Melissa Wiley
@melissawiley.bsky.social
Author of THE NERVIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD & other books for kids. Cohost of the Brave Writer Podcast with Julie Bogart. Obsessive handstitcher. She/her. PDX. melissawiley.com/blog
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.
buff.ly
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!)
Gosh! So exciting to see it in print! Thanks, Tanita!!
March 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Gosh! So exciting to see it in print! Thanks, Tanita!!
It is an absolute honor to be one of the women whose stories Shannon included in her book. Her (free!!!) Firestarter University program is going to be incredible. Time to get your blazing spark on!
I’m so grateful to the hundreds of you who have already signed up for Firestarter University, a yearlong course based on my upcoming book, “Fired Up.” The program is free when you preorder my book and register your purchase at firedupbook.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It is an absolute honor to be one of the women whose stories Shannon included in her book. Her (free!!!) Firestarter University program is going to be incredible. Time to get your blazing spark on!
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i wonder if people under a certain age know how much limitless free information used to be readily available online about anything you could think of, anything at all, you could start reading about a niche subject and then it would be 4 am and you had been reading about weird candy for six hours
October 29, 2023 at 2:40 AM
i wonder if people under a certain age know how much limitless free information used to be readily available online about anything you could think of, anything at all, you could start reading about a niche subject and then it would be 4 am and you had been reading about weird candy for six hours
In love with this feline
Day 27: Inktober/Beast plus WMGtober/Song&Dance equals this medieval lion just singin' in the rain
#singinintherain#imhappyagain #broccolitree #medievalart #lion #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Inktober2022Beast #Beast #WMGtober #Song&Dance #kidlitart #illustration #gouache
#singinintherain#imhappyagain #broccolitree #medievalart #lion #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Inktober2022Beast #Beast #WMGtober #Song&Dance #kidlitart #illustration #gouache
October 28, 2023 at 6:01 PM
In love with this feline
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Delighted to see more kidlit/YA publishers & organizations joining Bluesky! Recent additions to my KidLit/YA Publishers custom feed: @penguinschoollib.bsky.social (Penguin Random House) & @pressboxbooks.bsky.social (North Star imprint).
Fingers crossed that more publishers follows suit.
Fingers crossed that more publishers follows suit.
October 28, 2023 at 1:13 PM
Delighted to see more kidlit/YA publishers & organizations joining Bluesky! Recent additions to my KidLit/YA Publishers custom feed: @penguinschoollib.bsky.social (Penguin Random House) & @pressboxbooks.bsky.social (North Star imprint).
Fingers crossed that more publishers follows suit.
Fingers crossed that more publishers follows suit.
Randomly remembering the Television Without Pity E.R. recapper who had a phobia about eyeballs & subbed "toes" anytime eye injuries were a plot point
September 27, 2023 at 9:48 PM
Randomly remembering the Television Without Pity E.R. recapper who had a phobia about eyeballs & subbed "toes" anytime eye injuries were a plot point
HEY!
(Not shouting, just warming up for tonight's Low Bar Chorale Schoolhouse Rock rehearsal. Hooray!) #pdx
(Not shouting, just warming up for tonight's Low Bar Chorale Schoolhouse Rock rehearsal. Hooray!) #pdx
September 18, 2023 at 11:32 PM
HEY!
(Not shouting, just warming up for tonight's Low Bar Chorale Schoolhouse Rock rehearsal. Hooray!) #pdx
(Not shouting, just warming up for tonight's Low Bar Chorale Schoolhouse Rock rehearsal. Hooray!) #pdx
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You know you can review a book literally any time, right? It doesn't have to be a new book. Someone sees a book for the first time from your review: BOOM! It's a new book. That's a special kind of temporal magic.
September 8, 2023 at 8:47 PM
You know you can review a book literally any time, right? It doesn't have to be a new book. Someone sees a book for the first time from your review: BOOM! It's a new book. That's a special kind of temporal magic.
Okay. Whew. What with our move and my writing deadlines, I've been buried, slammed, flattened for months (and almost totally dormant on social media). Finally, finally coming up for air. What did I miss? (dies laughing)
July 27, 2023 at 9:16 PM
Okay. Whew. What with our move and my writing deadlines, I've been buried, slammed, flattened for months (and almost totally dormant on social media). Finally, finally coming up for air. What did I miss? (dies laughing)
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If the creative person you're thinking about doesn't have their name in extremely large type on a poster or billboard, take what you assume they make, halve it, halve it again, and then halve it a couple more times just to be sure. That amount? Probably still more than they are actually making.
A reminder that just because someone works regularly in the entertainment industry, that doesn't mean they are rich by any reasonable measure. Many writers of your favorite shows and actors in your favorite TV and films live hand to mouth.
That is who we are fighting for.
That is who we are fighting for.
July 11, 2023 at 9:43 PM
If the creative person you're thinking about doesn't have their name in extremely large type on a poster or billboard, take what you assume they make, halve it, halve it again, and then halve it a couple more times just to be sure. That amount? Probably still more than they are actually making.
Coming up on 96 hours and my arm still looks like a strip of button candy
How long after allergy scratch testing does it take for the welts to go down? Asking for an extremely itchy upper arm 48 hours out
July 9, 2023 at 12:54 PM
Coming up on 96 hours and my arm still looks like a strip of button candy
I mean I'll remember the error for the rest of my life but
Friends, be happy for me, big day: I did not follow a reply in which I made a small and easily decipherable typo with an asterisked correction
July 8, 2023 at 4:17 PM
I mean I'll remember the error for the rest of my life but
Friends, be happy for me, big day: I did not follow a reply in which I made a small and easily decipherable typo with an asterisked correction
July 8, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Friends, be happy for me, big day: I did not follow a reply in which I made a small and easily decipherable typo with an asterisked correction
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Explore the intersection of art + science:
the Bluesky SciArt Feed is now live.
🔹Add to your feeds, and 🧡 + share so others may find it.
🔸Artists, request to join the list, & add #SciArt to posts to appear.
My thanks to @blueappaloosa.bsky.social for help setting-up! 🧪
the Bluesky SciArt Feed is now live.
🔹Add to your feeds, and 🧡 + share so others may find it.
🔸Artists, request to join the list, & add #SciArt to posts to appear.
My thanks to @blueappaloosa.bsky.social for help setting-up! 🧪
July 8, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Explore the intersection of art + science:
the Bluesky SciArt Feed is now live.
🔹Add to your feeds, and 🧡 + share so others may find it.
🔸Artists, request to join the list, & add #SciArt to posts to appear.
My thanks to @blueappaloosa.bsky.social for help setting-up! 🧪
the Bluesky SciArt Feed is now live.
🔹Add to your feeds, and 🧡 + share so others may find it.
🔸Artists, request to join the list, & add #SciArt to posts to appear.
My thanks to @blueappaloosa.bsky.social for help setting-up! 🧪
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bluesky but it rhymes with brewski
July 6, 2023 at 11:49 PM
bluesky but it rhymes with brewski
Well this is a new one. Something (or someone? *shudder*) has taken the tubing from our backyard bird fountain. It was there yesterday. The pump is still running but the tube & the little clips that fastened it to the fountain have just...vanished.
July 7, 2023 at 11:20 PM
Well this is a new one. Something (or someone? *shudder*) has taken the tubing from our backyard bird fountain. It was there yesterday. The pump is still running but the tube & the little clips that fastened it to the fountain have just...vanished.
