Karen Edmisten
@karened.bsky.social
Writer (books, articles, poems, & grocery lists I hand to my husband.) Writing coach at BraveWriter.com. Deeply attached to poetry, libraries, and coffee. karenedmisten.blogspot.com
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Speaking of the brilliant @brianbilston.bsky.social, I also love that Brian credits the illustrator. 🩷 Plus this #KidLit collection of poetry sounds like so much fun!
#EduSky #PicturesMeanBusiness
#EduSky #PicturesMeanBusiness
And next month, I have a new book for children: ‘A Poem for Every Question’, in which I attempt to answer in poetry form all the important questions e.g. Can it rain fish?; Are unicorns real?; and ‘Will a great white shark eat me?’.
Each poem is illustrated by the brilliant Joe Berger.
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Each poem is illustrated by the brilliant Joe Berger.
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August 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Speaking of the brilliant @brianbilston.bsky.social, I also love that Brian credits the illustrator. 🩷 Plus this #KidLit collection of poetry sounds like so much fun!
#EduSky #PicturesMeanBusiness
#EduSky #PicturesMeanBusiness
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Pope Leo XIV in his Pentecost homily spoke TEN TIMES of the Holy Spirit “opening borders” and condemned “exclusionary…political nationalisms.”
Key sentence: “In a word, at Pentecost, the doors of the Upper Room were opened because the Spirit opens borders.” Read the whole thing: bit.ly/43QUKF0
Key sentence: “In a word, at Pentecost, the doors of the Upper Room were opened because the Spirit opens borders.” Read the whole thing: bit.ly/43QUKF0
Pope Leo criticises ‘exclusionary mindset’ of nationalist political movements
During Sunday mass in St Peter’s Square, the pope asked that God ‘open borders, break down walls [and] dispel hatred’
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Pope Leo XIV in his Pentecost homily spoke TEN TIMES of the Holy Spirit “opening borders” and condemned “exclusionary…political nationalisms.”
Key sentence: “In a word, at Pentecost, the doors of the Upper Room were opened because the Spirit opens borders.” Read the whole thing: bit.ly/43QUKF0
Key sentence: “In a word, at Pentecost, the doors of the Upper Room were opened because the Spirit opens borders.” Read the whole thing: bit.ly/43QUKF0
Poetry Friday: karenedmisten.blogspot.com/2025/06/poet...
Poetry Friday: Hayden Carruth, "I Could Take"
Last week I mentioned Wendell Berry's poetic tribute to Hayden Carruth, so this week I'm sharing some Carruth poetics. This one's for Atticu...
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June 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
May 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.
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Exciting news I can finally spill! My next middle-grade novel, The Swimming Pigs of Licorice Springs, will be published by Knopf in Spring 2027. (Which in book-writing years is like ten minutes from now. I'd better get busy!)
Announcing new deals for @eabwrites.bsky.social, @niadavenport.bsky.social, @melissawiley.bsky.social, Jennifer E. Smith + more
Rights Report: Week of March 17, 2025
New deals for Erin Hànyù Lynch, Adriana Mather, Elisa Bonnin, and others.
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March 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Exciting news I can finally spill! My next middle-grade novel, The Swimming Pigs of Licorice Springs, will be published by Knopf in Spring 2027. (Which in book-writing years is like ten minutes from now. I'd better get busy!)
I am disgusted on a daily basis by the man who is our so-called president and today he was batting a thousand. Sickening, shameful, and disgusting. He's been in Putin's pocket for years. Why isn't that clear to every American?
March 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I am disgusted on a daily basis by the man who is our so-called president and today he was batting a thousand. Sickening, shameful, and disgusting. He's been in Putin's pocket for years. Why isn't that clear to every American?
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This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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The air of insanity about all of this is starting to get to me.
Leavitt: "The president feels it would be much better and more majestic if these Palestinians could be moved to safer areas."
February 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The air of insanity about all of this is starting to get to me.
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Trump is cutting "indirect costs" for NIH grants. It sounds benign. It's not. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Cutting Cancer Research
Sometimes, it gets personal.
open.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Trump is cutting "indirect costs" for NIH grants. It sounds benign. It's not. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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the level of corruption unfolding right now will stagger future generations. it will stagger people a month from now.
