FIND YOUR PEOPLE✌🏻

The ones who encourage you to keep going bc thats when you find the magic.

Right after this pic, my husband and I entered the cave where we watched tons of baby turtles dance✨

#5amwritersclub #kidlit #writingcommunity #ocean #kidlit #author #coffee #yachtie

Raise your hand if you like speaking in front of big crowds🙋‍♀️

A tip for success: PRACTICE!

📸 w/ Channel 8 KLKN-TV news before they introduced me!🤩

#RichmondBookFestival #keynote #author #author life #writingcommunity #kidlit #books #earthday #schoolvisit #library #5amwritersclub

What I learned from #agents editorsdsy24 : NETWORK!

#editors & #agents want to work with #authors who are good people & who have a solid #writingcommunity 💙

After all, #publishing is a business✌🏻

Pic w/ Alison Weiss - Pixel + Ink who was SO LOVELY meet!

#5amwritersclub #kidlit

IT’S PITCH DAY IN DC!

Nervous
Excited
& READY TO MEET SOME AMAZING #editors #author s & #agents in the #kidlit #writingcommunity 🙌🏻

Thank you, scbwi for creating this opportunity🤞🏻Wish me luck 🤩🍀🫶🏻

#publishing #scbwi #ampitching #onsubmission #5amwritersclub #author #coffee

Reflecting:

This week, approx. 3,000 budding activists listened to me speak 🎤🥹 at events & the last of the series is this morning✌🏻

I’m filled with so much HOPE for our future🫶🏻 Our kids are amazing 💙

#WritingCommunity #5amwritersclub #saveourseas #kidlit #author #coffee

After major revisions based on feedback from Alison Weiss (🙌🏻thank you!) I am heading to the scbwi #editors day with a new and improved BUZZ + BLACKBEARD🐝🏴‍☠️

Big, big, big things are on the horizon🤞🏻

I get SO EXCITED for these opportunities😆

#scbwi #kidlit #pb #writingcommunity

👀 when you notice engagement on your social channels has changed to more #editors , #agents , & #entertainment companies 👀 & you can sense it-

A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IS NEAR

It’s only a matter of time 🙌🏻

#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #kidlit #author #library #mindset #coffee

I LOVE MY AGENT!
I am🤯 by Karen Kilpatrick's knowledge & vision that she shared during her BRANDING workshop w/ Rosie J. Pova 💫KidLit Workshops Host.

'Relationships matter' & I'm SO thankful to work & learn from you🩵

But really, how did I get so lucky?🥹

#writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #kidlit #author

GOOD MORNING!

I have 3 days of school visits followed by the real deal PITCH DAY w/ scbwi in DC this weekend!

I CANT WAIT to meet & mingle with #editors & hope they LOVE my new series😅

OPPORTUNITY AWAITS🍀

#5amwritersclub #amwriting #publishing #kidlit #writingcommunity

AUTHOR LIFE IS WILD!

It’s EARTH DAY and my TV debut released with The Very Airy Library 🥳
🎬😅🤿

youtu.be/gfpEziA5BOE?fe…

#kidlit #5amwritersclub #IslandGirls #writingcommunity #author #amwriting #library #earthday #ocean #saveourseas

FEEL THE POWER IN THIS ROOM‼️

SAVE OUR SEAS!
SAVE OUR SEAS!
SAVE OUR SEAS!

LOOK at the ripple effect taking place🥹

I am so humbled I had the chance to INSPIRE so many budding activists.

Seriously, what a stage to be on🙏🏻

#writingcommunity #kidlit #author #earthday #keynote

You don’t want to miss this‼️

Two of the best people I know in the industry, my agent Karen Kilpatrick & my mentor Rosie J. Pova 💫KidLit Workshops Host, are pairing up to bring you some epic #kidlit secrets! 🤫

Come be a sponge 🧽 with me and soak up all the juicy #publishing intel✨👀✨

OMG!! YOU GUYS NAMED ME A
QUEEN OF CREATIVITY! 🥹😭🫶🏻🎉

Thank you so much for the honorable mention for #SpringFlingKidLit 💙 I’m beyond excited to get recognized & BIG CONGRATS to the winners!

Thank you so much to ALL INVOLVED for your time! 🏆‼️💕

#kidlit #writingcommunity

One more #EarthDay book pairing—with turtles looking at #PlasticPollution as food. 🪼🐠♻️

“They look delicious.” Fig the turtle. ISLAND GIRLS: Free the Sea of #plastic . Blair N Williamson, Children's Author & Svitlana Holovchenko

DEAR EARTH…From Your Friends in Rm 5 HarperKids Luisa Uribe

My interview with Lori Keating ♥️ Pre-order 🦋 BUTTERFLY INK & April Berry for #KidLitMeetNGreet ! Thank you so much for having me!

#kidlit #editors ✨👀✨ from big houses, small houses, any traditional house —please reach out to my agent!

I have so many stories I'd love to share with the world!💙🎉

I LOVE MY EDITOR!

“You’re amazing. The universe knows this is what you are meant to do. Keep it going!” Michele McAvoy 🎟📚 (she/her)

🥹😭🫶🏻🎉💕

These words of encouragement have a permanent spot on my motivation wall.

#5amwritersclub #publishing #kidlit #writingcommunity #author #coffee

😭🥳💙 Posts like these make being a #kidlit #author SO MUCH FUN! IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER!?

I cannot wait to meet the kiddos in your classroom, Becky Kidd!

and thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for sharing your excitement!

YOU MADE MY DAY!

✨👀✨

The fabulous array of schools, bookstores, & orgs. that chose to have me:

-inspire their students
-feature on a blog or TV show
-sponsor my efforts
-honor my writing

JUST THIS WEEK alone🤯🥹

Unreal‼️

#writingcommunity #kidlit #5amwritersclub #author #indie #pb #coffee