Kris DeCaro
@musingmommumble.bsky.social
Kid lit writer. Magic bean buyer. Dyslexic. I shall leave my amusing mumbles here. Rep’d by Stephanie Winter. #SCBWI #PB #Kidlit #poetry
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OMGoodness! The #kidlit community really turned out in support of the #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest this year.
Big THANK YOU to one of our brand new prize donors! @lisariddiough.bsky.social has generously donated a winner's choice from all these great options. 🤩
Big THANK YOU to one of our brand new prize donors! @lisariddiough.bsky.social has generously donated a winner's choice from all these great options. 🤩
August 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
OMGoodness! The #kidlit community really turned out in support of the #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest this year.
Big THANK YOU to one of our brand new prize donors! @lisariddiough.bsky.social has generously donated a winner's choice from all these great options. 🤩
Big THANK YOU to one of our brand new prize donors! @lisariddiough.bsky.social has generously donated a winner's choice from all these great options. 🤩
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Did you know that Lisa Schmid is donating TWO prizes for this year's #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest??? One lucky winner will receive a signed copy of her book, Hart & Souls!
Thank you, @lisalschmid.bsky.social ! We appreciate you!
Thank you, @lisalschmid.bsky.social ! We appreciate you!
August 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Did you know that Lisa Schmid is donating TWO prizes for this year's #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest??? One lucky winner will receive a signed copy of her book, Hart & Souls!
Thank you, @lisalschmid.bsky.social ! We appreciate you!
Thank you, @lisalschmid.bsky.social ! We appreciate you!
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Oh, friends! My heart is so full. The #kidlit community has been so supportive of the 2025 #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest.
Please take a moment to follow our generous prize donors on social media.
Find the full list of prize donors here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...
Please take a moment to follow our generous prize donors on social media.
Find the full list of prize donors here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...
Welcome to the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge! - April Berry Books LLC
Welcome to the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge! This humor writing contest features fun (and funny) writing prompts and great prizes. Check it out!
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August 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Oh, friends! My heart is so full. The #kidlit community has been so supportive of the 2025 #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest.
Please take a moment to follow our generous prize donors on social media.
Find the full list of prize donors here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...
Please take a moment to follow our generous prize donors on social media.
Find the full list of prize donors here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...
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Sylvia Chen is such a champion for others within the #kidlit community, and we are so delighted that she was willing to donate a prize for the #KidlitChuckleChallenge again this year. How amazing would a 30-Minute AMA Session with her be?!?!✨
Thank you, @sylviaichen.bsky.social!
Thank you, @sylviaichen.bsky.social!
August 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sylvia Chen is such a champion for others within the #kidlit community, and we are so delighted that she was willing to donate a prize for the #KidlitChuckleChallenge again this year. How amazing would a 30-Minute AMA Session with her be?!?!✨
Thank you, @sylviaichen.bsky.social!
Thank you, @sylviaichen.bsky.social!
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Check out this fantastic #KidlitChuckleChallenge prize! 👀👀👀
Big THANK YOU to Lizzie Brooks for your generosity! We appreciate you, @lizziebrooks.bsky.social and everything you do for the #kidlit community.
Big THANK YOU to Lizzie Brooks for your generosity! We appreciate you, @lizziebrooks.bsky.social and everything you do for the #kidlit community.
August 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Check out this fantastic #KidlitChuckleChallenge prize! 👀👀👀
Big THANK YOU to Lizzie Brooks for your generosity! We appreciate you, @lizziebrooks.bsky.social and everything you do for the #kidlit community.
Big THANK YOU to Lizzie Brooks for your generosity! We appreciate you, @lizziebrooks.bsky.social and everything you do for the #kidlit community.
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My kids and I looooove Josh Funk's books! 🤩 How fun would it be to win this prize -- the latest book from his Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast series, WHODONUT?
Thank you, @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social , for donating a #KidlitChuckleChallenge prize! We appreciate you and your amazing books.
