Refe Tuma
@refe.blue
Writer, dinosaur photographer. Author of FRANCES AND THE WEREWOLVES OF THE BLACK FOREST, a Page Turner Award winner and Bram Stoker Award nominee, and the bestselling WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID pb series. Rep: Marie Lamba, Kristyn Benton.
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Refe Tuma
@refe.blue
· Nov 10
Hey new followers, I'm Refe (pronounced reef), author of the WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID picture books and middle grade books FRANCES AND THE MONSTER and the Bram Stoker and Page Turner Award nominated FRANCES AND THE WEREWOLVES OF THE BLACK FOREST. I mostly post about books I'm reading. Welcome!
Feeling more hope today than I have in months.
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Feeling more hope today than I have in months.
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Democracy is dying but don't worry we have
October 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Democracy is dying but don't worry we have
My wife was complaining about our house not having any medicine cabinets so of course I had to show her the medicine cabinet tracking shot from the 1997 science fiction masterpiece Contact.
September 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My wife was complaining about our house not having any medicine cabinets so of course I had to show her the medicine cabinet tracking shot from the 1997 science fiction masterpiece Contact.
It's time for yet another round of How Many Phone Calls Does it Take to Refill My Child's Prescription
August 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It's time for yet another round of How Many Phone Calls Does it Take to Refill My Child's Prescription
Been a while since a new album has made it into heavy rotation but 'Headlights' by Alex G has been playing on repeat since I stumbled onto it a few weeks ago. 'Afterlife' is the obvious standout, but there are a bunch of great tracks. music.apple.com/us/album/aft...
music.apple.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Been a while since a new album has made it into heavy rotation but 'Headlights' by Alex G has been playing on repeat since I stumbled onto it a few weeks ago. 'Afterlife' is the obvious standout, but there are a bunch of great tracks. music.apple.com/us/album/aft...
Boris the water dog*
*definitely NOT a water dog
*definitely NOT a water dog
August 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Boris the water dog*
*definitely NOT a water dog
*definitely NOT a water dog
Oh, hey, another lake photo.
August 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Oh, hey, another lake photo.
Endless gray.
Lake Michigan this morning.
Lake Michigan this morning.
August 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Endless gray.
Lake Michigan this morning.
Lake Michigan this morning.
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An eloquent image:
Setting aside the content under the tarp for a moment, teens were asked to make art expressing what it is like to be a teen, and the end result was a mural wrapped in a tarp by adults.
I bet a lot of teens would find this expressive of their experience.
Setting aside the content under the tarp for a moment, teens were asked to make art expressing what it is like to be a teen, and the end result was a mural wrapped in a tarp by adults.
I bet a lot of teens would find this expressive of their experience.
July 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
An eloquent image:
Setting aside the content under the tarp for a moment, teens were asked to make art expressing what it is like to be a teen, and the end result was a mural wrapped in a tarp by adults.
I bet a lot of teens would find this expressive of their experience.
Setting aside the content under the tarp for a moment, teens were asked to make art expressing what it is like to be a teen, and the end result was a mural wrapped in a tarp by adults.
I bet a lot of teens would find this expressive of their experience.
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The "EXTREME HEAT" warning is just too perfect for this story
July 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The "EXTREME HEAT" warning is just too perfect for this story
Absurd 'About this Book' sections have become a staple of the WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID series, and the one for WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID ON HALLOWEEN will not disappoint...
...Assuming my editor doesn't make me cut it down—it features about as many words as the rest of the text combined 🤣
...Assuming my editor doesn't make me cut it down—it features about as many words as the rest of the text combined 🤣
July 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Absurd 'About this Book' sections have become a staple of the WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID series, and the one for WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID ON HALLOWEEN will not disappoint...
...Assuming my editor doesn't make me cut it down—it features about as many words as the rest of the text combined 🤣
...Assuming my editor doesn't make me cut it down—it features about as many words as the rest of the text combined 🤣
Apple just recommended my own books to me, so I'd say they have my tastes down pretty well.
July 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Apple just recommended my own books to me, so I'd say they have my tastes down pretty well.
Drove through a torrential downpour on the highway this morning and instinctively removed my sunglasses. I put them right back on again when I realized the polarized lenses enabled me to see *so* much better
June 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Drove through a torrential downpour on the highway this morning and instinctively removed my sunglasses. I put them right back on again when I realized the polarized lenses enabled me to see *so* much better
So one of my kids left a bottle of hair spray in the kitchen and my wife mistook it for cooking oil.
On an unrelated note, do you have any recommendations for good cast iron pans?
On an unrelated note, do you have any recommendations for good cast iron pans?
June 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So one of my kids left a bottle of hair spray in the kitchen and my wife mistook it for cooking oil.
On an unrelated note, do you have any recommendations for good cast iron pans?
On an unrelated note, do you have any recommendations for good cast iron pans?
Got a free trial of Apple Music and I can't believe how much better the curated recommendations are vs Spotify
June 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Got a free trial of Apple Music and I can't believe how much better the curated recommendations are vs Spotify
I literally gasped when I read the nutrition facts on the packet of tteok bokki my kid brought home from the grocery today.
June 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I literally gasped when I read the nutrition facts on the packet of tteok bokki my kid brought home from the grocery today.
My home office shares a wall with my youngest kid's room which means I am on a zoom meeting while she practices her solo in 'Be My Guest' at the top of her lungs about 18" behind me
June 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My home office shares a wall with my youngest kid's room which means I am on a zoom meeting while she practices her solo in 'Be My Guest' at the top of her lungs about 18" behind me
Interiors? ✅
Front cover? ✅
Back cover? ✅
Jacket flaps? Not my department.
Pretty sure my work WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID ON HALLOWEEN is done until it's time to review proofs.
Now, back to working on my Middle Grade suburban portal fantasy novel.
Front cover? ✅
Back cover? ✅
Jacket flaps? Not my department.
Pretty sure my work WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID ON HALLOWEEN is done until it's time to review proofs.
Now, back to working on my Middle Grade suburban portal fantasy novel.
June 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Interiors? ✅
Front cover? ✅
Back cover? ✅
Jacket flaps? Not my department.
Pretty sure my work WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID ON HALLOWEEN is done until it's time to review proofs.
Now, back to working on my Middle Grade suburban portal fantasy novel.
Front cover? ✅
Back cover? ✅
Jacket flaps? Not my department.
Pretty sure my work WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID ON HALLOWEEN is done until it's time to review proofs.
Now, back to working on my Middle Grade suburban portal fantasy novel.
Pretty sure I just sent off the final interior art for WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID ON HALLOWEEN and I am feeling very good about that.
June 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Pretty sure I just sent off the final interior art for WHAT THE DINOSAURS DID ON HALLOWEEN and I am feeling very good about that.
Pulled a big section of vine off my house and nearly took a small nest down with it. Thankfully, this section was attached securely enough to stay put. I bolstered it with some wire and a few sticks. Fingers crossed it's sturdy enough to hold them until they're ready to fly 🤞
May 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Pulled a big section of vine off my house and nearly took a small nest down with it. Thankfully, this section was attached securely enough to stay put. I bolstered it with some wire and a few sticks. Fingers crossed it's sturdy enough to hold them until they're ready to fly 🤞
Hiking with Boris and my oldest kiddo. Neither of whom are pictured here. But they were there, I promise.
May 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hiking with Boris and my oldest kiddo. Neither of whom are pictured here. But they were there, I promise.