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Illustration postcard. Art features a parent and child hanging up laundry on a clothesline. The parent has short black hair, brown eyes, and a smiling face with a visible dimple, is wearing a long purple sweater over flower-print leggings, with yellow drop earrings, and is visibly pregnant. The child (who is standing on an overturned laundry basket to reach the clothesline!) has short unruly black hair and brown eyes, and is wearing a yellow striped long-sleeved shirt, jeans with a visible pocket, and black shoes. A full basket of laundry sits between them, and they each are reaching up to handle separate laundry items (putting up or taking down is unclear!) The clothesline holds (from left to right) a blue towel, two white socks, a purple pair of pants, a patterned pair of kids' leggings, a striped red shirt, and a grayish towel. In the background is a blue sky and grass. Scratchy blue outlines punctuate the art to suggest a breeze, and maybe some whimsy?

Overlaid text says Author + Illustrator Elizabeth Metz, www.elizabeth-metz.com.

Illustration postcard. Art features a parent and child hanging up laundry on a clothesline. The parent has short black hair, brown eyes, and a smiling face with a visible dimple, is wearing a long purple sweater over flower-print leggings, with yellow drop earrings, and is visibly pregnant. The child (who is standing on an overturned laundry basket to reach the clothesline!) has short unruly black hair and brown eyes, and is wearing a yellow striped long-sleeved shirt, jeans with a visible pocket, and black shoes. A full basket of laundry sits between them, and they each are reaching up to handle separate laundry items (putting up or taking down is unclear!) The clothesline holds (from left to right) a blue towel, two white socks, a purple pair of pants, a patterned pair of kids' leggings, a striped red shirt, and a grayish towel. In the background is a blue sky and grass. Scratchy blue outlines punctuate the art to suggest a breeze, and maybe some whimsy? Overlaid text says Author + Illustrator Elizabeth Metz, www.elizabeth-metz.com.

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Both Earth Day and National Laundry Day are in April, so let's celebrate with a clothesline collaboration!

I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and our gorgeous planet.

More 🎨: elizabeth-metz.com.

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A book cover. There is a green door that is open. On the door is a Christmas wreath hanging. There is a magical golden sparkle going from the open door to the outside. The world beyond the door is a winter / snowy scene of Glasgow at night. There is a witch flying on  a broom and a UFO in the sky.

A book cover. There is a green door that is open. On the door is a Christmas wreath hanging. There is a magical golden sparkle going from the open door to the outside. The world beyond the door is a winter / snowy scene of Glasgow at night. There is a witch flying on a broom and a UFO in the sky.

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#freebooks #writer #fantasybooks #booksky #readanebookweek #readersky #bookreviewer #unagented #querying #arc💙📚 🧙‍♀️

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Logline, yo! 👀

"In a world where graffiti is more than just art – it’s magic – an unskilled outcast sets out on a quest with two powerful teen graffiti mages to protect their homeland from dark forces while discovering their true artistic potential."

#makecomics #kidlit #unagented #kidscomics

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Vaughan Duck Illustrator

Hello! 👋 My name is Vaughan, and I'm a children's book illustrator based in Canberra 🇦🇺, Australia. I like drawing pictures that make kids giggle. 🤣
You can check out more of my work at:
🌐 www.vaughanduck.com
📚 Seeking representation.

#kidlitart #picturebookillustrator #illustration #unagented

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Illustration postcard. Art features three kids enjoying a pizza party. The first kid is a Black boy with dark hair, curly on top, and a fuzzy green sweater, biting into a slice. The second is a girl with light skin and straight black hair with bangs, wearing a blue striped t-shirt and jeans. Her head is tipped back, her eyes closed, and she's holding a slice of pizza above her, pointed toward her open mouth. The third is a girl with pink skin, a blonde side bubble braid, and a yellow sweater with a white collar. Her slice of pizza is sitting on a plate on the table. She holds her hands in the air while pulling a long bite of stringy cheese, stretching straight from the plate with just her mouth. On the gray table between the three sits a big old pizza pie with mushrooms and jalapeños, a few slices missing. Overlaid text says Author + Illustrator Elizabeth Metz, www.elizabeth-metz.com.

Illustration postcard. Art features three kids enjoying a pizza party. The first kid is a Black boy with dark hair, curly on top, and a fuzzy green sweater, biting into a slice. The second is a girl with light skin and straight black hair with bangs, wearing a blue striped t-shirt and jeans. Her head is tipped back, her eyes closed, and she's holding a slice of pizza above her, pointed toward her open mouth. The third is a girl with pink skin, a blonde side bubble braid, and a yellow sweater with a white collar. Her slice of pizza is sitting on a plate on the table. She holds her hands in the air while pulling a long bite of stringy cheese, stretching straight from the plate with just her mouth. On the gray table between the three sits a big old pizza pie with mushrooms and jalapeños, a few slices missing. Overlaid text says Author + Illustrator Elizabeth Metz, www.elizabeth-metz.com.

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and PIZZA.

My go-to order is mushroom, pineapple, jalapeño. When I'm cooking, it's mushroom, basil, red pepper flakes. What's yours?

elizabeth-metz.com.

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Reminder for Featured Author Friday

If you’d like to be considered, please DM your work or recommend an emerging author.
Otherwise, I curate independently

Poetry.
Excerpts.
Short stories.

#FeaturedAuthor #AuthorDiscovery #WritingCommunity #Booksky #AmWriting #Unagented #IndieAuthors #DebutWriters

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#AuthorDiscovery
#Booksky
#WritingCommunity
#AmWriting
#WritersOfBluesky
#IndieAuthors
#Unagented
#DebutWriters
#EmergingWriters
#WritingProcess
#PoetryCommunity
#PoetsOfBluesky
#FlashFiction
#ShortStories

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An illustration postcard. Art depicts two red-headed boys, twins probably, both wearing jeans, black high top sneakers, and a green striped t-shirt. They've just made paper snowflakes-- scissors and paper scraps and a stack of fresh white paper sits at their feet, and a half dozen snowflakes are already up on their window (flanked by bluish gray curtains) as it looks out on a hazy cityscape. The two boys are each holding up a new snowflake to the window to hang next.

Text below the art says "Author + illustrator Elizabeth Metz. www.elizabeth-metz.com."

An illustration postcard. Art depicts two red-headed boys, twins probably, both wearing jeans, black high top sneakers, and a green striped t-shirt. They've just made paper snowflakes-- scissors and paper scraps and a stack of fresh white paper sits at their feet, and a half dozen snowflakes are already up on their window (flanked by bluish gray curtains) as it looks out on a hazy cityscape. The two boys are each holding up a new snowflake to the window to hang next. Text below the art says "Author + illustrator Elizabeth Metz. www.elizabeth-metz.com."

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Dark times (literal and metaphorical) are great times to make something with your hands, don't you agree? ❄️✂️

I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and a good project.

More 🎨: elizabeth-metz.com.

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Notebook, woth a bronze metallic cover. There is an embossed phoenix on the cover with a blue crystal in its chest.

Notebook, woth a bronze metallic cover. There is an embossed phoenix on the cover with a blue crystal in its chest.

First draft done. It's all out of my head. Its wild and funny. Now all I need to do is three rounds of read throughs, rewrites etc and then it'll be ready for querying. Wish me luck. 🤞 💙📚

#unagented #querying2026 #fantasywriter

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An illustration promo postcard, featuring a limited palette throughout: silvery blues and dusty pinks, overlaid with dark blue sketchy lines. An image at the top features a girl in a striped turtleneck with a bob haircut shivering and hugging herself while looking out into a dark snowy night. Overlaid hand-written text says "Chilly." Bottom image features the same girl now chowing down on a Cincinnati chili three-way (noodles, chili, and cheddar cheese). Overlaid text says "Chili" with a smiley face emoji. In the bottom right, additional text notes "author + illustrator Elizabeth Metz, www.elizabeth-metz.com."

An illustration promo postcard, featuring a limited palette throughout: silvery blues and dusty pinks, overlaid with dark blue sketchy lines. An image at the top features a girl in a striped turtleneck with a bob haircut shivering and hugging herself while looking out into a dark snowy night. Overlaid hand-written text says "Chilly." Bottom image features the same girl now chowing down on a Cincinnati chili three-way (noodles, chili, and cheddar cheese). Overlaid text says "Chili" with a smiley face emoji. In the bottom right, additional text notes "author + illustrator Elizabeth Metz, www.elizabeth-metz.com."

Happy last #KidLitArtPostcard day of 2025! For this snowy Ohio December, please enjoy a punny lil sketch pair.

I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and Cincinnati chili (...but I prefer coneys!)

🎨: www.elizabeth-metz.com

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Here's a #ChristmasCard question (and a #painting) for #BookPublishers & #MovieProducers: If they get Christmas cards from aspiring #Authors & #Screenwriters, I wonder if they return them as #Unagented & #UnsolicitedMaterials? You can see some more of my #art at www.barrows.com/gallery.html

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"It was Unagented and Unsolicited Material that could have made us a Fortune" "It was Unagented and Unsolicited Material that could have made us a Fortune". This is about a poem that will strike a chord with all kinds of writers, poets, inventors, publishers, producers and busi...

For November: In celebration of #NationalNovelWritingMonth (#NaNoWriMo)…and for #Writers everywhere…
Here is a link where you can see a #poem I wrote about
#unsolicited and #unagented material. The poem is called “The Publisher’s and Producer’s Lament.”
You can see it at www.prlog.org/12930337

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An illustration postcard! Pastel-like artwork depicts a crazed chicken running across a road... just barely dodging a puzzle-looking piece of the sky, crash-landing just behind them. Hand written text asks "Why did the chicken cross the road?" and "Because!" with an arrow poitning at the puzzle piece. 

Text at the bottom notes "Author + illustrator Elizabeth Metz, www.elizabeth-metz.com."

An illustration postcard! Pastel-like artwork depicts a crazed chicken running across a road... just barely dodging a puzzle-looking piece of the sky, crash-landing just behind them. Hand written text asks "Why did the chicken cross the road?" and "Because!" with an arrow poitning at the puzzle piece. Text at the bottom notes "Author + illustrator Elizabeth Metz, www.elizabeth-metz.com."

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard! As we turn back the clock and face down winter, now is the time for satisfying answers to age-old questions, no?

I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and chickens. More 🎨: elizabeth-metz.com.

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Illustration postcard: In the top panel, a dark sky featuring a shadowed moon in the shape of a baseball. In the lower, larger panel a shimmery ghost wearing a red baseball cap and a red jersey (jersey bears the name Runner and the number 1, hat bears a wishbone-G) floats desperately toward second base.

Overlaid text says "Author + illustrator Elizabeth Metz. www.elizabeth-metz.com."

Illustration postcard: In the top panel, a dark sky featuring a shadowed moon in the shape of a baseball. In the lower, larger panel a shimmery ghost wearing a red baseball cap and a red jersey (jersey bears the name Runner and the number 1, hat bears a wishbone-G) floats desperately toward second base. Overlaid text says "Author + illustrator Elizabeth Metz. www.elizabeth-metz.com."

Hi there! My October #KidLitArtPostcard celebrates the MLB postseason* and ghost story season.

I'm an #unagented author-illustrator seeking representation. I ❤️ colorful textural art, funny stories for kids, and all things baseball. You can see more 🎨 at elizabeth-metz.com.

*but RIP my Reds 😥

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A wonderful opportunity for unagented authors of longform fiction
#writingcompetitions #fictionwriters #unagented #hilarymantel

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70+ Book Publishers You Can Submit To Without An Agent — Nadine Bells

Want to publish without an agent?
Nadine Bells has a killer list: 70+ publishers accepting unagented subs across genres.
tinyurl.com/589vuk6z

Also, I share FREE tips in my Writing Mentor newsletter + the query letter that got me 3 agent offers. Link in bio.
#WritingCommunity #Unagented #QueryTips

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#Booksky 💙📚
#Romancelandia

Find out what REALLY happened to the king and the queen of the prom...

#Playlistpitch of all the #BillyJoel songs that inspired this book: bit.ly/4f3j9MR

#IndiePubbed
#Published
Book link here: bit.ly/3GmIYdQ

#Unagented but looking, and #AmQuerying future works

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They started to fight when the money got tight and they just didn't count on the tears... Italian restaurant table with 3D book cover of T. Torrest's A WAY TO GET BY and a Polaroid picture of Brenda and Eddie

They started to fight when the money got tight and they just didn't count on the tears... Italian restaurant table with 3D book cover of T. Torrest's A WAY TO GET BY and a Polaroid picture of Brenda and Eddie

𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘭.
𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘹.
𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺.

