Susan Hood

Thank you! This is a book that changed my life as an author and I’m forever grateful to Ada, Favio and the amazing Recycled Orchestra!

Thank you, Debbie!

Looking forward to seeing so many friends tomorrow at #nErDcampCT!

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.

How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65

Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

If I decide one day that speed limits don't apply to me and break them at will, I will get a ticket. If I ignore tax laws, I will go to jail for breaking tax laws. These people are breaking the law and we should use that language to describe their actions

Opinion | Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out Trump’s presidency demands your attention.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

How Americans and the world handle Donald Trump "will determine much about the next four years, and it will ask much from all of us," the New York Times editorial board writes. "We must meet the moment."

Read more here: nyti.ms/4hrd4Kd

Thank you @librarykirkl.bsky.social for this incredible review of #Lifeboat5! @simonkids.bsky.social

Congrats @mrschureads.bsky.social for your Schneider Family Book Honor for Louder Than Hunger! So happy for you!

So glad you liked it, Debbie! I just started reading Orbital and am blown away!

Thank you, John! I’ve been off social media for a while, but I greatly appreciate the birthday wishes!

Thank you, Jessica!

Massachusetts readers - Please join me and 60 other great authors this Saturday, December 14th in Newton for the first Newton Children's Book Festival! Signed books make GREAT gifts! newtonchildrensbookfest.com

Me too. Will you have tape? Haha!

Reading DOGTOWN now before I give it to my granddaughter. So good!

Thank you, Kristin! Glad you could join us at #NCTE!

Thanks for joining us!

Hello to all my new followers! I’m excited to see many friends I knew on that old site that we x-ed out of our lives.Glad you’re here!

Senate Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Pass a Shield Law to Protect Journalism The PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from government spying, enjoys broad bipartisan support and has passed the House—but it’s unclear whether the Senate will take it up.

And Wired story here: www.wired.com/story/press-...

Helpful wise words. Thanks, Kate!

I created this starter pack for #VerseNovel authors yesterday while waiting in car line to pick up my daughter.

If you see authors who are here who I’ve missed, could you tag them so I can add them? ❤️
go.bsky.app/HJUWbCY

This is fantastic. Thank you!

Thanks so much, Meg!

Thank you, Lori! I haven't been on here in a while, but delighted to be off you-know-where and looking at blue skies!

Text reads: PB Rising Stars: A Picture Book Mentorship Program. Link is PBRisingStars.com, hashtag is #PBRisingStars. In the background are shooting stars against blue and purple light rays.

*New* on my blog: I'm excited to host the official #PBRisingStars Mentors Announcement: debbieohi.com/2024/02/pb-r...

This 3mo picture bk mentorship program pairs authors, illus, & author-illus w/ experienced mentors for one-on-one development. Organized by @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social & Kailei Pew.

Can't wait to talk to kids in Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin
this Wednesday for World Read Aloud Day! #WRAD #WorldReadAloudDay

Happy to see #Wojtek, my favorite bear, mentioned in this article about heroic wartime animals. There's a book in each one of these brave critters! #BrothersinArms #HarperCollins historyfacts.com/world-histor...

The Book World Still Isn’t Diverse. Dhonielle Clayton Is Trying to Change That. Her solution? A packaging business that sells ideas for commercial genre fiction featuring characters from broadly diverse backgrounds.

Congratulations to Dhonielle Clayton. What a feature in today’s New York Times!

www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/b...

Axolotls forever!

I look forward to this all year. Why have just a Top Ten when you can have 31 Days and 31 Lists? afuse8production.slj.com/2023/11/30/t...