A little-known office in the FAA safeguards the public during commercial rocket launches. Elon Musk says it works too slow. Now he’s in a position to change that. New:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and ...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
the level of corruption unfolding right now will stagger future generations. it will stagger people a month from now.
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I’ll be clipping an “Elon Musk: Hands Off Our Social Security” rally at the Social Security Administration today as part of my partnership with @snapstream.com, featuring speeches from Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks. Follow this thread for clips and commentary.
February 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’ll be clipping an “Elon Musk: Hands Off Our Social Security” rally at the Social Security Administration today as part of my partnership with @snapstream.com, featuring speeches from Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks. Follow this thread for clips and commentary.
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Yale Law wants its degree back.
And Vance needs to go back to school to learn about separation of powers…
And Vance needs to go back to school to learn about separation of powers…
February 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Yale Law wants its degree back.
And Vance needs to go back to school to learn about separation of powers…
And Vance needs to go back to school to learn about separation of powers…
Yup.
February, I’m sorry but I don’t think we should see each other anymore. We just don’t vibe. I thought I was ready to give months another shot after January, but I’m just not. I just think maybe I need some time to be completely disconnected from the earthly constructs of time and space, you know?
February 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Yup.
They are trying to flush it all down the memory hole.
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
They are trying to flush it all down the memory hole.
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Trump just pardoned these people.
Don’t ever tell me Republicans “back the blue” again.
Don’t ever tell me Republicans “back the blue” again.
January 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trump just pardoned these people.
Don’t ever tell me Republicans “back the blue” again.
Don’t ever tell me Republicans “back the blue” again.
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We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.
Thank you, yes, it couldn't be more clear.
The “free speech defenders,” ladies and gentlemen.
January 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Thank you, yes, it couldn't be more clear.
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Antiques Roadshow guest’s jaw drops as she discovers value of late husband Sam McBratney's worldwide hit 'Guess How Much I Love You ' | @DailyMirror
Antiques Roadshow guest’s jaw drops at value of late husband’s children’s book
An Antiques Roadshow guest couldn’t contain her surprise when she was informed just how much a copy of her late author husband’s book and accompanying scrapbook were worth.
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January 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Follow @janefriedman.com? Check.
Follow @janetsfox.bsky.social? Check.
Love #Kidlit? Check, check, check.
Follow @janetsfox.bsky.social? Check.
Love #Kidlit? Check, check, check.
Plot arc in children's picture books can be almost invisible. Yet like all great stories, the arc of character change must be present. It can't be random string of events.
More insight here from @janetsfox.bsky.social
More insight here from @janetsfox.bsky.social
The Surprising Complexity of Picture Books | Jane Friedman
Protagonist, antagonist, rising and falling action, arc of change, emotion—all must be developed in a picture book, and in under 500 words.
janefriedman.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Follow @janefriedman.com? Check.
Follow @janetsfox.bsky.social? Check.
Love #Kidlit? Check, check, check.
Follow @janetsfox.bsky.social? Check.
Love #Kidlit? Check, check, check.
When I'm having a bad day, I hop over to @debbieohi.com — she's such an encouraging community builder. ❤️
Freelance illustrators & illustrator-authors, esp those who have super-limited time for promotion & marketing of art and/or books): In ONE reply or quote-post, what advice do you have for fellow illustrators struggling to find balance between promo/marketing and creative time?
#IndustryPolls #KidLit
#IndustryPolls #KidLit
January 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When I'm having a bad day, I hop over to @debbieohi.com — she's such an encouraging community builder. ❤️
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The Oval Office is back on the market…
January 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Oval Office is back on the market…
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I have overhauled my cornerstone article/handout on key book publishing paths. For the last 10 years, it's been 1 page. Now it's 2 pages. It better covers the finer distinctions writers now encounter in the market. Free to use/share/distribute, no permission required. Link below.
January 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I have overhauled my cornerstone article/handout on key book publishing paths. For the last 10 years, it's been 1 page. Now it's 2 pages. It better covers the finer distinctions writers now encounter in the market. Free to use/share/distribute, no permission required. Link below.