just veered right off! such a good book.
27.11.2025 04:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@sparklemarkers.bsky.social
She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator. Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social 2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM. Keep posting about your books; I want to read them! sparklemarkers.com
just veered right off! such a good book.
27.11.2025 04:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0βWhen God sings with his creations, ChatGPT will not be part of the choir.β
26.11.2025 21:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0COVER REVEAL for my next authored/illustrated book: SISTER SCRIBBLES, published by Viking, out in Aug 2026. It's a tale of sibling rivalry that shows your greatest competition may also be the one person who understands you the most!
Pre-order: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/773554...
#kidlit
I got anti-strange, and I'm not sure if that translates to "normie" or "extra strange," but I am only produced when particles collide at very high energies
26.11.2025 14:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0my personal suspicion is that current society has done a very good job of separating Creative Work Available For Purchase from The Human People Making The Work (who need to eat)
26.11.2025 14:02 β π 19 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Katie Bort, of the Gloucester Borts
26.11.2025 14:26 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0there will be five different attempts to rescue me; I will die ridiculously in four of them and then Mathew Baynton will accidentally flash his crotch
26.11.2025 03:04 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0the little drawer is in such a lousy place! you canβt even open it to get your cigarettes or whatever!
26.11.2025 01:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A white stoat wearing an elegant tweed suit with a red vest. He holds a lantern out, autumn leaves swirling at his ankles, while an banner flutters over his head that reads "Unclench your jaw."
Hey you
25.11.2025 17:08 β π 10065 π 3558 π¬ 78 π 63No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
25.11.2025 12:24 β π 3203 π 542 π¬ 19 π 8you've got it! then again, I'd expect no less of a double-faced mallet.
24.11.2025 20:22 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm not gonna repost any videos of people who don't need more attention, but do you know where a great place to find insults is? the HARDWARE STORE. take a stroll down the aisles and enjoy the roast. you spud gasket. you universal knob. you grade 5 hex nut.
24.11.2025 20:13 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0strong contender for my favorite, too! at the very least it's in the top 5
24.11.2025 18:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tim Robinson super slouched on a chair looking at his phone like a doofus
ME: ugh why does my back hurt all the time
ALSO ME:
I unsubscribed SO FAST.
24.11.2025 16:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Storyteller Academy is hosting a session on how "AI can help you be more creative, not less" and I REALLY expected better of them.
It's just really disappointing how easily some organizations who claim to help creative people have gotten both-sidesy on slop matters.
also I found 2025's calendar and I was #54 or so then, but I don't think I've been that lucky this year so π€·
24.11.2025 15:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0whoever made this chart apparently hates everyone born in december π
24.11.2025 15:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Very cool, congrats!
24.11.2025 14:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0so many schools reaalllly need to improve how they present information in their communications
(and they should hire me to do it! I'm good at it!)
the 'what does this represent' modern art painting comic but with the burger and SAY MCDONALDS TO END COMMERCIAL coming out of it from that sony patent
we were watching an art thing on stream a couple of weeks ago and this brain worm entered, i have no idea and i do not apologize that much
06.11.2024 08:49 β π 23 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0often we make carnitas and eat some really good tacos! I actually havenβt decided what to have this year.
24.11.2025 00:56 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0the best Thanksgiving menu is any food you love, whether or not any traditional dishes are included. spaghetti? doritos? poke bowl? all of them? sure!
24.11.2025 00:18 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Did a roundtable workshop at the @ncte.org conference where I presented this lesson on making a mini comic as a simple and disarming way to get students into storytelling and writing, along with a few suggested prompts. Link in bio! Download a print-quality PDF for use in your classrooms.
#ncte25
β¦and after saying that I discovered an error that meant I had to undo two rows of lace, so I have been punished for my hubris
23.11.2025 17:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0the secret to knitting is that you donβt actually HAVE to be careful
23.11.2025 14:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0style is a combination of what you like drawing, what you avoid drawing, and what youβd rather not draw but have to draw anyway so youβve figured out shortcuts.
23.11.2025 14:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I used to be so frustrated that all the style advice was βdonβt worry about itβ and βjust keep drawing.β I kept thinking βyou donβt understand! how can I do that without a style??β
Now I feel like Iβve got more of a handle on my style, and my advice is: donβt worry about it, just keep drawing