Jennifer L. Blanck
@jlblanck.bsky.social
Writer, traveler, wine lover, chocoholic (dark please!), public speaker, challenge seeker, life long learner, and optimist. #SCBWI #12x12PB #Toastmasters
“I think that after #reading other people's #memoirs or #writing your own memoirs, you're better equipped to navigate the map of your own life.”
Thank you, @andreaywang.bsky.social, for a fantastic Mid-Atlantic #SCBWI webinar on #picturebook memoirs! Wonderful insights, tips, and exercises.
Thank you, @andreaywang.bsky.social, for a fantastic Mid-Atlantic #SCBWI webinar on #picturebook memoirs! Wonderful insights, tips, and exercises.
June 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“I think that after #reading other people's #memoirs or #writing your own memoirs, you're better equipped to navigate the map of your own life.”
Thank you, @andreaywang.bsky.social, for a fantastic Mid-Atlantic #SCBWI webinar on #picturebook memoirs! Wonderful insights, tips, and exercises.
Thank you, @andreaywang.bsky.social, for a fantastic Mid-Atlantic #SCBWI webinar on #picturebook memoirs! Wonderful insights, tips, and exercises.
Honored that my micro #essay "Darryl for the Win" from 2018 was selected for Star 82 Review's 2025 Summer Anthology and its 50th issue.
star82review.com/13.2-antholo...
star82review.com/13.2-antholo...
June 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Honored that my micro #essay "Darryl for the Win" from 2018 was selected for Star 82 Review's 2025 Summer Anthology and its 50th issue.
star82review.com/13.2-antholo...
star82review.com/13.2-antholo...
Loved hearing @debrakshumaker.bsky.social read her new #book "Wind is a Dance" at the #GaithersburgBookFestival and chair dancing along. A great way to start the day!
#books #kidlit #author
#books #kidlit #author
May 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Loved hearing @debrakshumaker.bsky.social read her new #book "Wind is a Dance" at the #GaithersburgBookFestival and chair dancing along. A great way to start the day!
#books #kidlit #author
#books #kidlit #author
"[Getting published] is the only way to communicate with the future. When we #write for children and young adults and actually get those #books published, it might be read after we’re gone…"
~@margaritaengle.bsky.social #poet #author #inspiration
@12x12challenge.bsky.social
~@margaritaengle.bsky.social #poet #author #inspiration
@12x12challenge.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"[Getting published] is the only way to communicate with the future. When we #write for children and young adults and actually get those #books published, it might be read after we’re gone…"
~@margaritaengle.bsky.social #poet #author #inspiration
@12x12challenge.bsky.social
~@margaritaengle.bsky.social #poet #author #inspiration
@12x12challenge.bsky.social
"There’s the mystery of resonance in the open spaces between the lines & stanzas. Those open spaces are interactive. That’s where the reader & the #poet meet & communicate..." ~@margaritaengle.bsky.social
#poetry @12x12challenge.bsky.social
#poetry @12x12challenge.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"There’s the mystery of resonance in the open spaces between the lines & stanzas. Those open spaces are interactive. That’s where the reader & the #poet meet & communicate..." ~@margaritaengle.bsky.social
#poetry @12x12challenge.bsky.social
#poetry @12x12challenge.bsky.social
"In your #verse, you are free."
" #poetry is musical language & there is no home more natural for all our emotions.."
"Creating a #poem is an act of exploration and it’s a testament to #hope."
Thank you, @margaritaengle.bsky.social, for inspiring us & giving us hope.
@12x12challenge.bsky.social
" #poetry is musical language & there is no home more natural for all our emotions.."
"Creating a #poem is an act of exploration and it’s a testament to #hope."
Thank you, @margaritaengle.bsky.social, for inspiring us & giving us hope.
@12x12challenge.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"In your #verse, you are free."
" #poetry is musical language & there is no home more natural for all our emotions.."
"Creating a #poem is an act of exploration and it’s a testament to #hope."
