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Joyce Linik
@joycerihalinik.bsky.social
writer + storyteller + journalist + content developer
+ aspiring children's author #kidlit #SCBWI #StorytellerAcademy #boymom #dogmom #catmom
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February 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The GOP’s plan would gut Medicaid—kicking people off with lifetime caps, slashing funding, forcing impossible work rules, and shifting costs to struggling states. Millions will suffer, from seniors to families to people with disabilities. Hands off my Medicaid!
February 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Sweet illustration. ❤️
Have a fun day!

Done for Highlight Magazine
July 9, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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I’ve been looking at some of the big publisher X accounts and trying to spread the word that the engagement is next to nothing there. This account has a quarter of a million followers. They might as well be yelling their content out a window. #kidlitchat
May 29, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Aurora Borealis from Oregon. Wowser! #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #geomagneticstorm
May 11, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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Hello #KidLitArtPostcard I'm new to Bsky! I illustrate picture books both fiction & nonfiction. Stories that teach children about the wonders of nature & our interconnectedness to it are of particular interest to me.

Contact my agent Caryn Wiseman @andreabrownlit.bsky.social to discuss your book!
April 23, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Happy #worldbookday! 📚🌎📚
#kidlit
April 23, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Happy #earthday (every day)!
❤️🌎 #kidlit
Happy #earthday!
Sharing a little illustration that celebrates the earth under our feet, and all the little critters and things you can find helping to make the soil and our ecosystems healthy!
#kidlitart
April 23, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Woohoo! So pleased to learn that I received Honorable Mention in Vivian Kirkfield's 2024 #50preciouswords
contest for my PB story "My Dog Dawg!" Thank you, @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and fellow judges!
#kidlit #picturebook #pb #SCBWI #inspired
April 16, 2024 at 8:54 PM
I've always loved "Millions of Cats," so am pleased to see that The Whitney is celebrating Wanda Gag's life and work in a current exhibition.

nypost.com/2024/04/13/u...
'Millions of Cats,' oldest American picture book still in print, and...
The Whitney is currently running the exhibition Wanda Gág's World to showcase the work of the famed Manhattan artist, author and illustrator, who died in 1946 at the age of 53.
nypost.com
April 14, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Love the colors and the whimsy of this #kidlit art.
April 10, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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This week’s colour collective illustration using powder blue

#illustration #kidlitart #colourcollective #ccpowderblue
April 5, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I want to adopt Sir George (spent my formative years on a farm in the Midwest, so it's nostalgic), but the current HOA won't allow it. However, there's a neighbor complaining about roosters crowing (though there are none!) which means I'm tempted to cock-a-doodle-do every now and then. Is that OK? 😜
Sir George is docile, gorgeous, and loud as Hell every day at 4:12a.m. For everyone's sake, I hope he finds a new home soon. #birds #country #tired
April 3, 2024 at 8:40 AM
I tucked an Emily Dickinson quote into a PB MS. It will either turn out to be an oh-so-clever or a kill-your-darlings choice. The jury is still out... although it did result in a request for more work from an agent. So we'll see... #kidlitchat
TOPIC: It's National Poetry Month. What are some of your favorite novels in verse? Rhyming picture books? Poetic writing? Do you use any poetry references/resources as you work? Please share! #kidlitchat
April 3, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Love the art and the sentiment. #humanartist #IwillnotbereplacedbyAI #kidlit
My art selfie painted after seeing a post on IG by Davide Ortu Illustration to celebrate our existence against the rise of AI & remind us that art is the manifestation of the human soul & we are irreplaceable. #IAmAHumanArtist
Also there's some #CCPeaGreen in there for #colour_collective
#kidlitart
April 2, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Love the illustrations in this new book.
Sneak peak from my 2nd illustrated kids book 'Everyone Starts Small'. Published by Candlewick Press and coming to bookstores in 9 DAYS! 🐜🐜🍓
April 1, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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I never get tired of these guys! ❤️🦁🦜
#illustration #kidlitart #lions #nature #birds
March 28, 2024 at 8:12 PM
March 29, 2024 at 6:58 AM
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It’s World Bear Day!

Celebrate these majestic creatures with a bit of music, a magical tale, and a spot of tea!

#worldbearday #bear #musician #violin #teacup #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #middlegrade #novel #magicalrealism #folktale
March 23, 2024 at 5:36 PM
March 25, 2024 at 11:54 PM
In the Spring garden.
#gardening #inspiration #writing #kidlit
March 20, 2024 at 6:42 PM