A WAY TO GET BY is an effed-up romance spanning 1969-1985 starring Brenda & Eddie from #BillyJoel 's "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."

Soundtrack: bit.ly/44FVJYN

#PlaylistPitch
#A #NA #WF #ROM
#P but #unagented and #Q

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We can’t wait to see all of your pitches in 1 week! 7/11/25 join us for #PlaylistPitch #writingcommunity #amquerying #amwriting #agents #editors #kidlit #adultfiction #books #NF #agented #unagented

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I didn’t have time to make anything for #unhingedpit today but @ agents/editors I know you’ll love my MS, THE BLOOD OF A DIVINE, if you’re a fan of Penny Dreadful, Castlevania, & Greek mythology reimaginings 🦇♥️
#amquerying #unagented

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Where are my fellow writers of fantasy at? I'd love to follow you and help support your journey. I've recently come back into the world of writing after taking a 13 year hiatus and would love to reconnect with y'all.

#writer #unagented #romantasy #fantasy #novel #writer

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Working on a new PB story that stems from our move from London to LA told through the eyes of a boy. On draft 3 so far, as I strengthen the arc and his emotional journey. #amwriting #picturebooks #unagented #amquerying #kidlit #childrensbooks

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Currently waiting on the final proofread of this beauty.
📚💙
🧙‍♀️magic
🌃 urban fantasy
🇬🇧 set in UK
❄️ secret in Antarctic
What's not to love? A bunch of semi-retired gods who are going to save humanity...well maybe...after a shot of Angel share
#unagented #querying #fantasybook
#weeknightwriters

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Here’s a snapshot of my work over the past few years. New voices and rugged characters popping into my head all the time. 😎 chrismullenwrites.com

#authorslife #amwriting #bookshelf #bodyofwork #books #series #unagented #fyp #fulltimewriter #chrismullenwrites

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Oh my word. My lovely little Goblin MC has just been told the BIG SECRET and it's destroyed him! 😭
#writing #KidLit #childrensauthor #unagented #MiddleGrade #WritingCommunity #urbanfantasy

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I’m so stunned! So warmed to have won a consecutive Gold Medal (AND a Bronze!) in the Children Market in the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles! 😍🩷 Thank you to all the judges and to Sila!

#scbwi #sila #kidslitart #kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbook #selfpublishing #unagented

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Illustration featuring two snowmen with scarves, party hats, and dance-y stick arms + the words "Elizabeth Metz" and "www.elizabeth-metz.com."

Illustration featuring two snowmen with scarves, party hats, and dance-y stick arms + the words "Elizabeth Metz" and "www.elizabeth-metz.com."

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day (my first on Bluesky) & happy new year from me and these two snow-party-people.

I'm Elizabeth, an #unagented author-illustrator in Cincinnati (where there's ❄️ on the way!) I love colorful textural art, funny stories, and cozy scarves.

Portfolio: www.elizabeth-metz.com

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Mighty KidLit This site is for authors and illustrators who are passionate about KidLit, and want to improve their creativity! Our goal is to be trendsetters, not followers —a group so revered, editors and agents w...

Hey, #kitlit #author #illustrator #agented #unagented #onsub #querying, come join the MIGHTY KIDLIT platform. It's free and so welcoming and has lots of submission opportunities. Follow my link.

mighty-kidlit.mn.co/share/NtB6ni...

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Faber launches Action! Prize | Journal, News | Faber Faber launches the Action! Prize in direct response to research from the National Literacy Trust that reveals children’s reading enjoyment is at its lowest level in almost two decades, and that the pr...

Hey #kidlit peeps, did you see this competition? #agented #unagented

www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...

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The all seeing eye is above a battle scene on ice. There is a woman standing watching it all drinking a cup of tea.

The all seeing eye is above a battle scene on ice. There is a woman standing watching it all drinking a cup of tea.

Having fun with cover designs.

The cup of tea is essential when running a secret organisation.

📚💙
#fantasy #fantasybook #writercommunity #unagented #booksky #newauthor #newbook #newnovel

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