Konstantinos “Kos” Kalofonos
@kskalofonos.bsky.social
KidLit MG / YA Sci-fi/Fantasy Author | Astrophotographer | Pitch Wars '21 | Neurospicy | Hearing-Aid Enthusiast | Backpacker | Camper | Hiker
Pinned
Night hikes under moonscapes help me refill my writers inkwell.
Where do you like to refill?
I’d run dry for months on end
Ideas galore but no will to write
After a night of camping and hiking alone
I found my voice again!
Where do you like to refill?
I’d run dry for months on end
Ideas galore but no will to write
After a night of camping and hiking alone
I found my voice again!
Hey @harpercollins.bsky.social I didn’t wanna leave you out!
March 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hey @harpercollins.bsky.social I didn’t wanna leave you out!
Checking out the dream publishers of NYC and found @simonandschuster.bsky.social !
March 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Checking out the dream publishers of NYC and found @simonandschuster.bsky.social !
Makin my rounds of NYC and it’d be incomplete without poking my head inside @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Hope to be invited past the doors some day ;)
Hope to be invited past the doors some day ;)
March 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Makin my rounds of NYC and it’d be incomplete without poking my head inside @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Hope to be invited past the doors some day ;)
Hope to be invited past the doors some day ;)
234 words into the new WIP.
It’s a start. I’m slow to get the ball rolling but it’ll pick up steam!
It’s a start. I’m slow to get the ball rolling but it’ll pick up steam!
a panda bear is playing with leaves on the grass .
Alt: a panda bear is playing with leaves on the grass .
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February 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
234 words into the new WIP.
It’s a start. I’m slow to get the ball rolling but it’ll pick up steam!
It’s a start. I’m slow to get the ball rolling but it’ll pick up steam!
What do you do to get yourself BACK into writing when the world keeps trying to pull you away?
For me it’s forcing myself to a coffee shop and slapping on headphones and then way over caffeinating.
For me it’s forcing myself to a coffee shop and slapping on headphones and then way over caffeinating.
a close up of a lemur with big eyes saying too much coffee .
ALT: a close up of a lemur with big eyes saying too much coffee .
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What do you do to get yourself BACK into writing when the world keeps trying to pull you away?
For me it’s forcing myself to a coffee shop and slapping on headphones and then way over caffeinating.
For me it’s forcing myself to a coffee shop and slapping on headphones and then way over caffeinating.
The greatest show that never was :(
*sound on
*sound on
January 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The greatest show that never was :(
*sound on
*sound on
Started the year off with a 6 mile hike with family and friends!
January 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Started the year off with a 6 mile hike with family and friends!
Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025.
December 27, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025.
Daily Announcement:
Dear people that clean out the fridge with their stomachs…
Just because the Best By Dec 15 Egg Nog smells okay… it’s absolute NOT okay…
Send thoughts and prayers
Dear people that clean out the fridge with their stomachs…
Just because the Best By Dec 15 Egg Nog smells okay… it’s absolute NOT okay…
Send thoughts and prayers
a man laying on the floor with a nbc logo on the bottom
ALT: a man laying on the floor with a nbc logo on the bottom
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December 24, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Daily Announcement:
Dear people that clean out the fridge with their stomachs…
Just because the Best By Dec 15 Egg Nog smells okay… it’s absolute NOT okay…
Send thoughts and prayers
Dear people that clean out the fridge with their stomachs…
Just because the Best By Dec 15 Egg Nog smells okay… it’s absolute NOT okay…
Send thoughts and prayers
Me: trying to relax with a scary video game during the holidays
Video game: let’s take that horror knife to your heart with a rejection letter IN THE GAME
#amquerying #amwriting #amcrying 😝
Video game: let’s take that horror knife to your heart with a rejection letter IN THE GAME
#amquerying #amwriting #amcrying 😝
December 23, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Me: trying to relax with a scary video game during the holidays
Video game: let’s take that horror knife to your heart with a rejection letter IN THE GAME
#amquerying #amwriting #amcrying 😝
Video game: let’s take that horror knife to your heart with a rejection letter IN THE GAME
#amquerying #amwriting #amcrying 😝
When your own insecurities and bad habits show up in video games Need Money to Buy Books
December 21, 2024 at 9:39 PM
When your own insecurities and bad habits show up in video games Need Money to Buy Books
Anyone else lost hours watching a screen of a character watching a screen and absolutely LOVE it more than watching the show yourself?
December 21, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Anyone else lost hours watching a screen of a character watching a screen and absolutely LOVE it more than watching the show yourself?
Day 3 of my self imposed Pastitsio prison…
December 19, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Day 3 of my self imposed Pastitsio prison…
Clouds and stars over the Texas plains. There’s still beauty here. Don’t let the jerks hide it.
