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Jennifer Salts Makaiwi
@jennifermakaiwi.bsky.social
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Soon-to-be published children’s author 🫶🏼
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Jennifer Salts Makaiwi @jennifermakaiwi.bsky.social · Jan 24
Naimi’s heart races as Culture Day draws near.

She wants to proudly share her Micronesian heritage, but memories of her people being ridiculed hold her back. Will she find the courage to embrace her roots and teach her classmates about her culture? #YouDeservepIt #Q #PB
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I'm so extremely honored that my book "Naimi's Culture Day" was an honorable mention for this year's #pbparty! Thank you
@mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social and all of the incredible judges! I loved being able to participate!
May 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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#YouDeservepIt
#PB #WIP
color monster x the rabbit listened

Bestiary of Wild Emotions. A guide for kids and parents, especially those who are neurodivergent, on how to recognize and respond to emotions they & those around them experience, using Mashups of animals and emotions, like a Grumpopotamus
January 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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📕SIX TIMES WE ALMOST KISSED
📗CRACKED UP TO BE
📘THROWAWAY GIRLS

🔥Latina Main Character
🔥Catholic High School
🔥Enemies to Lovers
🔥Sapphic Love
🔥Mental Health Rep
🔥Passionate Sports Girl
🔥Serial Killers
🔥Love Conquers All
🔥Cooper the Corgi

#YouDeservepIt #YA #Q
January 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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jpackersamms.bsky.social
A magical cat is swept into a hidden world of secret agents, underground cities, and strange allies, only to realize she must reclaim her power or watch her ruthless mentor destroy everything she loves.

#YouDeservepIt #Q #MG #F
A suburban alley, a cat with silver eyes, a scraggly dog, a magical parrot, an angry owl, and a small mouse holding a letter. The text says, THE CAT WITH THE SILVER EYES; what if the rose bush in The Secret of NIMH led to a magical animal society hidden in plain sight?
January 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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In Nov I received the Courageous Activist Award from the Md General Assembly. But 25 years ago I was arrested for murder based on hearsay. I was forced to choose between my freedom and the ability to raise my son or being a felon.

I am a felon.

#YouDeservePit #NF #A #MEM #Q
January 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
jennifermakaiwi.bsky.social
Naimi’s heart races as Culture Day draws near.

She wants to proudly share her Micronesian heritage, but memories of her people being ridiculed hold her back. Will she find the courage to embrace her roots and teach her classmates about her culture? #YouDeservepIt #Q #PB
January 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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liznew212.bsky.social
Worlds collide when a dark queen's journey to break her curse forces her to take a human prisoner back to her realm. His brother will do anything to find out what happened, including infiltrating an exclusive nightclub where men seem to disappear.

#P2Ppit #a #f #q #amquerying 📖
A graphic with wrath of a Wildflower in the center. Bubbles of text around it say: Morally grey, urban fantasy, cursed dark queen, two realms, dual pov, romance, missing brother, new adult The pitch. Decades ago, the princes of Lucis realm cursed her before they left to take over earth. Liming the days she can cross realms to hunt them and forcing her to take a mortal soul each visit has made killing the princes difficult, but not impossible. Now she is finally closing in on the prince with the key to breaking her curse, but she doesn't know that one of the mortal monsters she took on her journey to vengeance has a very loyal brother. Ryland finally has the job he needs at greeds, the exclusive nightclub where his brother was last seen two years ago. As he gets closer to discovering what happened to his brother and a trail of other missing men, he meets a beautiful partner to help him with the hunt. Together they find that their government is lying to them and monsters are real. And they are hunting one. Book comps: the book of azreal, city of gods and monsters, throne of the fallen The playlist: horns by Bryce fox monsters by ruelle, control by Halsey, kill of the night, hbic, happy clever after by Gin Wigmore
January 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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dreamoffire.bsky.social
D&D+Nightmare Before Xmas
🦄☠️
Life is great... until Unisys the unicorn becomes UNDEAD! Going from cute to creepy convinces Unisys he belongs in dungeons with monsters. But all he needs is a creative way to piece himself--& his confidence--back together!

