Laya Steinberg
@lsteinberg.bsky.social
Author of: THESAURUS REX; ALL AROUND ME I SEE; THE BEST SUKKOT PUMPKIN EVER. Planet Earth protector, SCBWI member, Walden swimmer, chocolate eater. 🇨🇦 layasteinberg.com
I just sent a letter demanding AI companies remove my works from their training data. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own:
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actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work
I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.
actionnetwork.org
March 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I just sent a letter demanding AI companies remove my works from their training data. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own:
actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
A great challenge to keep the ideas flowing! I have a few choice ones that I plan to develop. Thanks @taralazar.bsky.social !
February 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A great challenge to keep the ideas flowing! I have a few choice ones that I plan to develop. Thanks @taralazar.bsky.social !
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The #SmallPitch submission window opens NOW! It will remain open for 48 hours.
- Submission form: forms.gle/qMfCFYQ4aPaJ...
- Pitch dabatase to see your pitches up live: database.smallpitch.org
Quoted is also a thread with useful info & reminders ⬇️
- Submission form: forms.gle/qMfCFYQ4aPaJ...
- Pitch dabatase to see your pitches up live: database.smallpitch.org
Quoted is also a thread with useful info & reminders ⬇️
January 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The #SmallPitch submission window opens NOW! It will remain open for 48 hours.
- Submission form: forms.gle/qMfCFYQ4aPaJ...
- Pitch dabatase to see your pitches up live: database.smallpitch.org
Quoted is also a thread with useful info & reminders ⬇️
- Submission form: forms.gle/qMfCFYQ4aPaJ...
- Pitch dabatase to see your pitches up live: database.smallpitch.org
Quoted is also a thread with useful info & reminders ⬇️
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The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN!
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
January 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN!
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!
Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.
#kidlit
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Hey everyone! I'm Children's/YA Lit Agent Lori Kilkelly. I donated an 'Ask Me Anything' to the kidlit fire relief auction and would love to chat with you! Bidding is this week: fhttps://www.32auctions.com/organizations/125931/auctions/175630/auction_items/5898414
#kitlitforlosangeles
#kitlitforlosangeles
January 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hey everyone! I'm Children's/YA Lit Agent Lori Kilkelly. I donated an 'Ask Me Anything' to the kidlit fire relief auction and would love to chat with you! Bidding is this week: fhttps://www.32auctions.com/organizations/125931/auctions/175630/auction_items/5898414
#kitlitforlosangeles
#kitlitforlosangeles
Such an important an timely post.
Not long ago, I was tagged on a post that complained there are too many kids' novels that address grief, and I've been thinking about it ever since. (thread)
January 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Such an important an timely post.
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Day 17: 31 Days, 31 Books - Unconventional Children's Books. Some books today could easily be called "weird" but you're also going to see a number of titles that upset our conceptions of what a children's book published in America can even be. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/17/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Unconventional Children’s Books
Some books today could easily be called
afuse8production.slj.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Day 17: 31 Days, 31 Books - Unconventional Children's Books. Some books today could easily be called "weird" but you're also going to see a number of titles that upset our conceptions of what a children's book published in America can even be. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/17/3...
The inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival was so much fun and a huge success! Many thanks to @pragmaticmom.bsky.social
@davidakelly.bsky.social
@jeanstehle.bsky.social and
@Newtonvillebooks.bsk.social for all of the hard work and planning.
#KidLit
#childrensbooks
@davidakelly.bsky.social
@jeanstehle.bsky.social and
@Newtonvillebooks.bsk.social for all of the hard work and planning.
#KidLit
#childrensbooks
December 16, 2024 at 9:35 PM
The inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival was so much fun and a huge success! Many thanks to @pragmaticmom.bsky.social
@davidakelly.bsky.social
@jeanstehle.bsky.social and
@Newtonvillebooks.bsk.social for all of the hard work and planning.
#KidLit
#childrensbooks
@davidakelly.bsky.social
@jeanstehle.bsky.social and
@Newtonvillebooks.bsk.social for all of the hard work and planning.
#KidLit
#childrensbooks
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Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
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November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
#bydhttmwdi
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You are not alone, by far. 💙“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear.” - Toni Morrison. #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #artists #fight #lgbtqrights #womensrights #kindness #tolerance #freedom
November 6, 2024 at 5:31 PM
You are not alone, by far. 💙“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear.” - Toni Morrison. #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #artists #fight #lgbtqrights #womensrights #kindness #tolerance #freedom
For anyone in the Boston area, I invite you to come to the inaugural Newton Children's Book Festival on December 14, 2024, 10am-2pm. Come say hello!
November 15, 2024 at 3:19 PM
For anyone in the Boston area, I invite you to come to the inaugural Newton Children's Book Festival on December 14, 2024, 10am-2pm. Come say hello!
So glad to be here in this new space. Looking forward to connecting with the good kind humans I know exist.
November 15, 2024 at 3:15 PM
So glad to be here in this new space. Looking forward to connecting with the good kind humans I know exist.