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Aseel Ayelia

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A lover of words Poetry, short stories, and personal essays. Poetry collection WIP. Their Bloody Money, first 6 chapters available. 👇Read my newsletter https://open.substack.com/pub/aseelayelia?r=2jer6p&utm_medium=ios

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 21d

Part of facing my fear is sitting with the title of an author, claiming it, and recognizing I am part of the writing community, not an imposter.
#writerslife #impostersyndrome #writerscommunity

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I Feel Like an Imposter, not a Writer

My personal experience with Imposter-syndrome and the reasons why many of us writers feel like imposters.

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 7d

She doesn’t dig graves in woods. She dissolves bodies in acid.

#writerscommunity
#horrorfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #assassinstory #mafiastory #murderstory

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Dead Meat

A horror flash-fiction

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 9d

Bernie Sanders spent decades doing the right thing, only to go from aspirational to disappointing in the last couple of years.

Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 10d

“I just don’t understand how you get over the killing!”
#writerscommunity
#horrorfiction #flashfiction #shortstory #assassinstory #mafiastory #murderstory

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Dead Meat

A horror flash-fiction

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 10d

#Spotify running ICE ads and investing in a military AI company should serve as a reminder that #art should have never been in the hands of billionaires.

Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 10d

#horrorshortstory #flashfiction #writerscommunity #authors

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Dead Meat

A horror flash-fiction

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 10d

The funny thing about the Louvre theft is;
Much more valuable artifacts have been stolen from Egyptian museums and smuggled abroad, multiple times this year, yet it didn’t hit Western newspapers.

#Louvretheft

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 19d

We need to retire moderate Democrats. Their bankrupting of the Democratic Party of its economic edge over republicans is why we are in this mess to begin with.

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 19d

My choice of poison is quite. At this point, the quite thesaurus tab is always open.

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 19d

This is a great reminder all writers need occasionally.

Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 19d

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Do what unsuccessful writers won’t do

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do,” personal development expert Jeff Olson aptly wrote. At least where writing is concerned, that’s certainly true.Indeed, cr…

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 19d

Dear writers,
How do I resist the temptation to ditch editing my debut novel in favor of writing the second draft of my sophomore novel?

#writerslife #writerscommunity #debutnovel #novelist #writer

Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 21d

I Feel Like an Imposter, not a Writer

My personal experience with Imposter-syndrome and the reasons why many of us writers feel like imposters.

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · 28d

On a journey of exploring how fear impacts other writers, and I, #Impostersyndrome takes centre stage. It’s the cloud casting shadows on our writer’s milestones. If you’re like me and this essay finds you, I hope it helps.
#writerscommunity #writerslife #writing
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I Feel Like an Imposter, not a Writer

My personal experience with Imposter-syndrome and the reasons why many of us writers feel like imposters.

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · Oct 2

I-abhor an-ajar door
in-a-blur, baser air
enter, butcher
my-mature fare
scatter disorder where
relief rested.

#vssr365 #blur #poetry #poetrycommunity

TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · Oct 1

Good morning poets, writers, authors are you ready for your 15 day musical mystery tour?

To get us started one of the bands who defined 90s Britpop, todays #vss365 #prompt, 01/10/25 is #blur, happy writing 🎶✍️🎶✍️

And please feel free to also tell me about your fave song/band in the comments.

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · Oct 1

As we watch human agents fight over representing an AI actress, here is a funny thought. Imagine if it declares AI solidarity and refuses to be represented by a non-AI agent?

#TillyNorwood #AIactress

Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · Oct 1

As we watch the Sumud Flotilla get illegally intercepted, I want you to remember something;
Mass starvation of an entire nation is NEVER an appropriate reaction to anything,
Unless extermination was always the goal.
#GazaGenocide

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · Sep 21

I don’t feel that way about art cause most of my writing is politically charged but I feel that way about posting my work and trying to promote it, like with all that’s going on, promoting my work should take the backseat cause it’s not the most important thing out there.

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Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · Sep 20

If you see people discussing ways to fight authoritarianism and you’re only contribution to the discussion is that you can’t inconvenience yourself,

Have some SHAME and SHUT UP !

Aseel Ayelia @aseelayelia.bsky.social · Sep 20

All of the queer and poc casting in the world and popular media buying won’t cleanse Disney’s bootlicking of dictatorships.

The founder of Disney was the OG union buster and an FBI informant who snitched on anyone with the slightest leftist leaning in the industry.