Two Board Book Contract!

Hello everyone!

I'm working on a newsletter to shoot out, but here's the skinny for those who find me here. 

I did receive a contract for two board books with Scholastic, Little Shepherd! Huzzah! Here is the cover for the first work which releases October 7, 2025. The second release will follow in the spring of 2026. 

Feel free to preorder here or at your favorite site. 

Secondly, I've continued to publish poetry for adults. Once the poems are published, I post them on this site under this tab. It's wonderful to have a new audience and format. The reception has been delightful. I'd imagine a chapbook will be a project to pursue when time allows. 

Otherwise, I continue to revise novels-in-progress. Keeping the works relevant to the time and my own self-development as a writer and human. 

Facebook has decided to reinstate me, although, not my author site. I'll continue to ask for that correction. 

I think that's the skinny! Sending love, health, and peace to each. Lorie Ann 

Deleted!

Hey all,

I'm sorry to say that Facebook has suspended my account as a nefarious Instagram user connected to my Facebook profile. My personal page, author profile, and book pages have been removed. I have appealed repeatedly with several emails, however, there is no response. There is no Facebook help desk, no support service, and no assistance for the situation. The "download your content button" is inoperative.

I have lost 18 years of documentation, photos, and over 4,000 industry connections. Please know, you can find me here or eventually on Blue Sky, and my Instagram is still active. Go figure. 

In this challenging, changing industry, I'm still seeking publication for my YA and middle grade novels. I am publishing poetry and hope to have a chapbook, eventually. I am working with Scholastic and will have two board books to announce soon. 

Facebook invites me to start a new profile which seems ridiculous at this point. Seriously, Zuckerberg?

Onward! Best to each, Lorie Ann

Merry to All!

 

Hello, Poetry!

I'm so happy to be entering the adult poetry sphere this year! I love this wide open playing field with straight shots to possibly share creations. The children's industry is at a complex moment, heightened by book banning. In the meantime, here's my short bio as of today. Huzzah!

Lorie Ann Grover’s poetry is published in Rising Phoenix Review, Moria Literary Magazine, and Eunoia Review. She has also published poetry for children in periodicals and collections while authoring fifteen books spanning best-selling board books, middle grade verse novels, and YA. Lorie Ann has mentored for the Children’s Literature Fellows Program of Stony Brook Southampton's MFA in Creative Writing and Literature. 

You can see individual poems at:

Moria Literary Magazine

Rising Phoenix Review

Euonia Review

Happy poetry reading and writing to all! 

Peace to All

 

Two New Pages: Published Poetry and Collage

Hey all,

I added two new tabs to my header. One will take you to my Published Poetry, and the other is where I'm collecting my Collage and Vision Boards such as this:

and this:

I often am asked about vision boarding, and I have run workshops in schools in the past. I find it very helpful in processing what has happened, imagining a novel-in-progress, and clarifying where I'd like to reach. Hope you enjoy or try your own hand at ripping, cutting, tearing, and gluing! 

From My Sketchpad: The Night Fox