Yia Lor
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#Hmong #KidLit #Writer #SCBWI #DogMom 🐾 #TreeHugger 🌿
Rep: Mike Whatnall at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret 📚✨
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- Tell me your pet's name with a gif! (or plant's name, car's name, favorite tree's name, you know the drill...)
- Why, hello! I've been quiet here because, well, I've been hanging around with mossy friends. Yes, in the middle of winter. And yes, mossy friends still grow. If you're here for writing news, I've got 7,303 words logged for my YA. There are 42,697 words to go. At this rate, I'll be done in 64 days.
- When I’m not writing or hanging out in the forest, I’m oohing and aahing at the sky. 🤩 #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis
- When I’m not writing, I’m making music with my fellow trumpet cup lichen friends. 🎶
- That time I convinced my brother to run a 5k with me, and then I had major regrets…but we did it! 👻 #halloween #5k #runec
- Two of my favorite things: frost and moss!! The forest floor was a treasure today. 💚 #moss #forest #Nature #frost #autumn
- Nyob zoo xyoo tshiab os! Happy Hmoob New Year! Grateful to celebrate our history, harvest, and beautiful culture. ❤️ #hmong #hmoob #hmongnewyear #captureec
- In other news, pumpkins and gourds have arrived. 🧡 #fall #autumn #harvest #pumpkins #gourds #falldecor
- I haven't written much lately (blame Mother Nature!), but here's an article I wrote last year that was printed this week. I read it multiple times, so I'll go ahead and log this as research for writing. Which counts toward writing. 😉 #writing #writingcommunity volumeone.org/articles/202...
- Ever wonder what happens before and after a forest therapy walk? This is why it’s near impossible for me to write this time of year! Blame it on being a forest therapy guide. Apparently, I can’t be that and a writer in the same season! 😂 #Nature #treefrog #frog #foresttherapy #writersblock
- I have not been writing because I have been watching nymphs become cicadas. But I’ll go ahead and log this as writing research. 😉 #writingcommunity #cicada #nature
- So much to love about this, especially trees with opinions! 💚
- Have you checked out FORTS yet?! Don’t miss out on this bestseller! #kidlit
- So many wondering happenings to celebrate, including Katie’s book! Don’t miss this one! 🥳
- If you’re looking for something to do this summer, my sister always loved geocaching. 💚 #geocaching #wisconsinlife #hmong #writer #grief #sisters wisconsinlife.org/story/why-an...
- Katie’s books AND free shipping??! Don’t miss out! #kidlit #picturebooks
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- I thought about writing today, but then I came across this fallen log holding all the secrets of the universe, so I sat with her instead. 🙃 #writing #Nature #NatureArt
- Perfect timing! I'm about to clean up my folder of PBs, so these tips will come in handy.
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- It’s lilac season around here! 💕
- So proud of my friend Katie!! Be sure to add this to your reading list! 🤩 #amreading #kidlit
- Reposted by Yia LorMarginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky
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- Reposted by Yia LorThis is Autumn. She was born without one paw. Gets along just fine with three, but still sometimes uses a prosthetic leg when she wants to blend in. 13/10
- I'd like to take a pause from writing to thank my fellow Wisconsinites. We did it. 👊
- I'm quite certain we have the same pack of dogs...and yes, I want their job too. 😂
- Made it in the top 20! Check out Vivian's link for my story on Suni Lee, first #Hmong American Olympic gold medalist. 🤩 #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlit
- I spy a dreary day, edits, a pup, and a dumpling. #WritingCommunity #DogMom
- And a half hour later, we get to write. 😂
- I went to put a book on hold at the library and was rejected because, apparently, I already have that book in one of my many piles at home...and here I am trying to find it. #amreading
