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Bev Twomey @bevtwomey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Spooky Season! October is here and to celebrate, The Necromancer’s Apprentice is .99 on digital retailers All! Month! Long! Over the Garden Wall meets Howl's Moving Castle in this middle grade fantasy with spooky scary skeletons and cozy small town vibes books2read.com/necromancersapprentice

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Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com · 01/10/2026

Hello #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Brian, author/illustrator represented by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social of @bradfordagents.bsky.social. 🖥️ BrianKirbyStudio.com

Picture book art of two kids with space helmets and jet packs avoiding a vintage-toy looking robot held by a large alien green hand, the chest screen on the robot says “directive: TICKLE CHILDREN”

AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR BRIAN KIRBY

REPRESENTED BY KAILYN SANCHEZ!
VISIT...
BRIAN KIRBYSTUDIO.COM

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Spooky Month 🎃, #kidlitartpostcard ! This year's pic is loosely based on the Wild Hunt at Samhain Charlene Chua, illustrator + author Portfolio - charlenechua.com Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlit #halloween #cats #art

Illustration of a young girl wearing some kind of armor, holding a spear and riding a big black cat. She is accompanied by 3 wolf puppies. In the sky are other adult riders of the Wild Hunt. A large full moon is in the night sky. Autumn leaves swirl about in the foreground.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A friend of mine was super sweet and surprised me with a half birthday cake yesterday! It's "half" of a vegan carrot cake and yet still huge. Delicious!

Half of a tall round cake decorated in white frosting with ruffled white trim, orange writing, and frosted carrot accents. Cake says: Happy half birthday Denise!

Me wearing red glasses and shoving a large bite of carrot cake into my open mouth.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What's the deal with calling like a flannel shirt a shacket now? "Shacket" is ridiculous.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I need an apple crisp STAT. This could be lifesaving. Desserts save lives everyday, you know. Second only to CPR. Dessert CPR, super resuscitating.

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Xhanthi @xhanthi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Watcher in the Woods. I love this new design and had such a good time painting this scene. Landscapes are my favourite thing to paint. I’m sorry but I’m gonna make a lot of these 😅 #art #landscape #painting #autumnvibes

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Got a mystery short story idea that can fit the theme "Extreme Elements" and takes place at least partially in Arizona? Join the Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths now, write your story over the next few months, and submit by January 8th.

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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You have until Wed, Sept 16, 11:59p AZ Time to register for one of these amazing pitch sessions! Don't underestimate the power of a face-to-face w/an agent. Get feedback on your pitch & plant a seed of connection w/a pub pro. #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #WritersofBsky @sincworldwide.bsky.social

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I was an editor on the 11th anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! and I'll be an editor on the upcoming 12th anthology SOWEST: EXTREME ELEMENTS. Cannot wait to read all the mystery/crime short stories!

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When I was in Chicago last week, I also went to The Art Institute. I went once before about 8 years ago. This time, I signed up for a 2 hour tour for the 'highlights'. Here are a few exhibits from the tour.

Blue gray museum wall with large featured painting, and several additional walls with smaller paintings and museum goers in the background.

Featured painting: Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte, 1877.

A French couple in 1870s clothing sharing an umbrella and walking down the Paris street on a gray and rainy day. Additional Parisians also walking in the background.

Featured painting: Indian Orator, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, 1994.

Collage/Mixed Media.

Featured painting: The Room No. VI, Eldzier Cortor, 1948.

A nude woman is surrounded by three other individuals, whose cropped bodies share a single mattress.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Happy Caturday from portrait-mode Sorsha!

A black cat lying on an old brown office chair, head raised looking off to the side of the camera.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Couple photos from Skydeck Chicago. It was a little cloudy up there. The Ledge was terrifying (not pictured). I was fine until I stepped out on it and looked straight down. How does Spider-man do it??

View of Chicago from Skydeck which is the 103rd observation floor of the Willis Tower Building. There were some clouds but they came and went and came back, allowing a few minutes for the view.

Another view of Chicago from Skydeck which is the 103rd observation floor of the Willis Tower Building. This one has a sliver of Lake Michigan.

