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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I got my badge in the (e)mail for being awarded an honorable mention in the children’s fiction category of @writersdigest.bsky.social 94th Annual Writing Competition! I’m so humbled that out of 3,800 entries, my middle grade novel-in-verse stood out. #wdwinner

Black, silver, and gold badge reads: 2025 Writer’s Digest Writing Competition Award Winner

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Just learned that my upper-MG novel-in-verse, grappling with divorce and addiction and a budding crush, was awarded Honorable Mention in the 94th Annual @writersdigest.bsky.social Writing Competition!

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I’m trying to just do art regularly, for fun, and not care about how good it is. So I present my #starterpacknoai because I had to join this trend. Here I am in all my smudgy, scrambled glory.

Pencil and colored pencil sketch of a Heidi M. Rogers starter pack. Includes short doll and a stack of books (to read or gain extra height), chocolate chip cookies, coffee mug, Polaroid camera, nail polish, and a dog accessory. 100% recycled material and no AI ever!

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Some neurodivergents hate folding and putting away laundry. I’m the type that hates putting away groceries. Like, I just spent all my energy FINDING the food and navigating the aisles in a strategic way. Can’t I be done now?

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I got home yesterday from the @scbwi Utah/Southern Idaho spring retreat, and promptly took a 2-hour nap. Then I made sushi and pizookie for my kid’s 15th birthday. Today I’m baking gluten-free bread. After that I need a little break from food preparing. 😅

Circle of five pieces of California Roll sushi on a white plate with dramatic shadows.

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

A little snippet about how my YA romcom ending rewrite is going. 🫣🤭

Text exchange: [redacted] yells, You’re in love with me? [hands over eyes emoji] You wicked, wonderful author! Awkward romcom to the max [100 emoji] Response: Hahahahahahahaha omg I’m glad you love that part

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

A day at the Great Salt Lake is hot, dry, and stinky. But from the hike, their geological history unfolds across the valley. From the salt-encrusted shores, the ecological imbalance is clear. Across the sands, a young girl marches for the lake—and those who depend on her. #PB #NF #P #QuestPit

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

15-year-old Addy wants to hone her craft at stop motion camp, but instead finds herself writing poetry with a neighbor boy who lives in her dad's apartment complex on opposite weekends. 📝 Upper MG 📝 Novel-in-verse 📝 Parental addiction 📝 Boundaries 📝 Self-advocacy #MG #P #Q #QuestPit

Blurred image on the left is a red-haired girl from behind and we're looking over her shoulder as she writes in a journal. Image on the right is a silhouette of a teen boy on stage, holding out one hand with a book and the other hand is holding a mic to his face. Overlaid is a grainy film texture at the title: Stuff as Dreams are Made on.

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

After a meltdown threatens the friend group dynamic, Berklee is shipped off to summer camp in SoCal. When she falls hard for fellow junior lifeguard, Noah, she learns what it means to be neurodiverse. 🛟 Feminist psych 🛟 HSP 🛟 Anxiety flashbacks 🛟 Summer camp vibes 🛟 Slow burn #YA #RF #Q #QuestPit

Collage of Polaroid-style photos, clockwise from top left: California lake landscape, two teens kissing in the water, a brunette teen girl with a look of uncertainty on her face, a partially covered group shot of teen girls smiling, swimmers racing through water, runners in the sun.

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Clara’s always wanted the friends-to-romance happy ending, but an unrequited yearbook confession sends her in search of love elsewhere. Humorous attempts at dates leave her with one option: the enemy. 💟 ALL the tropes 💟 Sweet romance 💟 Pet adoption 💟 Life Skills class #YA #R #Q #QuestPit

Top image is silhouettes of two teen boys and a teen girl in between, posing in funny and goofy positions. Bottom image is a teen girl and her dog in a meadow on a hill. There is a pink overlay across the images and title reads: That Type of Love Story.

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I forced myself out of the house today to walk to the library. No music. No audiobook. No podcast. Just wind in my hair and thoughts swirling to calm.

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.

An illustration of a tiger protecting cubs colored in Trans and nonbinary flag colors. Says: "protect trans & nonbinary kids!"

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I’m refusing to do a lot of things right now. First and foremost, I’m refusing the give up. heidimrogers.substack.com Next newsletter comes out tomorrow.

Background image of a crashing wave with a blue sky and sunset clouds. Text reads: I Refuse. Say it with me. Available January 28th, 2025. heidimrogers.substack.com

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Love to see my email signature isn't working/loading AFTER I send a professional email. 🫥

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Mine would just be all my hold receipts. 🧾 📖

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”

fortune.com

AI doesn’t just require tons of electric power. It also guzzles enormous sums of water.

It also guzzles enormous sums of water.

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

In 2025 I want to get better at posting and commenting here. The problem is I’m not really in the swing of work yet after such a nice break. So for now, you get a pic of my dog, Graceling.

Black and brown dog, lying down on a wood kitchen floor and padded mat, front paws crossed. She has one blue eye and one brown eye and looks as if she thinks you’re an idiot for taking this photo.

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Alice Walsh @scoutrager.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Reposting this guide from twitter because I COOKED here. (and still refer to this at work even now!)

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

In times like this, I turn to what I know I can do. I know my consumer habits have power, and I share some ideas about that in my newsletter today: heidimrogers.substack.com I write twice a month: once with nuggets about green living and once about writing. I’d love to you join the conversation.

Green background with an illustration of a dog wearing a red bow, jumping joyfully over a spilled potted plant, with flowers and balls strewn about. Text reads: How to Say No to Plastic at least once this holiday season. Available November 12, 2024. heidimrogers.substack.com

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Basically reposting for myself. (And writer-artist friends I convince to join Bluesky.)

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 26/07/2024

Get ready #kidlitart friends - August 1st is the next #KidLitArtPostcard day. Next Thursday! More info here: www.ginaperry.com/postcard

ginaperry.com

All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

Resurrecting my June postcard from last year for #KidLitArtPostcard day…pride piggies! I’ve got a crew of neurodivergent guinea pigs starring in their own early reader graphic novel (with series potential). Hit me up if you’d like to see the pitch package!

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

Here’s a little bit about me, if you’ve found my profile and don’t already know me from other platforms:

Illustration of Heidi M Rogers in overalls and a tank top, slip on platform Vans, holding a cup of coffee. Text reads: just a few gray hairs & just turned 40! Neurodivergent, never-ending loop of story ideas, tattoo for my 4 kids, coffee I should quit, no waistband is my favorite, learning visible mending (don’t look too closely at my butt this winter), white Vans that will get filthy, YA GN PB, heidimrogers.com

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Heidi M. Rogers @heidimrogers.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

I have been struggling to figure this app out and have been kind of tired of socials tbh. Debbie is so so helpful – in a lot of ways, but this post in particular for me today.

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