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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Heads up: "Barnes & Noble said the $1 book discount promotion circulating on Instagram and TikTok is fake and likely a phishing scam."

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🦈Shark Week!! 🦈 You can catch my intrepid PBRS💫 Mentor & conservation marine biologist, @melissacmarquez.bsky.social on Discovery‘s “House of Sharks“ at 9pm TONIGHT! @pbrisingstars.bsky.social #sharkweek #discovery #amwriting #womeninstem

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I’m over the moon—honored & thrilled—to be chosen as a #PBRisingStars Mentee! 🌟 Blog post re: wild weeks of apps: tinyurl.com/2s4bkcsr Selection night reel: tinyurl.com/4km4rkyn Thank you, @melissacmarquez.bsky.social @pbrisingstars.bsky.social and all my amazing CPs! #kidlit #amwri̇ti̇ng

Graphic with Jyn's PB Rising Stars 2006 badge and paragraph from her mentor. Out of over 4450 applications, Jyn was 1 of 40 creators chosen for this last year of the mentorship program.

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Hundreds of #writers from all over the 🌎 came together on Zoom this weekend for: @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social 24-HOUR WRITING SPRINT 13 hrs (time logged) 1 editor R&R completed (turned Fiction PB➡️ Info Fic) 3 CPs joined me (pictured) @beckygoodman.bsky.social #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Interesting thoughts in the wake of closings of Dial BFYR and Roaring Brook Press. #kidlit #writingcommunity

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

One of my favorite #writing sprints of the year! Anyone want to join me for 1 hr or more? (I WILL be getting 8 hours of sleep in the middle...😅) 5th annual FREE LWS event begins April 24th (7pm UK/ 2pm EDT). RSVP: tinyurl.com/ywk34p69 @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social #writingcommunity

London Writers Salon graphic reading: The 24-Hour Writing Sprint, April 24-25, 2026. In collaboration with Scrivener and Lulu.

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Congrats to CPs @barbarakimmel.bsky.social and Jenn Gaulding in #50PreciousWords Winner's Circle! And shoutout to CPs scoring Honorable Mentions: @beckygoodman.bsky.social @mandyfletcher.bsky.social & Daniella Porter!! #kidlit #writingcommunity

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

‪I'm so excited I won an author critique from the wonderful Lora Stead in advance of #PBParty! Looking forward to digging into Lori's fantastic notes. Yay, Rafflecopter 🎉@mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social @sylviaichen.bsky.social & the whole team raise the bar on this amazing #kidlit contest every year!!

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Are you all excited for #PBParty or what?!? 🥳 Who's entering? 🙋‍♀️

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Congrats to CP @barbarakimmel.bsky.social on her new book, Purim Possibilities! This adorable board book is full of Purim fun and even comes with (reusable) stickers!

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Great things are happening! So excited for CP @theislandwriter.bsky.social and her new agent @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social! Congrats to you both—I know you'll be a dynamite team!

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Thrilled that my amazing, hardworking, and creative CP @beckygoodman.bsky.social is now—drumroll, please—AGENTED! Can't wait to hold her wonderful humor+heart picture books in my hands! 💫📚📚📚 Take the #kidlit world by storm, Becky! @sheilafernley.bsky.social @stormliterary.bsky.social

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to you & yours— from our growing family! ❤️💚 Love, Jyn, Steve, Stella, & little-one-yet-to-be-named P.S. More details on our newest rescue after the holidays!!🥰

Jyn and husband sit on couch in front of Christmas tree with their 2 rescue Boston Terriers—one black and white, the other a red merle (golden and white with darker spots).

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I was today years old when I learned that fine bone china is made of the ash of REAL BONES! 😳🫣

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I just updated my Giftster wish list for the holidays! 😆 #amquerying #amwriting #kidlit #writingcommunity #butseriously

Screenshot of Jyn's Giftster account. Wishlist item reads:
Gift name: "A Brilliant Literary Agent."
5-star ranking
Weblink to get gift: QueryTracker.net--with a big green Fetch button showing a magic wand.
Price = Priceless.

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Fascinating, short 🧵on comps by an editor. I’ve never before heard the distinction between pitching comps and selling comps! #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

The yearly pay at the federal minimum wage: $15,080 The average yearly cost of a 1 bedroom apartment in the United States: $17,340 We need living wages and lower housing costs. This is not sustainable.

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Nakisa Nooraee, Ph.D. @nakisanooraee.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Join me for 40 days of learning from 40 picture books! Starting November 15, I’ll share a new blog post every day on my social media: Bluesky, Instagram, Substack, and my website. Just search #40DaysPBCraft to follow along.

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Just submitted my #FallWritingFrenzy contest entry! Check out my YA horror story here: jynhall.com/writing.html Tough story to write. Pls note trigger warnings. 🫣😱 Thank you: @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social @professoraixa.bsky.social for hosting this creative contest!

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Check out this fantastic list of donors for #kidlit #FallWritingFrenzy!! Contest opens Oct 1! Who else is entering? 🙋‍♀️ #writingcommunity @lydialukidis.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! 🏴‍☠️ Find out your pirate name! www.piratequiz.com And check out these amazing sea shanties: www.instagram.com/sailnorthmus... #talklikeapirate #talklikeapirateday

Jyn and her pirate partner--both in striped shirts--say, "Aargh!" for the camera. A pirate ship sails behind them.

