📢 MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 You’ll love the art style of fab fairy member Merry Miller-Gass (@ArtByMerry). Merry is a PB writer & illustrator from California. She loves creating quirky characters and stories for kids of all ages and backgrounds. #kidlit

Still pinching myself. Fredward Not-A-Frog will be featured in this year's PB Party showcase. Honored to be up there with so many talented creators and so grateful to the hosts and judges for providing such a fantastic opportunity! Cheers to a fabulous week ahead! #pbparty

Sending some love to everyone participating in #PBPitch today!

Happy #kidlitpostcard day! My name is Merry, and this is my little lamb. I love drawing animals, making silly jokes, and making the world a littler merrier, one page at a time. Currently seeking representation. #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard

Hey guys -- I'm back! Haven't posted since March, so pretty much a lifetime ago...Hope everyone is hanging in there! 💜 Time to get my creative routine back in action!

Today I sent out my first round of queries ever in my life and I would never have had the courage if it wasn't for the amazing #writingcommmunity I've found here & #12x12 & #SCBWI 🥰🥰🥰 Love you guys!

#WritingCommunity #askagent Would agents prefer assisting with choosing a pen name or would they rather you have one picked out before querying them? I'd like to "rebrand" with a more marketable and memorable last name...but when?

No, Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument.

Working on a DIY clarinet case for my middle-schooler 😆 #squidward #wip

Recess has been a wild ride today! With smooshed bananas, Band-Aids, sparkly shoe mishaps, and wiggling worms, there has to be a way to shake those icky yucky RECESS BLUES. #PBPitch

SONNY ON-STAGE When Sonny spies an audition poster, he has a BIG question. What is acting? Can Dad’s creative explanation of ballet, musicals, and opera be enough to inspire Sonny to “grace the stage?” -rhyming- #PBpitch #writingcommunity

A poetic snail loves her cracked shell, but she needs a transplant. Scared, she writes poetry that sparkles on sidewalk. CRACKED is a picture book manuscript written for kids facing surgery. #pbpitch

A LITTLE CHICKEN x CHICKEN IN SPACE Everyone knows why the chicken crossed the road, but no one knew how--until now. In TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, a chicken fed up with farm life hatches one elaborate plot after another to outmaneuver traffic & make her dream come true. #PBPitch

#PBpitch Margo & Grandma love doing things together, esp. painting. G'ma dies & Margo is LOST... until she finds something G'ma painted just for her. And it makes her realize G'ma will always be with her.

Should a princess sleep in her big puffy frocks? Or wear suits of armor with her warm fuzzy socks? PRINCESSES WEAR PAJAMAS shows children there is a time for ballgowns and a time for bunny slippers. #PBPitch #L

Chameleon finds the forest of Madagascar lonely. Will blending in with his neighbors help him belong? Take a journey with chameleon as he discovers who he is and learns to let his true colors show. #PBPitch