How are we supposed to choose. #VanGoghTheImmersiveExperience or #BeyondVanGoghetc. Both coming to #Tulsa and dates overlap. Why did this happen?

3 Ways to Use Theme to Deepen Your Story janefriedman.com/3-ways-to-use-… via Jane Friedman

THE CONCRETE DAISY A single seed nestles into a small sidewalk crack. We follow the journey of a single daisy as it struggles to keep up. Water, sunlight, & kind words aren't always the answer. A smart little girl notices her mother's garden & sprouts an idea! #ADHD #PBPitch #SEL

A dog playing sax? That’s something you don’t see every day. The path to bee-bopping success wasn't easy. Teasing, noise complaints, a high F# that fell flat every time. But as they say, persistence makes better, & now I’m SIRIUS THE DOG STAR, brightest of them all. #PBPitch #SEL

Imogene Johnson is perpetually perky until one day she isn’t, and her attempts to recover her sunny disposition fail miserably. Help in accepting and handling her sudden change in mood comes from an unlikely trio of siblings, Cranky, Gloomy, and Grouchy Marx. #PBPitch #SEL

Andy wants to be a librarian. He’s creative, courageous, and curious enough to overcome floods of books, terrible weather, and a shortage of shelves. Finally, his grandparents help when Andy opens his very own library. Intergenerational literacy theme. #PBPitch #SEL #PB

Gaston meets It Will Be OK in this SEL story with believable characters in French setting. A quiet pup needs peer power to help him stop pausing when bullies pop up at the park. Collaboration, courage, and kindness finally prompt protagonist to success. #PBPitch #PB #SEL

In this intergenerational story, GRANDMA’S APRON, a little girl experiences her family’s Italian American culture through the daily joys, functions, and surprises of her grandmother’s all-purpose apron. #PBPitch

When 7-year-old Angie is charged with selecting THE FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES 🐟menu, she must venture into the fish market world and somehow find a way to make her family proud of this year’s Italian 🇮🇹Christmas Eve dinner celebration. #PBPitch #Holiday

OUR FRIENDSHIP IS BIGGER THAN THE SKY highlights the creativity of 2 friends who use their imaginations to draw pictures inspired by the clouds. When one girl announces that her family is moving, the girls prove to each other that their friendship is bigger than the sky. #PBPitch

Grandma’s bedroom was quiet. She couldn’t speak anymore, to say what she wanted. Mamma said Grandma had Alzheimer’s. Nobody knew what Grandma wanted, except Rose. (Check it out! GRANDMA REMEMBERED) #PBPitch #SEL #AlzheimersDisease

Bring the young ones and to hear Tony’s story and learn all about his Christmas adventure. Thank you #RivendellBooksandBaubles in Broken Arrow for having us. I will be available to sign Tony’s books. Perfect time to do some #holiday shopping. Tony published by Doodle and Peck

Synopsis writing tip (1/2): Summarize the action of each chapter of your book in one sentence. Congrats, you have an outline of your whole novel. Examine it to see where the action starts and where action or characters aren’t advancing as needed & revise accordingly.

Or “A man just rode his bike by my house. Does anyone know him?”

A Democrat was in the White House when my family was sent to the internment camps in 1941. It was an egregious violation of our human and civil rights. It would have been understandable if people like me said they’d never vote for a Democrat again, given what had been done to

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Do some #HolidayShopping on Saturday, December 9 at the wonderful #indie #bookstore in Broken Arrow, OK. During #storytime at 2 p.m., I'll be reading A Truck Named Tony and Tony's Christmas Adventure. There will be #cookies.

Add a Luke Skywalker Moment: Give Your Main Character a Bitter Choice janefriedman.com/add-a-luke-sky… via Jane Friedman

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