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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 28/09/2026

What does painting leaves have to do with writing? Link in first reply.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 24/09/2026

me today, renaming the Word document FINAL

Screen shot of Elizabeth Holmes from “You Can See Everything" trailer

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 23/09/2026

My child: "Did you make that poster with AI?" Adult: "I used it for the design, why?" My child: "I don't think you and my mom will get along." Me, hearing all of this later:

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 17/09/2026

Yesterday I sent out birthday party invites for my child that not only had the wrong time, the wrong date, AND the wrong location, but somehow ALSO THE WRONG AGE. I am writing this from the grave.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 09/09/2026

You’ve never seen an underwater adventure quite like this! Marvin the merchild is perfectly happy to play alone with his best friend, Pearl. Even though Pearl always hides, and he always seeks, sticking to his reef feels safer than asking the other ocean creatures to play. But when Pearl rolls away,

The cover of Oh, Pearl features an underwater ocean scene: Marvin the merchild peers over a rock at a glimmering pearl.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 31/08/2026

Did you know that a bedspread made by a fifteen-year-old girl from Appalachia became the foundation for a billion-dollar textile industry? TUFTED: THE STITCH & STORY OF CATHERINE EVANS WHITENER tells the story of Cathy’s creativity, determination, and inventiveness—qualities that led her to become

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 25/08/2026

PSA: when your child starts reading your favorite books: BE COOL! Oh, you're reading a book I love? No biggie, my heart won't break if you hate it, nothing to see here, no those aren't tears in my eyes, everything's fine, yep, cool cool cool, oh, look at the time!

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Nonchalant Natural

ALT: Nonchalant Natural

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 14/08/2026

Exactly 20 years ago today, I walked through the doors of the Time & Life Building to start my first job in publishing at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers! Please enjoy some 2006 photos from my Canon Elph:

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 06/08/2026

Remembering the time I wrote a three page essay (on my mom's word processor) about the pleasures of visiting the county dump. My English teacher wrote: "To the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump!" in the margins. Gennifer Aeye could never.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 03/08/2026

Caption this. I'll go first:

A white fluffy cat with an annoyed/long-suffering expression, wearing a rainbow bracelet as a hat.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 01/08/2026

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret's chatbot.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 18/07/2026

It’s too hard to describe it In a way that feels honest Can you read fifty pages Instead of a synopsis?

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 18/07/2026

Greetings from Virginia, where the heat is oppressive, the salad may be parasitic, the air is currently "very unhealthy", and summer camp released early due to abrupt HVAC failure.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 14/07/2026

Sorry I was distracted, I was rewriting song lyrics in my head to make them about publishing.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 09/07/2026

How many shades of blue can you name? When twelve-year-old Margot’s art teacher challenges the class to find and name eleven different versions of the same color, Margot can think of three right away: swimming pool. Denim jacket. First-prize ribbon. But then she starts thinking about home—

Hard cover copy of Eleven Kinds of Blue on a white bookshelf. The cover, all in shades of blue and white, shows a girl on a bench looking up at birds flying across the sky.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 09/07/2026

I'd pay good money for a book + meal subscription service. FLIRTING LESSONS + crispy potatoes; CANDLE ISLAND + donuts; THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES + cookies; NANNY PIGGINS + chocolate cake; MAGNOLIA WU UNFOLDS IT ALL + noodles. (Fruit and vegetable options will be considered, but no guarantees.)

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 02/07/2026

Wondering how to feel about the fact that the "Mom" in my child's recent comics (1-inspired by Jason Shiga): - gives their child a T-Rex as a pet (2) - can't live without coffee (3-not explicitly "Mom" but mom-coded!); - stays home to play games on her phone (4) - self-explanatory/accurate (5). 😅

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 30/06/2026

This morning a barista read "Julie S" as "JULIET!!!" and I think my new summer persona was unlocked.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 17/06/2026

My previous posts may have been misleading. Both cats are actually hard at work and are probably responding to an email or working out a tricky plot question at this very moment.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 11/06/2026

Should I make this shirt my new personality y/n

Image of Lowly Worm in an apple car below text, "You got a fast car. I got a plan to get us out of here."

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 10/06/2026

Even if you’re planning to carry on, you should always cat check your suitcase.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 10/06/2026

Hey @theonion.com, this is hilarious and would make a great picture book. LMK if you need any editorial support to make it happen. (Publishers, take note!)

