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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 33m

Yes, Lainey! 👏

Love that line about memory. ❤️

Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 44m

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

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 8h

😂 perfect gif.

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 8h

"a brief delay before the screaming started." 🔥

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 20h

Okay, you made an exception for dialogue. 😆

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 20h

Two adverbs a chapter @kirkrafferty.com?! 😭😅

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 20h

Happy Release Day, @chrisakins.bsky.social!

Look what I got to add to my #WIPSnips friends collection today! 😁

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky

Book cover:

Grim Portents, a novel by Christian Akins

Welcome to the first day of the end of your life...

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. 🙃

David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 2d

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

Literally got an email after this for teaching students AI literacy so they can assess AI output in their writing process. 🙃🫠

(Realized I meant to respond to you and posted this elsewhere in the thread lol)

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

AGHHHH

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

OoOoh 👀👀👀

Love everything about this! (Poor Noah, tho)

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

The virtual Teams message pings; a disapproving 3D avatar pops up.

“Diaz, we're going to calibrate essays. When are you going to get on board with MagicSchool Essay Generator Version 12.0?”
She hastily scribbles a reply by carrier pigeon. “WITH MY LAST DYING—”

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

How I feel at work rn:

The year is 2036. Mrs. Diaz’s students are drafting their essays by quill and ink in the dying candlelight.
A student speaketh. “Mrs. Diaz, are you sure we can't use Grammarly because—”
“No!” she cries.
“But all the other—”
“I care not for the foul deeds of others!”

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Bad Lit Friends @badlitfriends.bsky.social · 2d

NEW EPISODE OF BAD LIT FRIENDS IS UP!

Wherein we talk about writing rules and why every single one of them is complete trash. (not really)

Bad Lit Friends is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you get your podcasts!
#WritingCommunity #Podcasts

open.spotify.com/episode/1eMk...

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t mean to alarm anyone but my book GRIM PORTENTS releases in less than 24 hours!!!

Available on my personal website: www.christianakins.com/grimportents

Or you can search for it anywhere books are sold. Seriously! Isn’t that cool?

#writingcommunity #Writesky #booksky

Grim Portents banner ad featuring a skeleton hand holding a feather and emerging from an open book. The title is on a burning banner that envelops the feather and a large beast looms over it all. At the top, the tagline reads: Welcome to the first day of the end of your life…

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

I should say undercurrents, but still! Love everything about this pitch.

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone from the ages of like five to fifty likes it 😅 my elementary kids, my high school students, parents...lol

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Kayleigh Diaz @kleighdiaz.bsky.social · 1d

I have to resist the urge to like and repost lol. Dang rules.

So I'll just say: second-gen coming-of-age story and fantasy through an immigrant lens? Underpinnings of social commentary? In America? Ummm yep!!! We need more of that.

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