Ashley Franklin
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I never recovered when I stumbled upon this:
Y’all, I’ve been going down this rabbit hole all day of information that suggests that those gifted and talented programs of the late 90’s and early 2000’s were really for neurodivergent kids, and baby… the information is kinda spilling.
I’m gagged a bit.
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Well, well, well. Look at the cover I just stumbled upon. This book will be available August 1, 2023.
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I was on the news again. (Please don’t get sick of me, y’all.🥹)
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Couldn’t find the source on here but I did on Insta. Looks like it’s been updated:
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Listening to my 6yo complain that he has a live today instead of all the lessons being recorded because of some mystery reader this morning.
I’m the mystery reader. 😂
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*8yo brings over his Chromebook where he's writing a story*
"Mommy, what do I push for the sky comma?"
Kids are amazing.
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@lord_x_slayr
Now, let me know if you figure out the answer to that or figure out how activation works.
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While you’re here, if you have young readers in your life, I tend to write characters who are heavily represented on this chart in one way or another—especially Xavier, the main character in my picture book coming out October 8th:
Xavier's Voice
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Pssst…it has been a really good week. Just wanted to let y’all know…
😆I got my first starred review!😆
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Y’all! Look at my birthday box😭🥳 I told her I like pink and to surprise me.
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“Write every day.”
Well who is going to watch these kids, work this job, cook these meals, get this rest, work this side job, preserve this mental health, conquer this laundry...
(Yeah, write when your life permits .)
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We need more Black Muslim rep.
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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Y’all know how I love writing princess stories, right? Well…available for pre-order now and out in April:
The Little Mermaid: Make A Splash
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Genuine question because I’m tired of wondering:
Do white picture book authors find it a little weird when their main characters are illustrated as POC?
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The face you make when you’re holding your book for the first time and trying not to cry. 🤦🏾♀️😂
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I did it! I was so nervous, but I did my very first webinar in ages.
Thanks to all the
@12x12Challenge
attendees and to
@JulieFHedlund
for having me.
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Hurry up, September! I can’t wait for y’all to meet the new characters and see Tameika in her new role as a big sister.
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Celebration tweet🎉: I put on real clothes today to do an author thing. See:
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Beyond thrilled to announce that I am now represented by the fabulous Kathleen Rushall . Thanks for believing in me and my work
@KatRushall
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I write. I teach. I mom.
I am mentally exhausted.😩
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My mom just called to ask me if I want her to make me a cape for when I read The Little Mermaid at my local bookstore.
Yes.
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Me-Go ahead and log in.
(8yo trying not to laugh)
Teacher-Hello friends, are we ready for our mystery reader?
6yo-😤Yeah but I have NO idea who it is.
Teacher-Mystery reader are you ready?
Me- (slides Chromebook over) Yup!
8yo-🤣
6yo-
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Ummm…I knew I was reading today at my local library, but…they made a poster and they’re going to hang it up there?!?!
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I’m just a mom already emailing and asking for her son to get an alternate assignment about 9/11 that maybe doesn’t say Islamic terrorist so many times without any differentiation of actual Islam and that there is a difference that needs to be stressed. Words matter.
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The energy when you do a presentation for your kid’s class & he tells you you did a great job
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My kid’s teacher said she had an appointment on Wednesday. There was a substitute Thursday. Today, we got a letter saying she quit.
Bless her heart.
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When your writer life seems a bit unreal😳🥳
New book trailer alert: Not Quite Snow White by
@DifferentAshley
and
@artsyebby
(Fast forward to 55:58.)
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Kid: “Our assignment is to make up a Native American tribe.”
Me: This teacher is exhausting.
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Aaliya Jaleel’s artwork is simply stunning! 😍 I can’t express how overjoyed I was when she agreed to illustrate my first story featuring a Black Muslim boy.
Thank you, Aaliya, for blessing THE MASJID KAMAL LOVES with your talents.
#coverreveal
(1/3)
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Oh my goodness, she read my book!!!!!!💗💗💗💗💗🎉🎉🎉🎉💀
today ❤️i feel so honored to have been invited to the white house this easter to read to the children the little mermaid “make a splash”💕✨🥹this was my first time ever seeing this book in person and watching the kids reaction to the story was my favorite part of it all 💗…
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It’s an
#unboxing
video!
BETTER TOGETHER, CINDERELLA is coming your way September 7, 2021.
Preorder a signed copy here:
Illustrated by Ebony Glen (
@artsyebby
) &
#SabaJoshaghani
@HarperChildrens
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@MeganDavidhizar
@KSwemba
Yes! My kid called it a sky comma a few years back, and I thought it was glorious. Love how kids use language!
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Did it get any better? Nope!
But it did also end with a high five and him saying “I’m glad you were the mystery reader today.”
I’ll take that as a win. Kids, huh?🤣💕
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Reset my author goals & asked myself 2 questions:
1- “How bad do you want it?”
2- “How hard are you willing to work?”
So here I am, up early in my writing tent living the answers to these questions.
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Me-Tameika looked at her belly. How many of you have breakfast in your bellies already?
6yo-Not me. You fed me a banana and I’m still hungry.
Me-😒
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It’s Day 3 of
#StoryStorm
& today I’ve shared my technique for brainstorming with feelings.
Thanks for the opportunity
@taralazar
☺️
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Today is my first swimming lessons ever. I am a bundle of nerves.
But…I found a swimming cap to fit ALL my locs, and it doesn’t feel like it’s squeezing my brain.
Winning!
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Sent my agent a manuscript that is nothing less than my heart on a page, and...I made myself cry. 😭
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My 8yo sitting back watching this unfold as his brother continues to run his mouth.
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He’s making us a breakfast picnic. Is this a peace offering? Should I expect more shade to come when I least expect it?
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Guess who is back in stock on Amazon (for those who prefer to shop there):
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I did it! Spent an hour a swimming and playing in the pool with my kids.
That’s one of the most meaningful things I’ve done with the money I’ve received from my books—
a couple years of swimming lessons for my kids, and I started 6 or so months ago.
Joy.☺️😆
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Where are all the kidlit people going? Focusing on Instagram? Moved to Madtsdon (and if so, where at)?
What’s happening?
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It’s hard to believe that NOT QUITE SNOW WHITE came out 2 years ago.
Thanks to the teachers, librarians, parents, and readers big & small who embraced this book and continue to look forward to Tameika’s next story.
💗
@artsyebby
for her brilliant illustrations!
@HarperChildrens
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I want y’all to know that the shade continued as I was reading. I foolishly asked this child if he wanted to help hold the book as I read.
He took it as an opportunity to air ALL his grievances.
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Me:How many of you have stuffed animals like Tameika?
6yo: I used to have like 23.
Me: That’s awesome!
6yo: Yeah, but I only have like 3 now since you made me get rid of some.
Me:😒😒
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Me:...like Snow White.
6yo: I haven’t seen that movie.
Me: It’s really good.
6yo: Why haven’t you let me see it then?
Me: 😒
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Thanks for all the well-wishes and congratulations.Not sure where my writing journey will take me, but this is one heck of a start!
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Excuse me for a minute but....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Y'all are DOING IT, and I thank you!
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One of the best things I’ve been able to do with the income I’ve made from writing is put my boys in swimming lessons twice a week. It’s a little thing but also a big thing.
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One of my favorite pix from today’s author visit! Shoutout to my mom for the cape. Shout to
@chicotlrsd
for being a wonderful host—wonderful students & spectacular energy. They stole my heart.
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6yo is following me around reading a box of cake mix.
Subtlety is not his thing. 🤦🏾♀️
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8yo reading signs in the car:
Bed Bath and Beyond
*whispers* Beyond what?!
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If the kids in my novels (wip) appear to have overly smart mouths to you, I was stretching w/ my 7yo:
“😂Why are your legs so small. Like…you’re not even a real sized grown up. You’re like 3ft. tall right? Our legs like the same length.”
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9yo- This book was amazing. Is there another one?
Me-Not that I know of.
9yo-What?! 😱Don’t you have writing friends? Ask her!😤
Me-We don’t ALL know each other.😩
The book in question:
@angiecthomas
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I am not typically a confrontational person on social media. It's really just not my thing. I tend to stay in my own lane and try not to make too many waves.
However, something happened that recently made me speak up.
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Sometimes…I just wish there were writing retreats that came with like a voucher or “fly your kids to their nearest relatives on us” perk.
Being an author mom with no immediate family around is wildly hard sometimes. I’m lying. It’s hard most times.
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Some days I write. Some days I watch cartoons. Some days I read. Some days I just live. It all contributes to my writing process.
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Let’s hear it for me having no sense of direction!
I totally got lost in the library and look who I ran into! He was the absolute nicest, and I think I fangirled a respectable amount😂
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It’s a good day for a 🚨Cover Reveal! 🚨
To check out the cover of BETTER TOGETHER, CINDERELLA (illustrated by
@artsyebby
) head on over to
@taralazar
’s blog & see Tameika in true royal fashion:
@HarperChildrens
@KatRushall
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Birthday gift win!🎉
This blanket is pink, weighted, has sleeves, a pocket, and a hood. Can’t explain how cozy I am right now.🥰
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Today’s the day! Thanks to everyone who helped usher this book into the world.
And if you haven’t been watching the cartoon, what are you waiting for?!
#MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur
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6yo turning 7 in a few weeks said he wants everything robots.
Off to buy some books by
@Jarrett_Lerner
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I…I got a chance to meet
@HalleBailey
yesterday, and she is absolutely delightful.
#kidlit
for the win. Let’s go picture book writers! 🎉
Grab
#TheLittleMermaid
: Make a Splash if you haven’t already.
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This book has officially been out in the world for a week. Do you have your copy yet?👀👀👀
#MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur
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How our 1at day of school morning is going:
*kids moving in slow motion*
Me-Y’all ain’t gonna embarrass me by being late to the living room!
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People really be going to bed without waking up multiple times throughout the night, huh? That's wild.
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Earrings—dangling
Hijab—hanging
Words—slanging
😂Let me stop playing & go write some things.
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@EyeOfTheBerger
It was either on here or Instagram—one of those times where I saved the image, went to read more, and it was lost to an unintended refresh.😫
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The boys said I should have bubbles in my picture. There are. They’re also in my eyes. How?!😱😂😂
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Me, trying to ignore new ideas for the ones I’m already supposed to be working on...
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Drafting this novel while trying to figure out what’s happening in this novel 🤦🏾♀️
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Me—Can you grab me the cheese from the fridge please?
6–Yeah, you mean that Moby Dick cheese?
Me—….
…
…🤷🏾♀️
9–He means Colby Jack!
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Me: Alright, after today, I'll be done revising these 3 picture book manuscripts and can really dig into my MG novel.
Also me: *jots down 4 new picture book manuscript ideas*
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Almost forgot this gem from last night!
Me:Bedtime!
5:Why?
Me:Because it’s getting late and I told you it was almost time.
5:No!
Me:🤨😒😠
5:😤😫*runs to his room* I HOPE A MOSQUITO & A BEAR EAT YOUR BUTT! BEAR EATS ONE SIDE. MOSQUITO THE OTHER & YOU’LL BE LIKE OH NO, MY BUTT!
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