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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

A humorous, illustrated middle grade like LAST KIDS ON EARTH with aliens. For reluctant readers. Author-illustrated and repped by @KristaVanDolzer #PosterPit #AG #SF #F #MG

An illustration of a 12-year-old boy in an epic stance looking off into the distance. He wears a T-shirt/tank and shoulder pads. It’s a closeup shot of a coliseum behind him with red flags waving. Sunlight glints off his shield as he prepares for a fight.

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 16/08/2025

Forthcoming 10.21.2025 at Brick & Bloom, a spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic ✨ 🌹 Historical fantasy 🇫🇷 Belle Époque 🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance 🩸 Body-based magic system 🗡️ Family feuds 🗝️ Gothic vibes #PosterPit #P #A #F #HF Request an ARC here: forms.gle/N6awtckRwFGy...

A poster, featuring an illustrated portrait of Aubeline de Sterraux from A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE. She is a white woman with brown hair tied in an intricate hairstyle. She wears a black dress with puffed sleeves and white earings. Aubeline is shown kneeling and praying, her head looking up.

The top of the poster is colored, and the bottom part is black and white, the two part being separated by a red stain reminiscent of blood.

The title of the book is in the center. Underneath is more text reading "A novel by Millie Abecassis," then a quote by April Yates reading "A gothic gem, rich with dread, desire, and a magic system as haunting as it is original."

Under the quote are the names of several characters, listed as if they were actors: Aubeline de Sterraux, Vinnie Anneton, Damarisse de Sterraux, and "unhinged dudes."

At the top are Cannes festival-style quotes reading "dangerous body-based magic" and "slow-burn sapphic romance."

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avery✨ @averytimmonsauthor.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

DUNGEONS & DRAMA x BETTER THAN THE MOVIES when the new kid takes first chair, 17-y/o trumpeter Julissa fake dates him to impress her drifting friends and teams up with her rival Logan to sabotage him—only to realize Logan might actually be the one she’s falling for #PosterPit #AG #YA #R

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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN is now in query inboxes near you ✨ #PosterPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q #amquerying

A faux movie poster for The Pirate, the Princess, and John featuring a silhouetted ship sailing on a layered blue ocean toward a distant castle under a pale moon, with three character names at the top: “Amir (the pirate),” “Mira (the princess),” and “John (for now).”

Below the ship is the quote: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that isn’t what ships are built for.” The title appears in large white serif letters, and at the bottom is the tagline: “YA fantasy, 82k, multi-POV; anti-colonial, non-Western, political intrigue; besties to lovers, found family, platonic ‘touch her and die’; strong girls, big feelings, sharp prose; diverse, queer, magical.” The author’s X handle @SARADURANAUTHOR and Bluesky handle SARADURAN.BSKY.SOCIAL appear in the lower right corner.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

When 12-year-old Gregory Hernandez wishes his sister would disappear, she's kidnapped by aliens. His living room is turned into an intergalactic gladiator ring, and he's got to fight warrior aliens to get his sister back before he’s grounded for life. #PosterPit #AG #SF #F #MG

This is a faux movie poster for a debut middle grade novel called GREGORY HERNANDEZ & THE GLADIATOR STARS. It's nighttime. A boy stares at the viewer, his mouth wide, hands stretched forward as if jumping toward you—an explosion kabooms behind him as aliens crash-land in his backyard.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Landed back home and working on beta and agent edits for my illustrated MG. It already feels tighter. 💜 #writingcommunity #MG

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

At a resort with the family this morning. Put in some time on edits, then logging into work shortly. Can’t wait to brainstorm new scenes for this edit while I lounge on a lazy river. #writing #mg

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Curious about How I Got A Literary Agent? 150+ Rejections, 10+ Years, 5 Manuscripts, and a 50% Request Rate (See link in comment) #writerscommunity #querying #kidlit

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It’s official! I signed with literary agent @kristavandolzer.bsky.social of @unteragency.bsky.social as an author-illustrator. I started writing my first book at 15 and have written five books over the last 15-20 years! I’m just SO grateful and beyond excited for the next step! #kidlit #writer

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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

“Do not give up. The race goes to the relentless.” This inspirational inscription from my author-hero, Kate DiCamillo, warrants sharing with the #kidlit community here. ❣️

Photo of an inside page of The Hotel Balzaar that’s signed by Kate DiCamillo with the message: “For Jenny, who is a writer too. Do not give up. The race goes to the relentless.”

