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CWILL BC is a lively group of published writers and illustrators for children, with over 150 members across British Columbia.

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For those new to Bluesky or who are revisiting Bluesky after a hiatus: with the help of the community here, I've compiled many #BlueSkyTips & resources. Feel free to start with this Quickstart Guide:

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b. Quickstart Guide - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish
This is a bare-bones guide for those who just want to get started, and would rather just jump in and try stuff out before learning more details, though I STRONGLY encourage you check out moderation o…
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November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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savagechickens.bsky.social
The Legend. www.patreon.com/posts/legend...
Parent Chicken is tucking Little Kid Chicken into bed and saying "...and the legend says that the sky is blue because it was painted by sky gnomes!" Caption: Microdose responsibly.
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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booksbycindy.bsky.social
It started with IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, a book that helps readers see how mindfulness and nature connections can help with anxiety. 🐝 🧚‍♂️ 🦊
BUTTERFLY SEA, its companion, depicts the story of two nature explorers, each with their own unique agenda, and the wonder of discovery. 🦋 🌊 🌼 #Libsky
troystory.bsky.social Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 4d
Two great books that go great together.

Both are beautiful, poetic, and instructive. Both explore big feelings about little creatures.

Author @booksbycindy.bsky.social sees them as companion books and I totally agree.
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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kagcomix.bsky.social
usually i draw every panel in a graphic novel chronologically. start page 1 panel 1 and go through until the last panel on the last page. this time around i'm starting with the "easiest" panel on each page to warm up and then hopping around to the other panels on the page w increasing complexity.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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mljackson.bsky.social
Thanks to @theseaboardreview.ca for publishing my tribute to #ThomasBecket. This was definitely one from the heart. May all resistors to tyranny be so meddlesome. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/thomas-bec...
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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kagcomix.bsky.social
Thinking, today, about my high school's librarian who kept so many books by trans authors face out in her library displays. And how reading "the nearest exit may be behind you" from one of those displays opened my world up to the beautiful possibilities of an expansive understanding of gender.
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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booksbycindy.bsky.social
Looking forward to this very much. 💕 We’ll be there with cute buttons created by @annely-so.bsky.social I love how #Victoria people are so great at shopping #local. 🎁 🌲 🎨 📚
annely-so.bsky.social Annely So @annely-so.bsky.social · 2d
If you are in the lower Vancouver Island area on Saturday, November 21 consider coming to the Cedar Hill Holiday Market. I will be there with other local picture book makers and other artsy people!
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social #picturebooks #holidaymarket #yyjevents
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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savagechickens.bsky.social
The Optimist. www.patreon.com/posts/optimi...
Chicken 1 to Chicken 2: "I don't think you're an idiot. I'm an optimist. I think your brain is half-full."
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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darlenefoster.bsky.social
Smorgasbord Christmas Book Fair 2025 #Mystery Murder at Leisure Dreams – Galapagos: A Giovanna Rogers Mystery #Mystery #Vietnam Poetic Justice #Adventure #Travel Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bag smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/s...
Smorgasbord Christmas Book Fair 2025 – #Mystery – Murder at Leisure Dreams – Galapagos: A Giovanna Rogers Mystery by Sharon Marchisello, #Mystery #Vietnam Poetic Justice: by Dan Antion and Willow Wil...
Welcome to this year’s Christmas book fair. In the first few posts I will be revisiting some of the new books I have promoted during the year and can also recommend, with one of their other r…
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November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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leefodi.bsky.social
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:

“I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.”

More on my blog:
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November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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The Rabbits Next Door Set #12 open.substack.com/pub/khalidbi... Being a rabbit in a human world isn't easy.
The Rabbits Next Door Set #12
Are rabbits really that different?
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November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Roberta Writes - Guest Post: D.L. Finn with her new book, Ghosts & Miracles Past: A Christmas Collection Two and a review roberta-writes.com/2025/11/20/r...
Roberta Writes – Guest Post: D.L. Finn with her new book, Ghosts & Miracles Past: A Christmas Collection Two and a review
Thank you for having me on your incredible blog today, Robbie, to share the release of Ghosts & Miracles Past: A Christmas Collection Two. I’m really grateful for your support! Interview Do you…
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November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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kagcomix.bsky.social
Oh hey that's cool! Carousel Summer is on the New York Public Library's list of Best Books for Kids 2025

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image of the header from the NYPL website. carousel summer is included in the graphic and i've circled it to point it out to you
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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booksbycindy.bsky.social
A lovely event for your holiday shopping. I’m pleased to be participating with fellow creatives.
#yyj #events #shoplocal #library #books #art #holiday #gifts
🌲 🎁 🐝 🦋 📚
annely-so.bsky.social Annely So @annely-so.bsky.social · 2d
If you are in Victoria, BC on Saturday, November 22 from 10-3 visit Cedar Hill Rec Centre for the #holidaymarket. Come find several Vancouver Island based writers and illustrators of children and YA books!
#yyjevents #picturebookmaker
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November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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darlenefoster.bsky.social
A Visit With Stevie Turner

