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Christiana Doucette@doucette515· 24d

If you enjoy poems within poems, mysteries, and ghost stories, check out this #VerseNovel set at a summer cabin. Sandy Deutscher Green does some fun things with her poetry in this novel-in-verse #KidLit #MG #NIV

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· 25d

To read the rest of this poem published with The Thieving Magpie, follow this link: thievingmagpie.org/christiana-d... You can also find the rest of my published poems linked on website here: christianadoucette.wordpress.com/panels-media...

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· 26d

Rachel was a girl who loved science and the sea books and writing and all the creatures of the world. Rachel was quiet, a listener by nature. But when she saw problems, she could not remain silent. #VerseNovel #MG #NIV #Poet #Poetry #Enviromentalist #Nature #STEM #Science #Biography

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· 27d

Citrus Summer holds a favorite memory with my grandma and grandpa. Now this summer I made my own Lemon Meringue. You can read the rest here: www.frazzledlit.com/p/poetry-by-... #Poetry #Poem #Poet #Summer #Pie

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· 28d

A grieving twelve-year old grapples with guilt over her parents' death. At her aunt and uncle's place in Pune she starts at a new school, feeling as though her head is in a fishbowl. She walks through the stages of grief. #MG #VerseNovel #NIV #KidLit

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· 28d

My grandmother passed away this morning. 15 minutes before, I called and my mom held the phone to Grandma’s ear. I told her how very much I loved her. What a wonderful grandmother she’d been. And how much I’d miss her. My heart keeps reaching for an empty space.

Grandma on the property they owned for many years. They grew those trees from tiny sticks.

I’ve always thought she looked a bit like Audrey Hepburn.

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· 29d

There's something about personification that I just love. This was written during a writing retreat up near Grandfather Mountain, watching the sunrise over the Blue Ridge. #Poetry #Poem #poet You can read the rest here: c59c1654-7ada-4eef-995f-e52833736dab.filesusr.com/ugd/fdde8e_c...

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 13

In snowy pre-historic Ireland, Fia and her reindeer Solas have a powerful connection, so when her starving village sets its sights on Solas for food, Fia runs from the village with Solas, seeking out the Deer Mother - the mythical being who wakes the sun at the winter solstice. #KidLit

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 12

I wrote this poem years ago, and was delighted for Zinnia Journal to select it for their issue. You can read the rest of it here: c59c1654-7ada-4eef-995f-e52833736dab.filesusr.com/ugd/fdde8e_c... #Poetry #Poem #Poet #nature

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 11

"Effie is Deaf, and no one in her family speaks sign language, her language. This heart-filled story of survival and found family is inspired by a true court case." #VerseNovel #NIV #MiddleGrade #Poetry #Disability #adoption

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 10

I wrote this several years before I sent poetry anywhere at all. So I was thrilled when it found a home with Zinnia Press. You can read the rest here: zinniapress.weebly.com/issue-two.html #poetry #poet #poem

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 9

Determined catch her mother's attention so she will return to the family, a girl aims to break the record at Lake Tahoe for youngest to complete the Godfather swim. Think tight timeline similar to LONG WAY DOWN w/the nature survival elements of THE CANYONS EDGE for middle grade. #MG #VerseNovel #NIV

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 8

#Poetry #Poet #Poem #Contrapuntal First published on Avant Appalachia here: bit.ly/4xGrCOJ

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 7

#KidLit #MG #NIV 📚👍 A plucky rising baseball star determined to prove her baseball prowess faces a run-in with the Jim Crow south. bit.ly/4eAzGaY

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 6

To read the rest of this poem of mine, you can search the title here: bit.ly/4xGrCOJ #Poetry #Poem #Poet #Helene

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 5

#KidLit #MG #NIV 📚👍 More people should know about this one. I think it flew under the radar! But I love the interplay with Emily Dickinson's work. bit.ly/4uSm6G9

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 4

I wrote this on my phone after Helene downed so many trees around us. We had no power. I'd compose two lines in my head in the dark. Then turn on the screen, jot them down, and switch it back off to save batteries. You can read the rest here: rattle.com/when-the-hun... #Poetry #Poet #Helene

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 3

#KidLit #MG #NIV 📚👍 "...superheroes have a lot of “and then, boom” moments, where everything threatens to go bust but somehow, they land on their feet... when Joe’s grandmother falls ill and he is suddenly left to fend for himself. He doesn’t tell anyone he’s on his own, as he fears foster care...

