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nicole d. collier, ph.d.
@essentialcoco.bsky.social
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✨ professional daydreamer. ✍🏽 novelist for kids 🍑 ATLien in St. Pete. 💡 critical thinker ☀️ Former teacher and teacher educator 🐍 FAMUAN 🔺 DST1913
www.nicoledcollier.com
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mgauthorcade.bsky.social
Authors @essentialcoco.bsky.social, @chadgalucas.bsky.social and @chrystaldgiles.bsky.social had a great visit with 7th graders at Jordan Middle School in Lawrenceville, GA this week!

#teachers and #librarians, follow us for opportunities to win a free virtual visit for your classroom!
Middle Grade Authorcade authors Nicole D. Collier, Chrystal Giles, and Chad Lucas hold up copies of their books and recommended reading by authors Sylvia Liu, Victor Pinero and Megan E. Freeman.
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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mgauthorcade.bsky.social
Who's ready for an opportunity so good it's 👻scary? 👻
#teachersky and #librarians!
What: FREE virtual class visit with 3 middle grade authors!!
How: Follow & repost to enter
When: Ends Wed 10/8
Where: US/CAN
🎃Good luck!🎃
Free virtual 3-author visit giveaway! Enter to win. Image shows books by Middle Grade Authorcade authors.
October 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Thanks to Nicole D. Collier who donated books to our All Black Author Book Drive & Giveaway.

Book talk on one of her books, JUST RIGHT JILLIAN and how it connected to other books.

Watch entire video. youtu.be/ZA7mBhvtznY?...

#RIANNJENKINS #booktok #fyp #confidence #booktube #books #YOUTH
NCOLE D. COLLIER’S JUST RIGHT JILLIAN BOOK TALK (BOOKTOK)
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September 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Trying to catch an agent's eye? Land a publishing deal? Connect more deeply with your readers? Mastering the use of symbolism can help level up your writing! #kidlit
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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kidlit411.bsky.social
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel, THE ISLAND OF FORGOTTEN GODS by @victorpineiro.bsky.social (Sourcebooks)

To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday update: kidlit411.com/2025/09/the-... (+ more ways to win)
September 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
Loved receiving this snap today. Three Minnesota readers checking out copies of JUST RIGHT JILLIAN from the school library 💛
Three young Black girls holding paperback copies of Just Right Jillian in front of the check out counter of a school library. Their faces are covered with hearts for privacy.
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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mgauthorcade.bsky.social
Reminder: Celebrate back-to-school with Middle Grade Authorcade! You could win 15 fabulous books for your school or classroom library, including 2 just hitting shelves this month!
Ends Aug. 24, US only. Enter here:
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Reminder: 15 book giveaway! Including 2 new releases: The Island of Forgotten Gods, by Victor Pinero, and Where Only Storms Grow, by Alyssa Colman.
August 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
So fun to discover little Jillian is a Midwest Indie Bestseller last week. Have you or your loved ones read it yet? 🐣 Thanks @erindowning.bsky.social for the eagle eyes, lol
September 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
So thrilled to learn that my debut, Just Right Jillian, has been nominated for a Sakura Medal. Students in international schools in Japan will select their fave from 20 books 🌸
The heading reads Sakura Medal Nominee. Underneath is a 3D image of Just Right Jillian beside the text: The mission of the Sakura medal award program is to create a community of lifelong readers in international schools in Japan.
August 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
Good morning, good people. Especially my namesake, Nicole Collier 🥰 (also a middle D.)
August 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
Happy to be giving away a book in this stack. \o/
mgauthorcade.bsky.social Middle Grade Authorcade @mgauthorcade.bsky.social · Aug 17
15 BOOK GIVEAWAY for teacher & librarian friends!
Celebrate back-to-school with Middle Grade Authorcade! You could win 15 books for your library, including 2 out this month! Enter here: app.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display... by subscribing to our newsletter. Boost for extra entries!
US only. Ends 8/24
Back to school giveaway! Image shows 15 books by Middle Grade Authorcade authors.
August 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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mgauthorcade.bsky.social
Something BIG is coming from Middle Grade Authorcade!

Be on the lookout for a GIGANTIC giveaway coming Sunday 8/17!

Want to get ahead of the game? Head on over to our website and subscribe to our newsletter here: www.authorcade.com/signup
August 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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"The book chose me." Soman is right in following what inspires him creatively.
#scbwiSummer25
August 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
Last month I finished drafting my first novel centering a boy. (It might be my favorite, shhh). Waiting on feedback from my agent and hoping/planning to sub soon (after summer breaks). Lots of concerns about editors acquiring MG, but I'll be here, writing the next book.
July 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
Hi it’s me, Nicole.

I write warm-hearted stories about learning to be true to yourself. I have three trad published novels thus far. My work to date centers smart, creative girls who discover the power of courage, compassion and inner wisdom.
July 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends
June 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
Been on Threads but the news is so wild I had to come over here to keep up.
June 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social
Academia in 2025: For weeks I’ve been working through botched copy-edits of my monograph, outsourced by the publisher to a company I’d never heard of, until it finally dawned on me the terrible job might be AI. A quick search confirmed the company recently launched new AI software, which now means..
May 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Excited to teach my webinar, WRITING VIBRANT SECONDARY CHARACTERS on Tuesday April 29, 7 p.m. ET with Mid-Atlantic @scbwi.bsky.social. ($30/ $15 for SCBWI premium members)

Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/writi...
April 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
Spotted today while #running. Several folks were at the bayshore, watching sunrise this morning. #templebuilding
Picture of a neon yellow sign with black block letters stating CIRCADIAN RESET EVENT. A blurry background shows water from Tampa Bay.
April 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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TOPIC: April showers . . . etc. etc. What non-career-related hobbies/pursuits/obsessions make your creativity flower? How does what you admire or find fascinating leave its mark on your writing or art? #kidlitchat
April 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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My blog tour for A Cup of Quiet is one week away! What does a good blog tour have to offer? A deep dive into this author's writing process. Original poetry. The story behind the story. Sneak peeks into upcoming books. And—drumroll, please—Book giveaways! That's what you call a good blog tour!
March 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
I don't post much over here, but I'm going down to zero for the next few weeks at least. Will be cozy drafting two projects, blogging, and just listening to (and developing) my own thoughts. I'm pretty easy to find if you need me, but it won't be in the DMs, lol.

See y'all on the flip side. 🩵
Black woman facing away from the camera. Her dark hair is in high ponytail and a white shawl is draped across her shoulders. She's looking off into a line of palm trees against a cloudy nighttime sky.
March 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
essentialcoco.bsky.social
Good morning, good people.
March 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM