Katherine Thorne
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Katherine Thorne
@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!

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the little drawer is in such a lousy place! you can’t even open it to get your cigarettes or whatever!
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
you've got it! then again, I'd expect no less of a double-faced mallet.
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
strong contender for my favorite, too! at the very least it's in the top 5
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I unsubscribed SO FAST.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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 🤷
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
whoever made this chart apparently hates everyone born in december 😔
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Very cool, congrats!
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
so 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!)
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
often we make carnitas and eat some really good tacos! I actually haven’t decided what to have this year.
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
the best Thanksgiving menu is any food you love, whether or not any traditional dishes are included. spaghetti? doritos? poke bowl? all of them? sure!
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
…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
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
the secret to knitting is that you don’t actually HAVE to be careful
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
style is a combination of what you like drawing, what you avoid drawing, and what you’d rather not draw but have to draw anyway so you‘ve figured out shortcuts.
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
nahhhhh man. That’s what kill fees are for
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Dude you make entire things out of wood that can stand up without falling over, i just tie knots in things until they’re big enough to wear
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM