REMINDER! SCBWI Artober starts TOMORROW. Post your work using the hashtag #scbwiArtober2024, so other people will find you and you can find them! If you participate in the prompt, feel free to tag us so we can see all the fun things you create! :) #kidlit #scbwi www.scbwi.org/artober

We’re considering going ahead with a picture book pitch event in a few weeks, on Wednesday 10/23 - I hope everyone can craft a good pitch by then! More info at boringstorybook.com/skypitch #skypitch #kidlit #picturebooks

Advice from my mentor Patricia Smith: if I have writer’s block with a poem, I write a short story instead. Trouble with an essay? Write a haiku or a story! If you don’t like what’s over to the left, swerve right. Up is scary? No big deal. Go down, baby.