#P2Ppit #Q #PB #F #Art
A unicorn skeleton looking downcast!
January 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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jacintapatt.bsky.social
Starting kindergarten without your hero is NOT for the faint of heart, but maybe if the hero gives you his shield – and a little bit of magic– you can stave off your fears and forge your own path. Fans of Bluey’s “Sleepytime” will love AND DRAGONS TO SLAY BEFORE I WAKE.

#P2Ppit #pb #q #rhyme
a cartoon drawing of an astronaut standing on a small planet
ALT: a cartoon drawing of an astronaut standing on a small planet
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January 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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#P2Ppit #PB #W
The longest night is ending, and a caring little boy tries sharing winter solstice joys with his cat in SOMETHING FOR SUNNY. When his thoughtfully foraged gifts make Sunny’s cat bed an icy, grimy, prickly mess (oh no!), he realizes the best gift is surprisingly simple (and snuggly).
An illustration of a cat, visible from neck up, facing a big snowflake with ears perked. The cat is facing away and the back of the cat's head is in silhouette. The cat is orangey-yellow with a black outline. The white snowflake is centered horizontally and extends below the bottom edge, and takes up most of the image. The background is a blue to purple ombre, with faint peach concentric circles from the center of the image.
January 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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mikkimcfeve.bsky.social
Hot chocolate + Snuggles w/Grandpa = Happy place.

When Coco learns a fun trick to drink in the calm when anxiety heats up, he realizes it not only soothes him— but brings his family closer together.

HOT CHOCOLATE IN YOUR POCKET

#P2Ppit #PB #Q #SEL
two cups of hot chocolate with whipped cream and chocolate chips on a table with the word delish in the corner
ALT: two cups of hot chocolate with whipped cream and chocolate chips on a table with the word delish in the corner
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January 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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garwuprivacypublications.com
CAMILLE & THE COOKIES

Little Red Riding Hood x Chicken Clicking

A young girl learns that sometimes free things come with hidden costs when her granny’s business partner, Mr. Wolf, uses new business tactics & everything changes.

