It's a gloomy rainy day, so I'm spending it working on cover animations for my @romancingthevote.com winners @victoria7401.bsky.social and @lauraruthless.bsky.social. With their fun covers, I'm having a blast playing around with different options. Now to start narrowing it down.🤔

I got an email about this post on Nextdoor from yesterday. The comments were hilarious!😆 Although a few people were freaking out about CALL THE COPS!!! But several people were like, “Chill, it’s National Nudity Day.” And, yep, yesterday was National Nudity Day!🫣

🧵 If you’re interested in contributing an item for the fundraising auction to help @celestepewter.bsky.social, please fill out the form: forms.gle/s6s8roTZsHXw... If you’re not able to donate right now, please share/boost this thread. Thank you! #kidlit #authors #writers #writingcommunity

WTF is this nonsense?!? One, she's always used her married name: Darline Graham Nordone. Two, let's do everything we can to elect @drannieandrews.com as the first ACTUAL female U.S. Senator for SC: drannieandrews.com

Book friends: let's help Celeste by donating items to an auction to support her health and recovery. I'm donating book cover animations (like this one for Celeste's delightful book)! DM @celestepewter.bsky.social if you’d like to contribute.

To the people STILL shooting off LOOOUUUD fireworks without any redeeming colorful sparkles on the 9th of July (which means they've been going for over a week now), here's what Kenzi thinks about that:

Happy book birthday to "The Great Pumpkin Pancake Party" written by @celestepewter.bsky.social & illustrated by Kelly Wu! This warm, beautiful #picturebook follows Lilly and her grandfather as they establish a new autumnal tradition with an old family recipe. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-...

TEN MINUTES LEFT! Get your bids in NOW for any of the awesome @romancingthevote.com items! I've donated a bundle of three animations for your book cover. GO BID: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Are you bidding on my three cover animations at @romancingthevote.com? Good news! I'm offering a second bundle to the runner-up for the winning bid price: www.32auctions.com/organization... At last year's auction, the runner-up accepted, so here's one for @carriefinison.bsky.social's fun book.

Here's a more short trailer type animation rather than a scroll stopper for @gkuhny.bsky.social's second adorable book. Go bid now at @romancingthevote.com for your own cover creations! www.32auctions.com/organization... #kidlit #bookcommunity #booksky

I'm happy to work with the winner to figure out wording, colors, fonts, and sizes. @gkuhny.bsky.social had wonderful feedback on how to turn my original square sized animation into a IG Reel/TikTok sized posting.

My book cover animations went for almost $500 at last year's @kidlitforla.bsky.social auction, so the current top bidder at @romancingthevote.com is getting a steal at $95! Here's a thread of animations for winner @gkuhny.bsky.social's books. Win your own bundle: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Social media is so crowded that it's tough to get your book noticed. So how about an animation with your cover to stop the scroll? How about three?!? Bid on the bundle at @romancingthevote.com! Here's one I made for @celestepewter.bsky.social's beautiful PB. www.32auctions.com/organization...

Today's the last day to bid on the amazing items in the @romancingthevote.com auction! I've donated a bundle of 3 animations for your book cover. Here's an example for my NF PB. Why bubbles? Guess how manatees control their buoyancy!😆 Go bid before time runs out! www.32auctions.com/organization...

I wish I'd remembered to post this animation I made for the lovely picture book "30,000 Stitches: The Inspiring Story of the National 9/11 Flag" yesterday.🇺🇸 But it's another example of the book cover animations I donated to @romancingthevote.com. www.32auctions.com/organization... Go bid now!

For those of you up late also comforting a pet through loud sky booms, here's my @romancingthevote.com auction item: www.32auctions.com/organization... I'll create three animations with your book cover to help stop the scroll on social media.📚 Go wild bidding while everyone else is asleep!

Before the scary sky booms start tonight, Kenzi wishes everyone a Happy Fourth!!! 🇺🇸 We're staying inside where it's cool to celebrate 250 by writing postcards to voters. Plus checking out the amazing items up for bid at @romancingthevote.com. Here's my donation: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Celebrate the 4th of July by bidding on cool stuff in @romancingthevote.com's auction to support voting rights - it's the patriotic thing to do! One item you can bid on is scroll-stopping animations with your book cover: www.32auctions.com/organization... Happy 250, America!

Celebrate America's 250th by bidding on cool stuff in @romancingthevote.com's auction to support voting rights - it's the patriotic thing to do! One item you can bid on is scroll-stopping animations with your book cover: www.32auctions.com/organization... Happy 4th of July!

Kenzi got a big dose of Trazodone and has Mama Hedgie to protect her, so she's doing pretty well tonight. Here's hoping it holds tomorrow when WW3 explodes in our neighborhood.🙄

Need something fun for your cover reveal on social media??? How about a dramatic theater curtain animation? Here's the one for @sitawrites.bsky.social's beautiful picture book MANGO MEMORIES! Win three book cover animations at the @romancingthevote.com auction: www.32auctions.com/organization...

I have a bundle of three book cover animations up for grabs in the @romancingthevote.com auction! You can request them for something specific like a cover reveal/book birthday/holiday or get event-neutral ones for random posts about your book. www.32auctions.com/organization... Here's an example.

The fireworks started earlier this evening, and Kenzi (with her surgery-shaved leg) is a very firm, "No, thank you." It's going to be a long weekend.

Have you seen the INCREDIBLE items at @romancingthevote.com? So much fun stuff - I want it all!!!😍 And it's for a GREAT cause, so you can assuage your guilt for buying things you want but probably don't need.😆 On that note, I've donated book cover animations: www.32auctions.com/organization...

AMAs with agents, editors, and experts on science, history, and other topics that can help your writing are some of the amazing things up for bid at @romancingthevote.com! I'm offering to make 3 animations with your book cover to grab attention on social media: www.32auctions.com/organization...

There are so many fun items up for bid at @romancingthevote.com! Stuff for writers, stuff for readers, and all kinds of cool crafts for everyone! I've donated three animations for your book cover to help stop the scroll on social media: www.32auctions.com/organization... #kidlit #books #writers

You're welcome.❤️ Also Kenzi (with her shaved surgery leg) says, "Helloooooo, Miss Celeste and kitties!"

Happy Father's Day to all those doing the Dad thing. Hope you're feeling the love today. This picture perfectly captures my dad: cruising along on his boat with several dogs (these were his grand-pups) along for the ride. Miss you, Dad.❤️❤️❤️

Generous neighbors sharing the bounty of their garden brought us the biggest zucchini we've ever seen! 😳 I googled to see if they needed to call Guinness, but it turns out the longest zucchini is 8 ft 1 in!!! 😱 Anyway, we had 1/3 of it last night sautéed with garlic pepper, and it was delicious!

Just got back from doing the thing! I was only the 217th voter at my precinct, which is a little disheartening. Go vote! Also, even though I'm proud to wear the classic "I Voted" stickers, I want Dorchester Country to start doing the contests for kids to design the stickers. They're so fun!!!