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Susan Corry
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PB Writer: susancorry.com
Winner: #50PreciousWords 2025
HM: #KidlitChuckleChallenge 2025
Member: 12x12; SCBWI

Photography Buff | Neurodiversity Ally | LaLaLander | she/her

🌿 “Put yourself in the way of beauty.” 🌿
–Cheryl Strayed

#PictureBooks #KidLit
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Today’s #WritingBreak:

#Breathe #bloomscroll
#Mindfulness #Cactus #Succulents #NaturePhotos #NaturePics #Nature
#kidlit #picturebooks
Closeup color photo of a cactus
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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More delightfully creative phrasing. Thank you, #JeffreyEugenidies

#favoritequotes #booksky #fiction #litfic #novel
A quote from a novel that says: "Part of this essence came from Father Mike's perfect contentment at being only five foot four. His shortness had a charitable aspect to it, as though he had given away his height." from Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenidies
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Halloween humor

#writingbreak #darkhumor
#kidlit #picturebooks #humor
#cartoons #veganjokes
Black & white comic of a witch in front of a bubbling cauldron. She says, “It’s vegan because I added vegans.”
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Today’s #WritingBreak:

#Breathe #BloomScroll
#Mindfulness #Flowers #NaturePhotos #NaturePics #Nature
#kidlit #picturebooks #booksky
Color photo of a red-leafed plant with hints of purple.
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Today’s #WritingBreak:

#Breathe
#kidlit #picturebooks #booksky
#Mindfulness #Flowers #NaturePhotos #NaturePics #Nature
Photo of a yellow hibiscus with red center.
September 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I’m tickled pink that I received an Honorable Mention for my #kidlitchucklechallenge entry. 😂 Thanks to @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social, @brilawyer.bsky.social, @musingmommumble.bsky.social, & @juliehauswirth.bsky.social for judging this fun contest. And congrats to everyone who entered!
#kidlit
Blue and yellow image showing the list of 2025 #KidlitChuckleChallenge HA-norable mentions.
September 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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More delightfully creative phrasing. Thank you, #KimEdwards

#favoritequotes #booksky #fiction #litfic #novel #kidlit #picturebooks
Quote from a novel that reads: "He was afraid he would say the wrong thing and ruin everything, like too much light flooding onto the paper ruined the picture. Once that happened you could never go back." —from The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
September 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Today’s writing brought to you by coneflowers in Sylva, NC.
Color photo of white coneflowers with yellow centers on a deck.
September 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I just entered the #KidlitChuckleChallenge writing contest. 😂 Thank you, judges, for hosting such a fun competition! 🎉
September 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Today’s writing break, brought to you by trees and sky.

#WritingBreak #Breathe
#kidlit #picturebooks #booksky
#Mindfulness #Flowers #NaturePhotos #NaturePics #Nature
Color photo, looking skyward to a large tree on a sunny day.
August 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Happy weekend, folks.
July 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Love my new postage stamps!

#picturebooks #picturebook #kidlit #goodnightmoon #childrensbooks #margaretwisebrown #clementhurd
Color photo of postage stamps featuring images from the children’s book, Goodnight Moon
July 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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More delightfully creative phrasing. Thank you, #RebeccaWells

#favoritequotes #booksky #fiction #litfic #novel #kidlit #picturebooks
Quote that reads: "Siddalee is the smart one... The child picks up new words everywhere she goes, comes home with them in her pocket." — from Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
July 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Afternoon #writingbreak

#Mindfulness #Breathe #Flowers #NaturePhotos #NaturePics #Nature #kidlit #picturebooks
Close up photo of white hydrangea flower.
July 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I visited Philly for the first time in years and forgot how charming the architecture is. These buildings have given me a few story ideas…
Color photo of centuries-old brick building, looking skyward towards lead glass windows. Color photo of violin shop and surrounding buildings, looking skyward. Color photo of ornate molding on building, looking skyward.
June 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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So awesome to march in solidarity with people today. Some of my favorite pics:
Scenes from today’s No Kings protest in Los Angeles. The sign says “Grand Park - the park for everyone.” Scenes from today’s No Kings protest at city hall in Los Angeles. Scenes from today’s No Kings protest in Los Angeles. The sign says “We are the constitution.”
June 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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From the LA march:
A photo of the peaceful No Kings protest in Los Angeles.
June 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Today’s writing break…

#nature #naturepic #naturephoto #kidlit #picturebooks
Close up photo of a flowering succulent plant.
June 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Here’s another favorite book passage. Thank you, #TommyOrange

#favoritequotes #booksky #fiction #litfic #novel #kidlit #picturebooks
Book quote that reads: "Opal is large...She would have to be called overweight in front of medical professionals. But she got big to avoid shrinking. She'd chosen expansion over contraction." from There There by Tommy Orange
June 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Happy Memorial Day weekend, folks. Art by the brilliant #KerryJamesMarshall.

#memorialday #art #kidlit
May 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Here’s another of my favorite book passages, just in time for #MothersDay. Thank you, @tarawestover.bsky.social

#favoritequotes #booksky #fiction #litfic #novel #kidlit
Lipstick graphic with this book passage: "Mother did her makeup every morning, but if she didn't have time she'd apologize all day, as if by not doing it, she had inconvenienced everyone." from Educated by Tara Westover
May 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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My happy place today. The mustard blooms are glorious.

#nature #naturepic #naturephoto #kidlit
Fields of mustard with trees, near Malibu, CA.
May 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Here’s another of my favorite book passages. Thank you, Douglas Stuart.
#favoritequotes #booksky #fiction #litfic #novel #kidlit
Book passage that says: "Still, Leek thought this new sadness was better than the anger he had felt at first. Sadness made for a better houseguest; at least it was quiet, reliable, consistent." from the book Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
April 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Kidlit dark humor

Credit: Michael Maslin from @newyorker.com
#kidlit #picturebooks #picturebook #cartoon #newyorkercartoons
New Yorker cartoon by Michael Maslin about a fictional “fourth little pig.”
April 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Today’s #WritingBreak.

#Mindfulness #Breathe #Flowers #Bloomscrolling
#NaturePhotos #NaturePics #Nature #kidlit #picturebooks
Photo of a peach-colored flower with raindrops.
April 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM