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Posted On: September 26th 2025, 01:10 pm
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Was lucky enough to spend all last week staying at Milkwood! This residency truly couldn’t have come at a better time. I immediately felt so at home and in my element, able to focus on my work in such a rare way, inspired by the beautiful scenery and the incredible talent that surrounded me.
It’s so amazing that a place like this exists. I want to thank Sophie, Ed, and Paige for creating, cultivating, and providing such a magical space for the children’s book community, as well as carving out weeks of residencies like this one specifically for queer illustrators and writers.
On that note, I also want to thank my incredible fellow creatives that made this such an unforgettable and special week. I am so deeply in awe of all of you, honored to have been able to share in this experience with you, and feel like I’ve unexpectedly returned home with a new batch of wonderful lifelong friends, bonded by tons of cherished memories from our time here together.
Lastly, just want to shout out my family for getting me ready for my trip including my mom for getting food together for me to take, my brother for helping me clean my house so I didn’t have to come home to a complete dumpster fire, and most of all my aunt and uncle for lending me their car! I don’t know if my little clown car would’ve made it up all of those hills so I can’t thank them enough for their endless generosity that literally got me to Milkwood.
It all felt like such a dream, I mean I was literally with a bunch of fellow queer children’s book writers and illustrators staying at this gorgeous property in the woods!!! To say adjusting back to normalcy has been a challenge would be an understatement, but one of the biggest things this experience gave me was the burst of energy I desperately needed to continue pushing forward and so much inspiration to help me further realize what it is I want next.
I hope anyone who is interested will have the chance to spend time at Milkwood and have as positive an experience as I did! ❤️🦆
group photo cred: frenci!!!
It’s so amazing that a place like this exists. I want to thank Sophie, Ed, and Paige for creating, cultivating, and providing such a magical space for the children’s book community, as well as carving out weeks of residencies like this one specifically for queer illustrators and writers.
On that note, I also want to thank my incredible fellow creatives that made this such an unforgettable and special week. I am so deeply in awe of all of you, honored to have been able to share in this experience with you, and feel like I’ve unexpectedly returned home with a new batch of wonderful lifelong friends, bonded by tons of cherished memories from our time here together.
Lastly, just want to shout out my family for getting me ready for my trip including my mom for getting food together for me to take, my brother for helping me clean my house so I didn’t have to come home to a complete dumpster fire, and most of all my aunt and uncle for lending me their car! I don’t know if my little clown car would’ve made it up all of those hills so I can’t thank them enough for their endless generosity that literally got me to Milkwood.
It all felt like such a dream, I mean I was literally with a bunch of fellow queer children’s book writers and illustrators staying at this gorgeous property in the woods!!! To say adjusting back to normalcy has been a challenge would be an understatement, but one of the biggest things this experience gave me was the burst of energy I desperately needed to continue pushing forward and so much inspiration to help me further realize what it is I want next.
I hope anyone who is interested will have the chance to spend time at Milkwood and have as positive an experience as I did! ❤️🦆
group photo cred: frenci!!!
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