Some kid at the Ferris Bueller look out with his hand pressed against the window. He captured that energy so I grabbed an anonymous snap. Lots of cloud cover in this view.

Sign text: You are standing where Ferris, Cameron, and Sloane were iconically filmed in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Had a date with Sue (T-Rex) at the Field Museum in Chicago today. We were quite pleased to meet each other. 🦖❤️

Me with the REAL REAL Sue. Smiling woman in purple glasses and black tee standing in front of T-Rex skull with sharp teeth (but missing some teeth) in glass case.

Me with the FAKE Sue. Smiling woman in purple glasses and black tee standing in front of large full T-Rex skeleton (cast, not missing teeth).

Large full upright T-Rex skeleton (cast). Some rando museum goers in the background.

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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Less than 3 weeks to go until the WriteNOW! Conference! We're excited for an insider's look at Justice & Criminology from folks who also have a writer's mindset. The best of both worlds! desertsleuths.com/wn-2026 #AmWriting ##WritingCommunity #MysteryWriters #ThrillerWriters #CrimeWriters

Less than 3 weeks until the WriteNOW! virtual Zoom conference, Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19, 2026. Panel discussions include Justice and Criminology for the Writer’s Eye. More information and registration at https://desertsleuths.com/wn-2026.

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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our annual #DesertSleuths WriteNow! Conference is back! We had such a great time last year, we can't wait to do it again. Sept 18-19, 2026 (Virtual) Register: desertsleuths.com/wn-2026/ #AmWriting #MysteryWriters #ThrillerWriters #CrimeWriters #AmQuerying #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #SINC

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Tori Amos News from Undented @undented.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Tori Amos - Sister Janet with Putting the Damage On with Song of Sorrow Phoenix 8/23/2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy1I...

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Tori Amos - Sister Janet with Putting the Damage On with Song of Sorrow Phoenix 8/23/2026

YouTube video by EZ Dives

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Saw Tori Amos in concert tonight, fantastic as always. Not great photos, but a great set. Felt the goosebumps with Putting the Damage On. Not listed on the set list, Gasoline Girls, which the muses also brought tonight.

Tori Amos playing her piano with purple lighting swirling and some of the audience in the foreground.

Tori Amos centre stage playing her piano with purple and red lighting swirling, the drummer and guitarist on the left, backup singers on the right, and some of the audience in the foreground.

Tori's Phoenix set list with little knick knacks surrounding it; a tiny pitted cactus, beaded lizard keychain, Phoenix magnet showing cacti, a turquoise dream catcher, a black and white polished rock, a red and black polished rock, a Financial Cnter sticker either a cactus making the "rock" hand symbol.

Fire to Your Plain
-hello-
Shush
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In Times of Dragons
Honey
Give
Rattlesnakes
Sister Janet inro Putting the Damage On
Song of Sorrow
Horse with No Name intro Fast Horses
Girl
Sugar

Encore
Body and Soul
Take to the Sky

Not listed, Gasoline Girls which the muses brought tonight.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wishing I was lounging by the ocean too.

Light gray harbor seal sprawled across a rock popping up from the water, napping. Fisherman's Shoreline Park, Monterey, California

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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Learn the five essential ingredients of craft that every story needs to come alive—no matter the genre—and come away with a "blueprint" that will help guide your creative work. The Ring of 5: Power Tools that Drive Every Story w/ Carlene O'Connor #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteNow #SINC

WriteNOW! Conference
Sept 18-19, 2026, VIrtual

CraftNOW! Workshop
The Ring of 5: Power Tools that Drive Every Story featuring Carlene O'Connor

Carlene O'Connor, dubbed "The Queen of Cozies" by Publisher's Weekly is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 30 novels and 8 novellas.

She will share the five essential ingredients every story needs to come alive- no matter the genre. Writers will come away with a blueprint that will help guide every piece of creative work for the rest of their writing life.

