Adventure. Wonder. Stories.💫 Neurospicy kidlit writer #SCBWI, #12x12PB, #PBRisingStars Mentee. @WritersSalon. More active on Bluesky. All em dashes are my own—
Joined March 2014
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It was an honor to write this nonfiction #picturebook "Bringing About Change: Making a Difference Through Activism" for Reading Partners’ wonderful literacy program+Cover to Cover series, & to work with talented editor @angela_padron!
#kidlit #writingcommunity #activism✊
Check out this generous giveaway: #PB #critique + Zoom with agent @JoyceGrackle! 🐦⬛
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amwriting
🎉Enter for a chance to win a picture book query critique + 30 minute Zoom with agent Joyce Sweeney!
✨You'll also find awesome tips from Joyce and author Rob Sanders.
🚂Plus...the July #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train is here!
mindyalyseweiss.com/pb-oppor…
I’m over the moon—honored & thrilled—to be chosen as a #PBRisingStars Mentee! 🌟
Blog post re: wild weeks of applying: tinyurl.com/2s4bkcsr
Selection night reel: tinyurl.com/4km4rkyn
Thank you, @mcmsharksxx @PBRisingStars
& all my amazing CPs!
#amwri̇ti̇ng #kidlit
I'm so excited I won an author critique from the wonderful Lora Stead in advance of #PBParty! Looking forward to digging into Lori's fantastic notes. Yay, Rafflecopter🎉@MindyAlyseWeiss @SylviaiChen
& the whole team raise the bar on this amazing #kidlit contest every year!!
The 2026 #PBParty contest has 39 participating agents/editors so far. Wahoooo!
It's only been a few days since e-mailing editors & a bit longer for agents, so I'm hoping we'll have tons more yeses by the showcase.
Enter to win one of over 45 critiques!
mindyalyseweiss.com/2026crit…
Authors: This is NOT a real agent but a scammer. You can find a Writer’s Beware Facebook thread from Jan as well as the name doesn’t exist on the agency site.
Always research agents that approach you on socials to make sure they exist and it’s a valid account. #WritingCommunity
Are you all excited for #PBParty or what?!? 🥳 Who's entering? 🙋♀️
This post is packed with awesomeness! 💗
🎉2026 #PBParty contest dates
🎉PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train happening NOW
🎉Celebrate Guest Crit Master @SylviaiChen
🎉Huge giveaway!
🎉Tips for writing a new PB draft
🎉Holiday critique specials
mindyalyseweiss.com/critique…
Enter to win these great prizes!
And congrats to awesome CP @theislandwriter on her 5th book deal and new agent—way to start off 2026!! 🥳🎉
🎉‘ASK ME HOW I DID IT’ SOCIAL’ 🎉
10 winners🏆invited + CHOICE OF ONE:
Signed book, PB critique, Query critique, Virtual classroom visit
HOW TO ENTER:
1. Follow
2. R/T
3. Comment: What is your favorite dessert?
Winners selected 2/12!
#writingcommunity #kidlit #giveaway #publishing #author #writersofx #social #5amwritersclub
I’m incredibly honored and grateful that @MSMarianayagam selected me as her #PBRisingStars Runner-Up and gifted me with a #PB critique! Thank you, Maria! And thank you @PBRisingStars Team!⭐️
#kidlit #writingcommunity
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Here's a big lesson I learned evaluating queries at a top literary agency: the first 10 pages can be make or break.
A strong opening ➡️ full request
A weak opening ➡️ a likely rejection
Here are 9 common mistakes that are quietly killing your first pages—and how to fix them. 🧵
Thrilled for my first work-for-hire nonfiction picture book contract!!
A big shoutout to my #SCBWI RA @MelissaJMiles for her informative @SCBWI_SoBreeze Shop Talk on creative ways to become a published author.
#kidlit #writingcommunity #latepost...
☂️ #StoryStorm ☂️ is such a fun (& free!) way to start off the year. #Kidlit #writers you still have 2 days to register (1/7) to get in on the collective wisdom, brainstorming picture books, & prizes! It's already raining ideas! Thank you, @taralazar taralazar.com/2024/12/27/s...
Congrats to CP @BKimmelWrites for a fun and packed out @lilshopostories bookstore event for her board book debut!! What a fun and engaging evening!
Thank you, @jynhall, for coming to tonight’s HANUKKAH HIPPITY-HOP dance party at Little Shop of Stories! You’re the best!❤️❤️❤️ @SCBWI_SoBreeze #KidLit #WritingCommunity #CP
So excited for my Inkcredible CP @KaniniKidLit and her debut: A Kite For Easter!! 🪁
🪁 Beyond thrilled! My PB, A KITE FOR EASTER debuts Spring 2026! Illustrated by the incredibly talented @RichySanchezAy1 and published by the amazing @yolandascott @charlesbridge Thank you Agent Extraordinaire @LJAmstutz @StormLiterary and my InKredible CPs!
Hour 19 of the London Writers' Salon #24hourwritingsprint partnering with @filmlondon just wrapped. I've logged 9 hours thus far and loving my first sprint. Incredibly motivating writing online with hundreds of people around the world! 4 more hours to go!!
#WRITERS! As a Host for the int'l @WritersSalon, I'd like to invite you to "24-Hour Writing Sprint: A Day of Writing Around The World!" Free, via Zoom. Come for 1 hour or all 24 hours(!!) Register: lu.ma/n278bt91 & hope to see you there! #WritingCommunity
Ooo - looks like there are prizes each hour from various partners! Things like books, writing courses, notebooks, Scrivener writing software, ProWritingAid subscriptions, and more.
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Join our Team!
We're seeking a Publishing Operations Associate to support our dynamic team.
This is a 100% remote, freelance position. (US Only)
Job info and how to apply: littlepresspublishing.com/
😊 It was a joy to edit Johnna Stein’s MG novel: Untangling Hope.
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