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Kjersten Hayes

Writer and Illustrator

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Kj's Blog

Here I share news, events, press, bits of my creative process, and the occasional snippet of adventure.

For those who march

Kjersten Hayes January 21, 2017

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I love school visits!

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A Night Of Collective Effervescensce and The Northern Lights, in a zine

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Happy 4th Book Birthday to The Elephants' Guide To Hide-And-Seek!

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Feb 26, 2024

WWA SCBWI art show!

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Gratitude for fellow kid lit creators

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Nov 30, 2023

Creative Practices that keep on giving

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Noticing leads to more noticing

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Seagulls

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Apr 7, 2023

Happy spring and happy 3rd book birthday to THE ELEPHANTS' GUIDE TO HIDE-AND-SEEK!

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About the archives:

While learning my craft, traveling the world, and figuring out how to juggle being a mom with being an artist and writer, I blogged for many years on a blogger website under the banner of Collage Clips.

When I first moved to Squarespace around the time I got more serious with my writing goals, I brought all those old blog posts with me. Not sure why—nostalgia? Every artist has a journey and I suppose it was kind of a journal of my journey.

Recently I’ve started clutter-clearing lots of those old posts. I kinda like the idea of leaving some windows into my journey even if I’m not sure there’s much treasure to be had for anyone there but me. But if you are searching the ends of the internet and you find yourself looking through the archives here—hope you enjoy anyway!