An excellent “Do Something” for September and October: Show up at and speak out at a local school board meeting.

Only two months until publication of THAT WHICH SINGS!! #daregoahunting

Thanks to Barbara Bietz for interviewing me about my next picture book, Eighteen Flowers for Grandma! It's illustrated by Jesse White and will be released from Red Comet Press on 9/24/24. #kidlit jewishbooksforkids.com/2024/08/25/int…

Poetry can save us! Join us live at The Highlights Foundation next month! I think there are only two spots left!

When I get ready for a picture book launch, an important step is preparing an art activity for my events. Eighteen Flowers for Grandma releases Red Comet Press next week and I now have PLENTY of paper petals for making flowers. #kidlit #artbook

On today's episode of Wren's Never Beating The British Allegations, my proofreader noted that I should use "mildewing" or "moldering" in place of "mildering". Certain that mildering is in fact a word and that I used it correctly, I googled it to find this:

THE IRISH MERMAID SAINT STORY JUST GOT BETTER Y'ALL MAGIC. OTTER. DOG. FRIEND.

Why I encourage writers to spend time writing in libraries: Switch up your creative space (new locale can result in new ideas). Comparative titles/reference materials are at your fingertips. You are w/ READERS. Writing amid that inspiration can be the ultimate creative fuel!📚✨

Eighteen Flowers for Grandma releases today! I am thrilled to send this book out into the world. #kidlit #booklaunch

If I were to say, "That Which Sings is a punk-rock fairy tale with sharp teeth, a vicious wit, and a heavy, burning heart," would you be interested? I know I am. Kindle preorders available now. Real book 10/28/24. Wren Scarborough🪉✨

THAT WHICH SINGS has officially gone INTERNATIONAL* y’all!!! *there has been one (1) sale outside of the United States (thank you whoever you are in Germany 😊✨)

Educator friends! If you book free author visits for WRAD with LitWorld, the list will be coming soon but will NOT be shared on Twitter, as I'm winding down activity here. If you're looking for the author list, please subscribe to my newsletter! katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3e…

Art inspires art. And deep curiosity about art creates magical PBs - like Eighteen Flowers for Grandma by Alison Goldberg. Learn about her process at #24CarrotWriting then applying it to your writing journey. Amanda Smith Annie Cronin Romano Kristi Mahoney 📚 ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS 24carrotwriting.com/-blog/question…

Get ready to fall in love with nature's magic in Where the Deer Slip Through by Katey Howes & Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes! Explore a secret world of wildlife on a peaceful woodland farm. Coming soon! #WhereTheDeerSlipThrough #CoverReveal #KateyHowes #BethKrommes

Why stop at talking? Embark on a hopeless, bloody mission to get your uncle back from the beautiful monsters who have tormented you and your family for centuries #daregoahunting

I had a BLAST reading Wren Scarborough🪉✨ (self-published) dark YA fantasy novel THAT WHICH SINGS. Imagine 50% Faerie and 50% (well, perhaps 70%) KILL BILL VOL 1. Which an incredibly strong, well written female protagonist. If this is your thing: amazon.com/That-Which-Sin…

THAT WHICH SINGS is Habsburg-approved, which is not a sentence I ever imagined writing. I love living in this timeline. #daregoahunting

When I say THAT WHICH SINGS is a punk-rock fairy tale I mean it's kind of a folkloric cosmic slasher action thriller whimsical dark fantasy #daregoahunting

Jerry Jordan, Ammi-Joan Paquette and I are featured in the January issue of Madison Magazine in a story by Doug Moe. It’s about Jerry’s and my upcoming picture book — UNSTOPPABLE JOHN: HOW JOHN LEWIS GOT HIS LIBRARY CARD AND HELPED CHANGE HISTORY. There was a lot of serendipity behind