WriteNOW! Conference
Pitch Sessions, Craft Workshops, Manuscript Edits. Panels, and Presentations

For more details and to register: DesertSleuths.com/wn-2026

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Got my tix for the WriteNOW! Conference. I've been attending every year since 2016, WOW, 10 years! A small but mighty, budget-friendly virtual conference. Especially love the pitch opportunities & there's always a great craft workshop too. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #MysteryWriters #DSWN26

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Tricia Helfer Says 'I'm In'

Alt: Tricia Helfer as Charlotte Richards in Lucifer raises her right hand and with a smile says 'I'm In'

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Here I am appreciating my black cat on this fine day.

Sorsha (a black shorthair cat with green eyes) staring the camera down (me) for her dinner.

Sorsha (a black shorthair cat with green eyes) lying on her back, showing her belly.

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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Get some expert eyes on your first 30 pages with returning editors Terri Bischoff, Jay Hartman, & Anne Rainbow. They can help level up your manuscript so that it dazzles. Don't miss these great opportunities! #AmWriting #AmEditing #WritingCommunity #MysteryWriters #CrimeWriters #WritersofBluesky

Desert Sleuths WriteNOW! Conference
Friday/Saturday, September 18 &19, 2026
Virtual: Pitch Sessions, Manuscript Edits, Craft Workshops, Panels, Presentations.

EditNOW! opportunities featuring editors Teri Bischoff (Freelance Editor, Former editor at Crooked Lane Books), Jay Hartman (former Editor-in-Chief of Untreed Reads, Founder of MistiMedia), and Anne Rainbow (aka ScrivenerVirgin, RedPen mentor, and radio show host for "Artists on Air").

Register: DesertSleuths.com/wn-2026

Images: Desert Sleuths and WriteNOW! Conference logos, headshots of the three editors

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 15/08/2026

HEE HEE CARLY @carlydraws.bsky.social GAVE ME TENTACLES FOR MY ARROW MEME (why are these so fun) (anyway obviously these are all v. common tropes) GO PREORDER WICKHILLS IT IS EDUCATIONAL us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

the arrow meme for WICKHILLS: CARLY MADE TENTACLES FOR ME!
"it's good for you. it's got herbs in it."
velociraptor for sale? oh sorry - for rent.
entire neighbourhood is... capsized ships? WHY
"let me not blaspheme too much further."
helpful architecture (is an eyeball)
the investigations of detective percival alnwyck, issue 47
minor lab accident (head is now a flask)

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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Clay Stafford, founder of the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference, will guide us through a THRILLING craft workshop in Sept's conference. Want better action scenes? Hint: Start with character... #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #ThrillerWriters #Thriller #SINC @claystafford.bsky.social

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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The WriteNOW! Conference is back with more literary agent pitch sessions, feat. Elizabeth Guthrie (P.S. Literary Agency) & Gina Panettieri (Talcott Notch Literary). Perfect opportunity to network & share your project with publishing pros. DesertSleuths.com/wn-2026 #WritersOfBluesky #AmQuerying #SINC

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard day, I'm Mike! I absolutely love sci fi so I wanted to create a new a sci fi/fantasy piece for this month's postcard. I'm available for new work, especially MG covers. I'm repped by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social See more at mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co #kidLitArt #scifi

A boy in a black and purple sci-fi-looking suit - his name is Jett Vesta - wields an energy sword, an orc woman - Kirra Grash - in a different futuristic outfit holds a laser pistol, and a short fizzy alien panics as he sees something off-screen... presumably something with a lot of tentacles from the shadows on the ground. All of this is on an alien moon in pinks, purples and oranges, with other moons and a planet hanging in the sky.
Text on the card: Michael Dashow, https://mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co, repped by Vicky Weber at CMA

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I still really want Channing Tatum as a merman in a Splash remake. But I'm starting to lose hope.