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 09/06/2026

What happens when you use—and lose—one of your family’s special heirlooms? Lana finds out when she tries to use the surfboard that has been passed down in her family from mother to daughter for generations. When she admits what happened, she thinks she will be met with anger. 1/3

THE LOST BOARD sits face-out on a white bookshelf. The cover features an illustration of two dark-haired girls surfing side-by-side on a large wave.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 02/06/2026

I always thought parents were exaggerating about the wild last weeks of school. Joke's on me: this week my child is supposed to dress "like a region of Virginia." (Also: the solar system, an idiom, a future career, and a book character.)

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April Ludgate's Urgent 'HELP!' Sticky Note

ALT: April Ludgate's Urgent 'HELP!' Sticky Note

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 08/05/2026

Hey adults: a reminder that when you talk about books, kids are listening. That animated character won't hear you call their books trash, but the kid who loves reading about them might. When you tell a child to go back and pick out some 'real' books or say "not this one again," what they hear is,

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The thing IS actually, there are so many incredible books that do serve children, speak to children, are exciting for children to read -- but those books die the death of invisibility. The industry doesn't give them material marketing/publicity support, and gatekeepers don't find them.

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Ope, long-winded hot take about Mac Barnett comin' through 🧵

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Friends, sometimes silly men say silly things. And sometimes, those silly things are also hurtful things, or damaging things, or things that disrupt the important and caring work that we all set out to do every single day. So it goes. But in the meantime, I have a message for children's authors:

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 06/05/2026

What makes a book 'good’—and who gets to decide? (Link in first reply.)

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 01/05/2026

Today's spam promises to book "1,000s of meetings a month" for me. My friend, you could not make a worse pitch if you tried.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/04/2026

This is both evil and boring.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 20/04/2026

Me after being left behind by AI:

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 18/04/2026

Arthur recommends Mossflower by Brian Jacques. (The cats are the good guys, right?!) 😉🐱🐭🗡️⚔️

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 16/04/2026

A purely capitalistic reason I believe AI won’t take over publishing is that it’s built on a workforce of smart people who accept lower salaries in exchange for work they are passionate about. If they wanted to work for Sauron, they’d go into a better paying field.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 16/04/2026

There are only two types of cats in this world: Samwise and Sméagol/Gollum. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 16/04/2026

Lots of AI/writing posts going around. Let this one be the one you read today. (and follow & hire @juliescheina.com for your editorial needs!)

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 16/04/2026

Thank you, @sarahlapolla.com! The recommendation goes both ways!!

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 16/04/2026

"What chafes the most (figuratively—physical chafing is also something I’ve left in the past) are the responses from the very people I thought would be most supportive. Some of my old running friends now claim I’m not actually a runner, but simply a ‘driver.’"

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 16/04/2026

"The more books that are rushed to market, the more opportunities there will be for similar situations to occur—with publishers, authors, and readers all paying the costs. And in an industry already fraught with inequity, publishers risk diminishing the very elements that should set them apart."

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 15/04/2026

This Post Is Not About Running: Why Coral Hart and Andy Weir Are Wrong About AI (Link in first reply.)

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 11/04/2026

Trading short-term gains for long-term pain? What the SHY GIRL cancellation reveals about publishing. (Link in first reply.)

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 06/04/2026

Glad to see Colonial Williamsburg is finally safe for witches.

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · 23/03/2026

How far can a wish take you? In MY LUCKY STAR, Ella and Little Feat share big dreams--and a fantastical adventure that takes them far from their home, testing their bravery and belief. Congratulations to author Cheryl Olsten and illustrator Paolo d'Altan on this beautiful book, out April 2!

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Do you have a fantastic middle-grade fiction idea? The Jewell Parker Rhodes Fellowship for Emerging Voices awards a $10,000 grant to an unpublished or self-published writer creating works for children. Submissions are now open! ➡️ bit.ly/JPRfellowship

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Jo Knowles @joknowles.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

My amazing agent, @literaticat.bsky.social is doing a live Q&A on March 25! Come join the fun and get to know Jenn! Cost is $20 and proceeds will be used to finance a scholarship to the R(ev)ise and Shine! Residency next fall, thanks to Jenn's generosity. Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/rs-present...

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