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 2

It's my birthday month. I'm sharing some of my published poetry every other day (between verse novel posts!) This one feels like a July poem to me. Published on the kids poetry Site The Dirigible Balloon. Read the rest of the poem here: dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Flip-Fl... #Poetry #Poet #KidPoetry

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jul 1

Celebrating July with Poetry and Verse Novels. In April I shared all the 2026 MG Verse Novel titles I was aware of. Now, I'm going back to 2024. Every other day I'll share info about starred reviews, awards they've won, and some relevant themes. I hope you'll join me! #KidLit #MG #NIV 📚👍

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· Jun 5

Hiked Grandfather Mountain on Wednesday. Finished up my verse novel revisions Thursday. Feeling really good about all that was accomplished during this retreat.

A woman with a sun hat stands on the mile high bridge at Grandfather mountain with the blue ridge mountains behind her

The blue ridge mountains from the top of Grandfather mountain

The blue ridge mountains from the top of Grandfather mountain. A single cloud on the horizon.

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· May 20

#KidLitChat Craft Book #Shelfie Many of these were Christmas gifts from my spouse. He bought and wrapped a while printer paper box worth of craft books one Christmas!

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· May 20

#KidLitChat Mary Kole is so knowledgeable. And I especially appreciated her section on PB 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0.

WRI
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0
MARY
KOLE
INSIDER INSIGHTS INTO CRAFTING COMPELLING
MODERN STORIES FOR YOUNG READERS
WRITING IRRESISTIBLE
PICTURE BOOKS
MARY KOLE

$MARY KOLE Picture Books 2.0 and 3.0 Now that you might have some ideas about de e topics that you want to explore, let me throw another co ball at you: There have been a lot of chides be published since Ursula Nordstrom broke the marke vi open in the late 1940s. A lot. Picture books are published by imprints at all of be sig houses in the U.S. market. They're published abroad. There published by small presses. They're self-published. Thes sitting in a writer's drawer, never to see the light of day. Though I've spent over a decade in children's book publis ing I can confidently say that I've probably read less bar small fraction of .01% of all picture books that have bee published, an even smaller percentage of all the picture book manuscripts ever written, and an even smaller number dal the picture book ideas ever dreamed up. There are no new ideas, truly. But there are some old ones, which are getting left behind e the dust. This is where my idea of Picture Books 1.0 vs. 2.0 and 3.p comes in. Picture Books 1.0 are pretty straightforward. Think about Llama, Lama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney. Llama is chilling upstairs (a bedtime topic) and suddenly needs to see Mama Llama right now. He's struggling wit separation anxiety (topic). Mama Llama is doing the dishes and talking on the phone, so Llama escalates dramatically (causing "Ilama drama,"* which is a great line). Mama has to reassure Llama that she's there, even if she doesn't come right away (theme, even though it's stated outright, and Llama is pleased. WRITING IRRESISTIBLE PICTURE BOOKS This is a very clear story that works with the topics of bedtime and emotions (impatience, fear, and insecurity), and the theme of separation being healed by love and acceptance between a parent and a child. And it's a huge hit that has spawned a mini empire. But it's also incredibly linear. Child has an experience, Adult measures the child, Lesson is learned, and that's it. This makes Lama, Lama, Red Pajama (published in 2005) a…$

MARY KOLE
WRITING IRRESISTIBLE PICTURE BOOKS
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This pivot is at the heart of writing modern picture books, and it is the framework we'll use to discuss contemponey character and plot going forward. But what about Pictor Book 3.0, which is mentioned in the heading of this section?
Well, that's the next iteration of the picture book marketplace And now that the SEL and DEl approach is becoming sate rated, I'm already asking myself, "Well, what's next? Whats the evolution going to be?"
The point is, it will be tough to launch a Picture Book 2.0 idea in the Picture Book 3.0 world, which is right around the corner. It's going to be even tougher to enter the Picture Book 3.0 world with a Picture Book 1.0 concept.
That's why it's so important that you learn how to build a picture book idea from the ground up, using theme and topse and strong market knowledge as your launchpad. No matter what happens next in the picture book space, you will be ready, and dreaming in the right direction.
All this said, there's nothing that sinks a picture boo…

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· May 20

#KidLitChat I really love the beat-by-beat questions and how this helps me dive deeper in character development.

