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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Every FanDuel commercial is a mini horror film. Do people really watch them and think--hey, that's for me!

Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Update #3 Within hours, campus housing, local police, and the local post master worked together to track down who stole the package. They were able to recover most of the items. It was stolen by another student in the complex. Everything was on viceo. Not sure they realized it was a federal offense.

A care package wrapped in craft paper and decorated with notes and doodles to the recipient. Once side says "From: Home with a latte love" and a picture of a coffee cup. Another is decorated with fall foliage.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

anyone else get one of these?

A screenshot of an email to me from ClaimsHero that reads:

Your works were taken from pirate libraries and used to train AI models

Hi Preeti,

I am the CEO of ClaimsHero, an Arizona law firm. We screened three shadow library indexes (LibGen, Z-Library and Books3) against U.S. Copyright Office records. These titles matched in at least one of them and came back as likely yours.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Update: There is a security camera where the package was stolen from. And a student ID Is needed to access the space. Campus Housing, local police, and local Post Master are on it! Never seen so much coordination for a missing package in my life!

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This package never arrived 😫 It is MIA 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🎉 Happiest birthday to the sweetest, most earnest, most humble Bear and his (er...Aline Portman's) new book, THIS IS HOW TO SPOT ANIMALS! 🐻 "The book is toddler manna...Surely among the toddler-pleasingest of toddler pleasers." —Kirkus Reviews #newbook #picturebook #readaloud #worldkidlit #humor

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

She is the sweetest girl. She always has a smile.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I know all of Bluesky has been waiting with bated breath for the DNA results for this good girl. The shelter told us she was an Aussie Shepherd mix 😒 The verdict: American Bully + Great Pyrenees + Supermutt, in that order.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just watched this over the weekend. I was basically horrified for a lot of the movie.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There’s a phase that happens senior year called “spoiling the nest” that makes it a little easier to see them off to college. But I sure am going to miss writing with live cello music floating up from the basement.

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 01/10/2026

Happy October: our nonfiction book submissions queue is now open!!! Our editor @athenadixon.bsky.social and her team will be reading your essay collections, your memoirs, and your nonfiction/hybrid book projects from now through December 1. Nonfiction Season HAS BEGUN!! splitlippress.submittable.com

purple text on brown background: OPEN CALL FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION MANUSCRIPTS. 125 page minimum, reading period October 1 - December 1, submit at splitlippress.submittable.com

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

Reminder for those browsing #kidlitartpostcard that the Flashes app is the best way to see the art chronologically.

Screen cap of the Flashes app shows thumbnails of art, three across in chronological order

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've been doing a lot more writing than painting lately, but wanted to reshare this in honor of Fat Bear Week!

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I decorated one package that happened to be the first care package I sent my oldest to college. This is my life now.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What a way to end a Friday night 🎉 67k words written. #amwriting #writing

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I watched 9 to 5 with my 17yo son and my mom the other week. I thought I had seen it before, but I definitely had not. That movie is wild! We all enjoyed it.

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9 to 5: Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda

ALT: 9 to 5: Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda

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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We can't wait to hear what you think, @lydialukidis.bsky.social!

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Have entered the life stage where my mom randomly leaves us packets of saltine crackers from Panera.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The fun thing about going to a competition crossfit gym is that everyone in my class's PR reports are like, "I front-squatted 250lbs today!" and I'm like, "I got off the couch without having to use my hands! I just stood right up! It was amazing!" 🥲

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Digital review copies of MEET ME IN YOUR HEART, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa, are available on Edelweiss. If you’re a librarian, bookseller, educator, reviewer, or just someone who loves picture books, I’d love for you to take a look. #kidlit #booksky www.edelweiss.plus?sku=15362301...

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Book mail! I suspect this is an ARC of MEET ME IN YOUR HEART. I can't wait to open it 💞 #kidlit #bookmail

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💞 We got our first review for MEET ME IN YOUR HEART 💞: "A comforting reminder that grandparents' love can transcend distance." — Kirkus www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #kidlit #picturebooks #booksky #grandparents

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"An uplifting story, with its polished rhyming stanzas that wax sentimental... Dreamy, slightly hazy watercolor-esque backgrounds are gorgeous."

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was tired last night, but I never regret a quick trip to the beach.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was tired last night, but I never regret a quick trip to the beach.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The weird thing about crossfit is that the most convenient way to carry things like 50# bags of cat litter or a bundle of firewood is to clean it up and carry it on my shoulders.

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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

International Puma Day is on Sunday! Have you checked out PUMA CONCOLOR (on sale Sept. 29)? It's available for preview on NetGalley now! ⭐ "Breathtaking." — @shelf-awareness.com (STARRED REVIEW) #nonfiction #worldkidlit #STEAM #childrensbooks #catbooks

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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thank you, @shelf-awareness.com, for these "breathtaking" STARRED REVIEWS of two new #STEAM titles! #newbooks #picturebooks #nonfiction #worldkidlit

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I don't know what's going on at least have the time in DCC. I can't keep characters straight or follow the every-changing rules. But Carl and Donut are such a magnetic duo that I will blindly and enthusiastically follow them into chaos wherever they go.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

ONWARD is ultimately a hopeful collection. Sixteen authors imagine how young people can face the climate crisis and how small actions can shape a better future. I hope you'll check it out.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Set in a near-future Michigan, it asks what happens when access to water is no longer guaranteed. Booklist called it "frighteningly convincing"—which is both flattering and a little unsettling.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy World Water Week! 💧 Living beside the Great Lakes, it's easy to assume water will always be there. That idea inspired my short story, Water Is Life, in ONWARD: 16 Climate Fiction Stories to Inspire Hope. 1/2 #yabooks #kidlit #climatefiction

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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers @ebyrbooks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

What's on your reading list for #WorldWaterWeek? 💦 Olga Fadeeva's award-winning WATER is a browsable #nonfiction favorite! ⭐ “Absorbing.” — @ala-booklist.bsky.social (STARRED REVIEW) ⭐ “Wonderful . . . engaging detail.” — @@slj.com (STARRED REVIEW)

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

More than 20 years ago, I saved my pennies to purchase a refurbished Vitamix. It was my first major appliance purchase. I used that thing every day. I made baby food, smoothies, mixed batter, and crushed ice. It was a workhorse. Last week, it finally died. 😭 RIP Vitamix. (Vitamix 2.0 is on the way)

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

That weekend, he bought a tandem bike. Today he posted a photo from their 25th anniversary: the two of them riding tandem through the countryside, ice cream cones in hand. It genuinely makes me so happy to see. I also continue to take full, undeserved credit for saving that marriage. 3/3

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"After working all day, you go straight to a group ride for 2+ hours 4 nights a week, and then spend most of the weekend riding with your buddies. You have 2 kids at home and a wife who married you, presumably bc she wants to be with you. But you're never there." 2/3

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

About 10yrs ago, a former colleague came to me looking for validation. We'd had a shared hobby of mountain biking. Apparently, the night before, his wife had trashed his $3k bike. He was mad, and he wanted me to be mad with him. But I replied, "Of course she did." 1/3

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Having to ask multiple times a day to "please put your dishes away" for 18+ years is the definition of insanity.

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Heather Dean Brewer @hdeanbrewer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

They pretty much demolished the entire board plus the five extra cuts of back-up cheese I brought 🤣

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