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a blue sky tip for new people from twitter
on twitter if u reply to yourself to create a thread each post shows up as a new post
on blue sky if u reply to yourself nobody sees it without reading the first one until enough people like it which is difficult if no one sees it in the first place
on twitter if u reply to yourself to create a thread each post shows up as a new post
on blue sky if u reply to yourself nobody sees it without reading the first one until enough people like it which is difficult if no one sees it in the first place
June 22, 2023 at 12:07 AM
a blue sky tip for new people from twitter
on twitter if u reply to yourself to create a thread each post shows up as a new post
on blue sky if u reply to yourself nobody sees it without reading the first one until enough people like it which is difficult if no one sees it in the first place
on twitter if u reply to yourself to create a thread each post shows up as a new post
on blue sky if u reply to yourself nobody sees it without reading the first one until enough people like it which is difficult if no one sees it in the first place
Realizing an absolute A+++ factor of this site: I don't have to see the name of a beloved public figure trending & wonder if it means they:
a) died;
b) did something egregious; or
c) just wore clothes somewhere
a) died;
b) did something egregious; or
c) just wore clothes somewhere
July 7, 2023 at 8:55 PM
Realizing an absolute A+++ factor of this site: I don't have to see the name of a beloved public figure trending & wonder if it means they:
a) died;
b) did something egregious; or
c) just wore clothes somewhere
a) died;
b) did something egregious; or
c) just wore clothes somewhere
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"This move by the state ensures that those with the least privileges–those in unstable homes, those without regular internet access, and those without active parents or guardians in their lives–have even fewer opportunities to utilize public goods and services."
Young readers in Mississippi now losing access to ALL books via Overdrive & Libby due to book banners. This is absolutely devastating for kids who don't live near physical libraries. https://bookriot.com/hoopla-overdrive-libby-now-banned-for-those-under-18-in-mississippi/
Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby Now Banned for Those Under 18 in Mississippi
Public libraries in Mississippi have cut off access to digital platforms like Overdrive and Hoopla to those under 18.
bookriot.com
July 7, 2023 at 7:39 PM
"This move by the state ensures that those with the least privileges–those in unstable homes, those without regular internet access, and those without active parents or guardians in their lives–have even fewer opportunities to utilize public goods and services."
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bookmarking and never again revisiting is 85% of my personality
July 7, 2023 at 3:23 AM
bookmarking and never again revisiting is 85% of my personality
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Young readers in Mississippi now losing access to ALL books via Overdrive & Libby due to book banners. This is absolutely devastating for kids who don't live near physical libraries. https://bookriot.com/hoopla-overdrive-libby-now-banned-for-those-under-18-in-mississippi/
Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby Now Banned for Those Under 18 in Mississippi
Public libraries in Mississippi have cut off access to digital platforms like Overdrive and Hoopla to those under 18.
bookriot.com
July 7, 2023 at 6:37 PM
Young readers in Mississippi now losing access to ALL books via Overdrive & Libby due to book banners. This is absolutely devastating for kids who don't live near physical libraries. https://bookriot.com/hoopla-overdrive-libby-now-banned-for-those-under-18-in-mississippi/
@kslivensky.bsky.social this should help
@katemessner.bsky.social compiled a list here:
"Here's a list of authors, illustrators, educators, librarians, and publishing professionals to follow:" https://shorturl.at/AKLST
And here's how to add yourself" to the list: https://forms.gle/78Cz3ETu4xo4qsNdA
"Here's a list of authors, illustrators, educators, librarians, and publishing professionals to follow:" https://shorturl.at/AKLST
And here's how to add yourself" to the list: https://forms.gle/78Cz3ETu4xo4qsNdA
Kidlit Community on Bluesky Social (Responses)
Form Responses 1
Timestamp,Please share your full Bluesky profile here (https://bsky.app/profile/USERNAME.bsky.social) so it's easy for like-minded friends to find you.,What's your connection to the ...
shorturl.at
July 7, 2023 at 6:05 PM
@kslivensky.bsky.social this should help
I have never been more invested in a narrative in my LIFE
ok so what happened was.
in 2018, California passed prop 12, which required that pigs, chickens, and cattle all get a certain amount of space to move around. the chicken and cattle industries complied. the pork industry, however, was like "no we need to cram the pigs in cages" and sued to stop it.
in 2018, California passed prop 12, which required that pigs, chickens, and cattle all get a certain amount of space to move around. the chicken and cattle industries complied. the pork industry, however, was like "no we need to cram the pigs in cages" and sued to stop it.
Is there any chance we could get a thread on Rufus? I need more pics and more background information on this furry drunkard.
July 7, 2023 at 5:41 PM
I have never been more invested in a narrative in my LIFE