Thank you, @margaritaengle.bsky.social, for inspiring us & giving us hope.
@12x12challenge.bsky.social
" #poetry is musical language & there is no home more natural for all our emotions.."
"Creating a #poem is an act of exploration and it’s a testament to #hope."
Thank you, @margaritaengle.bsky.social, for inspiring us & giving us hope.
@12x12challenge.bsky.social
Thank you, @michelleglogovac.bsky.social, for sharing so many insights on how to book #podcasts as an #author. I learned a lot! And thank you, @authorsguild.bsky.social, for hosting.
#WritingCommunity - Check out #AuthorsGuild for great resources!
#WritingCommunity - Check out #AuthorsGuild for great resources!
May 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thank you, @michelleglogovac.bsky.social, for sharing so many insights on how to book #podcasts as an #author. I learned a lot! And thank you, @authorsguild.bsky.social, for hosting.
#WritingCommunity - Check out #AuthorsGuild for great resources!
#WritingCommunity - Check out #AuthorsGuild for great resources!
So much #kidlit #marketing and #publicity information in one presentation! Thank you, @sallymkim.bsky.social, for your insights, and thank you, @authorsguild.bsky.social, for hosting. Check out the #AuthorsGuild for this and other wonderful resources.
May 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
So much #kidlit #marketing and #publicity information in one presentation! Thank you, @sallymkim.bsky.social, for your insights, and thank you, @authorsguild.bsky.social, for hosting. Check out the #AuthorsGuild for this and other wonderful resources.
"Memory and #imagination are at the heart of #creativewriting."
"If it’s in you, it finds its way to the page."
Great #poetry reading and talk from professor and #poet #AdrienneSu at #DickinsonCollege.
"If it’s in you, it finds its way to the page."
Great #poetry reading and talk from professor and #poet #AdrienneSu at #DickinsonCollege.
March 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"Memory and #imagination are at the heart of #creativewriting."
"If it’s in you, it finds its way to the page."
Great #poetry reading and talk from professor and #poet #AdrienneSu at #DickinsonCollege.
"If it’s in you, it finds its way to the page."
Great #poetry reading and talk from professor and #poet #AdrienneSu at #DickinsonCollege.
“Voice is a manifestation of #courage. ...You’re strong enough to do it. Have the courage to free your #voice—especially today. Be #brave.”
Lots of insights and inspiration from #author and Heartdrum curator @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social's #12x12PB webinar.
Lots of insights and inspiration from #author and Heartdrum curator @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social's #12x12PB webinar.
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“Voice is a manifestation of #courage. ...You’re strong enough to do it. Have the courage to free your #voice—especially today. Be #brave.”
Lots of insights and inspiration from #author and Heartdrum curator @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social's #12x12PB webinar.
Lots of insights and inspiration from #author and Heartdrum curator @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social's #12x12PB webinar.
February 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
If you're feeling helpless, here are some things you can do:
• Call Members of Congress
• Donate to and/or volunteer for a cause
• Buy banned books or check them out from your library
• Give blood
• Boycott a business
• Encourage others to do the above
• Call Members of Congress
• Donate to and/or volunteer for a cause
• Buy banned books or check them out from your library
• Give blood
• Boycott a business
• Encourage others to do the above
February 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If you're feeling helpless, here are some things you can do:
• Call Members of Congress
• Donate to and/or volunteer for a cause
• Buy banned books or check them out from your library
• Give blood
• Boycott a business
• Encourage others to do the above
• Call Members of Congress
• Donate to and/or volunteer for a cause
• Buy banned books or check them out from your library
• Give blood
• Boycott a business
• Encourage others to do the above
Thank you, @taralazar.bsky.social & all of the daily post #writers, for offering #inspiration at a time we need it the most. You offered hope & joy during difficult times & reminded us how important it is to #write & provide windows, mirrors & sliding glass doors for #children. #Storystorm #kidlit
February 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thank you, @taralazar.bsky.social & all of the daily post #writers, for offering #inspiration at a time we need it the most. You offered hope & joy during difficult times & reminded us how important it is to #write & provide windows, mirrors & sliding glass doors for #children. #Storystorm #kidlit
Join me for brainstorming at its best! Thanks to @taralazar.bsky.social, all the wonderful bloggers, and those offering the prizes for making #Storystorm 2025 possible. Love the art, @annaraff.bsky.social!
Read more and register here: taralazar.com/2024/12/27/s...
#ideas #story #stories #kidlit
Read more and register here: taralazar.com/2024/12/27/s...
#ideas #story #stories #kidlit
December 27, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Join me for brainstorming at its best! Thanks to @taralazar.bsky.social, all the wonderful bloggers, and those offering the prizes for making #Storystorm 2025 possible. Love the art, @annaraff.bsky.social!
Read more and register here: taralazar.com/2024/12/27/s...
#ideas #story #stories #kidlit
Read more and register here: taralazar.com/2024/12/27/s...
#ideas #story #stories #kidlit
What a thoughtful, insightful, and personally candid presentation by Hyewon Yum on #humor and heart in visual #storytelling for #12x12PB. Thank you, Hyewon, for being so open and sharing.
#amwriting #picturebooks #kidlit
#amwriting #picturebooks #kidlit
December 26, 2024 at 7:46 PM
What a thoughtful, insightful, and personally candid presentation by Hyewon Yum on #humor and heart in visual #storytelling for #12x12PB. Thank you, Hyewon, for being so open and sharing.
#amwriting #picturebooks #kidlit
#amwriting #picturebooks #kidlit
"No need to find your #voice. You already have it. It's tucked away under all the #noise."
Thank you, @nessabschwarz.bsky.social, for sharing your journey and insights at the #sbcwi San Diego chapter meeting.
Thank you, @nessabschwarz.bsky.social, for sharing your journey and insights at the #sbcwi San Diego chapter meeting.
December 22, 2024 at 9:23 PM
"No need to find your #voice. You already have it. It's tucked away under all the #noise."
Thank you, @nessabschwarz.bsky.social, for sharing your journey and insights at the #sbcwi San Diego chapter meeting.
Thank you, @nessabschwarz.bsky.social, for sharing your journey and insights at the #sbcwi San Diego chapter meeting.
"Anticipating some hard times, I thought I'd get a jump on #ideas to #inspire #creativity."
Here is "Nine Ways to Get #Inspired: Part 1": jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2024/12/14/n...
Here is "Nine Ways to Get #Inspired: Part 1": jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2024/12/14/n...
December 14, 2024 at 2:35 PM
"Anticipating some hard times, I thought I'd get a jump on #ideas to #inspire #creativity."
Here is "Nine Ways to Get #Inspired: Part 1": jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2024/12/14/n...
Here is "Nine Ways to Get #Inspired: Part 1": jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2024/12/14/n...
As you're shopping for gifts this season--searching the stores or scrolling sites--consider giving the #gift of #life. In just one hour, you can help save multiple lives.
Please #donate #blood.
jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2023/12/17/a...
Please #donate #blood.
jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2023/12/17/a...
December 1, 2024 at 2:45 PM
As you're shopping for gifts this season--searching the stores or scrolling sites--consider giving the #gift of #life. In just one hour, you can help save multiple lives.
Please #donate #blood.
jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2023/12/17/a...
Please #donate #blood.
jenniferliferebooted.wordpress.com/2023/12/17/a...
"...When we fail to #listen to those the world excludes, we lose the possibility of solving problems that matter most to all of us. But when we succeed at #listening with all our attention and #empathy, we have a chance to set others and ourselves free."
@jnovogratz.bsky.social
@jnovogratz.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 7:07 PM
"...When we fail to #listen to those the world excludes, we lose the possibility of solving problems that matter most to all of us. But when we succeed at #listening with all our attention and #empathy, we have a chance to set others and ourselves free."
@jnovogratz.bsky.social
@jnovogratz.bsky.social