CREATING CHARACTER ARCS
The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development
K.M. WEILAND

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· May 20

#KidLitChat This one is not an easy read. But it is so PACKED with story crafting strategy that really adds depth and dimension. I’m working on internalizing it.

JOHN
TRUBY
THE ANATOMY
STORY
22 STEPS
10
BECOMING
A MASTER
STORYTELLER
John Truby

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· May 20

#KidLitChat Oooo. Craft resources. 😍 Here’s some of my favorites. Craft thesauruses Then story craft books I regularly reach for Lastly, the poetry craft books I turn to over and over

Emotions, negative traits, conflicts, emotional wounds, and amplifier thesaurus.

THE
CONFLI THESAUF
THE
EMOTIONAL
WOUND THESAURUS:
ESP
A Writer's Guide to Adversaries, and In
RAILURE.
VOLUME
THE
EMOTIC AMPLIFIE THESAURU
A Writer's Guide to
Character Stress and Volatility
SECOND
EDITION
A Writer's Guide to < Psychological Trauma
Di
ADL
ANGELA AL
& BECC
THE
NEGATIVE TRAIT
BETR
DEATH
A COMPANION
to The Emotion Thesaurus
NGELA ACKERMAN
BECCA PUGLISI
THESAURUS:
ANGELA
& BECCA

A Writer's Guide
Character Fl
10
EMOTION THESAURUS:
TTER
ANGBI
A Writer's Guide to Character Expression
G
NGER,
ANGELA ACKERMAN
& BECCA PUGLISI

* Wordog Blook
Write Your Novel
From the Middle
RIVET YOUR
READERS WITH DEEP POINT OF VIEW
Jill Elizabeth Nelson
John Truby
A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between
JAMES SCOTT BELL
WRITING
IRRESISTIBLE PICTURE BOOKS
MART KOLE
SAVE THE CAT!
WRITES A NOVEL
The Last Book on Novel Writing
Youll Ever Need
JESSICA BRODY
| The EMOTIONAL CRAFT & FICTION
How to Wite the Stary Beneath the Surface
STORY
ENGINEERING
MASTERING THE
LARRY BROOKS
CREATING CHARACTER ARCS
The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot. and Character Development
K.M. WEILAND
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Rhyme's Room
The Archerrare of Pero
Brad Leithauser
PATTERNS OF g g
POETRY
忽您闷
An Encyclopedia of Forms & g
MILLER WILLIAMS
A Poet's Craft
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO MAKING AND SHARING
YOUR POETRY
Annie Finch
Springer Tests in Education
David J. Rothman
Susan Delaney Spear
Learning the Secrets of English Verse
The Keys to the Treasure Chest
全Spinge
The
Ode Less Travelled
UNLOCKING THE POET WITHIN
Stephen Fry
The
Voice
Principles
Tony Hoagland
with Kay Corgrere

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· May 10

Arwen the holland lop accompanied us out this afternoon.

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· May 7

Last week I sat with her, held her hand. Told her I loved her. Listened to her share family stories and soaked up as much Grandma as I could. She was so thin. Her hands were so thin. And she was tired. We went over 4 times, 30 minute visits. One of the 4 times she slept through.

A white woman in glasses next to her grandmother (also in glasses).

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· May 7

👍📚 In the middle of a very hard day earlier this week, I had book mail! What’s bright spot. I’m loving this sequel to @medenkuyatt.bsky.social ‘s award winning Good Different! #KidLit

UNCORRECTED PROOF • NOT FOR SALE
Award-winning author of Good Different
MEG EDEN KUYATT
YOU MISSED THE PERSON
DIFFERENT

PERFECT
ENOUGH

A woman in a purple shirt holds a copy of Perfect Enough. She’s wearing glasses

Christiana Doucette@doucette515· May 7

In other updates, the doctor is saying just a few weeks left for my grandmother. I am so grateful we took last week to travel up to see her. And simultaneously so very sad. She was told 3-6 months not long ago. It looks like it’s going to be on the very short side of those 3-6 months.