Lydia Lukidis's Blog

Hello world!! Welcome to my kidlit blog, Blissfully Bookish. And oh boy, today is an exciting day. I have a mentor when it comes to writing lyrical STEM, and one day, I emailed her. Imagine my joy when I realized not only is she open to discussing kidlit issues with unwavering honesty, but she’s also […]

Hello world!! Welcome to my kidlit blog, Blissfully Bookish. I’m continuing my love for nonfiction and this week, I got to chat with an author who also loves STEM and space as much as me. Please say hi to author Sandra Neil Wallace, here to discuss her latest picture book, Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin […]

Hello world!! This is my kidlit my blog, Blissfully Bookish. Anyone who knows me I Love nonfiction ad I’m also obsessed with space. So naturally, this next book was right up my alley. Please welcome author Katie Venit, here to chat about her latest book, Cassini’s Mission: A Spacecraft, a Tiny Moon, and the Search […]

Greetings #FallWritingFrenzy peeps- Thank you for your patience! We know you’re all excited to see the winners from the seventh annual Fall Writing Frenzy contest! It wasn’t easy- there were 144 wonderful entries. But Kaitlyn (Fall Writing Frenzy creator), Aixa (Fall Writing Frenzy judge), and I, Lydia, (Fall Writing Frenzy co-host) somehow managed to narrow […]

Hello world!! This is my kidlit my blog, Blissfully Bookish. I’m continuing my love for nonfiction and this week, I got to chat with a friend of mine who loves STEM as much as me. Please welcome author Shruthi Rao, here to chat about her latest picture book, When Science Stood Still: How S Chandrasekhar […]

Hello world!! Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s installment of the Fall Writing Frenzy competition. We are very excited to read the entries! In the meantime, we have been racking up success stories and wanted to share this one with you. Here’s a quick Q & A I had with Adam Blackman: […]

Hello #FallWritingFrenzy Friends- Yahoo!! Our competition is finally here! Kaitlyn Sanchez (Fall Writing Frenzy creator and co-host), Aixa Perez- Prado (Fall Writing Frenzy guest judge), and I, Lydia Lukidis (Fall Writing Frenzy co-host), are excited to read your entries. To enter: Reminder: please fill out the form between October 1 and October 3, 2025 11:59 […]

Hello world!! This is my kidlit my blog, Blissfully Bookish. I’m continuing my love for nonfiction. Please welcome author Darcy Pattison, here to chat about her latest picture book, NOT Extinct published by Mims House.     BUT first- YAY! Darcy is generously giving away a FREE signed copy of her book. To be eligible to […]

Hello world!! WOOT, WOOT! The Fall Writing Frenzy kidlit writing competition is back! Check out the official 2025 rules and images here: We will share this year’s donors with you shortly, but you can take a look here at last year’s donors here in the meantime: We hope the images excite you and inspire you […]

Hello world!! This is my kidlit my blog, Blissfully Bookish. This time I get to introduce a friend I made during a kidlit competition. I had the pleasure of critiquing her manuscript and was blown away. I told her it would defnotely sell, and it did! Please welcome author Carolyn Fraiser, here to chat about […]