📢EXTENDED DEADLINE: Register before July 7th to the Final Conference of Autism Friendly Spaces 🏢💻Hybrid event hosted by Alex Agius Saliba S&D Group at the EP on 13/07 at 10CEST with participation of Julia Farrugia 📜Agenda + registration link: autismeurope.org/event/autism-f…

"Everyone does that, it's not an ADHD thing." Everyone loses their keys. That's not the same as losing your keys so often you need multiple safeguards and you're always anxious about it. It's not losing your keys that's a sign of ADHD, it's the severity, frequency, and distress

I've been putting together some nifty craft guides with all the tips and tricks I wish I knew starting out! It's perfect for mystery writing, and really any writing you want to hook a reader and keep them turning pages. Subscribe here: bit.ly/3yBYBG3

scbwi-icr-blog.weebly.com/blog/five-ques… Read more about my chapter book series, NADIA AND NADIR, here! Available now on the ABDO website

#WritingCommunity what's one thing you wish you had known/read/learnt/practiced earlier and is invaluable for you in your writing life? For me- it's mindfulness! I also wish I'd saved all my childhood diaries! Also, I wish I'd had a public library to go to...

October is #ADHDAwarenessMonth - the perfect time to give Diana Renn's mystery "Trouble at #Turtle Pond" to the young people in your life who too seldom get to see themselves as the hero of the story! #Neurodivergent #ADHD #adhdtwitter

It's the first day of scbwi's #scbwiArtober - and it's not just for #illustrators! Just like last year, I'm going to write a #poem for each of the prompts. Each week I'll post the poems I've written on my blog, and a link on Twitter. Fellow #writers: how will you join in?

Following a discussion of the past tense of "to pay": Husband: The past tense of toupée is "had hair." 😅 #punny

A wonderful middle grade novel for mg lovers of all ages! Congratulations dear Jane on this well-deserved milestone in your creative life! 🎉

So proud to have a poem in the wonderful new #poetry anthology for middle grade/tweens from Pomelo Books, edited by janetwong & Sylvia Vardell.

For #sff #sciencefiction lovers, my friend's story on Escape Pod this week is "Kim Stanley Robinson Mars books meets board games and penpals." Check it out here: escapepod.org/2022/10/13/esc… Part 2 drops next week!

So many statistics used seem to conflate autism with mental health problems. But if we recognised autism earlier, helped everyone to view it positively and supported to understand energy accounting and putting in positive boundaries, mental ill health is NOT inevitable.

The best mail is #book mail. And the best book mail is a book written by a dear friend that you got to read in its early form. I can't wait to curl up with the final version of How To Be A Goldfish by @jbwarren2! #amreading #middlegrade

Parents who avoid having their child diagnosed because they don't want to "label" them, should know that they will be labelled anyway. But giving them access to their Autistic identity ensures they will be CORRECTLY identified rather than UNFAIRLY labelled.

Call for Papers! Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature seeks contributions for a special issue on War and Displacement in literature for children and youth. Deadline: 10.01.23. #Bookbird #CallForPapers #ChildrensLiterature

Congratulations Nika Teran! You've worked hard for this day. I can't wait to dive into my copy!

I am excited to announce a new initiative with some phenomenal writers of South Asian heritage: SASS! Please spread the word to grow our new community of practice -- launching April 3! More details coming soon. #SouthAsianScribeSquad #KidLit #WritingCommunity

So excited to get my pre-ordered copy of The Story of the #Saxophone by @lclineransome with illustrations by James Ransome. Two of my favorite things: #music and #picturebook #biography combine into one delightful book!