Stephanie Campisi

DMed you!

I could recommend an agency, but it might be $$$

my wallet is so empty I'd bite through it 😭

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There's definitely a perception that we get paid a fortune to float about in a turret eating grapes and letting the muse wash over us when we feel like it.

But, like, there are so many deadlines. SO MANY deadlines. My to-do list is horrifying.

Spores of Doom!! 🤟

sloppers finally talked to some lawyers

The Art Of Karly Jade Karly Jade Catto is an artist specializing in illustration, character design, and visual development.

Also, I get to work with the phenomenal Karly Jade Catto, who will be doing interior illos AND one of the most glorious covers you've seen!

theartofkarlyjade.com

Nothing more guilt-inducing than a doggie side-eye!

Do you have a fantastic middle-grade fiction idea? The Jewell Parker Rhodes Fellowship for Emerging Voices awards a $10,000 grant to an unpublished or self-published writer creating works for children. Submissions are now open!

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I love this series so much! It's so silly and fun, and full of heart (and weird beasties). I'll be diving into book 2 shortly, so stay tuned for some hobby horse shenanigans!

broomsticklers a middle grade series by Stephanie Campisi. illustrated by Karly Jade Catto Simon & Schuster, 2027 Broomhilda is a studious witch who does things by the spellbook, while Poppy is a free-spirited human inventor who rigs up broomsticks out of whatever she has at hand - like pool cues and pot pourri. But although opposites, they bring out the best in each other while repairing brooms at the Otherworld’s second-best broomsmithery, solving mysteries, getting up to mischief, and exploring all that the Otherworld has to offer!

Broomsticklers line edits done! 🧹 ✨

broomsticklers.com

Just doing a little math on the difference in royalties I receive on adult books vs kids books and hardcover vs paperback:
50,000 copies of an adult novel in HC
=
1,500,000 copies of a children's illustrated chapter book in PB
Blows my mind. 50k vs 1.5M

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me and the other scheming viziers are wearing shoes gifted to us by the king that are way too big. we look ridiculous. the whole court is laughing at us behind our backs. honestly this is a pretty low point for us, the scheming viziers

The "this is fine" dog meme with the text changed to say "so I have a book coming out"

Hello, my middle grade novel The Unfinished Business came out last week.

I worked really hard on it, and I hope you'll check it out! It's available wherever you get your books.

A copy of Luis and Tabitha against a backdrop of pink Valentine's Day lollies. The book is a hardcover edition with spot gloss and foiling, and shows a tuxedo cat with a rose in his mouth following after a fluffy cat being carried by a snooty lady. The art is painted in midcentury style

Orange County friends: Luis and Tabitha (words by me; art by Hollie Mengert) is this year's Corona Library StoryWalk book! Hollie and I will be doing a ribbon cutting and a walk-n-read on April 3 at 10am :) Stop by to grab a book signed by both of us!

#KidLit

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An Edward Gorey drawing showing a morose looking black bird on a branch. He (and this feels very much like a he) is pointing downwards with one scraggly wing, and looking straight ahead with debt-filled eyes. His beak is long and sharp, like winter on the Great Plains. He is pointing with his right wing, but this means he is pointing to your left. Your wicked, sinister side. This is no accident. The Bird makes no such mistakes. But he is talking, and the text tells us that he is saying, "Beware of this and that." Honestly, you feel his message in your bones.

Some days I just feel like this Edward Gorey bird gets it.

This is hilarious.

Also, completely enraging.

I'm already in the theatre waiting!

sending out blister vibes ✨

yay!

how did I not know this?!

I did not know this!! I LOVED Piranesi!

Absolutely! Oh, I miss ACMI - wonderful spot!

you should hear me say skating! 😂

(Skiting is bragging)

"stet for bogan"

(I, this very second, learned that he is Phil Knight's son...!)

I went to this gorgeous LAIKA exhibit at the art museum in Portland a few years - they had all the tiny models lined up on the walls. Incredible stuff!