Lori Knutsen: Kidlit Writer, Teacher and Photographer

Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day with Katy Duffield! Hi readers, writers, and ATV-lovers, too! Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day - a perfect time to celebrate kindness in action. There's no better way to celebrate than with multi-published author Ka...

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Love this hook and fresh idea.

Celebrate World Snow Day with Donna Marx and Lynne Marie PLUS enter to win a prize from their BIG Giveaway! Happy 2026 parents, librarians, book fanatics, writers, and readers of all sorts! As snowflakes swirl across much of the U.S. (yes - there’s even a chance in Florida!), we’re celebrating World Snow Da...

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It was so fun being on Writers With Wrinkles!! And my episode is kicking off a new season and a new year 😶 eek no pressure! I hope y'all enjoy our chat about connecting with peers and the hurdles your pages have to clear and the thing I'm looking for when I (eventually) reopen to queries

#WriteTip #RevisionTip Find opportunities to let the reader know how the character feels. Take a close look at conversations. Try adding their inner thoughts between the lines. How does the character feel about the conversation? What is the unspoken transaction in the scene? #amrevising #StarlingLit

And you! Thanks for asking such a great question! And for breaking any awkward silence haha!

She was so lovely and caring on the podcast. She'd be a dream to work with for sure!🤩 But those PB numbers! whoa! The odds are not in my favor lol. 😅 But do I give up? NO!

It was sooooo good! I also really enjoyed the one on Neurodivergence! Thank you for doing these!!!!!

A new dancing favorite my family loves is THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER written and illustrated by Steph Lau. 🦄🤩@stephlaubooks.com

Ep. 25: The Many Reasons for Agent Passes (Beyond Writing Quality) and How to Cope with Them

open.spotify.com/episode/1A0D... Such an inspiring and fascinating behind the scenes episode for querying writers! Thanks, @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @heathercashman.bsky.social WOW!🤩 #writers #writing #mentalhealth #rejection #keepgoing #amquerying

Wow! Congratulations on a fantastic year!!!! And all of your hard work!✨🥳

I love 12 X 12 webinars related to craft and also those with agents/editors. From 2025, my favorite I'm thinking of right now--it's hard to choose-- is Anitra Rowe Shulte's Musicality in Picture Books! I also have learned a lot from Karly Dizon's First Page Critiques!

a woman in a red dress is carrying a man on her back through a forest Alt: a woman in a red dress is carrying a man on her back through a forest. Scene from Hamnet movie.

Just finished reading the beautiful and heartbreaking lyrical prose of Maggie O’Farrell’s HAMNET. 💯 🔝 . #booktok #hamnet #shakespeare #fiction #evocative #writer

Beautiful!!!!😍

Woohoohoo! 🥳 🎉 Congrats!!!!

Author Friends, Will You Send Me a Postcard? - April Berry Books LLC My dear author friends, I am so excited that you have a new picture book or middle grade novel on the market (or coming out soon), and I was wondering… Will you send me a postcard? Let me explain. I’v...

The news is out! I'm starting a new book blog called PICTURE BOOK POSTCARDS.

If you have a recently published or soon-to-be-published picture book, please consider featuring your book on my new blog.

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Congratulations!!! Can’t wait to read!!🎉🎉🎉

Wrote this manuscript in 2002--have revised a few times--and now it's coming out in 2027. No, neither of those years have typos! Sometimes publishing is a looooong game.

Ooooh I just love your style!!!!! 🤩

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#kidlit peeps! This Monday, 12/8 at 5:30 p.m. PST/8:30 p.m EST I will be doing a presentation on Well-Being in the Kidlit Journey w/ Mighty Kidlit. You should join us!! Mighty Kidlit has free or paid memberships (either would allow you to attend)! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #writingcommunity

Woohoohoo!!! Congratulations!🎊🎉

And this is why you’re the best and I wish you represented picture books!;) Congrats on your success!!!

So much to be thankful for!!!🎉

This looks sooooo good!!❤️🙏🏼

We love Zootopia!!!! Can’t wait to see the 2nd one! 🐰🦊🐍

This is gorgeous!!!!

It's Season's Readings with Sonja Anderson! Hello readers, writers, and Dala Horse lovers of every kind! We have an especially heartwarming treat for you today. The lovely Sonja Anderson is here sharing her new book, A Christmas Wish for Little...

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This is your December reminder that it's absolutely acceptable to try and get to a set annual book goal by cramming in as many novellas and cookbooks as you can find before Christmas swallows you up! #booksky 💙📚

Hahaha 😂 Feels like a great PB!

How could I forget PB Rising Stars!⭐️ 😱 I’m sure I forgot others :( hmmph.

Giveaway! Free mentorship opportunity.

Another incredible mentorship opportunity for #PB writers with Rosie Pova’s Picture Book Academy. 🎉🎉🎉The #Kidlit community is generous! Take advantage! Mighty Kidlit, 12 X 12, Writer’s Barn, Inked Voices… @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @brilawyer.bsky.social