Awesome. I'll send it on. Thanks, Melissa!

Thanks for this amazing opportunity! Any interest in a MG non-fiction with an environmental theme?

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

To see if your books were used search here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.

I just sent a letter demanding AI companies remove my works from their training data. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own:
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I just finished Cayenne and it was wonderful!
Congratulations!

Gorgeous! Do they take a lot of time?

Congratulations, Kelly!

Ooh, Q-tip is a good idea! I take mine outdoors for summer so the real bees can visit.

Kristie, I have indoor orange and a lemon trees. The smell of the blossoms are worth it alone. I learned that you'll have a better chance at fruit if you act like an indoor bee and pollinate those flowers using a small paintbrush. (Sometime I even buzz just in case 😂) Good luck!

A great challenge to keep the ideas flowing! I have a few choice ones that I plan to develop. Thanks @taralazar.bsky.social !

I'm sure it will take a lot more time before the no-blurb-required policy is standard.

Why Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint Won’t Require Blurbs Anymore In a decision some might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” new S&S publisher Sean Manning has decided to no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. Here’s why.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

The #SmallPitch submission window opens NOW! It will remain open for 48 hours.

- Submission form: forms.gle/qMfCFYQ4aPaJ...
- Pitch dabatase to see your pitches up live: database.smallpitch.org

Quoted is also a thread with useful info & reminders ⬇️

The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN!

We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!

Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles

Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.

#kidlit

Light blue background. Writing in dark blue: @kidlitForLosAngeles DON'T MISS OUT! A 30-minute virtual Ask Me Anything session with LK Literary owner/agent Lori Kilkelly. Circular headshot of Lori with hair pulled back, in a gold top, on the right. Illustration of a bear in an orange safety vest and orange hardhat carrying paintbrush, pen, and pencil, with palm trees, mountains, and the writing: Kid Lit for Los Angeles (in cursive!) in the background. A link to the auction: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles along the bottom in a blue bar.

Hey everyone! I'm Children's/YA Lit Agent Lori Kilkelly. I donated an 'Ask Me Anything' to the kidlit fire relief auction and would love to chat with you! Bidding is this week: fwww.32auctions.com/organizations/125931/auc...
#kitlitforlosangeles

New here. Trying to figure out how to turn DM on 🤔

Here’s the email receipt.

Thank you, Kelly, for this heartfelt effort. Here’s my donation receipt.

Such an important an timely post.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Unconventional Children’s Books Some books today could easily be called

Day 17: 31 Days, 31 Books - Unconventional Children's Books. Some books today could easily be called "weird" but you're also going to see a number of titles that upset our conceptions of what a children's book published in America can even be. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/17/3...

The inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival was so much fun and a huge success! Many thanks to @pragmaticmom.bsky.social
@davidakelly.bsky.social
@jeanstehle.bsky.social and
@Newtonvillebooks.bsk.social for all of the hard work and planning.

#KidLit
#childrensbooks

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Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi

You are not alone, by far. 💙“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear.” - Toni Morrison. #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #artists #fight #lgbtqrights #womensrights #kindness #tolerance #freedom

For anyone in the Boston area, I invite you to come to the inaugural Newton Children's Book Festival on December 14, 2024, 10am-2pm. Come say hello!

So glad to be here in this new space. Looking forward to connecting with the good kind humans I know exist.