#P2Ppit #PB #Q
Light Red background. Title at the top reads: "Agent's Guide to Camille & the Cookies.” The text reads: “Join Camille, clad in her little red jacket, as she learns that sometimes free things come with hidden costs, a lesson important to our personal and digital lives. In the mythical small town of Alaurea, Camille's Granny and her business partner, Warren Wolf, run a beloved cookie stand. Everything seems perfect as Camille and her friends delight in the cookies while playing at the park. However, one day when Granny is away, things take a turn. The cookies taste better than ever, but something feels off. Can Camille and Granny restore harmony to their idyllic world? With endearing characters and delicious challenges, this contemporary retelling of little red riding hood is sure to delight all readers, and also help to teach an important lesson about online cookies and cybersecurity.” Light Red background. Title reads: "Comps for Camille & the Cookies.” There is a bulleted list of 3 works. Little Red Riding Hood (My First Fairy Tales) by Tiger Tales (Author), Loretta Schauer (Illustrator) (March 3, 2015) The Little Cyber Engineer, By Amber DeVilbiss (Author, Illustrator) (July 17, 2022) Chicken Clicking By Jeanne Willis (Author), Tony Ross (Illustrator) (September 1, 2015) Underneath the list comes the cover images of each of the books. On the left, is an image of a book, Little Red Riding Hood, with a cartoon wolf and a little girl. The little girl is wearing her hair in pigtail braids covered with a red cape and hood. She’s wearing red mary jane shoes and white and blue striped long socks or hosiery. She’s holding a basket. It’s very stylized. The wolf looks more kind than sinister with yellow eyes. He’s rubbing his hands together raised under his chin. They both look like they’re in movement - dancing or running. There are pine trees and forest. In the front part is grass with some white small flowers. You can see what is likely granny’s cottage. The author and illustrator’s names appear in the grass in white print. The middle image is of a book with a navy cover. Its title is The Little Cyber Engineer in yellow text. The image is of a little girl in all black looking like a ninja or hacker. She's carrying a sack full of money. The author and illustrator is listed in the bottom right hand corner in white and yellow text. On the right, is an image of a very cartoonish adorable and humanized chick sitting in front of a desktop computer with a computer screen glowing. The chick is using a mouse and keyboard and is obviously online surfing. The chick has blushing cheeks. The Title, Chicken Clicking, appears in big, yellow font. The author’s and illustrator’s names in small blue font on either side of the title. There’s a quote on the cover in a cartoon bubble that reads, “A great book…to introduce safety on the intranet. GUARDIAN” Light Red background. Title reads: "Tropes for Camille & the Cookies.” Then there is a list of 5 tropes. Sparkle emoji. Modernized fairy tales. fairy emoji, female scientist emoji. Empowering the Underrepresented. wolf emoji. No real villains supervillain emoji. Redemption arcs superhero emoji. open laptop emoji. Digital messages in (mostly) analog format. old style dial telephone emoji. At the bottom is an image of a smiling brunette girl in a red hood and cape. She looks like a traditional Little Red Riding Hood. She’s skipping. She appears to have brown shoes and bare legs. Her fists are closed and she has a very wide smile. There is a black thin arrow leading to a picture of a red drawstring hoodie and a picture of 3 chocolate chip cookies. Underneath these pictures reads the following text: “Contemporary Little Red Riding Hood & A Lesson About Online Cookies” Mood board with a light red background. In the first row of pictures, three photos described left to right. 1st - is a collage of chocolate chip cookies. 2nd- is a stack of older bound books with the book on top open and the pages arranged in an arch. 3rd - is a colorful assortment of handprints made from paint, assembled as if done for a school project. The second row has three images and a text box. From left to right- The first image is rendition of a planet in space with light hitting the top of the planet. This image is outlined by text resembling computer code in blue with images of locks to indicate data security. The next box is black text over a white background. In a cursive font, it reads “Everything is idyllic in the town of Alaurea.” In the third box is an image of a figure in a red hood carrying a basket walking along a dirt trail into a green forest. The fourth box is a closeup of an outdoor carousel. At the top right of the image is the face of one horse of the carousel. The rest of the carousel animals are seen from behind. In the third row, there are 4 boxes, 3 with images and one with text. From left to right - The first box has the image of a young Black girl (around 6-8) set to an off-white background. The girl has dark curly hair, is wearing a lab coat and blue safety goggles and is holding her chin as if she is thinking. In the second box is the image of a gray wolf lurking behind a tree. Only one of the wolf’s eyes is visible and there is a cloudy nature scape in the background. The colors of the image are wintery, with a bit of light blue hues. The third box has a white background with black text. In cursive writing, it reads “until a wolf changes everything…can Camille put it to right?” The final box has a market stand with rows of cookies. These are lots of cookies, some with marshmallows and chocolate, some double chocolate peanut butter, some white macadamia and either oatmeal raisin or Chocolate chip.
January 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Reposted by Jennifer Salts Makaiwi
garwuprivacypublications.com
‘TWAS THE NIGHT OF SANTA’S PRIVACY PROBLEM

Santa Claus Myth x The Little Trailblazer

With the help of Mrs. Claus, Santa rethinks how he operates. Can he fix his Privacy Problem and stay off the Naughty List to save Christmas?