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SinC Desert Sleuths @desertsleuths.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Our annual #DesertSleuths WriteNow! Conference is back! We're got you covered with agent pitch sessions, editor assessments of first chapters, writing craft workshops, panels, and presentations. Sept 18-19, 2026 (Virtual) Register: desertsleuths.com/wn-2026/ #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #SINC

Desert Sleuths WriteNow! Conference
September 18-19, 2026

Featured Guests: Anna Dahlhaimer Bartkowski, Terri Bischoff, Leslie Budewitz, Christina Estes, Laurie Fagen, Howard Gershowitz, Elizabeth Guthrie, Jay Hartman, Lara Helmling, Connie Johnson Hambley, Susan Magestro, Margaret C. Morse, Carlene O'Connor, Gina Panettieri, Neil Plakcy, Anne Rainbow, Sarah Smith, Clay Stafford, Jennifer Thompson, Ann Videan

Friday: Agent pitch sessions ($40), editor assessments of your first chapter ($60), and a writing craft workshop ($60)

Saturday: One fee for the entire day- 3 panels, 1 craft workshop, 2 presentations ($30 for Desert Sleuths and Tucson Sisters in Crime members , $40 all others)

Register: https://desertsleuths.com/wn-2026

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'll be there! I went to the Big Sur Children's Writers Workshop in Monterey in 2025 and got so much out of it. Highly recommend. Can't wait for Cape Cod. Join us!

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm watching Spidey Far From Home and Maria Hill never gets enough cred or screen time. She's the bomb diggity.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hmm. Miss Piggy, Count Von Count, and a split of Ernie/Oscar the Grouch.

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Nadia Shireen @nadiashireen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If the summer holiday boredom has already hit, I am on telly tmoz doing a drawalong. So that’ll be five mins accounted for at least

I’ll be on Go Get Arty on CBBC this Friday. So this is a pic of me holding up a drawing

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The monsoons can be really fabulous, but one side effect is bastard arachnids getting lofty ideas about moving in with you. Luckily one of my cats was on guard duty tonight, alerted me, & I bugcatched the f*cker. I was merciful & escorted the invader outside. I demand good karma for that.

Scorpion inside a clear plastic bug catcher with a magnifier on top letting you see them in more detail.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I really need Sam Reid's Lestat voice to narrate my life for me.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I'm doing a partial MCU rewatch to prep for the new Spidey movie. And I'm still pretty mad at Tony Stark from Avengers: Age of Ultron, but now I'm about to watch Civil War where he really pisses me off. Ugh. #TeamCap

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

11:20am and I've already demolished a watermelon heart. Delish.

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SCBWI SF North and East Bay Region @scbwisfneb.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Co-writing sessions for MG & YA novelists Join fellow MG & YA novelists* for four weeks of dedicated writing time. Writing Hours is designed as a four-week series to help build momentum and foster community. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Meaghan @megsscribbles.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Oh my gosh, where did June go? Lydia Cooper is a Lie is out tomorrow! "A fast-paced pick for tweens and fans of plot-driven thrillers, especially those suspicious of cyber overreach" - Booklist #middlegradebooks

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl! Let's do it!

Wonder Woman, from the animated Justice League facing the viewer with fists out, ready to scrap.

Hawkgirl, from the animated Justice League, facing the viewer with her hammer back, ready to swing.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

A few nights ago, my 12th grade creative writing teacher came to me in a dream. I don't remember what she said, but it was a pep talk. She's the first person who ever told me I was a good creative writer, who encouraged that. She was so full of passion & positivity, & helped set my path as a writer.

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SinCWorldWide @sincworldwide.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#SinCScrawl starts in 3 days! For the month of July, we'll host FIVE daily Write-Ins to help you stay motivated! (Must be a member to participate in the Write-Ins) Sign up NOW! www.sistersincrime.org/general/cust...

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I saw Supergirl today & really enjoyed it. I love damaged, slightly cynical heroines who have a good heart. Those characters are my kryptonite, platinum kryptonite.

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Mmm, nectarines! They smell so good.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 21/06/2026

Warrantless searches at the border are on the rise — here are some ways you can secure your devices before you travel. Learn more at aclu.org/kyr-border_

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Denise Ganley @deniseganley.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I'm a terrible picker of watermelons, generally. But this summer is starting off strong. Me 1 vs. Bad Watermelons 0 Actually I should probably get like 5 points because a delicious watermelon is a prize.

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