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Mirka Breen
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Kidlit reader & writer, Cat Crazy (but not a lady), my heros are the get-along people
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Giving THANKS on Thanksgiving week🔄😊
My post this morning--
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The GIVING THANKS Week, Again
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November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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November 18th in history has something to do with this calling cat. Read all about it on my post of this morning 📞😺---
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NOVEMBER 18TH 1963:
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November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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My personal dance with AI...💃💻🕺 Yup, continuing last week's post today--
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AI, AGAIN: “STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES”
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November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Ai-Yai-Yai... AI! It's everywhere 🥸
My post on AI in Writingland---
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AYI-YAH-YAI---AI is EVERYWHERE
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November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Has a collection of quirks replaced deeper characterization in storytelling? 🥴
My post today--
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HAS QUIRKINESS REPLACED REAL CHARACTERIZATION?
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October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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So, you're not inspired?
Today's post is about the so-called "Writer's Drought"~😶
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WRITER’S DROUGHT
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October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Capturing authentic speech patterns in writing is a challenge
👉🤐
My post today-
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DISTINCTIVE SPEECH PATTERNS
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October 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Worlds now go to ether, not dust.☁️ My post today is about this changing reality~
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WORLDS GONE TO ETHER
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October 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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My post this morning is about PERCEPTION and whose it is~
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PERCEPTION, WHOSE? *
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September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Today's post is a Rosh Hashana whispered hope for the year ahead~ 🔯
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AS WE ENTER THE GATES INTO YET ANOTHER YEAR...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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This is how I think about POLLS. Not doing any 😑
My post today on this-
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THINKING of POLLS
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September 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The Golden Rule cuts through all faiths, even agnosticism 💛
My post today-
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VERSIONS of the GOLDEN RULE
Musings about the writing life and life in general
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September 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Consider being gentler in all things~🙏
My post today:
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INSTEAD OF TRYING HARDER…
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September 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Is it possible to get Internet trollers to be thoughtful? Seems an oxymoron 🤐
My post on this~
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ONLINE TROLLING
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August 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Storytelling is about making meaning out of a series of events.
My post today--

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MAKING MEANING out of EVENTS
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August 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Ah, well. Another RANT from me... My post today:

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WARNING: GRUMPY RANT AHEAD
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August 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Word lovers-- here's AUGUST for you~
My post today⚜️
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SPEAKING of AUGUST…
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August 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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"...And they lived happily ever after" in stories and in life. On this date in history, a prince married Lady Diana. My post today~
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THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER…
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July 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Permission to talk back to negative voices 🤬
My post on this part of the writerly journey~
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IDENTIFY the NEGATING VOICE
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July 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Are you one who needs others to set deadlines for you?
My post on this:
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DEADLINES SET BY OTHERS
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July 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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We all need a horse sometimes...🐴 My post this morning:
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WE ALL NEED A HORSE SOMETIMES
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July 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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My post is about not leaving others high & dry. The value of SHOWING UP when called~🚿
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DECENCY is about SHOWING UP
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July 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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My post today is about love 💖~
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WRITING as a WORK of LOVE
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June 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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So, is it a story?
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WHAT MAKES A STORY?
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June 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Although I'm resting my submissions to agents for now, this post is about one of the curious conventions of the publishing business for picture book writers seeking representation:
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When Seeking Agent Representation* for Picture Book Writers
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June 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM