@kidlitpit Garrett Lowe had biked this route countless times and could do it eyes closed – but this day was different. This was the last time he would ever make this trip. #KLPFirstLine #kidpitlit #MG

@kidlitpit "Does the poet teach the dragon how to write, or does the dragon breathe fire into the poet?" from THESE BONES I BREATHE, A Dragon Poet's Tale #KLPfirstline #KidLitPit

It was a dark and rainy night but Kip and #HappyHank weren’t scared. #KLPFirstLine

Uh oh, I'm writing a sci-fi. Considering this the start of my accountability thread. #KidLitPit #KLPFirstLine

#YA #Worldview This is the first line of my WIP novel about a bullying school culture, addictions, and belonging. #KLPFirstLine The rain deterred our recess, so I am sitting in my middle school auditorium thinking because that is all that I ever do.

@kidlitpit When the fourth Gloomlin scuttled out from underneath the bed, Rusty knew he was in trouble. #KLPFirstLine

@kidlitpit #KLPFirstLine #MG #Fantasy #2024debut #SKYLIGHT Chapter 1: Center of the World Sofia dropped deeper into her seat to avoid the deadly glares aimed at her. Add to GR rb.gy/4x3fib Preorder a.co/d/bCsdUFv

Here's the first line of my Middle Grade Horror: Everyone knows that the ghost down at Cry Baby Holler Bridge only eats Snickers bars. #KLPFirstLine #kidlitpit #mghorror #mgparanormal

For the #KidLitPit event, I am sharing the first line of my 79k novel, The Piper Legacy: Deepest Secrets Lona groaned and opened her eyes, but she couldn’t see anything. #KLPFirstLine #amquerying #MG #YA #SF #M

I look like a Creme Egg. Honestly, who puts brown and yellow together? This new school uniform is tragic. - Shiloh James is Completely (Para)Normal, teen/YA humour. #KLPFirstLine #YA #ha

Jacob Garcia disliked his brother, Cooper. When he thought about it, the word dislike wasn’t nearly strong enough to describe how he felt. He hated his brother. He loathed him. For good reason too. #TheCurseOfTheFartWitch #MG #KLPFirstLine

Dear Bonney, I dreamed of home again last night & it seemed so real that I swear I could hear the sound of the foghorn. #TheBarrattChronicles - upper MG pirate/portal adventure. #KLPFirstLine

@kidlitpit “Lucas Fleming crouched on the slippery rocks by the ocean’s edge, and stared intently at a giant sea spider, as big as a head of cabbage, on a nearby boulder.” #MG #KidLitPit #KLPFirstLine

@kidlitpit Selena's hands trembled as she crammed clothes haphazardly into her bulging suitcase. Selena Flowers And The Cursed Ruby a.co/d/0ZPI5bw #klpfirstline #klppit #middlegradefantasy #bookreviewers #mermaids

Here’s the first line of my young adult sci-fi. #kidlitpit #KLPFirstLine #ya #scifi

@kidlitpit Once upon a time, a very very long time ago. In a dark age, long before video games, cartoons, or Netflix, there lived a stumpy, plump man called Boris Bogwash. #KLPFirstLine

And then there were five…Tacoma, Ludwig, Sophia, and the McCann twins, huddled like penguins underneath the clock tower of Harlowe Halls boarding school. Sophia shrieked when the tower bell struck midnight…#kidlit #KLPFirstLine

#KidLitPit #KLPFirstLine @kidlitpit Twas a frightful night—lightning shattered the heavens, wind whipped through the trees, and thunder bellowed down the mountain like a raging beast. The first line of MG novel. A retelling of the biblical story of Joseph. Rabbits vs Cats

@kidlitpit aaand this one First Line: Rosabelle needed to keep appearances up at all costs, not only because she was a woman whose main purpose in this world was to wear pretty dresses and paint her lips—no, this time their life, as they knew it, depended on it. #KLPfirstline #yafantasy

@kidlitpit And a Witchy Romcom YA: Kira Megis hated to be a witch in all ways possible. #KLPfirstline #yafantasy