Corey King

Writing #picturebooks is like assembling IKEA furniture: confusing instructions, missing pieces, and a deep sense of accomplishment when it's finally done. #kidlit And inevitably, it needs a good tightening every couple of months! #amwriting #WritingCommunity

@MindyAlyseWeiss Oh my!! I’m not participating, but I’m still so nervous!!! Good luck to everyone :)

The #PBParty contest starts in 24 hours. Wahoooo! Enter between midnight and 8 pm Eastern on March 17. Don't wait until the last minute--there's a lot of info needed & you don't want to risk tech issues - especially with 44+ agents/editors! mindyalyseweiss.com/2026-pbparty-c…

@MindyAlyseWeiss @SraSiqueira1307 Done! After a bit of a break from the train, I hopped on this go around! Thanks, Mindy :)

Check out this awesome post from author @SraSiqueira1307 on Adding Tension and Emotions to Your Manuscript. It's packed with info & helpful examples. mindyalyseweiss.com/add-tension-an…

For the 4 people that’ll see this, I’m trying to be more active over on Instagram. If so inclined, meet me over there. instagram.com/ckinginator?ig…

@joshfunkbooks What a perfect stack to end the summer with! ☀️📚 Thanks for spreading the picture book love—count me in! #kidlit #picturebooks @kidlitcomps

Final Summer #Giveaway! Want to win these 9 picture books (some of which are signed)?⁠ ⁠ To enter: follow, like, & repost and/or comment and tag a friend. Winner selected Saturday! #books #kidlit #picturebooks

@vickyweberbooks The end.

Writers, what’s your favorite line you’ve ever written? Not your book’s strongest line—the one that makes you secretly proud every time you see it. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

My ADHD brain thinks in #picturebook pacing…quick scenes, humor, and surprise endings #kidlit

—Do you think the moon follows us? **Yes. But only because it likes our company. #mglit conversations

@vickyweberbooks Haymitch Abernathy

Which fictional character would you absolutely NEVER let babysit your kids?

Exciting things are happening!! Can't wait to share more :) :) :)

@JenSneedWrites Discouraged? Better days have a way of showing up when we least expect them :) Tomorrow will be better…if not, the next day. You’ve made it through every hard day so far!!

I'm tired and discouraged. I hold hope that tomorrow will be better. I hope it for you too.

Some of my #picturebooks have gone through over 20 revisions. #kidlit writers, do you keep ALL your revisions? Or do you scrap some of the early versions??

What makes you put down a book before you even finish the first page??

Does anyone have trouble being creative with your writing while feeling under the weather? I’m finding it very difficult to create anything with any complexity…even on a #mglit level. It surprises me that I need my whole brain to write a book for an 8 year old! #kidlit

Wrote zero words last night. Wrote several in my head and my phone though. My wife had a colonoscopy, and I’m packing to move…sometimes things happen that move up the priority list. I’ll write double tomorrow. 4,000–here I come! #kidlit #middlegradefiction

I wrote 2,000 words last night, hitting my daily goal. I’m trying to stop in the middle of an action sequence so it’s always easy to pick it up the next day and keep going. That’s actually helping a lot! #kidlit friends, you should definitely try this!! Game changer!!

I just went through old, DEAD #picturebooks and focused on number 3. I feel fantastic about my revisions!!

Every big decision we make shifts the course of our lives. Some choices were hard, but they brought us here to where we are today—so it’s tough to call them regrets. What about you—any major life decisions in the past 10-20 years you wish you could change? I'm not sure I would...

Lots of reading ahead!!

Here’s a student request that turned out to be super popular in the school library. It’s the perfect fiction story for non-fiction science and space enthusiasts who are reluctant to venture into narrative formats. A ROVER’S STORY by Jasmine Warga #middlegrade #booklover

It's a thumbs-up to @baldambitions's Zak Monroe is (not) My Friend from the lovely folk at Hull SLS💚 If you know someone starting secondary school, get a copy of this reassuring middle grade book to ease their nerves: bit.ly/3IRBHU6. #middlegrade #schooltransition