Dena Davis
@denadavisbooks.bsky.social
🌺🇬🇷 Pre-pub #KidLit author, disability advocate, library board member, former teacher, optimistic realist #SCBWI #CBA #12X12 #50PreciousWords Winner ‘22 #PBParty Participant, she/her 🌺🇬🇷
Thanks to @scbwi CenCal for an inspiring Writers’ and Illustrators’ Day! I caught the creative wave! Fabulous pitch opportunity with @sallymkim.bsky.social! Excited to dive into a manuscript and keep revising! Such helpful feedback! Much appreciated! #scbwi #scbwicencal #writersday
September 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Thanks to @scbwi CenCal for an inspiring Writers’ and Illustrators’ Day! I caught the creative wave! Fabulous pitch opportunity with @sallymkim.bsky.social! Excited to dive into a manuscript and keep revising! Such helpful feedback! Much appreciated! #scbwi #scbwicencal #writersday
Welcome to my rabbit holes! #amwriting #nfresearch
July 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Welcome to my rabbit holes! #amwriting #nfresearch
Join our family and others for a Unite for Disability Rights Rally in Santa Barbara this coming Saturday! #NoCutsToMedicaid
April 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Join our family and others for a Unite for Disability Rights Rally in Santa Barbara this coming Saturday! #NoCutsToMedicaid
Thank you to my lovely @sbplibrary.bsky.social for this delightful picture book treasure stack! #kidlit
March 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thank you to my lovely @sbplibrary.bsky.social for this delightful picture book treasure stack! #kidlit
This was so fun to write for the #50PreciousWords writing contest! Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social, judges, & prize donors for a fun, fabulous, creative opportunity! I’m enchanted with these little sea slugs & can’t wait to keep learning and writing about them. Good luck to all! #PBParty
March 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This was so fun to write for the #50PreciousWords writing contest! Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social, judges, & prize donors for a fun, fabulous, creative opportunity! I’m enchanted with these little sea slugs & can’t wait to keep learning and writing about them. Good luck to all! #PBParty
Our book group in @12x12challenge.bsky.social is helping me breathe during these uncertain times as I go on neighborhood treasure hunts to find enchantment. Witnessing the majesty of this olive tree against a blue sky and smelling daffodils filled my well and brought some peace. #12x12 #enchantment
February 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Our book group in @12x12challenge.bsky.social is helping me breathe during these uncertain times as I go on neighborhood treasure hunts to find enchantment. Witnessing the majesty of this olive tree against a blue sky and smelling daffodils filled my well and brought some peace. #12x12 #enchantment
They cannot erase
My love for community
Trans, disabled, rare.
#HaikuSaturday #rarediseaseday #save504
My love for community
Trans, disabled, rare.
#HaikuSaturday #rarediseaseday #save504
February 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
They cannot erase
My love for community
Trans, disabled, rare.
#HaikuSaturday #rarediseaseday #save504
My love for community
Trans, disabled, rare.
#HaikuSaturday #rarediseaseday #save504
Pick a selfie. Change it to black and white.
February 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pick a selfie. Change it to black and white.
🌺 It was my day to sleep in!
🌺 I picked up my library books on hold!
🌺 I discovered new beauty on my neighborhood walk.
🌺 I picked up my library books on hold!
🌺 I discovered new beauty on my neighborhood walk.
February 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🌺 It was my day to sleep in!
🌺 I picked up my library books on hold!
🌺 I discovered new beauty on my neighborhood walk.
🌺 I picked up my library books on hold!
🌺 I discovered new beauty on my neighborhood walk.
At a standing desk, in my cozy bed, at a kitchen table, in my quiet car, on my couch, and sometimes in a cafe surrounded by conversation. 🥰 A few of my visible muses. ✨☺️✨
February 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
At a standing desk, in my cozy bed, at a kitchen table, in my quiet car, on my couch, and sometimes in a cafe surrounded by conversation. 🥰 A few of my visible muses. ✨☺️✨
This poor guy getting a tooth extracted while we wait for a permanent bridge was definitely a distraction today!
February 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This poor guy getting a tooth extracted while we wait for a permanent bridge was definitely a distraction today!
Breathing in calm while my heart is aflutter! I just pressed submit to PB Party! I know in my heart that my stories will find their agent, editors, and readers. It may be now, or it may take more time. I'm trusting the magic! And getting back to writing and revising! Finding the joy! #PBParty2025
February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Breathing in calm while my heart is aflutter! I just pressed submit to PB Party! I know in my heart that my stories will find their agent, editors, and readers. It may be now, or it may take more time. I'm trusting the magic! And getting back to writing and revising! Finding the joy! #PBParty2025
January 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So excited to be part of the 12x12 picture book challenge in 2025! Ideas become wobbly first drafts I revise with the help of my delightful critique groups and partners. Thank you to @12x12challenge.bsky.social, @juliefhedlund.bsky.social, and our KidLit Community! #12x12pb #KidLit #pb #NF #poetry
January 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
So excited to be part of the 12x12 picture book challenge in 2025! Ideas become wobbly first drafts I revise with the help of my delightful critique groups and partners. Thank you to @12x12challenge.bsky.social, @juliefhedlund.bsky.social, and our KidLit Community! #12x12pb #KidLit #pb #NF #poetry
January 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Excited to participate in Storystorm 2025 with @taralazar.bsky.social! #storystorm25
December 28, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Excited to participate in Storystorm 2025 with @taralazar.bsky.social! #storystorm25
Can you guess what I made? 🇬🇷
December 20, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Can you guess what I made? 🇬🇷
Look what arrived from @phyllisharris.bsky.social! I am enchanted by this sweet holiday story written AND illustrated by Phyllis! The future is bright for bear. ✨🎄🧸
December 13, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Look what arrived from @phyllisharris.bsky.social! I am enchanted by this sweet holiday story written AND illustrated by Phyllis! The future is bright for bear. ✨🎄🧸
My one and only #linocut #linoprint since high school! I’d love to play with this medium again!
November 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM
My one and only #linocut #linoprint since high school! I’d love to play with this medium again!
I had a visitor yesterday who asked, “Are those all books??” while looking at one of many bookshelves in our house. It occurred to me…are there people who, by choice, don’t have bookshelves full of books?!
November 16, 2024 at 6:37 PM
I had a visitor yesterday who asked, “Are those all books??” while looking at one of many bookshelves in our house. It occurred to me…are there people who, by choice, don’t have bookshelves full of books?!
I received a Golden Ticket manuscript request, so today I am focusing on what is in my control! My writing, revising, organizing, researching, caregiving, and resting.
November 6, 2024 at 11:13 PM
I received a Golden Ticket manuscript request, so today I am focusing on what is in my control! My writing, revising, organizing, researching, caregiving, and resting.
Grounding myself today for all the days of work ahead.
November 6, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Grounding myself today for all the days of work ahead.