burning Season, by Caroline Starr Rose
Unpopular bookish opinion: I don't care for most novels in verse. I've always been a lover of poetry, but verse novels didn't feel like poetry to me, so for a long time I didn't even see the point......
www.faithelizabethhough.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I can't wait to get my hands on this book by a NM SCBWI friend!