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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

On a social media break. I'd say to find me through my website, but I don't imagine you will, LOL, but do if you want to!

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

My new puppy is the exact right size for American Girl bonnets.

A small brown dog with soulful eyes wearing a red checkered doll bonnet.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Want to improve your rhyming picture book? Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and I are teaching an online webinar "From Forced to Verse" for Boyds Mills September 15 and 17. We dig pretty deep and it's a lot of fun. Come check it out

Photographs of a dark-haired woman in a yellow top (Sudipta) and a woman in a green dress. Text is the same as the post: Rhyming Picture Book webinar through Boyds Mills on September 15 and 17

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”

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‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Two fabulous Zoom events today: 1) SCBWI state of children's publishing webinar from Deborah Halverson and 2) a Whale Rock Workshop on psychic distance from Deborah Noyes. Both were outstanding.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Got an email today offering to connect me with an agent so that I can sell books to Big 5 publishers and maybe even to Hollywood. I don't think they did their research.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Hey Charlottesville book people, I'm doing the B&N summer reading kickoff tomorrow (6/20) at 1 pm. Bring your little ones for books, crafts, and activities!

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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 19/06/2026

On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger delivered an order to finally enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing 250,000 enslaved Black Texans. 22 years after Juneteenth, on Aug. 15, 1887, that former slaves founded Eatonville – "the Town the Freedom Built.” Happy Juneteenth!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Black soldiers fought for their own freedom in the Civil War and played a pivotal role in freeing the enslaved people of Texas on Juneteenth. Learn more by reading this National Geographic article. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Charlottesville Barnes and Noble invited me to be their guest at a summer reading event on Saturday, June 20, at 1 p.m. I'll read VAMPIRINA BALLERINA and other books; and there'll be crafts and dancing and fun! Come on out!

A book cover of Vampirina Ballerina written by Anne Marie Pace and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. A young vampire in a black tutu and cape dances an arabesque between some tombstones, with bats flying around her.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

After 39 years of being afraid to fly, I flew to LA for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It was GREAT. I loved it. Now where will I go next???

Blue sky and blue Pacific Ocean over Long Beach, California, from the window of an airplane.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Recommended! Great prose, great story, very thoughtful. 2025 Newbery Honor winner. THE UNDEAD FOX OF DEADWOOD FOREST by Aubrey Hartman.

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The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest - Wikipedia

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Not sure I can get to 10 without veering into classical: The Police 2x The Go-gos 3x U2 Billy Joel Bruce Hornsby and the Range Journey Genesis Toto Flock of Seagulls INXS Muse I did it! Some of those were opening acts, but I'm counting them.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The world is hard, but my tea is perfect.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

And if you want to write middle grade, read read read Sara Pennypacker.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Last night, my agent got a scam email about me, asking if I would like to be featured in a book club. Authors have been getting these for months, but this is the first time I’ve heard of an agent getting one on behalf of a client.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I received a new scam email attempt today—supposedly from a Simon and Schuster editor. A real Simon and Schuster editor would know that I already have a Simon and Schuster editor.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! Let's celebrate the wacky and wonderful and whimsical worlds that illustrators create for readers!

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Jessica Day George @jessdaygeorge.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

So now on top of everything else, I have to worry that the guy who wrote President Taft is Stuck in the Bath thinks my books are "crud."

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Jessica Amlee as Mallory in Heartland: Sinking Ship

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Last week: pb revision to agent who sent to editors. Today: work-for-hire revision to editors (should be the end). This week: I get to start something new and fun. Publishing may be a mess, but I keep trying.

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 03/05/2026

“Sold” by Patricia McCormick tells the fictional story of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl sold into sexual slavery to help pay off her stepfather’s debts. Her story is told in a series of vignettes, deliberately fractured to mirror her life itself. www.ms.now/ali-velshi/w...

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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Sold’ by Patricia McCormick

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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I HAVE TWO JOBS: 1. Calm my humans when they stressed. 2. Stress my humans when they are calm. #Caturday.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Went to one of my fave indie bookstores and then strawberry picking. Definitely filled the well for the day.

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ALT: a bunch of strawberries are growing on a vine

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

And during your break, which you are taking to regain strength, it's okay to forgive yourself for not posting the Correct Response on social media to every bit of news that slips through. You'll soon be back to fight again.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

In one way, I don't want a 10-1 Virginia because I know that doesn't reflect reality of how Virginians break out politically. But we couldn't stay idle either. I'll keep hoping that after the census we'll be in a place where we can return to normalcy.

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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

"This is an important thing to think about."

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/04/2026

If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than: Tesla Southwest Disney Live Nation HP United PayPal CVS Health Palantir Citigroup PG&E 3M That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax. It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I left the Roman Catholic Church 16 years ago after 44 years of pretty devout practice. I am NOT going back. But I do like this pope and I'm enjoying watching him stand up and speak his truth.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Terrified for the Iranian people. I have a children's writer friend who lives in Tehran. He has been privately posting daily updates on FB, and all I can think of is waking up one morning and he hasn't posted.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 07/04/2026

Meanwhile, on Earth, the president of the United States posts: “A whole civilization will die tonight.”

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We can afford anything we want to pay for. We don't have universal healthcare because Americans with too much money don't want it.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I wish I had a banana for my yogurt. That is my deep thought of the night.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

No, we don't. Give me Rosie the Robot Maid to do the dishes so I have more time to write.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I was having a LOT of anxiety this morning and changed my mind about attending NO KINGS. And then my 88 year old mom called and said she was going. If she could go, I could go. So I did. No pictures, but lots of singing!

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Helluva Good French Onion is the bomb. Too bad so much had to be thrown out.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Off to teach a class on The Nuts and Bolts of Children's Publishing with Hannah Barnaby. I love teaching and I love teaching with Hannah, so this should be fun.

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

And can I point out that a LOT of Christian denominations do not believe in this claptrap (e.g. dispensational premillennialism)—though those who do sure are loud. THE LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH and LEFT BEHIND are not Scripture.

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LizRiceWrites @lizricewrites.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.” ― Richard Bach

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Sent a new manuscript to my agent! YAY ME! Makes for a magnificent Monday!

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

And school visits have dwindled to nothing, and beginners who might have taken your writing classes are just resorting to AI, and and and

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 18/02/2026

This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades. It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 17/02/2026

Happy #BookBirthday to my friend @heidieys.bsky.social, whose THE SNOWY OWL RESCUE: Raptor Recovery with illustrator Natasha Donovan launches today from @charlesbridge.bsky.social! #BirdSky #KidLit #EduSky #LibrarySky

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Sarah McCartney @sarahmccartney.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

They don't seem to understand that some of us were taught to write well, and check for mistakes before publishing. I Of course they don't, because they have no sense of understanding.

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Yiannis @yiannisbab.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?

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