🎂Book Birthday!🎂 for PINKY CRASHES THE PARTY! the follow up to KASL KY Bluegrass Award nom'ed PINKY GOT OUT! by Michael Portis, illustrated by Lori Richmond. Kirkus Reviews called the "playful" illustrations "bright and fun" & said they make the book "worthwhile"!🥳

July GOOD news: mailchi.mp/42ce6707df6c/e… Book Bdays @whenpencilmet Karen Kilpatrick @loramosjr Michael Portis Pete the Cat D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor Acquisitions & More! Antoinette Portis Gianna Marino Ruth E. Harper shiho pate Erin Dealey ☮️ 🌎 also on Insta & 🦋 Luciana N. Powell Heather Brockman Lee Mehrdokht Amini @DowPhumiruk

Book wise – finally doing something (kind of) normal. Antoinette and I went in to Children’s Book World to sign our new books! Children's Book World Antoinette Portis East West Literary #kidlit

And yay to the immensely talented (and thawed out) Don Tate! Truly a great guy and a great book. #NY21SCBWI

Excited to be in #NY21SCBWI Winter Conference!!

“The more specific you are with your artistry, the more universal it becomes.” #NY21SCBWI - thank you Matt de la Pena and Christian Robinson for a beautiful talk this morning.

Loved what Christian Robinson said about getting to the universal from the attending to the specific. #ny21scbwi

Be comfortable. . .with the unexpected. Jean Feiwel #NY21SCBWI

"If the book touches the heart of a child. . ." Paula Wiseman #NY21SCBWI golden kite

Picture Book Biography authors: Ask yourself, “Are you the one to tell this story and do you have the tools to make it as good as it can be?” Elizabeth Bicknell, Editorial Director at Candlewick Press. #NY21SCBWI #kidlit

I liked what Andrea Welch said: "Narrative nonfiction has to have that great structure that makes it feel like a picture book." #NY21SCBWI

I think I was born to edit “I Want My Hat Back” – Elizabeth Bicknell. #NY21SCBWI

"The word no has empowered me, broken me, and put me back together again. . .until the yesses reveal themselves in rapid succession." Love this! Tami Charles #NY21SCBWI

“There’s a beauty in pausing. If you’re not writing, there’s a reason for that.” Tami Charles. At #NY21SCBWI Another writer I read said that this is when you’re “cooking”.

In the zone – "It's coming out really good." Jerry Craft #NY21SCBWI

"People do have a story in them if they recognize their own landscape. All they have to do is walk into it." Patricia MacLachlan at #NY21SCBWI

I will say that "frazzled" is the best answer ever to "what do you look like when you're writing?" #NY21SCBWI

"It always comes to me in bed." "Or the shower"– says Lin. Patricia MacLachlan at #NY21SCBWI

The title taps you on the shoulder. And the first line takes you by the hand. Patricia MacLachlan at #NY21SCBWI

We owe the children. In our lifetime. Patricia MacLachlan at #NY21SCBWI