I always enjoy Susanna Leonard Hill writing contests. This year I was thrilled to have placed 11th in the finalists with my story “Ssssscary!” Thanks Susanna, judges, and prize providers! Make sure you check out the Christmas writing contest, too.

This looks like such a fun book!

A Poem: Stuck gravelroadgirl.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/a-p…

Thank you Vivian Kirkfield for this great #50PreciousWords challenge every year.

A Gray Day gravelroadgirl.wordpress.com/2023/03/06/a-g…

This looks like a lovely book! Check out Brian’s #pbspotlight for the interview.

I placed 6th in Vivian Kirkfield #50PreciousWords contest! Thank you Vivian, the judges, and all the prize providers. Keep entering the contests, everyone! Great practice and you never know!

Oh, March gravelroadgirl.wordpress.com/2023/03/27/oh-…

What are the best on-line classes for illustrating picture books? Something that takes you all the way up to submission. TIA! #illustration #pbwriter

Perfection gravelroadgirl.wordpress.com/2023/04/14/per…

Perfect Picture Book Friday: FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE Plus Giveaway viviankirkfield.com/2023/05/12/per… via Vivian Kirkfield

Great interview with Jen Newens on pbspotlight.com with Brian Gehrlein 😈 Go take a look! #PBSpotlight

🌟GIVEAWAY🌟 To celebrate all the award love OLD FRIENDS has received recently, I am giving away a signed copy of the book PLUS this ginger cat stuffie.😻 🍀To enter please follow & retweet.🍀 Closes Mon. 06/08 @ 5pm EST USA only (sorry). #kidlit #teachertwitter #librarians

#PBPitch Lizzy is brave! Harold the goat is annoying! With Lizzy's lucky hat clenched in his teeth, Harold makes a mad dash for the deep, dark woods. Is Lizzy really brave enough to get her hat back? #SEL #Lyrical

Sloth is safe but oh so lonely in his leafy, treetop home. If only he had a friend. But every smart sloth knows--down is dangerous! He hears someone below. Does he take a chance and find a friend? #PBPitch #SEL

#PBPitch Lizzy is brave! Harold the goat is annoying! With Lizzy's lucky hat clenched in his teeth, Harold makes a mad dash for the deep, dark woods. Is Lizzy really brave enough to get her hat back? #SEL #Lyrical

#KidLitCritiqueDay🎉🎉🎉 Angus Yuen-Killick from Red Comet Press is offering a critique on a picture book of 500 words or less. To win this critique from Angus please like, comment, and repost. You must do all 3 to enter. Good luck! Red Comet Press

#KidLitCritiqueDay 🎉🎉🎉 Beth Terrill (from North South Books) is offering a critique on a fiction pb of 2000 words or less. To win this critique from Beth please like, comment, and repost. You must do all 3 to enter. Good luck! NorthSouth Books

Highly recommend Laura's critiques! She is a rhyme master and her critiques are encouraging, insightful and overall amazing! Where are my fellow #kidlit rhymers?

⭐️NEW PICTURE BOOK SPOTLIGHT!⭐️ Agent Spotlight & GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY w/ Lisa Gouldy is agenting! PB manuscript critique is up for grabs! To enter giveaway: ✅Subscribe to PB Spotlight ✅Share post using #PBSpotlight ✅Exist pbspotlight.com/single-post/ag… #amquerying #picturebooks #kidlit