John Leguizamo put it best, "I'm a Mets fan, I know what it means to love unconditionally and get nothing in return." #kidlitchat

Sorry, flaked out. Watched my #Mets choke on it again. Back to rewriting/revisions. #kidlitchat

I wrote a piece for something larger that I don't know what it is yet based on one such conversation. I'm leaning into it being some kind of take/parody of "teens save the world" kind of story. (Think The Rest of Us Just LIve Here) #kidlitchat

I've gotten to be pretty subtle. I don't try to copy word for word, I'm just trying to get a vibe. #kidlitchat

I pay so much attention to the way my students speak and the way my actual kids speak with each other. That helps. I'll scratch things in my notebook sometimes when I hear good snippets. #kidlitchat

I teach upper grade high and college level courses so it's a slightly different audience! #kidlitchat

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#kidlitchat

It's ALL writing anyway. Planning, talking about the work, drafting, revising, rewriting...all of it. #kidlitchat

Ha! I used to joke with my students that if they used the expression sloppy copy somewhere a puppy is kidnapped. (This was high school!) #kidlitchat

I've been on a space kick lately. #kidlitchat

And I had to get a snack… #kidlitchat

BRB...have to give the dogs medicine. #kidlitchat

I am a firm believer in the "shower epiphany!" #kidlitchat

This is why I stopped counting words to measure productivity and switched to hours spent! #kidlitchat

I try to take at least a month, longer if I can, but it all depends. #kidlitchat

Read outside the genre. Read a craft book and take a new approach when it's time. When is it time? I don't know. #kidlitchat

Take a break. Put it in a drawer. A waterproof contain at the bottom of a lake. Launch it into space. Send it on a trip to Tattooine. Just get away from it! #kidlitchat

It always amazes me how unprepared and willfully ignorant some people are about the publishing industry. I mean the basic questions they ask is jarring and baffling!

I 100% believe this to be true. This goes back to preinternet rumor mongering!!!

After last night’s 10pm rejection that couldn’t wait until they got into the office this morning and a closed/ no response after 8 weeks, I officially have no agent queries out in the world.

Today, he was asking about where I get character names from and I didn’t have a good answer for him. I told him they just come to me and then we tried working it out. I’m not sure if I helped but it was fun.

At the end of last summer my 13 year old son announced his intent to write a novel about a lacrosse player. It didn’t get far but it was fun talking about it with him. I made sure not to push him. He found the notebook today & started talking about it again.

The new ribs didn't come out as well as a I'd like. I'll get them right the next time.

It was honestly an epiphany I had years ago when I had an agent. I said that and he was like “yes, perfect, that’s genius.”

I always appreciated more beefy depictions of Supes.

Trying a new preparation on my famous ribs.I have trepidations.

I can VIVIDLY remember when these came out and me pitching my mom DURING the homily at Sunday mass to take me to Caldor to get one.

Normally, I'm something of a Pollyanna but it feels like it might be time to stick a fork in the 2026 Mets season.

@skybound.bsky.social Is there anyway to just order the G.I. Joe Order of Battle books?

This is a book about the creation of Batman: The Animated Series and I'm just hearing about it? This show was so formative to me! I'm all in.