Thank you, @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social , for donating a #KidlitChuckleChallenge prize! We appreciate you and your amazing books.
September 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My kids and I looooove Josh Funk's books! 🤩 How fun would it be to win this prize -- the latest book from his Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast series, WHODONUT?
Thank you, @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social , for donating a #KidlitChuckleChallenge prize! We appreciate you and your amazing books.
Thank you, @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social , for donating a #KidlitChuckleChallenge prize! We appreciate you and your amazing books.
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IT'S BAAAAAACK! The #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest is back for its second year, and I am so excited about it!
Get full details about the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...
Get full details about the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...
Welcome to the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge! - April Berry Books LLC
Welcome to the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge! This humor writing contest features fun (and funny) writing prompts and great prizes. Check it out!
aprilberrybooks.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
IT'S BAAAAAACK! The #KidlitChuckleChallenge humor writing contest is back for its second year, and I am so excited about it!
Get full details about the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...
Get full details about the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge here: aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...
This post was not only helpful, but inspirational. Thank you Justin for showing us it isn’t always a smooth path to publication.
#KidlitZombieWeek Day 6! BONUS DAY!
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/justinco...
Then come back & comment w/ your thoughts.
Thanks @justincolonbooks.bsky.social for this great post!
Remember, zombies w/ the bonus day, you have until midnight EST 6/28/2025 to get in your pledge and pitch forms
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/justinco...
Then come back & comment w/ your thoughts.
Thanks @justincolonbooks.bsky.social for this great post!
Remember, zombies w/ the bonus day, you have until midnight EST 6/28/2025 to get in your pledge and pitch forms
June 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This post was not only helpful, but inspirational. Thank you Justin for showing us it isn’t always a smooth path to publication.
I solemnly swear I am using my yummy brain to bring a zombie manuscript back to life! #KidLitZombieWeek
June 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I solemnly swear I am using my yummy brain to bring a zombie manuscript back to life! #KidLitZombieWeek
Hi all! I’m now on instagram, mumbling amusing musing on picture books there as well! Krisdecarowrites
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June 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hi all! I’m now on instagram, mumbling amusing musing on picture books there as well! Krisdecarowrites
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So excited for another wonderful year of raising dead manuscripts with #kidlitzombie week! Are you joining us?
Please note prize page will be updated soon!
Please note prize page will be updated soon!
It's ba-ack.
Dunh, dunh, DUNH!
Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky.
Check it out:
sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...
#WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart
Dunh, dunh, DUNH!
Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky.
Check it out:
sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...
#WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart
June 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
So excited for another wonderful year of raising dead manuscripts with #kidlitzombie week! Are you joining us?
Please note prize page will be updated soon!
Please note prize page will be updated soon!
These 400 words are killing me.
#picturebooks
#picturebooks
May 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
These 400 words are killing me.
#picturebooks
#picturebooks
When my crit partners text me last night, I was half asleep (I work at 6:30am) but this jolted me awake! What a dream to be able to work with Ana Siqueira for my runner up mini mentorship prize. Feeling a lot of gratitude today!
May 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
When my crit partners text me last night, I was half asleep (I work at 6:30am) but this jolted me awake! What a dream to be able to work with Ana Siqueira for my runner up mini mentorship prize. Feeling a lot of gratitude today!
#kidlit community! I’d love to give back. As agents are opening, I thought I’d offer to look at a few query letters. I am agented and have 2 PBs on sub. Leave a comment and I will randomly select a few! PBs only plz.
January 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#kidlit community! I’d love to give back. As agents are opening, I thought I’d offer to look at a few query letters. I am agented and have 2 PBs on sub. Leave a comment and I will randomly select a few! PBs only plz.
