Yia Lor
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#Hmong #KidLit #Writer #SCBWI #DogMom 🐾 #TreeHugger 🌿
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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
- I'm agog! FORTS is one of @usatoday.com's bestselling #picturebooks this week! Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚 #kidlit www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...
- So many wondering happenings to celebrate, including Katie’s book! Don’t miss this one! 🥳
- Happy book birthday to my debut, Forts! Brilliantly illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebooks
- 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
- My debut #picturebooks -- FORTS and CASSINI'S MISSION will be out soon! Bookshop is offering free shipping July 8-11. Order from this list on Bookshop and I think I'll get a small kickback, to no cost to you. bookshop.org/lists/books-... #kidlit
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- This Pride month I am joining an incredible group of #queerkidlit creators to host a fundraiser for the LGBTQIA+ community. Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below! More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway #edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
- 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.
- Reposted by Yia LorEmotionally undone by this very generous starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for my and Julia Blattman's #picturebook, CASSINI'S MISSION, releasing in August from MIT Kids Press and Candlewick #kidlit www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232325
- Reposted by Yia Lor#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn gofund.me/ce50d993
- It’s lilac season around here! 💕
- So proud of my friend Katie!! Be sure to add this to your reading list! 🤩 #amreading #kidlit
- BEYOND thrilled! Kirkus has given @kenardpak.bsky.social's and my book, FORTS, a starred review! shorturl.at/eujzR Coming out with Viking Children's in July. 😁😁 #picturebooks #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
- IT'S TIME TO REVEAL THE WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS FOR #50PRECIOUSWORDS!! Huge thanks to my judges, prize donors, and of course, to all 586 brave writers who submitted their precious words! You are ALL winners in my book! viviankirkfield.com/2025/03/31/5...
- I spy a dreary day, edits, a pup, and a dumpling. #WritingCommunity #DogMom
- And a half hour later, we get to write. 😂
- 🎉 Congrats to #12x12PB member @stephlaubooks.com on signing with her agent! 🎉 Her advice for fellow writers? ✨ “Above all, believe in your voice and your unique perspective on the world, and find a way for that voice to shine.” Read her journey here: buff.ly/PgNdoFl
- 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
