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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Remember Picturebooking, a podcast about...picturebooking?! You can help bring it back. It seems like they just want to know who is interested. Check it out!

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Submission Portal Updates that Are Actually Helpful -Opened, not yet read -Reading (% complete) -Opened, hated it but looking for something nice to say -Opened, hated it right away but way too soon to send a reply -Opened, pretending it got lost

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

**Coming soon from Square Halo Books and the Creo Arts Community** It was an honor to contribute a poem about St. Francis of Assisi for this collection of poetry and art. Like, the highest of Honors--the kind with a capital H...

Cover of Brother Wind and Sister Water with St Francis looking up at the sky wearing a brown sackcloth.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October contains #ocdawarenessweek so here is my talk at The Row House Forum on my experience with #OCD. I read one or two poems, too. Please feel free to listen and share if you think it might help someone. Feedback welcome. www.therowhouse.org/events/the-o...

A woman sitting in front of an audience in a gallery

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

PA educators, let's talk! I'll be at the KSLA Author's Hall of Fame Oct 5th at the Kalahari Resort. I'll have books for sale and information to share, and I'd love to see you in the Pocono Mountains this Monday evening.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Someday I will have to go and actually submit to all the sub calls I've screen-captured lately...

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why I Love You It's probably because when I say I have a Guernica neck you know exactly what I mean - - - For my husband on this #smallpoemsunday curated by @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Quick little reading of "Grubb Run Sonnet" which was published at @whaleroadreview a few years ago. It's an American sonnet on parenting that references Abraham and Isaac. Sorry for background noise!

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm considering hosting another "How to Talk to Booksellers" webinar for authors in any genre/format OR illustrators about stocking your books on-shelf. Might you be interested? Leave your name or DM if so.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last week I virtually visited Indiana Wesleyan University writing students to talk about publishing for children. Thank you to @markabdonwrites.bsky.social for the invite! If your school or university would like to host a kidlit author (me!), please visit my website or send me a message.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

WHAT NEWS! I just learned I THINK I THINK A LOT has been translated into Farsi! Thank you to Mehrsa Publishing, @joseebisaillon.bsky.social @freespiritbooks.bsky.social , and translator Somaye Seyedian.

Cover of the book with title and all text in Farsi

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My guest post titled "Asking Confidently and Advocating for Your Work" appears in Lit Mag News today. Thanks for perhaps reading; I hope it encourages you to put yourself out there. I hope you'll consider subscribing--good stuff at Becky's substack! litmagnews.substack.com/p/asking-con...

litmagnews.substack.com

Asking Confidently and Advocating for Your Work

“Why should someone want to read my writing?”

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hey, tomorrow I have a piece on advocating for yourself and your writing in Lit Mag News.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 11/09/2026

Just received an email from someone who claims to be a film producer at Crybaby Films, wanting to turn some of my picture books into animated feature films. Not yet listed on the writerbeware.blog so I have reported it. Big giveaway: email address had "...filmproducer@gmail.com" in it.

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Writer Beware

Shining a small, bright light in a wilderness of writing scams

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today I saw this barn whose sides have been opened up so the tobacco hanging inside can dry. And here is my poem, "Broadleaf," appearing at @oneart.bsky.social : oneartpoetry.com/2021/12/06/b... And commentary: syzygyworkshop.org/jessica-whip...

Black and white photo of a barn, a cornfield, and a silo.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Every year at this time I share this poem about the pawpaw (the fruit, not the grandparent.) It's the second one at this link. It's also a Pandemic poem... "Behold the Pawpaw" sparksofcalliope.com/2023/01/16/t...

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Two Poems by Jessica Whipple

Heyday When do we stop wanting to go up into things? When I was ten, we went inside the St. Louis Arch. My brother and I rode the tram like a caterpillar along a stem that bends under its weight. A…

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#tbt This is a poem that was published at La Rotonde Review a few months back. Thanks for perhaps reading (and leaving a comment?)

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Three years in print as of today. Thank you for reading, sharing, scheduling me for author visits, and for your interest in the book. @joseebisaillon.bsky.social @freespiritbooks.bsky.social

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

@tomsnarsky.bsky.social says it's #weirdpoemwednesday so here's mine, which used to be online at The Reformed Journal but I think that's now defunct.

In the Dark
By Jessica Whipple

At the greenhouse where
I worked one summer
I discovered a cloudy pool
cupped in landscape plastic.
The worm trapped there
belonged in another vessel:
cow’s rumen, dog’s gut,
its nail-head end leading pale body
in languid filigrees through
standing water, parasite
in blind search for host.
If such a hideous thing
innocent of true evil
could grow in plain sight
under bleaching July sun
what writhing, sucking thing
can darkness produce?

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm really giddy because today I get to meet a capybara.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Few people are saying this, but Dolly was a Christian. That word is missing :(

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Sharing again--I was on the In Three Poems Podcast and you can listen/watch via the links below.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Gregory Alan Isakov with the Philly Pops last night

Black and white photo of the band gathered around a microphone on stage

Wider shot of stage lit in blue and purple

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In Three Poems @inthreepoems.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

And for those who are visually inclined and prefer the YouTube version, here’s our latest episode with @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social Of course, you can also tune in on Apple, Spotify, and all those podcasty places too! youtu.be/_CpidpQnHKE?...

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Nature, Parenting, and Poetry with Jessica Whipple

YouTube video by In Three Poems

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Good Monday morning! I have availability to book some Query Letter Critiques or Brain-Picking Sessions for authors this week. My calendar is open--DM or email me.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I love this collection. Consider purchasing or making a library request for purchase if you like free verse, accessible, thoughtful poems. #poetry

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#tbt - Remembering the very strange yet legit email I got from a WSJ reporter about my poem he found online, the resulting phone interview, and the article in which he wrote about garbage disposals...

Poem for May 20

I put clementine skins
in the garbage disposal
not fully knowing
it can withstand the fight.
Maybe there is something
to be said here about strength.
Or maybe there are just orange peels.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sorry to say this is postponed! Stay tuned for a new date.

Graphic for the Aug 15th storytime with Jessica Whipple at Bound Books

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Agents are opening up for the fall. Are you ready? Is your query letter? Consider me for an affordable query letter critique for any format/genre. --Details at my website--

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I'll be on the In Three Poems Podcast on Aug 20th wherever you do your listening.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Two books for this time of year... I THINK: - Comparison - Mental health/anxiety/OCD - Finding the positive ENOUGH IS... - Wants/needs - "The new thing" everyone wants - Contentment @joseebisaillon.bsky.social @painternik.bsky.social @freespiritbooks.bsky.social

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I really like this poem! It's a good day when I learn of a new poet whose work I want to seek out.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

On Aug 15th I'll be at Bound Books in York, PA for storytime. 10:30am, hope to see you!

graphic with author photo, book cover, and storytime details

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I used Canva to make a new banner graphic. ⬆️

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'm now booking virtual and in-person author visits for the '26-'27 school year. DM or email me because I'd love to visit your school!

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A visit to Prendergast Library in Jametown, NY, where I spotted ENOUGH IS... Thank you for stocking it! Always exciting to find it on-shelf. @painternik.bsky.social

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Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Ishikawa Pottery in Kyoto #ink #drawing #Kyoto #Japan

Black and white ink drawing of a street with Japanese houses on both sides, a car parked, and a sign that reads Ishikawa Pottery in Kanji on the right

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