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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
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when u try to fix a typo on your shopping list but accidentally create a new Star Wars character instead

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Apply!! @theflytrapmedia.com is so cool.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

you could charitably read that "poor" as in "oh, you poor dear" but it 1000% sounds like this author is grossed out by poverty, and mad about having to be aware of other people also, imagine knowing about this place and choosing to write "and that's why this website is a bummer" instead

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Seeing the IG/FB discourse on here today, wondering if people know that you can click on the Instagram logo top left and select ‘following’ to see posts in chronological order? You have to reset it every time you go on there which is a pain but it helps

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

It's gotten better! I'm betting all of us can say the same—if you keep working and keep learning, your craft improves. More specifically, my stories have gotten more character-driven and less reliant on their concepts. I used to think a clever idea was enough to carry a picture book. #kidlitchat

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I just saw an oriole and a cardinal in my backyard, great day for baseball birds

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

I don't want to alarm anyone, but hoopla has a whole dang 2025 eisner nominees section. You can just... read them all. For free. And support your local library at the same time. 😱

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

hon hon hon hon

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Hey YOU! Have you been longing to be a guest art contributor at @theflytrapmedia.com? Today’s your lucky day, because we are open to pitches!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Reminder that our zine workshop with Pop Cultured is next weekend!!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

this hasn't personally happened to me, but i've seen other artists here talking about it intermittently. so here's an infographic about a handy feature i think a lot of people are overlooking! #artsky #artistsonbsky

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

I have two wolves inside me. I swallowed the wolves to catch the dog, I swallowed the dog to

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Swap in the Macarena girls and you've got me

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

One of the things I miss most about forums is how you could think of a different username for each one instead of having an all-encompassing presence. it was fun having a half dozen micro-identities

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I recently saw this image reposted by an account with a larger following than the original. There was attribution…in the alt text. I know it feels like we lost the “PLEASE credit the creators” battle years ago, but…please credit the creators, in an upfront and obvious way.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Ok how many rats can I get for fifty bucks also that is an armadillo

submitted 8 days ago • 27 comments

A place in the sun (maybe).

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

This had better be titled either “Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money” or “Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2”

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Last night, when I sat down to watch TV, I saw a tiny spider floating in front of my face, suspended by a couple of threads. I took it outside, went back in, and saw another, and another, and another. We had ballooning baby spiders in our living room, y’all. Charlotte’s Web-style.

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

He then ALSO went on to bake Rock COOKIES! 🤩 I've got the most supportive, and silliest, partner ever. 😂❤️

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

In honor of Brian Wilson's passing, here are the four categories of Beach Boys songs: 1. surfing is great, you should try it 2. I have a good vehicle 3. I reach beyond myself into the ineffable, and that's where I find you, my love 4. sloop john b

submitted 9 days ago • 44 comments

I miss this.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

The ‘00s were an abysmal time to be a young woman and I’m still mad about how thoroughly I was tricked into hating myself and everyone else

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

my front window says Happy Pride

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