@kgmachwrites
Author/ Educator she/her MG historical fiction, fantasy, and reimagined folklore: 'The Shoemaker of Siberia' in Gramarye, summer '25 PRESENT, STILL MISSING: September 16, 2025, Golden Bridges Publishing kmachwrites.com SCBWI, Write Mentor
Snow Day!
Using my gift of time to finalize FREE lesson plans for attendees of @nerdcampct.bsky.social this Saturday, March 7, 2026 in Norwalk, CT.)
Can't wait to share my expertise as both an educator and author!
#cteducators #teachers #nerdcampct
www.nerdcampct.org
Excited for this!
Author picture and details of event.
Educators in CT! Saturday, March 7, free event. NErdcampCT.org
#teaching #historicalfiction #
Drafting/ revising a bit as I go. Labeling several sections to move to a 'parking lot' doc later.
#amwriting #historicalfiction
Honeybee
There may still be a foot of snow here, but the world from winter slumber wakes!
This beautiful honeybee came out for a cleansing flight. Warmed my heart!
#nature #honeybees
2 feet of snow outside my windowβ and a ladybug inside flitting against the windowpane.
Ah, February. You are full on contradiction!
#writingcommunity #amwriting #snowdaystories
Exactly!
Me drafting: Ooh! That's brilliant.
Also me: What is this smoldering dump heap?
I can fix it on revision.
I can fix it on revision.
With chocolate and revision I can do anything!
#writingcommunity #writinghistorical #historicalfiction
If you are in CT Tuesday night, please join me for a local author event at Berlin-Peck Memorial Library. #ctauthors #newenglandauthors #localauthors
berlinpeck.org/events/2026-...
Researching agents to query is a bit like going down the rabbit hole.
I spend hours, and I know agents spend hours sifting through our submissions.
Someone, somewhere will find a match!
Happy Querying!
#writingcommunity #querytrenches
Just bailed on a book because the childβs voice was too adult. Folks, child narrators, even in adult fiction, need to sound like children. Otherwise you lose your audience.
#writingcommunity
Hugely underrated smell.
Butternut Squash roasting in the oven.
Seriously.
#cozywinter
I stumble on the little things as a writer.
Like writing my bio.
Every. Single. Time.
And it's literally on my websiteπ
#writingcommunity
Vintage oval portrait of a man wearing a hat.
22 December 1906 | Austrian Jew, Hans Jellinek was born in Vienna. He emigrated to Norway after March 1938. Bridge world champion.
In Auschwitz from 1 December 1942
No. 79140
He perished in the camp on 14 January 1943.
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π Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en/
Started the day with a beautiful rejection letter. This agent took the time to acknowledge me. The agent did state that it was a form letter, but it did not feel like one.
Good rejections encourage.
Keep at it, folks!
#querytrenches #writingcommuity
Mary Oliver
βThe most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.β
β Mary Oliver
writingforwellbeing.co.uk
#writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Book Bans The Non Gift for Writers
buff.ly/ZFmHvyM
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
Dreamed of a library last night.
Got an invite from a library this morning for an Author Event.
Thank you, Universe!
#writingcommunity #authorevents #kidlit
I am 'mature' in regards to the query trench. I send only when I know my story and I are a true fit for the agent. Successful? No. But neither was querying everyone.
I am a published author.
My work is good.
No need to rush.
There a million paths to publishing. #writingcommunity #querytrenches
Seriously, tho: colon cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed forms of cancer. In early stages, there are often no symptoms, which is why screening is so important.
When colon cancer is caught early, 9 out of 10 people with the disease can be cured. More info:
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
So excited for this to launch! Grace and I have been in the planning phase for quite some time. Tune in TOMORROW for our first episode!
#TheBookishState
I chatted with @kgmachwrites.bsky.social about her journey and how her historical #MG novel, #PresentStillMissing (Sept 2025, Golden Bridges Publishing) came to life! She says "follow your heart" to writers and is offering a giveaway open to US/Can/UK! www.robynnhyde.com/post/interview-with-kg-mach
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
10 November 1912 | A Czech, Arnold Nawrat, was born in FrenΕ‘tΓ‘t. A lawyer.
In #Auschwitz from 18 January 1943.
No. 89792
He perished in the camp on 23 February 1943.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