The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo features a red cover with a drawing of a little girl and a parrot.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

My new #WIP officially has 1,000 words, a #YA climate fantasy. Here's to the beginning of a new story! #WritingCommunity

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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

When ghost pirate Captain Amir’s violent plan to break her curse threatens 2 queer teens, she must choose: escape her fate or protect the 1st crew she’s ever loved. But curse-breaking means more than survival—it means accepting she might deserve love, too. #JoyPit #YA #F #LGBT

A moodboard for Captain Amir, showing a crying eye, a sultry pirate captain, a bottle of mysterious elixir, leather boots kicked up on a treasure chest, wooden barrels and dusty glass bottles of rum, a treasure chest, a face wiping blood from their lower lip, and a pirate ship with a joyful crew sailing into the sunset. A pirate flag is subtly superimposed over the image.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Fable x The Girl from Everywhere When Cuban American witch, Kat del Sol, discovers her mom is the infamous pirate Anne Bonny, she steals her Abuela’s grimoire and travels back in time–only to find her growing feelings for a pirate may cost her the mother she’s fought so hard to find. #YA #F #JoyPit

A digital illustration in pastel pinks, yellow and blues. Of a man to the left, woman to the right a teen girl in the middle. Along horizon line is a pirate ship. Illustration by Elizabeth Prats.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

A modern-day 12-year-old looking epic, standing in a coliseum with a sword and sunlight glinting off his shield. A digital illustration by Elizabeth Prats.

A six-year-old girl jumping on a yellow couch throwing glitter and pink glue everywhere. A digital illustration by Elizabeth Prats.

A 12-year-old boy is eating an intergalactic delicacy: Milky Way galaxy mackerel. A digital illustration by Elizabeth Prats.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Illustrators! Any thoughts on the new iPad Pro? Been thinking of finally upgrading. Love my 2019 iPad Air, but ready for more layers and storage space. #illustration #kidlitart

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

My entire first act has been outlined. Happy birthday to me! Making progress on my new #WIP a YA climate fantasy. 💫 #amwriting

The writer smiling and throwing a peace sign.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I was reading my 60-word MG pitch to a friend of mine on a call. And her 10-year-old nephew interrupted and asked if I could read it again. He loved it and asked all about the story 😭 we proceeded to have a 15-minute focus group with my target audience. And he loved my illustrations. Like I can’t 🥺

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

If you’re based in #NewOrleans and are a writer, I’m hosting a How to Write a Query session on Wednesday with @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social This is a free event #writing #querying

Over old letter it says, How to Write a Query Letter, Wednesday May 21 6:30-8:30 pm Courtyard Brewery

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Just finished her last night 💜 Freaking love the color scheme #kidlitart #yaart #ya #illustrator

A girl with pink, wavy hair sits on a cloud with a peach and pink sunset behind her. The words “Emptiness curled up inside me like an old friend…” hover amidst the clouds. Her chest a gaping hole, worry on her face and a juxtaposition to the pastel world she lives in.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Woot! Fun-filled day ahead @writingdaywksp.bsky.social conference today with some agent pitches and my art will be displayed for an art show in New Orleans tonight. 😁😄

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Why is it sooooo beautiful out but my allergies hate me 🤧🤧🤧 My allergist pretty much told me winter will be my happy place.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

There's nothing like typing the first sentence of a new project. Damn, I'm excited. It's a nice distraction from the #querytrenches. This new #YA feels like such a culmination of everything I've learned.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Started the Rags to Riches challenge on the #Sims 4. Henford-on-Bagley is actually a great off-the-grid lot for this. The river is close by, along with grills and a bathroom. Luckily I’ve been playing a few days and my sim now has a little house. Any other simmers who are also writers?

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The Strangehorn mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery conceals a time machine - a one-way ticket to Victorian London. When three cousins become stranded in 1860, their search for a way home is threatened by a gang of necromancers - and their grandfather is a prominent member. #A #F #PosterPit #PosterPitW

Against a black background is the form of a man wearing a gas mask and holding a flaring red torch aloft. The smoke from the torch is rising to form the image of a red, distorted human skull. Above the image, text reads: “When I drink Italian wine, I see dead people”

Below the image, text reads:

Resurrection Men
A novel by Gert Ramm
A time portal inside a mausoleum sends three cousins to Victorian London, where they must rescue their grandfather and stop a necromancer from raising an army of the dead.
Coming soon to the spirit aisle

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Rhian Parry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 @dearrhian.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A mortal man with no memory of his past and a goddess the earth has no memory of compete for their university’s magic in a world where magic, and the language that sustains it, is dying… …and whichever student loses will have their own extinction to worry about 💀🥀 #PosterPit #PosterPita #F #NA

A movie poster showing a misty, slightly stormy cliffside with an ocean at the bottom of it. At the top of the table are two hands with interlocked fingers. In the lower right of the poster overlaying the water is the novel’s title (A MORTAL DROWNING by Rhian Parry)

There are tropes listed at the top and bottom of the poster that say:

Academic rivals to lovers
Language based magic system
Sopping wet pathetic loser MMC
Grumpy x sunshine
Dark academia
#ownvoices
Autistic rep
Double POV
Dual timeline

A tagline at the bottom of the poster reads ‘an adult romantasy with mystery, wit, and a touch of darkness’

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Adrien Bryter ~ Comic Book Writer @adrienbryter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Meet the AVALON Knights! 💙 PERCY - The Overwhelmed Healer who needs to fix it all 💚 LIN - The Transmasc Hacker who needs a nap ❤️ ALAINE - The Rogue Knight who needs to find her way home #PosterPit #SF #F #YA #GraphicNovel #AVALONRising

A movie poster featuring the main characters of AVALON Rising: Alaine Pendragon, Percy Alberion, and Lin. Alaine has her enormous sword drawn and her back to the audience, Percy is sheathing his blade with his back turned to his sister, and Lin is conjuring his strange AVALON magic. The neon-drenched skyline of Asteria City is in the distance.
The text across the top says: Found Family, Cyberpunk Magic, Arthurian Legend, and Romance-Free

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Kanani O’Kelly @kananiokelly.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

An introduction to my Hawaiian-inspired, young adult fantasy. “Maia must unravel a lifetime worth of secrets to understand the dangers that lurk around the corner—and she must do so before it’s too late.” #PosterPit #PosterPitW #YA #F #OwnVoices

A movie poster that displays the image of a sailboat beneath the reflection of the night sky. This is to showcase my novel “Whispers of the Sea.”

Across the top can be found a list of what to expect in the novel. The list includes: epic adventure, forced proximity, earth magic, and Hawaiian influences.

At the bottom of the poster is a summary that reads:
“Jasad Heir meets the Starless Sea in this young adult fantasy following a teen girl who embarks on a journey to uncover the whereabouts of her missing uncle. Maia must unravel a lifetime worth of secrets to understand the dangers that lurk around every corner—and she must do so before it’s too late.”

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A Cuban American teen witch travels through time in search of her mom, the infamous pirate Anne Bonny. Think Adrienne Young’s Fable meets Outlander for teens. Infused with Spanglish, a pirate love interest, and a magic system loosely inspired by Santería. #YA #F #PosterPitQ #PosterPit #ownvoices

A faux movie poster for a book called Sea of Time & Blood, a young adult fantasy. The illustration depicts a beautiful sunset in shades of pinks, purples, orange, and yellow along the horizon line at sea. The faces of three characters appear ethereal as if painting or sketched into the very sunset themselves. A smirking young man on the left, to the right a determined woman and on top an awed teen witch whose hair flows outward with glowing green eyes. An all black pirate ship is seen in the distance along the horizon line. The poster includes: a pitch for the manuscript, Sea of Time & Blood, for
#PosterPit, a contest for writers. This is an original art piece by author/illustrator Elizabeth Prats.

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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Coming to query inboxes July 2025 🏴‍☠️👑🧜🏿‍♀️ #posterpit #posterpitw #YA #F #LGBT #amediting

A mock-up movie poster for my YA fantasy novel, THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN.

This poster features a digital illustration of a dark blue wave carrying a tall galleon past a castle. Beneath the waves, a mermaid is subtly silhouetted above a lush coral reef. A lone bird flies above the ship, both silhouetted against the rising sun.

The poster contains the following text:

TOP: Amir (the pirate), Mira (the princess), John (for now*); * written in the colors of the trans pride flag.

A SHIP IN HARBOR IS SAFE
BUT THAT ISN’T WHAT SHIPS ARE BUILT FOR.

Middle: THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN

Bottom:
YA FANTASY. 82K. MULTI-POV.
ANTI-COLONIAL NON-WESTERN. POLITICAL INTRIGUE.
BESTIES TO LOVERS. FOUND FAMILY. PLATONIC TOUCH HER AND DIE.
STRONG GIRLS. BIG FEELINGS. SHARP PROSE.
DIVERSE. QUEER. MAGICAL

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Katie Collan @kancollan.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

LEGENDBORN X AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER When fighters start disappearing from an underground elemental tournament, a sixteen-year-old participant with wind powers must uncover the tournament’s secrets before she loses a match and shares their fate. #YA #F #Jewish #OwnVoices #PosterPitQ #PosterPit

A movie poster titled "THE WINDWALKER," featuring a red-haired girl with glowing white eyes in a crimson cloak holding a transparent dagger made of air.

