You May Contribute A Verse

Josh Monken and Brenna Jeanneret
You May Contribute A Verse

This is the podcast You May Contribute a Verse, where we talk to kidlit creators, share their stories, and learn from their journeys.

  1. JAN 21

    Adria Goetz's Treasure Hunt

    If any editors are listening, Adria Goetz loves you! Adria stays open. She reads your queries. She tracks editor interest (even poop jokes). She's thoughtful and nice and get ready for an educational chat. This conversation was recorded so long ago (April 2024!) that we still called Twitter Twitter (and we still enjoyed a community there). I think the state of the industry is just as glacial and frustrating as it was way back then, but either way this is a valuable inside look into the mind and ways of working of an inspirational and considerate agent. The two client books Adria mentions at the back of the episode are linked here too! MILLIE FLEUR'S POISON GARDEN by Christy Mandin IN THE GROVES by Andrea Cruz Floren ----- Our sponsor is Tielmour Press! Check out Fungi Are More than Mushrooms, out March 2025! Our reviews this week: GRAVITY IS BRINGING ME DOWN by Wendelin Van Draanen, illustrated by Cornelia Li SOME DADDIES by Carol Gordon Ekster, Illustrated by Javiera Mac-Lean Alvarez MOST PEOPLE by Michael Leannah, illustrated by J.E. Morris   DON’T MISS AN EPISODE! Sign up for our newsletter here! The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our quokka mascot Versey, and was generously created for us by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com  Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes you can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com   Love the podcast and wanna support more episodes like this? Find Community Shoutouts, Merch and our Patreon here!!  Find us on Bluesky @joshmonkwords, @brennajeanneret, and @jonseym0ur as always, let us know what you think via a rating, review, or comment!

    48 min
  2. JAN 7

    Chiara Colombi Can’t Stop Herself

    Today’s guest is Chiara Colombi, author of Rocket Ship, Solo Trip and the follow-up Rocket Beams, Lunar Dreams both illustrated by Scott Magoon. We chat about marketing your debut, being your own advocate, and asking yourself why you write. But you’ll have to listen all the way to the end to hear our ideas on revolutionizing the query process and to hear Chiara’s Dead Manuscript! But, really, agents, if you’re listening, please chime in, we’d love to hear your thoughts on querying. Team Versy is Brenna Jeanneret, children’s lit author, mother, rock climber, outdoors person, and podcaster, Josh Monken, children’s lit author, father, science communicator, and podcaster Jon Seymour, podcast wizard, author/illustrator and family man.  This episode was proudly sponsored by Tielmour Press Our guest for this conversation was Chiara Colombi. You can find Chiara here.  DON’T MISS AN EPISODE! Sign up for our newsletter here! This episode’s book reviews: SCHOOL’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL written by Adam Rex illustrated by Christian Robinson JONTY GENTOO: THE ADVENTURES OF A PENGUIN written by Julia Donaldson illustrated by Axel Scheffler PROPER BADER written by Lauren Glattly illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr. The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our new quokka mascot, Versey, and was generously created by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com  Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes you can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com   Love the podcast and wanna support more episodes like this? Find Community Shoutouts, Merch and our Patreon here!!  Find us on Bluesky @joshmonkwords, @brennajeanneret, and @jonseym0ur as always, let us know what you think via a rating, review, or comment! Thanks and see ya next time.  You May Contribute a Verse is a homespun production, produced, edited, recorded, conceptualized, and marketed by Josh Monken, Brenna Jeanneret, and Jon Seymour.

    1h 24m
5
out of 5
32 Ratings

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This is the podcast You May Contribute a Verse, where we talk to kidlit creators, share their stories, and learn from their journeys.

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