Brinton Culp

Thank you!

Enjoy your time focusing on PBs and YA! For me I’ll do a query if an extra special opportunity arises, but I’m not actively querying with everything else going on. My hope is to return to working on a middle grade in March after a school trip to Mexico at the end of Feb.

I have some hope for middle schoolers. My school doesn’t allow outside screens and has strict guidelines for screens during class. So many kids have books and sneak in reading when they’re supposed to be doing classwork (which makes me 😊.)

Nooo! I’m so sorry! I hope with all hope that this project will see the light again. And best of luck on the pb submission.

Welcome to Lightbulb Road! Lightbulb Road might seem like a strange name, but it is so fitting to my journey—both as a writer and as a person with anxiety. Although I grew up in a happy, two-parent home, anxiety has been my …

7yo was a big year for me: I moved states, had my first major panic attack, & wrote my first poem. Things only got more tangled from there.

For #FREE resources on how to navigate the #KidLit journey with an #anxiety disorder, check out my blog:
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#WritingCommunity

Thank you for sharing your journey ❤️

Sunday #snowday

Loved this interview with Vicky Weber who will be participating in @scbwiepa.bsky.social 's February online intensive.

Got to take a group of middle schoolers to the woods during their mini-term this week to enjoy the trees and the snow 😊

Feeling Hopeful for 2026? - Authors, librarians & teachers share how they increased their sense of hope. Short pieces include positive signs in teen readers – reducing doom scrolling – inspiring children to make change – and hope during illness. See link: menderist.com/tag/year-in-...

Tree window. I’m starting off 2026 with walks in the woods and finding more lessons of hope in trees. For more hope and more trees read Growing Hope at menderist.com from @menderist.bsky.social

Enjoy a few 2-minute chicken drawings from 8th grade Spanish class

Thank you to Menderist for including my reflection on monarchs, teens, and reading in their Growing Hope in 2025 issue. 🌱 🦋 📚

Thank you! I love your piece with monarchs and books and kiddos too! My son who is 17 today collected milkweed pods back in 3rd grade and sprinkled the seeds in our flower bed. This year we had 3 monarchs take flight!
Is your novel the one coming out in 2027? Can’t wait to read it!

Thank you! I love your piece with monarchs and books and kiddos too! My son who is 17 today collected milkweed pods back in 3rd grade and sprinkled the seeds in our flower bed. This year we had 3 monarchs take flight!
Is your novel the one coming out in 2027? Can’t wait to read it!

Enjoying a light rain and more awesome trees at the Sierra Club - Lancaster Group’s Polar Bear 5K. Check out @menderist.bsky.social menderist.com to see more cool trees and read stories in Growing Hope #trees #hope

Hope for the new year! I’m grateful to share lessons of hope I gleaned from trees in Menderist’s latest edition.

The Weekly 411 (12/26/25) A one-stop place for all your kid lit information needs.

Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Dec 26): kidlit411.com/2025/12/the-... Inside: Subtext; Marketing & Publicity in 2026; Storystorm w @taralazar.bsky.social, more. Thanks @emmagrahampics.bsky.social for the illustration & Heather C. Morris for the PB giveaway.

Hope has arrived! Can’t wait to enjoy and share a bit of hope every day of the year. Thank you for contributing @songbirdjla.bsky.social

Winter Reading: 10 Children’s Books with Mental Health Themes - Menderist Parents can help their children before the teen years by reading and sharing books with mental health themes.

Planning more family reading time this holiday? Check out Menderist's *new* 'Winter Reads' recommendations for 10 children's books with mental health themes. See below: menderist.com/winter-readi...

It's your chance to meet Agent Eric Smith and submit your work!
Enroll now for the Way-Word Writers Agent Ascent Day.
Virtual Event on February 7. Critique spaces are limited
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#writerworkshop #writing

Poetry Comics Month, Day 13

Fall floors

For some great insights into early graphic novels and chapter books, check out my interview with editor
@emilydaluga.bsky.social and literary agent Rachel Orr.

#WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity

Poetry Comics Month, Day 2

Hey! Gilbert & the Ghost was used as an example on the KidLit Deconstruction Zone Podcast today. Check it out!

🎃👻KID'S TRUNK OR TREAT💀🧙‍♀️
Reading, Signing, Fun Tricks-or-Treats
w/Authors Laura Parnum & Heather Stigall
SUN, 10/26, 11 AM
Barnes & Noble, 425 Marketplace Blvd, Hamilton, NJ

#kidlit #authorevent #trickortreat #Halloween #spookyseason #booksforkids #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

Some Words of Wonder for your Wednesday!