Does anyone use or participate in Inked Voices for YA writing? I’d love some opinions as I consider joining. #writingcommunity
January 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Does anyone use or participate in Inked Voices for YA writing? I’d love some opinions as I consider joining. #writingcommunity
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Just 12 DAYS left until #12x12PB registration opens for 2025, & we're giving away prizes thru 1/9. To win, answer the day's Q before midnight ET. Members: how does 12 x 12 help motivate you to write more? Nonmembers: how many #PB drafts do you hope to write in 2025? #kidlit
December 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM
I have 2 PBs on sub right now and I know this is the last week of the year I might hear something. 🤞🤞🤞
December 9, 2024 at 2:17 PM
I have 2 PBs on sub right now and I know this is the last week of the year I might hear something. 🤞🤞🤞
#kidlit friends, I am looking for a new PB crit group to join. I have fantastic partners now but I think meeting more regularly could help. I am agented and enjoy giving lots of ideas and actionable feedback. If you have room in your group, let me know!
December 5, 2024 at 2:24 PM
#kidlit friends, I am looking for a new PB crit group to join. I have fantastic partners now but I think meeting more regularly could help. I am agented and enjoy giving lots of ideas and actionable feedback. If you have room in your group, let me know!
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Oh, my darlings. It's almost here. The marathon of children's books of 2024. You ain't seen nothing like this before! Get ready for 31 Days, 31 Lists, starting December 1st! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/11/30/i...
It’s Here! 31 Days, 31 Lists 2024!
So exciting, so exciting!! Each year I dedicate the 31 days of December to a different list of children’s books released in America in the current publishing year. What that means is that all year lon...
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November 30, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Oh, my darlings. It's almost here. The marathon of children's books of 2024. You ain't seen nothing like this before! Get ready for 31 Days, 31 Lists, starting December 1st! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/11/30/i...
3000 words added to the Romcom but I also I plotted…and as a pantser that is a big deal - and exhausting.
December 2, 2024 at 2:11 PM
3000 words added to the Romcom but I also I plotted…and as a pantser that is a big deal - and exhausting.
Why is this story coming out in rhyme?! It may never see the light of day…and that’s ok.
November 27, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Why is this story coming out in rhyme?! It may never see the light of day…and that’s ok.
I’m going to have a mini self-made writers retreat this weekend for my bday and I’m so excited I have no idea what to work on!! All the projects!!!
November 25, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I’m going to have a mini self-made writers retreat this weekend for my bday and I’m so excited I have no idea what to work on!! All the projects!!!
I have a silly amount of hope for the manuscript I have on sub right now. I say silly because I understand this is a hard industry and getting your hopes up is silly. But I’ve worked hard, practiced the craft, and continue to learn &practice. Is it so silly to hope all the hard work pays off?
November 21, 2024 at 2:15 PM
I have a silly amount of hope for the manuscript I have on sub right now. I say silly because I understand this is a hard industry and getting your hopes up is silly. But I’ve worked hard, practiced the craft, and continue to learn &practice. Is it so silly to hope all the hard work pays off?
On sub with a new version of my story - that I love just as much as the original. I’m so grateful to my agent for her patience and kindness through the revision process and to my CPs for their endless support.
Cross your fingers for me #kidlit friends!
Cross your fingers for me #kidlit friends!
November 20, 2024 at 11:22 PM
On sub with a new version of my story - that I love just as much as the original. I’m so grateful to my agent for her patience and kindness through the revision process and to my CPs for their endless support.
Cross your fingers for me #kidlit friends!
Cross your fingers for me #kidlit friends!
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Hey #kidlit illustrators, I'm a children’s publishing #art director. To celebrate Bluesky’s recent 20M user milestone I’d like to gift a FREE one hour Zoom portfolio-review/coaching-session.
1. Reply w/ your art.
2. Random winner.
3. No DMs please.
I will look closely at every reply! 💙❤️
1. Reply w/ your art.
2. Random winner.
3. No DMs please.
I will look closely at every reply! 💙❤️
November 20, 2024 at 2:22 PM