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Kayleigh Diaz

@kleighdiaz.bsky.social

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Mother, educator, bibliophile. Aspiring author with a penchant for acquiring entirely too many old books. 📚

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 11h

Ew no don't come here, it's bad here.

Wait till the orange dude is gone. At our WIPSnips convention 😅

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 11h

Yesss, quality assurance ✅

Grits & hummus...hm. Not quite as smooth. I prefer hummus. 😅

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 12h

👀 what'd he do?? ❤️

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 12h

The South does have some good food...

Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 12h

I ❤️ them.

Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 12h

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks, Charlotte! It was #SummerOfStory where I first posted this, of course. Miss it ❤️

This story is the most fun I've had with writing. I actually do some lighthearted stuff in this WIP, which I don't usually do 😅

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 13h

Damn, what a rollercoaster of emotions. 😅

I was all, Sabbat, why?! And then, "You'd never allow for anything else." 🥹❤️

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 13h

#WIPSnips | (un)welcome ✨vibes

Lennie likes to talk. 😅 Posted part of this in a prompt game, but not WIPSnips, I think…

Origin of Shrimp. 🦐

From my post-apocalyptic #WIP w/ a misfit trio of kids.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #amwriting

Writing snippet: “Mama won't let you in. She won't even let in a stray kitten, let alone a full-grown kid.” He tilted his head in question, and she added, “Well, not full grown, but y'know.”

She watched as he carefully set the cricket back in the jar, then offered him a piece of the burnt meat. He wrinkled his nose, and she shrugged, taking his share.

“Alright, well, I know you don't talk, but I gotta call you something other than ‘kid.’” She took a bite and gestured to the jar. “Hey, how about cricket? Or crick? Nah, nevermind, that sounds like you got a crick in the neck.” She narrowed her eyes, scanning him up and down. “But you're small. Say, what about shrimp? You ever had shrimp and grits?” Her stomach roiled. “Mama made it, once. Well, it wasn't real shrimp—come to think of it, I don't know what it was—and the grits were…gritty, I guess. But it sure as hell beats this.” She tugged at the leathery meat, grimacing as she worked it between her teeth. She swallowed with effort and grinned. “What d’ya say, Shrimp?”

He stared at her.

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 22h

a man wearing a cowboy hat and a poncho is standing in front of a door .

Alt: a man wearing a cowboy hat and a poncho tips his hat.

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 22h

Idk tho, both film noir gals & cowgirls wear hats, after all.

Emily Redstone...

a woman wearing a hat and a suit is looking at the camera

Alt: a woman wearing a hat and a suit is looking at the camera, b&w noir-style film

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 23h

Wait till TOMORROW in Texas, Sam 🙄😂

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1d

Not surprised by this. Frogs can lay up to 5,000 eggs at a time. There will be more frogs

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 23h

Sam'll hit you up with a 11/10 tomorrow 😆😉

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

🤣

Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

😆 proper date format is correct.

Hm. Yeahhh, he does play baseball...😅

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

I was gonna say you chose a good person to use it on. You only get one shot a year.

9/10 and 7/10 just don't quite hit as hard. 🤔😅

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

Nice!! Good luck! Can't wait for this to get picked up.

Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, Lainey! 👏

Love that line about memory. ❤️

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

😂 you just had to use that line today didn't you

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

😂 perfect gif.

Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

"a brief delay before the screaming started." 🔥

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

But like, IMO (😅), whispering is an intentional action in consideration of volume, whereas *speaking gently* reflects a more emotional state, often in consideration of the recipient. Riiight? 🤷‍♀️

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, you made an exception for dialogue. 😆

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