Lorraine McCown (@mcclowny)

@booksbycindy.bsky.social Just read your “First Snowfall” and comments now disabled. Beautiful! I love “yarn like loops”.

05.03.2026 16:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Too cute.

05.03.2026 16:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“Hydra” must have been an interesting write. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 03:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh wow. Sorry to hear that. Poor kid. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 03:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I guess you aren’t superstitious? Don’t worry. I just knocked on a wood table for you. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:56 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That stinks. Hopefully not at the same time. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is so cool! #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

All of my grands just getting done w type A flu. Not fun. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:49 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sigh. Thanks for the reminder. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And dating apps! #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That sounds like fun. I love HSchoolers. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh nooooo! #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy cookies!

04.03.2026 02:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ha. Actually yes - if you want to support a glass table top with them. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks! #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fantastic! #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cover of Books Make a Home by Damian Thompson

Took a look at this book for funsies too. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:17 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Great idea. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This reminds me of a song lyric - “you are not broken, you are unfolding…” #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:14 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’ll have to look into that. Link? #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Do they give prompts? #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

These little contests are so much fun and I like the pressure of a deadline. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:10 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That’s a lot of poems. #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I wrote an entry for the Valentiny contest and fell asleep before I could submit it… but I was a day ahead of the submission closing for #50preciouswords and am almost finished organizing my new writing room #KidLitChat

04.03.2026 02:04 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Swell, Beaver!

03.03.2026 16:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

THE #50PRECIOUSWORDS 2026 INTERNATIONAL WRITING CONTEST IS OPEN!!! Hurray! It’s time for the #50PreciousWords 2026 International Writing Contest! And THIS is the OFFICIAL contest post. If you are participating, please read through the guidelines and then pos…

Just Fifty Nifty Words... You can do it!
THE #50PRECIOUSWORDS 2026 INTERNATIONAL WRITING CONTEST IS OPEN!!! viviankirkfield.com/2026/03/02/t...

02.03.2026 16:41 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Heads up for anyone looking to participate in #pbparty this year- The #PBParty Prep Zoom will be Wednesday, February 25 at 6 pm Eastern! 🗓️💻

21.02.2026 20:16 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

You too Bonnie!

18.02.2026 03:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I bet that made things interesting. #KidLitChat

18.02.2026 02:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Definitely. I taught HS for ten years but didn’t start until my three were all in school. Oddly, I never encountered any students that shared my children’s names. My older two named our youngest after a book character by Laura Melmed #KidLitChat

18.02.2026 02:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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