Descriptive text from top to bottom, left to right:

"A 105,000-WORD YA URBAN FANTASY"

"ELEMENTAL MAGIC" (surrounded by film festival award leaves)

"DIVERSE ENSEMBLE" (surrounded by film festival award leaves)

"PREMIERING NOW IN THE QUERY TRENCHES"

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Gizelle @gizellemoney.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

She’s the key to awakening the goddesses. He was built to end them. Their souls have met in every life— and ended in ruin. In this one, they dare to fall in love. #PosterPit #F #A #PosterPitQ

A surreal fantasy-inspired poster for The Scarred Vein. The artwork features a close-up of a woman’s eye with a vivid blue iris and a glowing green scar beneath it. The arch of a mountain seamlessly emerges from the top of her eye, symbolizing her burden and the realm she must protect. Above the mountain, faintly visible through the mist, is a second eye—violet and watchful—hinting at the presence of a hidden adversary or forbidden love. The image radiates myth, destiny, and emotional conflict.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

When Cuban American witch, Kat del Sol, discovers her mom is the infamous pirate Anne Bonny, she steals her Abuela’s grimoire and travels back in time–only to find her growing feelings for a pirate may cost her the mother she’s fought so hard to find. #YA #F #PosterPitQ #ownvoices

A faux movie poster for a book called Sea of Time & Blood, a young adult fantasy. The illustration depicts a goddess with tan skin, hands raised, and a glowing halo behind her. The whole image is shades of dark brown, burnt orange, and yellow hues. The magic swishes around her. The poster includes: a pitch for the manuscript, Sea of Time & Blood, for #PosterPit, a contest for writers. This is an original art piece by the writer/illustrator Elizabeth Prats

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Prepping for #posterpit over here. Thumbnail sketches ftw

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

So where are you in your publishing journey? I’ll start: 💜 Manuscript 5 (#YA fantasy) - #querying 💜Manuscript 4 (MG illustrated fantasy in the vein of Last Kids on Earth) - revising 💜 Manuscript 6 (YA Climate Fantasy) - outlining It doesn’t always happen on your first book and that’s okay.

The beginnings of an iPad illustration of a little girl on a yellow couch with pink glitter glue and throwing sparkles. It’s half done, base color no shadows.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Productive Saturday at @thirdlanternlit.bsky.social 5-hour #writing marathon. I revised 1800 words, finished a critique and finalized an illustration for my middle grade art portfolio #kidlit

The writer stands in a bar bathroom with stickers and writing all over the mirror. She holds up the phone with a peace sign. Head tilted to the side with dark brown, reddish curls.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Writers with day jobs. Are you a morning before work kinda writer or an evening writer? I find as a marketer my brain is spent by evening so I can also draw or paint, but writing. I give my best creative self first thing. 💫 #writers

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

START HERE: Hiiiii! I’m Liz. Writer, artist and cafe dweller (seriously the baristas know my order by heart). Currently #querying my #YAfantasy and revising a chaotic, illustrated middle grade. #kidlit. Always about those fierce Latina heroines.

A photo of the writer/ artists with playful scribbles pointing at the artist. I.e., 30-something, loves fantasy, romance, adventure, WIP witchy pirate fantasy

Bio: Elizabeth Prats is a Cuban-American writer, illustrator, and marketing pro. A former literary agency reader and book publicist turned Senior Account Director at an award-winning communications agency. She writes middle grade and young adult fiction featuring epic adventures and fierce Latina heroines.

Showcases a faux cover of the YA fantasy SEA OF TIME & BLOOD she is querying. It has a ship in the darkness and hues of light green. Headline: Time travel. Witches. Pirates. Oh My. Then it bullets out - Seeking a literary agent, found family feels, Morally gray love interest who would bleed the world for her, Spanglish and YA fantasy adventure

WIP: MG Wish Gone Awry. Intergalactic Gladiator Ring. Illustration of a cartoon 12-year-old with a surprised expression on his face holding a bowl and and alien eyeball on a fork. In bullets: Currently revising, illustrated middle grade, reluctant boy readers, bacon aliens that want to sizzle the MC to death, adoption & sibling bonding.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Knee-deep in my move. I love that I'm moving in the same city, but the amount of packing is still the same. -.- I have not had a chance to edit my playful #MG, which I'm reminding myself is fair. I need a nap after this week.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Took a stroll through the neighborhood today and snapped a few reference photos. Such a beautiful day. 💜

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Emily Keyes @esckeyes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

If you are an author or in the book industry, you should be concerned with tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada. Most four color books (PBs, etc) are printed in China. And Canada and Mexico are major sources of our paper. This will result in book prices going up and publishers taking fewer risks.

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Liz | Author • Illustrator @lizified.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Worked on some really playful thumbnails sketches earlier this week. I don’t thumbnail that frequently, but trying to do better this year. Honestly, such a game changer. This is an MC from my middle grade light sci-fi. #middlegrade #illustration #kidlitart

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Vee Bee - Writer @veebeewrites.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I'm so happy to find a whole list of pitch events for the #WritingCommunity 😄 I'm saving this for use throughout the year. #Writersky #amwriting #amediting #booksky #writersky 📚💙

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