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Oh you know- generally doing really well and then boom the world melts down further so… quite an off day, checking on family #LA

#kidlitchat My recurring ones are… “broken” or “it’s not working” and getting back up”…. :P

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Hmm raccoons… There’s a great new raccoon caper, I hear! #kidlitchat

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Hi #kidlitchat! Long time no… chat :D… For today’s topic- I’m generally not too surprised by the subtexts in my work… I come back to familiar themes again and again… wait am I defining subtext correctly? I gotta look it up haha

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A present!! 1949 Underwood Champion typewriter, pretty much perfect condition as far as I can tell, got it at an estate sale yesterday!

Photo of a 1949 typewriter, model is Underwood Champion

Words typed out on new (to me!) typewriter

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Hey @studiobeancan.bsky.social thx for help w/my ?s re. what to submit > @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social Pitchfest 2025! Ended up going w/most finished story like u said. Also realized, I can be wedded to who my characters are AND be willing to re-configure how I write their story. Which: FUN! #kidlit

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I went into The Shrinking Pod, but turns out, it morphed and slid into another dimension, a world like ours but not ours, where I couldn't get to know my main characters as a peer, but I was able to be a passerby and Yes! I witnessed their friendship meet cute! Thrilling! #kidlit #amwriting

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I think two things simultaneously: worth defending the goodness of your initial perspective (for ppl to crit the insides, not the outsides) and I agree, he's dangerous. And that Human life is always worth defending. And I get why you deleted! More than 2 thoughts at the same time I guess! :)

And now… I am entering The Shrinking Pod, to live amongst my 2 main characters in their tiny world, to find them and see what they’re up to, asking them how they met, and hoping to befriend them if they’ll have me. I think they will. They are loveable and aren’t I also? 🤪 #kidlit #amwriting

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I hear you! I feel the same way, about anyone making looks the focus of criticism, even Stephen Miller, coz it’s the insides that are the problem not the outsides!

Kids Comics Studio Anthology @kcsanthology.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Reposted by Maritza Ruiz-Kim

#KidsComicsLetsGo... MEET anthologist @kidlitedna.com. Edna's picture book HONU AND MOA is an Aesop Accolades recipient - so her anthology comic will be good! Support her work editing our Newsletter by subscribing at: bit.ly/kcu-studio-a... #KidsComicsStudioAnthology #kidscomics #kidlitart #kidlit

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 21/02/2025

As I was reading this thread I was thinking about the stories with all boys except for one girl, and when a story breaks that mold, i find it so refreshing… before even learning of how it serves the story… but when it does, even better!

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Reposted by Maritza Ruiz-Kim

Tell the stories of Trump's victims. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

open.substack.com

Tell the stories of Trump's victims.

February 20, 2025

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Something I gotta look into... Making a Starter Pack or.. a Feed instead?... of SF Bay Area KidLit people coz... seeing you folx IRL is so energizing and helps this little artist writer keep on keepin' on.... Who would be interested in this info? Thoughts? #kidlit

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Seeing fellow #KidLit folx IRL, well it's just pretty dang niiiice isn't it? And also-- lots of *wows* hearing about the upcoming books! (Hey Jerrold does Tony have a 🦋?)  :D @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social @stephlaubooks.com @mdashow.bsky.social @studiobeancan.bsky.social

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Maritza Ruiz-Kim @marzkim.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Yahooo Jerrold! A starred review!

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True! Keyboard warriors extraordinaire!

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Onwards to the Imaginary Places, where I find the stories that haunt me in good ways (aka- I'm going to work/write/draw now) haha #kidlit

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"I'm coming for you, Windmills!" - Maritza, spoken from the couch, next to old sleeping pug

You guys (who were there) remember when Twitter was like, a place to say writerly stuff out loud, the way you wish you could say things in the moment during hang outs with people, and you could be interesting instead of awkward, and it felt so real?

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Oh... well yes, yes I do... 😬 Heh heh heh I have a distinct suspicion that we all do, especially these days!

Aww Rori thanks. I also recommend people feel free to talk to Maritza Ruiz-Kim because while she can be sorta quixotic she means well

You know what feels like *The Worst*? Being worried people will see me as a Try Hard, but OMG I am trying really freaking hard and I can't stop.

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What happens with the replies I add to my own posts? Are those also invisible? Am I the kind of invisible that might come with perks, like, can I observe uncreepily without being seen, OOO!! can I go into the white house and invisibly observe and expose it all!?! Now that would be something.

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And then there was a moment when suddenly twitter became more popular and people from IRL saw my posts and I was like OHMYGODTHEYKNOW and welp!

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I want so badly to be someone who does my best work and sincerely doesn't need positive reinforcement... I have gotten this far without more that peer reinforcement which is something I guess! haha look at me "blogging" my emo into the void. Altho I liked this on twitter at one point

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How raw should I be about how sad it feels to think like nothing is ever gonna go anywhere with my work? No one ever gonna see it, no one ever gonna really want it, but you know Great Effort! Nice try! Love ya! you know... heh heh i know there is no hashtag oh this, no feed visibility prolly 🤷‍♀️

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