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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Another Crystal Kite finalist I think you should vote for! Remember, you can vote in every division, so you can vote for this one in TX/OK and still vote for THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN in the Midwest Division!

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Excited that THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN made it to the final round for the MIDWEST Division of the Crystal Kites!! 🎉 Please cast your vote again in this all-important final round! To vote, go to Member Home on the SCBWI site & click the Crystal Kites link. Remember, you can vote in all divisions!

Image of the cover of THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN with a banner showing that it is a finalist in the Midwest Division.

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Cook Memorial Public Library District @cooklibrary.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

There's still time to register for our 2025 Indie Author Day! Join author Nicole M. Hewitt and literary agent Tina Schwartz as we explore writing KidLit books, and the secret to writing a query letter!⭐ 📝 ✒️ #indieauthorday #indieauthor

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Come see me on Saturday at Aspen Library in Vernon Hills, where I'll be presenting on writing kidlit, along with Tina P. Schwartz, who'll be talking about query letters! Hope to see you there!

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Just look at this amazing cover! So excited for this!!

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Last weekend I attended a launch event for Aaron Reynolds' newest book, TROUBLING TONSILS. It prompted me to dig up a page from my daughter's baby book from when I knew Aaron in another life!

Image of a scrapbook page from a baby book. Page has the title "Before I Was Born" and shows singing, dancing monsters. An arrow with the word "Me" points to the blue monster and an arrow with "Aaron" points to the brown monster. The text on the page indicates that the author of the post was eight months pregnant in the picture.

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

This Pride Month, we're recommending FLAMBOYANTS by @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social & Charly Palmer! From the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance. bit.ly/3H3O7aI

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Terminology Tip: People often see my book and call it a "prose novel" (sometimes even after I specifically say it's a novel-in-verse). "Prose" is just a fancy way of describing writing in normal paragraph form. If it's not a graphic novel, verse, or another hybrid form, it's written in prose.

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Someone on Nextdoor complaining about baby foxes in their yard, and I'm like: Nooooooo, send them to meeeeee. 🥹

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Going to try to start posting here every day as a little experiment. Feeling a little lost in the social media world right now (as many people are). Here's a video of my dog frantically trying to get dry after his bath. (Note the growling - he NEEDS every last drop of that water GONE!)

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Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

It's #ChildrensBookWeek and we're featuring our author's books to celebrate! Check out these amazing books that have already released, and stay tuned for more #MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks

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spkowalski.bsky.social @spkowalski.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Feeling like nobody "gets" what you do as a school librarian? Join tonight #TLskyChat tonight & we will problem solve 2gether!

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Alby C. Williams @albyceewilliams.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Thank you so much for having me 💜💜💜

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Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Summer is about to get off to a great start with this season's releases from Middle Grade Escapades! Preorder these books now, and stay tuned for part 2, because we have lots more to share #MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks

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Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

We love indie bookstores! This weekend, head to your local indie and pick up some amazing middle grade books from the Escapaders and share the love! #IndieBookstoreDay #MiddleGradeEscapades

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Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Multiple MGE authors have items up for auction to fundraise for the @ndkidlit.bsky.social scholarship! Check out amazing offerings from @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social, @cassfederman.bsky.social, and @emilydeibert.bsky.social here: ndkidlit.org/fundraising-... #MGEscapades #Fundraiser #MiddleGradeBooks

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Had such a fun day signing books with @authorsarafujimura.bsky.social and @jenniferwagh.bsky.social! Signed copies are available at B&N Oswego!

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Watch for this auction, live on the 15th!! So many great items up for bid!

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Flashback to one of my favorite reviews on the blog... (Go read it - I promise it's fun!) feedyourfictionaddiction.com/2014/04/5-st...

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5 Star Review – Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary – Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Thanks for spreading the word about these MG debuts!! (Including mine!)

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

School visit today! Hanging out with the 6th graders at Big Hollow Middle School!

Author Nicole M. Hewitt holding her book The Song of Orphan’s Garden in front of a library display.

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

My MG author group has joined Bluesky! Hope you'll follow us for some fun and great MG reads!! #MGLit #kidlit 📚👍🏼 #Booksky 💙📚

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Getting fan art would be the dream!! It doesn’t happen often with MG. (Though, now that I think about it, there are some very talented young artists who might send me something?)

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

President Trump's DOE has made themselves clear: they will support book banners in their efforts to strip our institutions of learning of the books that define them. So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.

Today the DOE announced plans to dismiss 11 outstanding complaints against book bans, and to eliminate the position of Book Ban Coordinator at the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). This distortion of the intended work of the OCR--the protection of civil rights and students' freedoms in our nation's schools--is negligent, grossly un-American, and in direct conflict with freedom of speech, a bedrock right enshrined in the Constitution.

Authors Against Book Bans unequivocally stands against all such attempts at censorship and discrimination. We stand with families, students and educators across the country who exercise free speech every time they open a book, and with the 71% of Americans who are opposed to book bans. Book bans do not protect children; history teaches us that they are a terrifying step toward tyranny.

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Cristina Rouvalis @cristinarouvalis2.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Cristina Rouvalis‬ ‪@cristinarouvalis2.bsky.social‬ · Excited for January 21 launch of our debut MG novel, Snoopers & Sneakers. Kirkus called it "a delightful cozy mystery with sprightly young investigators at the reins." lydiaandcristina.wordpress.com/about/

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Cristina Rouvalis and Lydia Wayman

Jane is a wiz at facts and numbers, but she’s clueless when it comes to other kids. Her autism and all-consuming love of cats make her a target for bullies. She’s nothing like Ashley. Ashley is bub…

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Can you believe my coworkers threw a midnight release party just for me? 🎉 What’s that you say? Those decorations look like they’re for a ✨different✨ just-released title? You must be mistaken. 😂 My friends celebrated me at the midnight party anyway. They're the best! #kidlit #MGLit 📚👍🏼 #Booksky 💙📚

Woman with brown hair standing in front of balloons and other decorations, holding a copy of THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN out in front of her.

Text at top: A midnight release party just for me?

Image shows a group of people, some wearing dragon costumes, all gesturing toward author Nicole M. Hewitt holding a copy of THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN.

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Shannon Miz @shannonmiz.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So very happy for my friend @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social whose DEBUT BOOK, The Song of Orphan's Garden, comes out TODAY!! 🥳🥳 Get you to a bookstore, friends! Mine is already en route!

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Happy Book Birthday to The Song Of Orphan Garden by @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social A novel in verse! @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #BookPosse

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Sharing this spreadsheet again of Black families in Altadena who need our help; Altadena is a historically Black community and there are real fears that this is what permanently displaces people who have lived in the area for 30 or 40 years. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Chicago-area folks, come join me! January 25th at 1pm!

The Song of Orphan's Garden launch party! At Barnes & Noble Mellody Farm in Vernon Hills on January 25th at 1pm.

Join me to celebrate the release of TSoOG with a short book talk, a fun kids' activity, a signing, and pre-order goodies!

(Also an image of the cover of The Song of Orphan's Garden, which shows a giant and two humans entering a magical garden that's bordered by winter, and an image of Nicole M. Hewitt, who has glasses and long, curly brown and purple hair.)

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Authors when they get their author copies...

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Got this adorable custom Funko from my mom for Christmas! New author photo?

Image of a Funko Pop with brown hair with purple highlights, purple glasses, purple shirt, and pink pants. Funko is holding a copy of the book The Song of Orphan's Garden.

Close-up of a Funko Pop with brown hair with purple highlights, purple glasses, purple shirt, and pink pants. Funko is holding a copy of the book The Song of Orphan's Garden.

Image of a custom Funko Pop in box with Nicole M. Hewitt written on the box.

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I get extra excited when someone says they love the maps from the preorder campaign because my daughter drew them (& colored them for the campaign). She did an amazing job! The map pictured is the version Brob draws in his journal, and the other side is a more "official" map. Both are gorgeous!!

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I know lots of people have already said this, but definitely a writing retreat. Preferably one somewhere with beautiful nature to look at and people to talk books with ONLY in the evenings after I've gotten my writing done. #kidlitchat

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This is such a great list of ALL the YA mystery thrillers!!

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The cookie recipes in this post look amazing!! (Posting this mostly so I remember to show them to my daughter next week when she comes home from school - but you should all enjoy them too!) www.allthebooksihaventread.com/blog-1/2024/...

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On My Nightstand December 8, 2024 — All The Books I Haven't Read

I started my annual cookie making extravaganza yesterday. I froze most of the dough to bake and give out later this month, but I had to make a few for my family and the various teenagers who wander in...

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Pre-order THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN or request it from your library to receive: ✨ color double-sided map print (illustrated by my daughter Danielle!) ✨ wildflower seeds ✨ sticker ✨ bookmark ✨ custom signed bookplate (tune featured is used in my book trailer if you want to hear it!) International

Image shows THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN book cover, back and front of bookmark, wildflower seed packet, signed bookplate with dandelion seed music notes on a musical staff, and back and front of map art print, which shows maps of Gairda.

Closer image of the two color maps of Gairda, one that is a more "official" map that Lyriana uses and one that is the map Brob draws in his journal.

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