MG Writer, #AMM Round 8 Mentee, Raised in šŸ‡§šŸ‡· and šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø, https://xitter.cf/t.co/hESBa1mFzw, TWS member, #amquerying (she/her/hers)

Baton Rouge, LA
Joined March 2018
Kayla Stansbury retweeted
GIVEAWAY: I wanted to celebrate B+N's big sale. For the next 3 days, you can use the code PREORDER25 and get 25% off of A WHISPER IN THE WALLS (members get 35% off!) RT to enter my giveaway and spread the news. One winner will get personalized books! barnesandnoble.com/w/a-whisp…
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SĆ£o Paulo will have a Camp Half-Blood experience! #PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians fans will be able to play Capture the Flag, take Archery lessons and more activities at Camp!
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Kayla Stansbury retweeted
Humans who teach: A guide for centering love, justice,and liberation in schools. Available spring 2024. Sign up to receive pre order details here: samplechapters.heinemann.com… Read below for mini description of book 🧵1/4
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anyway apropos of nothing, here's a tiny sampling of incredible 2023 middle grade that *I* would vote for, if a certain website allowed it 😤🫶
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Kayla Stansbury retweeted
I’m so mad about this. Especially when you think about the dwindling coverage for books, the struggle for poetry and MG books to get ANY kind of press, and the boost indie comics get from things like this. It was SOMETHING, you know? Ugh.
I know the Goodreads Choice awards are inherently a joke but getting rid of the poetry, graphic novels & comics, and middle grade & children's categories while adding a romantasy category is wild
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Recently had an incredible MG anthology with a phenomenal line up shelved. All the rejections were of the "MG is a hard sell right now" This is part of the reason that is true
Combine this with my recent visit to B&N where there was NO new MG on the shelves, and my talks with industry professionals saying it's so hard to publish MG because it's impossible to compare to the beasts taking over sales...I will ALWAYS be fighting for MG. It deserves more.
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Kayla Stansbury retweeted
04 de outubro de 2023: a GinĆ”stica ArtĆ­stica brasileira faz história! Ɖ muito ORGULHO dessas meninas! šŸ’ššŸ’› šŸ“ø: Ricardo Bufolin/CBG
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Ashley Hearn@AshleyHearn12 Sep 2023
Anyone with links to resources or mentorship programs I can pass along to prospective applicants, could you post them here? There are so many amazing aspiring pub pros here in ATL who would greatly appreciate the leads on non-NYC-based opportunities.
Ashley Hearn@AshleyHearn12 Sep 2023
AGENTS ā€¼ļø Anyone looking for remote readers or have internship/ mentorship programs that could be hiring soon? We just concluded interviews for Peachtree’s Fall program, and I’d like to pass along resources/ leads to a few exceptional candidates we couldn’t hire this go around!
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Kayla Stansbury retweeted
GIVEAWAY: I’m sending out one signed and personalized ARC of A Whisper in the Walls. Like and RT to enter. My assistant will get the book on the mail to you asap. She also might color on a few pages. Please don’t judge. Intl ok! Good luck!
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As everything comes to a head, will Alice be able to keep hers? Pre-order link below.
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Shipwrecked Comedy is proud to announce How to Be A Ghost, our 2023 Buffer Festival Premiere project We are heading back to set to shoot the project we'll be premiering at this year's Buffer Festival: How to be a Ghost, a new song in the vein of Friends ā€˜til the End.
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For two reasons I’m reposting this: 1: Twitter seems to require extra effort for exposure nowadays (sorry) and 2 (most especially): It isn’t every day that I get to appear on the inimitable @MrSchuReads ’s blog…
"I Think I Think a Lot tells the story of a girl like me—a girl with OCD (although that’s discussed only in my Author’s Note.)" -@Jessicawhippl17 mrschureads.blogspot.com/202…
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It's today! I THINK I THINK A LOT, illus. by @joseebis and pubd. by @FreeSpiritBooks, is out today. Thanks to Free Spirit for wanting to share my words, to JosƩe for bringing *all the charm and whimsy* to the page, and to @esc_key for lotsa behind the scenes awesomeness. #OCD
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Kayla Stansbury retweeted
AUCTION IS NOW LIVE 32auctions.com/BooksforMaui Books for Maui is a bookish auction to raise funds for the Maui wildfire relief efforts. As Kānaka Maoli authors/publishing professionals and allies, we were devastated and sought help from our writing community. (🧵1/5)
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So excited to share the first trade review for LA NOCHE BEFORE THREE KINGS DAY illustrated by the talented @alejandromesa and coming September 12 by @HarperChildrens! Thanks @KirkusReviews for the wonderful review!
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Kayla Stansbury retweeted
My favorite part of #DisabilityPrideMonth is here—that’s right, it’s the annual Disabled Kidlit Writers Anniversary Giveaway! 4 winners (for our 4th anniversary!) 2 books each. RT by August 1st to enter. Open INT.
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Kayla Stansbury retweeted
FND Portal - is no longer on X@FndPortal27 Jun 2023
Misconceptions about FND - that it’s not that serious, it’s not physical, that it happens to people who are ā€œtoo emotionalā€ and not someone like you - tend to shatter when you meet someone who actually has it.
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We are extremely excited to be in the running for #Emmys2023 and hope you’ll consider voting #HeadlessSeries in these categories: ā­ļø Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama, or Variety Series ā­ļø Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics - ā€œThe Poison Withinā€
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āœØšŸ“•COVER REVEALšŸ“•āœØ THE LAST RHEE WITCH comes out with Disney•Hyperion in May 2024 (pre-order links to come)! For now, you can add it on Goodreads and sign up for my newsletter for updates āœŒšŸ» Art by @jdebbiel Design by @zareenjohnson
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