November 26, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Clouds and stars over the Texas plains. There’s still beauty here. Don’t let the jerks hide it.
It got a little cold last night…
November 26, 2024 at 3:05 PM
It got a little cold last night…
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The Middle Grade Book Publishing Landscape
Jan 20, 2025, 7pm CT
Free: bit.ly/41llRZh
Sam Subity, MG author and Data Analyst,will share his latest report on the MG industry. Mallory Kass, executive editor at Scholastic, will discuss the middle grade slump and what's needed to turn it around.
Jan 20, 2025, 7pm CT
Free: bit.ly/41llRZh
Sam Subity, MG author and Data Analyst,will share his latest report on the MG industry. Mallory Kass, executive editor at Scholastic, will discuss the middle grade slump and what's needed to turn it around.
November 25, 2024 at 3:46 PM
The Middle Grade Book Publishing Landscape
Jan 20, 2025, 7pm CT
Free: bit.ly/41llRZh
Sam Subity, MG author and Data Analyst,will share his latest report on the MG industry. Mallory Kass, executive editor at Scholastic, will discuss the middle grade slump and what's needed to turn it around.
Jan 20, 2025, 7pm CT
Free: bit.ly/41llRZh
Sam Subity, MG author and Data Analyst,will share his latest report on the MG industry. Mallory Kass, executive editor at Scholastic, will discuss the middle grade slump and what's needed to turn it around.
Me: Let’s write!!!!
My Brain:
My Brain:
November 25, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Me: Let’s write!!!!
My Brain:
My Brain:
Had a visitor try and steal my trash while I was busy writing. (My trash was not healthy for them so I talked them out of it).
November 25, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Had a visitor try and steal my trash while I was busy writing. (My trash was not healthy for them so I talked them out of it).
Getting some writing in while out camping. #amwriting
November 24, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Getting some writing in while out camping. #amwriting
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Pinned resources post! 📌
📝 20 successful queries.
📚 6 nonfiction proposals.
🦸🏽♀️ A guide to writing IP!
🔎 A guide to finding agents.
All free. Though coffee is welcome! www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch
And a starter pack for finding literary agents who are here on BlueSky. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo
📝 20 successful queries.
📚 6 nonfiction proposals.
🦸🏽♀️ A guide to writing IP!
🔎 A guide to finding agents.
All free. Though coffee is welcome! www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch
And a starter pack for finding literary agents who are here on BlueSky. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo
Perfect Pitch — ERIC SMITH
www.ericsmithrocks.com
November 24, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Pinned resources post! 📌
📝 20 successful queries.
📚 6 nonfiction proposals.
🦸🏽♀️ A guide to writing IP!
🔎 A guide to finding agents.
All free. Though coffee is welcome! www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch
And a starter pack for finding literary agents who are here on BlueSky. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo
📝 20 successful queries.
📚 6 nonfiction proposals.
🦸🏽♀️ A guide to writing IP!
🔎 A guide to finding agents.
All free. Though coffee is welcome! www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch
And a starter pack for finding literary agents who are here on BlueSky. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo
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Seeing a bunch of accounts pop up that only have replies that are insulting and harassing people.
If you encounter one, simply use this reporting tool and block them. 😃👍
If you encounter one, simply use this reporting tool and block them. 😃👍
November 23, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Seeing a bunch of accounts pop up that only have replies that are insulting and harassing people.
If you encounter one, simply use this reporting tool and block them. 😃👍
If you encounter one, simply use this reporting tool and block them. 😃👍
Last Night: Eureka! I have the solution to my WIP!
This Morning: aaaaand it’s gone…
This Morning: aaaaand it’s gone…
November 23, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Last Night: Eureka! I have the solution to my WIP!
This Morning: aaaaand it’s gone…
This Morning: aaaaand it’s gone…
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Some thoughts on who wrote the best book of 2024:
November 23, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Some thoughts on who wrote the best book of 2024:
I haven’t eaten McDonalds Nuggets in a decade. I tried ONE tonight
IT HAD A BONE!
Told the mngr so they could be aware. Can be dangerous.
He said “eww they’re supposed to be boneless”
🤦♂️
IT HAD A BONE!
Told the mngr so they could be aware. Can be dangerous.
He said “eww they’re supposed to be boneless”
🤦♂️
November 23, 2024 at 1:55 AM
I haven’t eaten McDonalds Nuggets in a decade. I tried ONE tonight
IT HAD A BONE!
Told the mngr so they could be aware. Can be dangerous.
He said “eww they’re supposed to be boneless”
🤦♂️
IT HAD A BONE!
Told the mngr so they could be aware. Can be dangerous.
He said “eww they’re supposed to be boneless”
🤦♂️