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Join the FREE #12x12PB Book Chat with Penny Parker Klostermann, author of THE SPIDER LADY: NAN SONGER AND HER ARACHNID WORLD WAR II ARMY!
📅 April 23 at 8pm ET/5pm PT
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🎉 Congrats to @laurabower.bsky.social on signing with her agent, @cgossagent.bsky.social of FinePrint Literary Management!
Her reflection:
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⏳ Time is running out!
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CLASS STARTS TONIGHT! Panel by Panel: How to Write #GraphicNovels (Even If You Can’t Draw!) is a six-week, LIVE, writer-focused course that demystifies graphic novels, giving you the tools to write visually compelling stories kids!
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1 DAY LEFT TO JOIN: Panel by Panel: How to Write Graphic Novels (Even If You Can’t Draw!) is a LIVE writer-focused course by Marcie Colleen to give you the tools to write visually compelling stories for kids: 12x12challenge.com/gn
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✨ 12x12 celebrates National Library Week! ✨
📚 A LOVE LETTER TO MY LIBRARY by @lisakatzenberger.bsky.social
📚 THE CAMEL LIBRARY by @marziehabbas.bsky.social
📚 SO YOU WANT TO BUILD A LIBRARY
Celebrating stories — and the librarians who bring them to readers. ❤️📚
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Class starts in 2 DAYS! Sign up for Panel by Panel: How to Write #GraphicNovels (Even If You Can’t Draw!) This 6-week, LIVE, writer-focused course breaks down the building blocks of graphic storytelling! Join now: 12x12challenge.com/gn
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Poetry and Picture Books go together like PB&J! Discover how to make this winning combo work for you with our free download!
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ME: What's the fastest-growing #kidlit genre?
YOU: There's a "growing" kidlit genre?
ME: Graphic novel sales DOUBLED in the last 5 years!
YOU: I can't even draw...
ME: Check out Marcie Colleen's Panel by Panel: How to Write #GraphicNovels (Even If You Can’t Draw!): 12x12challenge.com/gn
“This is a safe place where you can meet other writers and illustrators and learn from writers, agents and editors.” 💛
Sheri Radovich on the #12x12PB community — a space to connect, learn, and grow. 📚
NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Michelle Cusolito generously shares her process, where her ideas have come from, and how she follows the muse—even when she’s on deadline for a different project. ;-)
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How do you write a #graphicnovel if you can't draw? Marcie Colleen is here to show you how in this LIVE 6-week course! It's time to start writing your own comics: 12x12challenge.com/gn
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Can poetry be used to write nonfiction picture books? You bet it can! Lisa Rogers shares how using poetry to write biographies is a natural fit in this episode of the 12 x 12 Picture Book Podcast!
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⏳ What makes a #picturebook feel good to read aloud?
It’s rhythm. It’s flow. It’s poetry.
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Upcoming #12x12PB members-only webinar!
Join us on April 21 at 3pm ET/12pm PT for “How to Set Up and Sustain a Successful Agent/Author Relationship” with Rachel Orr, @tashahilderman.bsky.social, and @suzylevinson.bsky.social.
Replay available for members!
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🎉 Congratulations to #12x12PB member, Rina Singh for her book birthday! 🎉
📚 LET'S EAT by illustrated by Flo Leung, published by Orca Book Publishers is out now.
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It's National Poetry Month! Could poetry be the key to unlocking great picture books?
Find out with the 12 x 12 Poetry Playbook for PB Writers!
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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social! 🎉
📚 IF PETS WROTE POEMS illustrated by Sandie Sonke, published by Gnome Road Publishing is now available.
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If you've ever considered writing a #graphicnovel for young readers, join us for a brand-new 6-week course Marcie Colleen - Panel by Panel: How to Write Graphic Novels (Even If You Can't Draw!)
Live classes begin 4/20! 12x12challenge.com/gn
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Behind every published book is a story you don’t always see. 📚
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Author & poet Renee LaTulippe shares why she's passionate about #poetry and how that shows up no matter what she's writing. Discover insight from the #picturebook community's favorite lyrical teacher on the 12 x 12 Picture Book #Podcast!
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Spring check-in!
Where are you in your writing right now?
🌸 Starting something new
🌿 Revising
🌼 Resting
🌱 Getting back into it
Tell us! 👇
FREE Book Chat on April 23 at 8pm ET/5pm PT!
Join #12x12PB author Penny Parker Klostermann as she shares how her #picturebook 📚 THE SPIDER LADY: NAN SONGER AND HER ARACHNID WORLD WAR II ARMY went from idea to bookshelf.
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12x12 celebrates National Poetry Month! ✨
📚 IF PETS WROTE POEMS by S.J. Johnston Taylor
📚 UP, UP HIGH by @lydialukidis.bsky.social
📚 CLIMBING THE VOLCANO illustrated by Jennifer K. Mann
Celebrating poetry in picture books. 💛
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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @ariadelsole.bsky.social! 🎉
📚 AT THE COOKOUT illustrated by the author, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers / Penguin is available now.
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🎉 Yay! We're celebrating #12x12PB member, @artbyann.bsky.social for her book birthday! 🎉
📚 BLAZING HUMOR: MEL BROOKS IS SERIOUSLY FUNNY illustrated by Jason Kirschner, published by Intergalactic Afikoman is available now.
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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @juliegonzalez.bsky.social! 🎉
📚 DON'T SPLASH GRANDPA! illustrated by @srinidhidraws.bsky.social, published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky is officially out now!
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🎉 Congrats to @yashikamwriting.bsky.social on signing with her agent, @karlydizon.bsky.social of @fuseliterary.bsky.social!
Her advice:
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⏳ Can poetry bring your #picturebook to life? ✍️
Learn how rhythm and poetic devices elevate storytelling with Margarita Engle.
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