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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Mom, writer, optometrist, karate enthusiast, nature lover, artist, and slave to 2 cats&#xA;#12x12PB, #kidlit, #picturebook #haiku #poetry</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/sarahhetu.bsky.social</link><title>@sarahhetu.bsky.social - Sarah Hetu</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/sarahhetu.bsky.social/post/3mhqoi4zejc2l</link><pubDate>23 Mar 2026 18:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:eadd4thdurqr67vlxtf7heeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqoi4zejc2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/sarahhetu.bsky.social/post/3mhl45ypjes2u</link><description>Issue 13 of @littlethoughtspress.com &#34;Head, Shoulders, Spleen and Nose&#34; is available for preorder. It was a challenge taking medical knowledge and making it understandable and exciting for tweens. Check out my Eye poem and tell me what you think! &#xA;https://littlethoughtspress.square.site/product/little-thoughts-press-issue-thirteen-head-shoulders-spleen-and-nose/VFYMJKMYEK2N746TS2XQVMXA?cs=true&amp;cst=custom</description><pubDate>21 Mar 2026 13:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:eadd4thdurqr67vlxtf7heeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl45ypjes2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/sarahhetu.bsky.social/post/3mb2kcm63v224</link><description>It&#39;s Day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas for Writers 2025. I posted my successes here: sarahhetu.com/1500-2/&#xA;https://sarahhetu.com/1500-2/</description><pubDate>28 Dec 2025 14:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:eadd4thdurqr67vlxtf7heeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb2kcm63v224</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/sarahhetu.bsky.social/post/3maeavblxp22x</link><description>Hooray! @littlethoughtspress.com just launched Issue 12: Better Together (www.littlethoughtspress.com). Be sure to check out pages 40-42, on which you will find poems by two of my critique partners: @pjpurtee.bsky.social  and @davidmcmullin.bsky.social. (My poem is on page 33!)&#xA;https://www.littlethoughtspress.com/</description><pubDate>19 Dec 2025 17:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:eadd4thdurqr67vlxtf7heeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3maeavblxp22x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/sarahhetu.bsky.social/post/3m6cdvyifyk2e</link><description>Congratulations to all the winners in this year&#39;s Halloweensie contest! The 2025 Halloweensie Contest WINNERS!!! – Susanna Leonard Hill https://share.google/dmQ3DLljlNdudIo2h @laurimeyers.bsky.social @jennadaucunas.bsky.social</description><pubDate>23 Nov 2025 12:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:eadd4thdurqr67vlxtf7heeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6cdvyifyk2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/sarahhetu.bsky.social/post/3m6cdsshmec2e</link><description>Please preorder Issue 12, Little Thoughts Press. The theme–Better Together–is significant: two critique partners and I have poems in this issue, proving that we truly are ‘better together!’ square.link/u/UOWLUcaU &#xA;@littlethoughtspress.com @pjpurtee.bsky.social @davidmcmullin.bsky.social&#xA;https://square.link/u/UOWLUcaU</description><pubDate>23 Nov 2025 12:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:eadd4thdurqr67vlxtf7heeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6cdsshmec2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/sarahhetu.bsky.social/post/3m2ccz4amcs2t</link><description>Check out these awesome #FallWritingFrenzy contest entries: https://lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/fall-writing-frenzy-entry-form-2025/#comment-12105. My poem is titled &#39;Skellerie Bones.&#39; @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social‬ @lydialukidis.bsky.social</description><pubDate>03 Oct 2025 14:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:eadd4thdurqr67vlxtf7heeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ccz4amcs2t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/sarahhetu.bsky.social/post/3lcthp4mrk22y</link><description>Check out Susanna Hill&#39;s holiday contest:  https://susannahill.com/2024/12/06/ho-ho-ho-the-14th-annual-holiday-writing-contest-is-here/ This year, the challenge was to write a complete story, in 250 words or less, geared towards kids under 12, with a theme of a &#39;holiday-centered mystery.&#39; (mine&#39;s number 103 😉) #kidlit #picturebook&#xA;https://susannahill.com/2024/12/06/ho-ho-ho-the-14th-annual-holiday-writing-contest-is-here/This</description><pubDate>09 Dec 2024 00:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:eadd4thdurqr67vlxtf7heeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcthp4mrk22y</guid></item></channel></rss>