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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Great to be back! Thanks @gregpincus.bsky.social. I loved spending time with you all. Enjoy your week, and write wonderful stories (using whatever method or structure you prefer). 😉 💓 #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Ha. I get that. Maybe we should tag in, tag out like wrestlers. 😉

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Definitely. They're truly brilliant, sort of unheralded in the realm of story development. They remind me of the classic writers of short stories and radio dramas, endlessly pumping out new scripts and the quality is always better than it has any right to be. #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It really is. The interactive and systemic elements make it a completely different endeavor, and it's really refreshing when you're sick of writing your book. 😆 #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

OMG, action scenes are the most pain to write. So meticulous and labor intensive. 😆 I prefer really exciting dialogue scenes. Same as action, right? #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

That's definitely a key part of my process, sort of an overlapping tool I use in my own and work and in my day job. Those materials were so formative for me in childhood. 😉 #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I remember those from when I worked at B&N! 😮

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

We do a lot of that in game development too, mapping out story beats and how we match them up with game systems and features. #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

You should totally write that Campbell picture book, BTW. #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I had a blast writing Spellbinders: Break the Game, which is a humorous deconstruction of the Hero's Journey. The protagonist misinterprets a similar book as a self-help guide and tries to follow it to become a hero. It does not go well. 😆 #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

So true. My characters always send me packing after a first pass, and I'm just sitting shotgun for the rest of the story. #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

God luck get your connection back! 🤞 #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Now I need to look up Seven Plot Point outlines. 😆 #kidlitchat

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Oh, interesting. I totally forgot about the STC. Sounds like it was a good place to start to help you reach your own process. 😄 #kidlitchat

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Layne Johnson | Children’s Author - Is Querying @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The government shutdown is over, but food needs remain. Please support your local food bank. #writersagainsthunger #kidlitchat #writingcommunity

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It's almost always an organic process of discovery, starting with completing a first draft. I almost never go in knowing what I plan to do. The structure grows out of the fallout of Draft 1. #kidlitchat

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Bonnie Adamson @bonnieadamson.com · 19/11/2025

Everybody ready? Got your snacks/desert/beverage of choice? Good! Because it's almost time for #kidlitchat. 9E/6P ON THE DOT. We'll be expecting you!

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

At the end of this year’s Books by the Banks, a visitor dropped by the author tables to give each of us a unique 3D-printed cat from the collection she carries. She gives them out to brighten peoples’ day. I signed a book for her son. My inscription? “Listen to your mother.” ❤️😻📚

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Thanks to Ashley Aya Ferguson for coordinating our panel at Books by the Banks this weekend in Cincinnati. Loved meeting and sharing stories with Mary Kay Carson, @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and Kristy High. Great festival. ❤️ #booksbythebanks #bookfests #bookfestivals #cincinnatibooks

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Kind of amazing to be at a book fest in another state and have fans of your series come in to buy the latest installment. 🥰 Thanks, goobers. ❤️ U! 😭⚔️

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Love that neighborhood. Jealous. 😍

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Let's go, #readers! I'll be signing and speaking this weekend at Books by the Banks in #Cincinnati. Bring the whole family (and the goblins too)! 👺 Hope to see you there. ❤️ booksbythebanks.org #bookevents #bookfestivals #bookfest #bookfair #ohiobooks #authors

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

It was great to meet you at BBF! Sad I didn’t get a chance to come by again and chat. Hopefully we’ll see each other again soon. ❤️

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

They panic about fertility rates, say families need to be having more children, then they starve the kids and ensure health insurance is impossible to afford. Plus all the other things that would dissuade people from having kids: houses impossible to buy, diminishing middle class, ICE everywhere.

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

If you’re in the #cincinnati area next weekend, check out Books by the Banks. I’ll be there to chat books and games with readers. Hope to see you! 📚🎉 #libraries #bookfestivals #bookevents

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Halloween letdown is real. (Also, these have become Muppets. No joke.)

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 03/11/2025

Do you have a #KidLit or #YALit book launching this wk? Or do you want to help boost someone else's #PublicationDay #BookBirthday? Reply below with info + link to the post. Only for books launching Nov.3-9, 2025 #2025-Wk45.

Large text reads “KidLit & YA Book Launches Nov. 3-9, 2025.” Smaller text says “Is your book launching this week? Reply to this thread with info and a link to your Bluesky post.” Bottom line reads “Bluesky launch thread 2025-Wk45 created by @debbieohi.com #KidLit #PublicationDay #BookBirthday.” Bright graphic background shows confetti, ribbons, and candies.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

A SSRS/CNN poll showing 61% people think Trump has gone too far using the power of the presidency and 57% think he's gone too far deporting immigrants.

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Always one of my favorite days of the year. 😆 Sign up and join us. ❤️

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I really enjoyed my first Buckeye Book Fair. Thanks to all the families and young readers who came out to chat with me about Spellbinders and their favorite books. I am so grateful for the support. 🥰📚

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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 02/11/2025

Yes, Republicans *want* to starve people, but how many people are aware of that? Just like they’ve used the shutdown as an opportunity to consolidate power in the executive, they’re also using it as a way to kill programs that they can’t vote out.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

There’s so much shared gamer DNA between the Trapped in a Video Game series and Spellbinders, and it was awesome to meet and chat with Dustin Brady at Buckeye Book Fair. Big fan! #middlegradebooks #kidlit #graphicnovelsforkids #kidsbooks #mgbooks #schoollibraries

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This is so awesome! Thank you, @ttrpgkids.com! The second adventure was such a blast to write, and I loved splitting the party to explore their individual journeys. 🥰⚔️🎲 #ttrpg #mgbooks #gaming #kidlit #roleplayinggames

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Loved my visits at the River School and the Landon School this week. We talked about the origins of characters and stories, and had some laughs. Thank you to everybody who participated, and to @politicsprose.bsky.social . It's always so much fun. 🥰 #schoolvisits #authorvisits #kidlit

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Early in my recent writing journey, I returned to social media and found it a bottomless, loud, and often lonely place. @mychal3ts reached out to me with kind words and lifted my spirits. Years later, and by happy accident, I got to thank him in person! ❤️ #VLA2025 #librarians #library📚

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Virginia Library Association @virginialibraries.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We can’t wait to see our favorite SCBWI authors in the exhibit hall and tomorrow at 4 p.m.!

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

It's October, and nothing says autumn coziness like gaming! Young readers who love #tabletop #rpgs #videogames #boardgames, should check out Spellbinders, an illustrated fantasy comedy from @randomhousekids.bsky.social. ⚔️🐉📖 #mgbooks #kidlit #fantasybooks www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/SNH/s...

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Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Tomorrow at #2025VLA! Chat with #SCBWI authors at our booth and stop by our presentation on #authorvisits at #libraries and #schools. See you in Richmond! 😍📖 @scbwi.bsky.social @virginialibraries.bsky.social

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