#P2Ppit #PB #W
Mint background. Title at the top reads: "Agent's Guide to 'Twas the Night of Santa's Privacy Problem”. The text reads: “It's almost Christmas and Santa has a problem. A big problem. Apparently, kids (and government regulators) take issue with how he collects, uses, and keeps his Christmas intel. If he can't change his ways, Christmas may not happen all together. Through the wise advice of Mrs. Claus, Santa learns how to build and deliver Christmas without invading the Privacy of kids (and adults) around the world. This story was inspired by the authors' own concern that telling the story of Santa claus would teach their children to be complacent with surveillance and bad privacy practices. The story uses witty yet informative rhyme to give adults and children alike a new way to talk about Santa Claus.” Mint background. Title at the top reads: “COMPS for 'Twas the Night of Santa's Privacy Problem”. There is a bulleted list of 3 works. The Little Trailblazer, by Joan Holub (author) and Daniel Roode (September 5, 2017) Baby Loves Electrical Engineering on Christmas, By Ruth Spiro (Author) and Irene Chan (Illustrator) (August 24, 2021) THE Little Cyber Engineer by Amber Devilbiss (Author, Illustrator) (July 17, 2022) Underneath the list comes the cover images of each of the books. On the right, the image is of a book with a navy cover. Its title is The Little Cyber Engineer is the title in yellow text. The image is of a little girl in all black looking like a ninja or hacker. She's carrying a sack full of money. The author and illustrator is listed in the bottom right hand corner in white and yellow text. Mint background. Title at the top reads: “Tropes in 'Twas the Night Before Santa's Privacy Problem”. Then there is a list of 5 tropes. Sparkle emoji. Retelling of the Santa Claus Myth, Santa head emoji. female scientist emoji. STEM lessons in witty rhyme wolf emoji. No real villains supervillain emoji. Redemption arcs superhero emoji. open laptop emoji. Digital messages in (mostly) analog format. old style dial telephone emoji. At the bottom of the slide, are two concept sketches that are watermarked to credit the illustrator, Giana Molinari. On the left is a black and white sketch where Mrs Claus stands in front of an easel as if teaching Santa. She has a lightbulb over her head and she points to the easel reading: “Christmas Model” with the bullets “privacy,” “optional opt-out,” “consent,” and “notice.” Next to her, Santa smiles on his computer. In the second sketch, Santa sits at his computer looking stressed. Both he and his computer have marks above them indicating confusion and concern. Santa is wearing his traditional red and white costume. He has a blue mug that appears to have steam coming out of it. The confusion marks coming from his head appear in yellow. The desk is a dark brown. The background is a grayish-lavendar. There is text on the slide that states: “Re-telling and updating of the Santa Claus mythology utilizing core privacy concepts like consent and data minimization” on the bottom right under the outlined person. Text at the bottom left reads: “Art by Giana Molinari” This slide is a mood board w/ light green background. There are 3 rows of boxes with either text or images. 1st row, from L to R - 1st box has black text on a white background reading “He spies. He collects data in bulk. He never deletes. Really, he's breaking the law.” The 2nd image is a black image with light blue lines and dots and numbers. 3rd image is the image of an elf doll hanging onto a Christmas tree decorated with tinsel. 4th box Has an image of an opulent library. A little Christmas tree made of books with a blue ribbon on top. The image has text crediting the image to Alea Garbagnati. 2nd row, from L to R - 1st box is an image with a white background. There are two hands with white writing on them saying “Yes” and “No.” 2nd box has an image of Santa Claus set against a white background. He is standing with one finger up & as if he were saying “Ho ho ho.” On the ground is a red velvet that looks full. 3rd box is black text set against a white background reading “Santa is bad at Privacy.” Underneath that text reads: “Unless otherwise noted, concept art created or collected from Canva or other publicly available resources” in small text in the bottom left. The Last box is an image of hands holding a tablet computer . In the screen of the tablet computer is a blue graphic with a lock and the word “PRIVACY.” In the final row, from L to R - 1st box is a blurred street video photo. In the foreground of the photo is a giant eyeball. The eye is looking at a series of binary code (1s and 0s) and the code is reflected in the eye. 2nd box is black text set against a white background. The text reads “Can Santa change his ways and embrace privacy-by-design?” In the third image set against a red background are two red elf dolls playing with a red box with numbers 1 to 24 (and Advent calendar box). There are green decorative trees with light snow dusting next to the box. In the final box is an image of a woman and boy set against a white background.
January 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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mikkimcfeve.bsky.social
#PB Benny wants to put on an art show. But can he? He zips & zooms. He flits & flies.