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

What a JOY to celebrate my "Pub[lication] Day" on Thurs at @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social in 3 Writers’ Hours w/ 400-500 writers!! Shared a bit about my #kidlit picture book, writing-for-hire, & Reading Partners. 🎉🥳 readingpartners.org readingpartners.org/blog/cover-t... @angelapadron.bsky.social

Author, with curly, strawberry blonde hair and glasses, holds up her nonfiction picture book "Bringing About Change: Making a Difference Through Activism" in 2 photos.
Top photo - Soft cover of book with title and a cover photo of 5 diverse kids, having fun, wearing green t-shirts, each with a Recycle symbol on it.
Bottom photo - author holds book open to a page discussing environmental activism with 1 book picture depicting a polar bear on melting ice caps and the other showing a beach strewn with tons of gross, plastic trash.

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Stella wants to send everyone a SMILE😁 today! 💕

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

It was an honor to write this nonfiction #picturebook "Bringing About Change: Making a Difference Through Activism" for Reading Partners’ wonderful literacy program+Cover to Cover series, & to work with talented editor @angelapadron.bsky.social! #kidlit #writingcommunity #author #activism ✊

Picture book cover with title, author's name, and a photo of 5 kids, wearing shirts with large recycling symbols on the front, arms around each other, smiling and laughing.

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Angela Quezada Padron @angelapadron.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Looking for a children’s book illustrator who illustrates in a traditional style (watercolor, by hand or digital) & who can draw ducks in action, specifically ducks playing baseball. Please drop images of duck illustrations here and portfolio links. #kidlitart

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

☕️s headed your way! Thank you @debbieohi.com for all you do for the #kidlit #writingcommunity 💛🦋

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#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Whether your manuscript is just a little musty or completely mummified in cobwebs, unwrap the HEART of your old story with #kidlitzombieweek 2025 Want a HEAD start? See what past donors had to say about how to bring a dead story back to life: sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WriterSky #KidLit

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Kidlit Zombie Week - Donor Wisdom

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Introducing our new fur baby:🌟Stella🌟 We adopted 7yo Stella 3 weeks ago. She's intelligent, eager to please, a bundle of energy, full of personality, snuggly, & very in-tune with my moods. She’s always trying to read me & gazes into my eyes for a long time, not breaking eye contact. 😍🥰❤️🌟

Stella, the Boston Terrier, with her new parents.

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Chloe Ito Ward @chloeitoward.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn gofund.me/ce50d993

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I’m incredibly honored and grateful that @msmarianayagam.bsky.social selected me as her #PBRisingStars Runner-Up and gifted me with a #PB critique! Thank you, Maria! And thank you @pbrisingstars.bsky.social Team! ⭐️ #kidlit #writingcommunity

PBRS official Runner-Up Badge with quote from mentor Maria Marianayagam: "Jyn's writing is brilliant and captivating, and her ideas are fresh! I *loved* the concept for her latest manuscript, and I can't wait to see where she takes it."

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

An Honorable Mention! 😊 A srsly late THANK YOU to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social & #50PreciousWords judges! These words poured out, an attempt to take my anger & frustration—at state of nation & world—& channel➡️positive feelings & actions. (All while figuring out how to make #kidlit-friendly!)

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Completed 10 hrs of LWS #24hourwritingsprint! Wrote a chapter for MG Mystery novel Plotted Brainstormed Replotted (is that a word?) Trashed my 1st 3 chapters Wrote almost 1,000 new words. Sounds like I went backwards in those 24 hours...but I'm excited about the new direction. Feels like progress!

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Enjoyed the 1st hour of London Writers' Salon #24hourwritingsprint. #Amwriting new #mgnovel in fave @scrivenerapp & it was an honor to have the amazing @stevenpressfield.bsky.social (The War of Art) write alongside us! 23 hours (& lots of prizes!) left if you want to join (free): lu.ma/yrj3omix

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Happy 1 yr Book Birthday to Untangling Hope!! So proud of Johnna Richard Stein! Highly recommend this incredible MG novel about foster care. (Oh! And you just might see someone you know in the Acknowledgments at the end of the book.😉)

Photo collage: The author, Johnna Stein, holds her novel Untangling Hope flanked by editors, Erin Adams and Jyn Hall. Goodreads 4.85 Stars review included, as well as book release Amazon rankings of #1 in New Release and #3 in Orphans and Foster Care categories.

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

#50PreciousWords: This year, I donated Yellow Butterflies by Ukrainian author/illus, Oleksandr Shatokhin. Stunning & gorgeous PB about war & hope. Hopefully more entrants are able to donate. Let’s flood CLiF w/ books! 📚📚📚Would love to hear what YOU donated & why. @viviankirkfield.bsky.social

Cover of picture book Yellow Butterflies by Ukrainian author, Oleksandr Shatokhin. White illustration of a young child with a yellow butterfly on their finger set against a black background.

Classroom with dozens of donated picture books set on colourful rug.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

As I lean into a "sense of the delightfully irresistible," my joy this week has been Pip Watch for Big Bear Lake's eagle pair, Jackie & Shadow. Three eggs this year. And early this morning, two eaglets hatched! 😍 www.youtube.com/live/B4-L2nf...

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Jyn Hall @jynhall.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I always enjoy reading everyone's #50PreciousWords entries. The creativity in #kidlit stories that can be told in just 50 words is pretty incredible. Thank you, @viviankirkfield.bsky.social, for all your time and energy in hosting this wonderful contest. And thank you, judges!

Black background with a single lit candle.
Poem "I am a Flame"
by Jyn Hall

When I’m sad
mad
scared
and darkness closes in

I remind myself
“I am a flame”

flickering
shining
dancing

chasing away the shadows.

Darkness retreats
revealing

I am
not alone

our lights
fuse
fuel
stoke

blaze brighter

Together.

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Natania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs. Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.” Madeleine L’Engle might have been the first person to teach me that my anger was a superpower.

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