Laurie Smith Murphy

Blooming love.

Blooming love.
#amaryllis

Thinking of Providence today. Snow helps to cover scabs but not our heavy hearts. Hold loved ones close.

Thinking of Providence today. Snow helps to cover scabs but not our heavy hearts. Hold loved ones close.

#Providence

“It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”
― Ann Patchett

#Writer #Author #Books #Amwriting

Grateful.

Grateful.

Cute!! Love the sparkle prairie dress!!

"Earth endures;
Stars abide —
Shine down in the old sea."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Poetry #Poet #RalphWaldoEmerson #Philosopher

I wouldn’t be surprised! 😉

Very excited about this book birthday! Rica is back with more shenanigans and I can't wait to read all about it! @JCostaBates

Very excited for this Book Birthday! Rica is back with more shenanigans and I can't wait to read all about it! Congratulations! @jcostabates.bsky.social

Geese mate for life so when Arnold is injured & whisked away by staff at local wildlife center to save him, mate Amelia sets off on a journey to find him. Can she find him before she loses all hope of ever seeing him again? What happens next, astounds everyone! True Cape Cod story. #QuestPit #PB #Q

Geese mate for life so when Arnold is injured & whisked away by staff at local wildlife center to save him, mate Amelia sets off on a journey to find him. Can she find him before she loses all hope of ever seeing him again? What happens next, astounds everyone! True Cape Cod story. #QuestPit #PB #Q

BEYOND THE MOON All 12yo Ivy wants is to be anything but ordinary, but it's hard when she feels invisible next to her picture-perfect sister and special-needs brother. When she joins a dance routine in the talent show, even with two left feet, she leaves her best friend on crutches and their friendship on ice. Now Ivy must make a choice: spend her whole life afraid to make waves or find the courage to stand up on center stage.

HEART FINDS X STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG

* 12yo Ivy ❤️ idioms
* Feels invisible
* Longs to be seen
* Brother with Down syndrome
* Annoying picture-perfect sister
* BFF to frenemy
* Secret crush
* Antique mannequin friend
* Snarky grandma
* Missing grampie
* Talent Show

#QuestPit #MG #Q #CON 📖

That’s hilarious!! 🤣

“Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.” ― Stephen Crane

#Poet #Writer #AmWriting #AmQuerying #KidLit

“We were letting go of October, relinquishing color,
readying ourselves for streets lacquered with ice,
the town closed like a walnut, locked inside the cold.”
― Mark Perlberg

#Poet #Author #KidLit #AmWriting #AmQuerying

YIKES!!

Look up. There’s still beauty in the world.

Look up. There’s still beauty in the world.

“Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary” ― Diane Keaton

#DianeKeaton #Memories #Anythingbutordinary

Good luck, Wera!!

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

What an amazing woman! She will be missed.

#JaneGoodall #Activist #Animals #Makeadifference

Okay. I can see that. I appreciate your time, Vicky. Thanks!

"While there is a lot to appreciate here, I don't have the vision needed to champion the project to publication. Regretfully, I must pass." I've also gotten something similar..."I don't have the editorial vision to proceed." Curious as to what this means. Thank you, Vicky!

Heading to Nashville soon for the first time. Recommendations for restaurants, please and thank you!

#Nashville

I bet! 😘

Gorgeous!!

“Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.”
― Frank McCourt

#Teacher #Writer #FrankMcCourt #AmWriting #AmQuerying

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." — Robin Williams

#RobinWilliams #AmWriting #KidLit #Spark

When 12yo girl longs to be seen, she elicits help from the antique mannequin from Mom's shop & her snarky grandma, after her act for the talent snow with frenemy BFF sinks. But will it be enough to step into the spotlight and out of her siblings' shadows?

HEART FINDS X STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG

12yo girl feels invisible next to her perfect sister and special-needs brother until a talent show disaster forces her to step into the spotlight and prove she's anything but ordinary. #QuestPit #MG #C #Q

"August of another summer, and once again
I am drinking the sun
and the lilies again are spread across the water."
— Mary Oliver (from her poem "The Pond")

#Poetry #MaryOliver #Summer #August #ThePondPoem
#KidLit #AmWriting

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
— Aesop

#BeKind #Kindness #KidLit #AmWriting

“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay

#EdnaSt.VincentMillay #Poet #Feminist #Poetry #Writing

“I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.” ― Toni Morrison

#Writer #Novelist #ToniMorrison #AmWriting #AmQuerying
#Poet #Poetry