When Benny’s energy buzzes out of control, he becomes a MOSQUITO IN A BURRITO! Tightly wrapped in a blanket, he quiets the buzz... & gets to doing what he loves: ART!
#P2Ppit #Q #Neurodiversity
January 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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kaoticq.bsky.social
In 1950s Texas, Jimmy and Leticia are anything but the norm. Jimmy runs the local beat cafe that locals claim is a front. Leticia is the ideal home maker, just not the ideal color. At a crossroads in her life, Leticia has to choose between past grief or future happiness.

#W #UA #A #HF #U #C #P2Ppit
A yellow tinted faded photo of a cup of coffee with flowers. In the center is a separate photo of a purple carnation with the title "Live My Life" in front. Arrows point out from the center saying points of the book including, tragic past, found family, drama, bipoc mc, small town, and opposites attract.
January 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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marialevato.com
JOURNEY TO RALLEM
Josie, Jameson, and their friends travel across the continent in the hopes of bringing back Josie's lovers. They face unexpected challenges from meddling, immortal ancestors with age old vendettas. At each turn, events drive Josie and Jameson closer. #P2Ppit #Q #r #f
January 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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bernawrites.bsky.social
A compact Agent's Guide to MAYBE TODAY, SATAN, a 87k cozy (and hilarious) romantasy set in Hell.

#p2pPit #AmQuerying #A #romcom #rf
A moodboard with a pitch, themes and tropes, comps, two couples and a goat
January 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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eggqueenwera.bsky.social
SAILOR MOON x WINX CLUB
When a teenage girl discovers she's the Guardian of Jade, she is sent to magic school to learn how to control her awakened magic. She must decide whether to use her new powers for revenge or save her new family and home from an evil pixie.
#Q #YA #F #R #UW #P2Ppit
A moodboard for a YA fantasy romance novel containing Thai mythology and magical girl themes.
January 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
jennifermakaiwi.bsky.social
Naimi’s heart sinks as memories of being teased make her question sharing her Micronesian culture at school. But with courage and a proud heart, she teaches her classmates to celebrate what makes her unique. #P2Ppit #Q #UW #PB
January 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
jennifermakaiwi.bsky.social
Naimi’s heart races as Culture Day draws near. 

She wants to proudly share her Micronesian heritage, but memories of her people being ridiculed hold her back. Will she find the courage to embrace her roots and teach her classmates about her culture? #P2Ppit #Q #UW #PB
January 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
jennifermakaiwi.bsky.social
Naimi wants to share her Micronesian culture on Culture Day, but after being teased, she fears no one will appreciate it. Can she find the courage to embrace her heritage and teach her classmates to love it too? #P2Ppit #Q #UW #PB
January 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
jennifermakaiwi.bsky.social
After having my daughter I realized how badly I wanted for her to have books that represented who she was. There aren't many for my Micronesian heritage, so I decided I needed to write them myself :) #P2Ppit
path2pub.bsky.social Path2pub (Path To Publication) @path2pub.bsky.social · Jan 15
3rd Question: What made you start writing? #P2Ppit
3rd Question: What made you start writing? #P2Ppit
January 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
jennifermakaiwi.bsky.social
My name is Jennifer and I'm hoping to publish my first children's picture book soon! My book is about finding pride in one's culture when you are a marginalized group. I hope everyone has the chance to read it someday! #P2Ppit
path2pub.bsky.social Path2pub (Path To Publication) @path2pub.bsky.social · Jan 15
🎉Time for the #P2Ppit Q&A Party! 🎉

Hello and welcome to the question and answer party for #P2Ppit!

- 1st Question: Can you tell us about you and your writing?
- 1st Question: Can you tell us about you and your writing?
January 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM