Leaning on Writing Community, Pursuing What You Love, and Ladybugs in Space with Author Melissa Trempe

Please give a warm welcome to kidlit author Melissa Trempe in today’s episode! Her picture book, Ladybug Launch: Inspired by A True Story of Chinitas in Space co written with Dr. Natalia Ojeda and illustrated by Manuela Montoya came out earlier this year. Enjoy! Some Highlights: The joy of morning writing when the world is still asleep.😴 Beautiful biographies to add to your TBR list.📚📚📚 The benefits of Twitter pitch events, writing pitches to improve your writing as a whole. 🖋️ Sharing struggles and successes with a writing debut group. Walking in silence.  Reminding yourself that you’ve done this before and can do it again when writing gets hard. Never give up the one thing that makes you happy. Links Mentioned🔗: Melissa’s website Melissa on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Ladybug Launch on Indiebound, Simon and Schuster, Children’s Book World (in Philadelphia), Amazon, Bookshop, and Barnes and Noble  Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) PBSOAR24 Tara Lazar’s Storystorm The Highlights Foundation Book Recommendations📚: Ladybug Launch: Inspired by A True Story of Chinitas in Space by Melissa Trempe and Dr. Natalia Ojeda, illustrated by Manuela Montoya Splash!: Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves of Change by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley Thank you so much to Melissa for being on the show and thank you for listening. Stay tuned for next week’s episode with kidlit author Dara Henry!💃💃💃🎧🎧🎧