Corey King

Children's book author, #SCBWI, MBA, musical theatre is my love language, Repped by @lindsaydauld of Writers House

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Writing #picturebooks is like assembling IKEA furniture:

confusing instructions,
missing pieces,
and a deep sense of accomplishment when it's finally done. #kidlit

And inevitably, it needs a good tightening every couple of months!
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@AlyssaMatesic Congrats! I enjoy your videos! Thank you for your honesty and thoughtful insights. I always hope for more kidlit info! Any would be appreciated! Keep up the good work :)

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@MindyAlyseWeiss Oh my!! I’m not participating, but I’m still so nervous!!! Good luck to everyone :)

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@MindyAlyseWeiss @SraSiqueira1307 Done! After a bit of a break from the train, I hopped on this go around! Thanks, Mindy :)

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For the 4 people that’ll see this, I’m trying to be more active over on Instagram. If so inclined, meet me over there.

https://t.co/3PckwVw1fe

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@joshfunkbooks What a perfect stack to end the summer with! ☀️📚 Thanks for spreading the picture book love—count me in! #kidlit #picturebooks @kidlitcomps

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@vickyweberbooks The end.

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My ADHD brain thinks in #picturebook pacing…quick scenes, humor, and surprise endings #kidlit

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—Do you think the moon follows us?

**Yes. But only because it likes our company.

#mglit conversations

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@vickyweberbooks Haymitch Abernathy

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Exciting things are happening!! Can't wait to share more :) :) :)

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@JenSneedWrites Discouraged? Better days have a way of showing up when we least expect them :) Tomorrow will be better…if not, the next day. You’ve made it through every hard day so far!!

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Some of my #picturebooks have gone through over 20 revisions. #kidlit writers, do you keep ALL your revisions? Or do you scrap some of the early versions??

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What makes you put down a book before you even finish the first page??

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Does anyone have trouble being creative with your writing while feeling under the weather?

I’m finding it very difficult to create anything with any complexity…even on a #mglit level.

It surprises me that I need my whole brain to write a book for an 8 year old! #kidlit

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Wrote zero words last night. Wrote several in my head and my phone though. My wife had a colonoscopy, and I’m packing to move…sometimes things happen that move up the priority list. I’ll write double tomorrow. 4,000–here I come! #kidlit #middlegradefiction

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I wrote 2,000 words last night, hitting my daily goal.

I’m trying to stop in the middle of an action sequence so it’s always easy to pick it up the next day and keep going. That’s actually helping a lot!

#kidlit friends, you should definitely try this!! Game changer!!

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I just went through old, DEAD #picturebooks and focused on number 3. I feel fantastic about my revisions!!

[Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks]

Here's your Monday writing tips, writer friends. Or actually, *five* of them - specifically geared toward picture book writers.
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Want more details and other resources? Visit my (totally free) Resources for Writers page.

#amwriting #picturebooks #kidlit

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Every big decision we make shifts the course of our lives. Some choices were hard, but they brought us here to where we are today—so it’s tough to call them regrets. What about you—any major life decisions in the past 10-20 years you wish you could change? I'm not sure I would...

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Lots of reading ahead!!

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

These are my favourite #MiddleGrade (still hate that term) so far this year (2025)

Not just great children’s books but great books fullstop.

[Mike Steele 📖 DEBUT MG NOVEL NOW AVAILABLE! @msteelewrites]

Here’s a student request that turned out to be super popular in the school library. It’s the perfect fiction story for non-fiction science and space enthusiasts who are reluctant to venture into narrative formats.

A ROVER’S STORY by Jasmine Warga

#middlegrade #booklover