Kathy Jo Watson

A family trip leads to dueling stories from siblings who had the best/worst time ever. ARE WE THERE YET? can be read three ways to explore perspective and the crazy tale of two kids who are both telling the truth! Campingland x Days Like This.  #TLPPitch #PB #HUM #Series

@LitAgentKatieM Dueling narrators describe the best & worst camping trip ever, from traveling like pirates with a broken GPS to lunch at a bait shop thanks to a campsite-wrecking bear. *Campingland* meets *Days Like This* in ARE WE THERE YET? where wildly different stories are both true. #PB #HA

POP UP PITCH WISHLIST Thriller- make my jaw drop😲 90’s inspired RomCom- still looking Epic love- make me swoon hard😍 Kidlit- no animal stories Please no fantasy, historical, sci-fi in adult or kidlit If I like your post please DM me for details! Closing Monday at 9 pm EST

@MNZOODDS Eek! I love him! 🥰

Have you heard the news? This morning, the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium (where I got my start as a zoo dentist) announced the arrival of a male Masai giraffe calf, born March 10, 2026. Just look at that face!

Day 69 #365PictureBooks NUNU AND THE SEA Isabella Kung Imaginative. Emotional. Engaging. Sweet Nunu sets sail on a sea of her own big emotions. She struggles to stay afloat until her origami creations help her focus and chart a calmer course home. #kidlit

@author_laurenk @DNicholsAuthor Yay!!!!!

Somebody, pinch me. I did it. I signed something ✨vague✨ ! I can’t share the details quite yet, but what I can say, is I am beyond thrilled! Hard work and perseverance DOES pay off, friends! #writingcommunity #kidlit #author

@TommyDeanWriter OMG. That carpet. Who sells that official skating rink carpet?? It’s amazing and looks exactly like my local rink. 😆 🛼

Me reading a full manuscript at my son’s school skate night…Agents are definitely reading!

Equinox! Happy Spring / Happy Fall, depending on where you find yourself on this precious planet of ours. #equinox

@JessicaKFoster Holy moly! You are Wonder Woman!

Me with and without glasses. The number of times kids asked me if I was a sub today... I wasn't aware I was Clark Kent up in here. Evergreen reminder to always set the bar low so people are impressed when you try. 😆

@JennyL1983 Sweet cup!! 😎

Oil change + homeschooling. 🥰 gettin er done ✔️

@LitAgentKatieM Yes, please! 🤓👍

How about we do a pop- up pitch party!! I will post my wishlist tomorrow morning! I’ll leave the post up for the weekend and any that I like you will DM me for a QM link to submit! Like, comment and share if you are excited!! #queryingauthors #writingcommunity

Awww ☺️ Thanks, #McDonalds! Me and my Diet Coke appreciate the pep talk! 📣

Day 68 #365PictureBooks I AM WE Leslie Barnard Booth & Alexandra Finkeldey Did you know there are over 40 species of crows & ravens? This lyrical non-fiction blends fascinating facts with intense, eye-peering art to bring readers inside the lives of these cool birds. #kidlit

Good night, X Land!

@mrswyatt247 Those are adorable!

I made my class a precious St. Patrick’s Day snack! :)

@sheribbooks The parts with her in the cone are so sad and precious.

@KatPopWat2 Awww--I can relate to this--and so can my dogs!

Day 67 #365PictureBooks JOAN IN THE CONE Billy Sharff and Hala Tahboub Joan is such a good girl romping through her doggie day….until the Cone of Shame gets her down. This is an adorable, very relatable story of finding hope and joy in tough times. #kidlit

@_Damilola_O Exactly. Books are like clothes. I have work books and play books and traveling books…

When people ask, "What book are you reading now?" I get confused. I don’t read a book at a time. I am currently reading 4 books. I read one while on transit, another when I am about to go to bed, another when I am editing my work in progress, and another when I just want to read.

*looks at large coffee in hand* *remembers the coffee group meeting later this morning* Guys, this could turn out poorly. OR...splendidly!

This may be my new favorite holiday. I am a champ at awkward moments!

Want to know THE craziest thing? I went to my idea folder to have fun today, and guess what! #17 on my Storystorm idea list of 2025 is the story I submitted yesterday, March 17 for #PBParty!

@abigailwad 💯 me, too.

Me: “The first draft doesn’t have to be perfect.” Also me: “I can’t start this draft until I come up with the best first line ever.”

Well, I’ve started writing 3 books! And not able to decide which one to focus on, so I’m closing my eyes and picking one out of a cup 🤣❤️ #writingcommmunity