I am pleased to be a guest on prolific writer and blogger Stevie Turner as the last stop on this awesome blog tour. Stevie has a jam-packed post including two excerpts, the trailer, a discussion on picking names and descriptions for characters, and a wonderful review…
A Visit With Stevie Turner
I am pleased to be a guest on prolific writer and blogger Stevie Turner as the last stop on this awesome blog tour. Stevie has a jam-packed post including two excerpts, the trailer, a discussion on picking names and descriptions for characters, and a wonderful review from a reader. Thanks, Stevie, for wrapping this tour up so nicely. Stevie Turner is a British author of romantic suspense, paranormal stories, and women’s fiction family dramas, which are sometimes humorous.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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savagechickens.bsky.social
The Amazing Hammer. www.patreon.com/posts/amazin...
Title: The Amazing HAMMER Chicken with hammer: "Hammer" is the best! I used it to bash these nails into a board! Saleschicken in suit: But you can use it for virtually anything! Washing the car? Use Hammer! [pic of chicken hitting hood of car with a hammer] Need to open a window? Use Hammer! [pic of hammer crashing through a window] Want to greet a friend? Use Hammer! [pic of chicken swinging a hammer and yelling "Hi!" while another chicken off-panel yells "Ow!"]
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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darlenefoster.bsky.social
Blog Tour for Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog, by Darlene Foster steviet3.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/b...
Blog Tour for Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog, by Darlene Foster
I am pleased to be part of the blog tour for Darlene Foster’s new book in the ‘Amanda’ series: Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog. This series of books appeal to adults and ch…
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November 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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booksbycindy.bsky.social
Our book baby is getting closer to release date - December 15!! Pre-order Butterfly Sea wherever books are sold. Links in comment thread. 🧵 @tielmourpress.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social
Butterfly Sea picture book cover Two pollinator books for children Butterfly Sea by C Mackey and M-L Couët
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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kagcomix.bsky.social
I've been reflecting lately on how much it rules to be over 30. Aging is great. I love getting older.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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booksbycindy.bsky.social
This is why I love being the author and collaborating with an illustrator. I love to write with a lot of space between the words and then be delighted by the final outcome. 🦋 🐝
deborahpaquette.bsky.social Deborah Paquette @deborahpaquette.bsky.social · 11d
“I think the process of illustrating picture books is looking for the space in between the words, and then building out from these spaces. So you’re searching for the parts of the story that have been left unsaid.”

-Todd Stewart

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Skating Wild on an Inland Sea
Let’s go! Experience the magic of skating on wild ice. Two children wake up to hear the lake singing, then the wind begins wailing … or is it a wolf? They bundle up and venture out into the cold, carr...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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kagcomix.bsky.social
in 2026 i would love to see cartoonists collectively let go of the resentment that "comics take years to make and moments to read." 🙏 the contrast in time creating vs time experiencing is true of all art. why complain that someone read your work? Chill out and enjoy meeting a reader on the page.
November 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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leefodi.bsky.social
A little mushroom family spotted by the seven-year-old and me as we trekked home from school one day last week. We imagined these little folk were on the move—but we never decide if they were escaping peril or seeking adventure . . .

#authorsEye #artistsEye #AEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Speculative fiction, a chimp in space, poetry, and a look inside the lives of Taxi drivers are served up in the Wednesday October 22nd issue. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa...
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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booksbycindy.bsky.social
This makes my heart so happy. Please consider pre-ordering our new book, Butterfly Sea. 🦋 🌊
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#Libsky #Edusky
marielaurecouet.bsky.social Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 5d
Butterfly Sea earned Kirkus Review 'Get It' accolade! "Couët's watercolor-style illustrations drive the story, offering beautiful, sweeping landscapes of butterflies flying over a body of water and endearing close-ups of the children examining insects. A sweet tale of childhood with lovely images."
Screenshot of Kirkus Review page for Butterfly Sea picture book by Cynthia Mackey and Marie-Laure Couët. Image includes a thumbnail of cover, featuring the two main characters resting in the grass on a windy day with butterflies and the sea in the background. Image is mostly text of the review: BUTTERFLY SEA BY CYNTHIA MACKEY ILLUSTRATED BY MARIE-LAURE COUËT RELEASE DATE: DEC. 15, 2025 A sweet tale of childhood with lovely images. A pair of kids go on a hunt for butterflies in Mackey's picture book. An unnamed protagonist dons a special khaki vest and borrows Grandma's camera before heading out of a house to look for butterflies. They're pursued by a much younger child, and the second-person narration recommends that "if trouble follows you, embrace it." (Both characters are portrayed with pale skin.) As the older child continues to look for butterflies, the toddler pretends to be a mermaid, a pirate, and a shark. Each time, the protagonist keeps the younger one entertained: offering the shark Goldfish crackers, for example, and telling the pirate where to find secret treasure. The pair hide out in lilac bushes but only find snails and caterpillars, until finally "one butterfly, two butterflies, more butterflies flutter up, up, up into the sea-blue sky" as they look on. Mackey's text is engaging yet sparse, offering tantalizingly few details about the kids, which effectively invites the reader to ask questions about their backstory: What are their names? Are they siblings? Where are the grown-ups? Couët's watercolor-style illustrations drive the story, offering beautiful, sweeping landscapes of butterflies flying over a body of water and endearing close-ups of the children examining insects. A sweet tale of childhood with lovely images. Page Count: 42 Publisher: Tielmour Press Review posted online: Nov 4 2025 Kirkus Review Issue: Jan. 1, 2026 Review Program: KIRKUS INDIE Categories: CHILDREN'S ACTION & ADVENTURE FICTION | CHILDREN'S HEALTH DAILY LIVING
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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leefodi.bsky.social
Quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Joseph Campbell:

“Is the system going to eat you up and relieve you of your humanity? Or are you going to be able to use the system to human purposes?”

More on my blog:
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November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM