Carrie Karnes-Fannin

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Photo of magazine feature article, heard lines “Bouldering On - a Guide to Getting Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place- On Purpose” by Carrie Karnes Fannin. A picture shows a dark haired woman in pink leggings free climbing a rock face

Check out NW Georgia Living Magazine’s March/April 2026 issue - there’s a new byline in town. 😉😎 This was a fun piece to do as I don’t often have the chance to merge my love of being outdoors with writing. (link to e-copy in the 1st comment)

Silly Love Sonnets contest badge featuring an illustration of a raccoon with a rose in its teeth against a backdrop of pink hearts.

It's almost that time again! Valentine's is right around the corner and our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts Monday, Feb 9th!

Check out last year's entries: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2025sil...

and winners: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/winners...

to gear up for this year's contest!

Simply 7 with Laura Alary: THE CURIOUS LIFE OF CECILIA PAYNE You know what I love about books written on the same topic? How very different they can be! EVEN when they’re nonfiction!

We all doubt ourselves sometimes, even scientists on the verge of major discoveries. 📚👍🏽 #picturebook #interview #KidLit #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/01/22/s...

It’s a beautiful book! ❤️

Hey look! It’s release day for @littlethoughtspress.com too!

So much good new stuff for kids today!

A snow-shoveled path on a gravel driveway with mixed wild bird seed sprinkled in the track

A suggestion: use bird seed, rather than de-icing salt to assist melt (lowers snow albedo) while also providing traction. Birds scratching also helps!

30 Best Middle Grade Books of 2025 - Imagination Soup What are my favorite middle grade books of 2025? These are compelling, engaging, well-written books for ages 9 to 12 that will hook your readers on their stories, the character arcs, and the immersive...

Thrilled to find THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES on @imaginationsoup.bsky.social's Best Middle Grade Books of 2025 list! Sooooo many amazing titles here - including lots of my 2025 favs! imaginationsoup.net/best-middle-...

Buy books for kids I co-taught a class at Highlights Foundation (remember Highlights Magazine? That’s them) for several years with talented nonfiction author Jen Swanson. The portion I taught was how to write p…

Books❤️📚 gifts that keep on giving!
Honored by @teresarobeson.com's blog post sharing my books. Like her, I urge you to gift books to kids, especially ones that widen their world, spark curiosity, inspire them to chase possibilities & recognize their own capableness.
@kl4gm.bsky.social #edusky

Raccoon clinging to ladder on back of garbage truck

Meet your new garbage man, I guess? I’ve been seeing a lot of articles lately about raccoons showing signs of domestication, but didn’t expect they’d skip right over being pets and go straight into having jobs. #TrashPanda 🤣

When I read the full review of THE OCEAN'S HEART I cried (tears of joy)...Okay, I'm still crying. The reviewer connected with this book on every level. I hope other readers will, too. ❤️@steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social #Edusky #Skybrarians #kidlit

Collage of holiday decorations on a Main Street

Happy Thanksgiving!🍁🦃🍽

Gopher type rodent with a bundle of grass in its mouth

This why I compulsively check my camera and microphone every few minutes in a meeting. 🤪

#Query Critique #GiveawayAlert! Enter to win a query critique by agent Carter Hasegawa & read his agent spotlight interview at Literary Rambles. Find out what he's looking for. #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit www.literaryrambles.com/2025/11/lite...

Thank you, CK! I’m over the moon with excitement. ✨

3 pictures in a row - one of red and yellow leaves, second of a red stop sign surrounded by bright yellow leaves, and third a close up of a prickly pear cactus with red fruits

“A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.” ~ Henri Matisse
#AfternoonWalk #FallVibes

🦋 After reading a BUTTERFLY SEA advance copy (thank u, @booksbycindy.bsky.social !), I can say y’all are in for a treat. It hits themes I often explore in my own work & makes my photographer’s heart smile. Plus, the illustrations are GORGEOUS. @marielaurecouet.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social

And the 🧠 ⛈️ winner is @deniseseidman.bsky.social ! Drop me a DM for the details. #picturebooks

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I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway!

Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!

Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway

Hey illustrators/agents!

I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!

Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.

💙❤️ #artcommissions

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There’s one particular manuscript that I’d really like to see come out into the world. (See this video of future-me shouting the news to the world when it happens. 🤞)

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I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway!

Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!

Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway

Thanks, Stefan! 😁

Thank you so much, Andi!

Thank you, Beth! It feels a little unreal still. 😊

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Thank you, Claire!

Thank you, Karyn! 😊