@writersloftma
Supportive writing community & anthology publisher. We offer critique groups, panels, workshops, classes, social events, and a quiet space to write. https://www.thewritersloft.org Check out our workshops: https://www.thewritersloft.org/loft-workshops
Mixing & matching in a perhaps unorthodox approach, but I love #fancy today's prompt & yesterday's #fishyfeb #februarty ( prompts a day apart..artistic license) From @writersloftma.bsky.social poetry anthology #mixedmedia #collageart #fightingfish #kidlitillustration #artyear #watercolor #betafish
I hope you'll join me and @writersloftma.bsky.social on March 26 at 7pm EST as we dig into all the details of developing a graphic novel! www.thewritersloft.org/offers/FHpL2...
Hi, lovelies. If you're itching to learn more about the graphic novel space, I'm teaching a class on the topic with @writersloftma.bsky.social on March 26! We'd love to see you there. (Bring creating materials. We'll have activities!)
THE NITT-GRITTY OF GRAPHIC NOVELS WITH EDITOR ALISON WEISS For Authors & Illustrators From character development and pre-writing through choices about scripting, thumbnailing, and paneling, this workshop for both authors and illustrators will dive in detail into each step of the process of developing a graphic novel for the children's/YA market, plus the business decisions and questions you should be asking along the way. Bring writing and/or sketching supplies, as we'll engage in some activities to get the creative juices flowing. Join Alison virtually, at the Writers' Loft: 3/26/25, 7 pm ET. $35 (members get 10% off!) Two-week replay included See you @thewritersloft Sign up: thewritersloft.org Alison S. Weiss has been in publishing for more than fifteen years. She most recently was acquisitions editor at Pixel+Ink (part of the Trustbridge Media Group), a publisher focused exclusively on series publishing with tansmedia potential. Alison runs her own editorial consultancy, and has worked with publishers including Simon & Schuster, Audible, Holiday House, and Arctis, as well as private clients, and was editorial director at Sky Pony Press. Her books have been nominated for and received many awards and honors, among them a William C. Morris finalist and Edgards nominations, starred reviews and have appeared on numerous end-of-year and state lists. You can follow her on Bluesky and Twitter at @alioop7 or at www.alisonweisseditorial.com.
Wanna talk all things graphic novels? Join me and @writersloftma.bsky.social for this fun session in March!
There's still time to sign up for this week's workshop!
Monday, 1/27 is MENTOR TEXTS.
www.thewritersloft.org/loft-workshops
Fractured Fairy Tale February is almost here!
Feb. 18: join @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social for
FRACTURING FAIRY TALES (& putting them back together)
Learn the ins & outs of using Fairy Tales in your #PB writing!
Register: www.thewritersloft.org/offers/RAJMe...
#Kidlit #BookSky #WritingCommunity
The Writers' Loft Presents: 6 WILD WINTER Picture Book Workshops with Karen Boss, Senior Editor at Charlesbridge. 🪝 Starting tomorrow, Thursday, 1/16, get your hooks into the New Year with HOOKS! See the weekly workshop theme & register here: https://www.thewritersloft.org/loft-workshops Sign up for one, two, three, or ALL SIX! 🤩 - Live (via Zoom), meeting style so you can ask questions - Two-week replays for each class. - Eligibility for a PB conceptual edit from Karen - Get an In-depth understanding of how to hone, position, and craft your PB manuscripts
The Writers' Loft Presents: 6 WILD WINTER Picture Book Workshops w/ Karen Boss, Senior Editor at Charlesbridge.
🪝TOMORROW - TH, 1/16, get your hooks into the New Year with HOOKS!
More info & register here: www.thewritersloft.org/loft-workshops
Sign up for 1 or ALL 6! 🤩
#kidlit #writers #pb 🎉
Love this #kidlitchat art nugget by @sparklemarkers.bsky.social.
Check out some of MY art secrets in the poem Medusa by @christinevanzandt.bsky.social in Gnomes & UnGnomes: Poems of Hidden Creatures published by @writersloftma.bsky.social
This winter, treat your shelf to something new!
Join us in Hudson Mills, on December 7, for our annual LITERARY BASH & WINTER BAZZAR!
Local authors & artists. Gifts.
See the author line-up here: writersloftpress.com/literary-bas...
#ShopLocal #SmallBiz #DiscoverHudsonMA
An Ent family for Sam Schifman’s poem in @writersloftma.bsky.social ‘s anthology! I had lots of fun creating a children’s book version of these iconic creatures from Lord of the Rings 🌳🌴🌲
✨ GNOMES and UNGNOMES launches today!! ✨ Here’s a closeup of a haiku by Mia Wenjen 💚
So honored to be part of this brilliant group of over 100 authors and illustrators! @writersloftma.bsky.social
Thank you, @andrewchacket.bsky.social for having us on your legendary blog!
www.andrewhacket.com/post/the-bac...
#GnomesAndUnGnomes #Poetry #PictureBook #Cryptozoology @audreydaywilliams.bsky.social
November newsletter going out tomorrow and I’m giving away an ARC of SUMMER AT SQUEE @andreaywang.bsky.social
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Picture Book Winter Warmer 2024!
We're excited to welcome back Charlesbridge Editor Karen Boss (virtually) for her Picture Book Winter Warmer series for #Fiction & #NonFiction #PictureBook #Writers. Deets in the link.
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#AmWriting #NF, #Fiction #PictureBooks #KidLit
Gnomes by Creedance Kenna, UNicorn by Adriane Tsai
Happy Mid-Gnomevember to those who celebrate!
Did you know our anthology #GnomesAndUnGnomes has over 1,234 gnomes hiding within its 86 pages?
Actually, we have no idea how many gnomes are hiding - we keep finding more! #Poetry @theartofadriane.bsky.social
writersloftpress.com/gnomes-ungno...
We're making stickers for the launch of #GnomesAndUnGnomes: Poems of Hidden Creatures! I'm obsessed.
Check out this beautiful Basilisk by artist, Creedance Kenna, inspired by Melanie Singer's poem, COCOA with a BASILISK.
@audreydaywilliams.bsky.social writersloftpress.com/gnomes-ungnomes/
Thank you!