Kaeyllane Dias
@kaeyllane.bsky.social
Teacher, Writer, and Year-round coffee drinker.
✨ Every book starts the same way: messy drafts before the magic.
Beyond the classroom and my own writing, I’m now offering my support as a beta reader — with honest, diverse feedback on character, pacing, plot, and clarity.
👉 Link in bio: www.fiverr.com/s/qDgE5PX
#BetaReader #WritingCommunity
Beyond the classroom and my own writing, I’m now offering my support as a beta reader — with honest, diverse feedback on character, pacing, plot, and clarity.
👉 Link in bio: www.fiverr.com/s/qDgE5PX
#BetaReader #WritingCommunity
August 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
✨ Every book starts the same way: messy drafts before the magic.
Beyond the classroom and my own writing, I’m now offering my support as a beta reader — with honest, diverse feedback on character, pacing, plot, and clarity.
👉 Link in bio: www.fiverr.com/s/qDgE5PX
#BetaReader #WritingCommunity
Beyond the classroom and my own writing, I’m now offering my support as a beta reader — with honest, diverse feedback on character, pacing, plot, and clarity.
👉 Link in bio: www.fiverr.com/s/qDgE5PX
#BetaReader #WritingCommunity
Some days I wonder why I’m still trying to write this book. Then I see this:
“You’re not doing it wrong. You’re just in the part that makes most people quit.”
So I’m staying. Writing. Even when it feels impossible.
“You’re not doing it wrong. You’re just in the part that makes most people quit.”
So I’m staying. Writing. Even when it feels impossible.
August 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Some days I wonder why I’m still trying to write this book. Then I see this:
“You’re not doing it wrong. You’re just in the part that makes most people quit.”
So I’m staying. Writing. Even when it feels impossible.
“You’re not doing it wrong. You’re just in the part that makes most people quit.”
So I’m staying. Writing. Even when it feels impossible.
Happy Birthday to me! ❤️
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June 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Happy Birthday to me! ❤️
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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
Halfway through. Not sure I love it, but I can’t stop reading it.
Gilda’s intrusive thoughts hit close.
“An intrusive thought about Eli driving off a bridge ebbs into my mind’s eye…”
I used to think it was just me. Maybe not.
Halfway through. Not sure I love it, but I can’t stop reading it.
Gilda’s intrusive thoughts hit close.
“An intrusive thought about Eli driving off a bridge ebbs into my mind’s eye…”
I used to think it was just me. Maybe not.
June 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
Halfway through. Not sure I love it, but I can’t stop reading it.
Gilda’s intrusive thoughts hit close.
“An intrusive thought about Eli driving off a bridge ebbs into my mind’s eye…”
I used to think it was just me. Maybe not.
Halfway through. Not sure I love it, but I can’t stop reading it.
Gilda’s intrusive thoughts hit close.
“An intrusive thought about Eli driving off a bridge ebbs into my mind’s eye…”
I used to think it was just me. Maybe not.
My birthday’s June 23.
This year my gifts are books.
Not for me, but for my immigrant ESL students: for readers who deserve to feel seen.
Wishlist full of immigrant stories here:
bookshop.org/wishlists/dd...
Please share with a friend who knows books can change lives. 💛
This year my gifts are books.
Not for me, but for my immigrant ESL students: for readers who deserve to feel seen.
Wishlist full of immigrant stories here:
bookshop.org/wishlists/dd...
Please share with a friend who knows books can change lives. 💛
June 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My birthday’s June 23.
This year my gifts are books.
Not for me, but for my immigrant ESL students: for readers who deserve to feel seen.
Wishlist full of immigrant stories here:
bookshop.org/wishlists/dd...
Please share with a friend who knows books can change lives. 💛
This year my gifts are books.
Not for me, but for my immigrant ESL students: for readers who deserve to feel seen.
Wishlist full of immigrant stories here:
bookshop.org/wishlists/dd...
Please share with a friend who knows books can change lives. 💛
Finished Our Missing Hearts in pajamas, under the sky.
Still thinking about this line:
“So it doesn’t matter, he says, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”
Ng’s PACT felt fictional; until now.
In 2025, her warning feels like a headline.
#booksky
Still thinking about this line:
“So it doesn’t matter, he says, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”
Ng’s PACT felt fictional; until now.
In 2025, her warning feels like a headline.
#booksky
June 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Finished Our Missing Hearts in pajamas, under the sky.
Still thinking about this line:
“So it doesn’t matter, he says, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”
Ng’s PACT felt fictional; until now.
In 2025, her warning feels like a headline.
#booksky
Still thinking about this line:
“So it doesn’t matter, he says, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”
Ng’s PACT felt fictional; until now.
In 2025, her warning feels like a headline.
#booksky
So, I’m not going to say anything.
I’m just going to leave this here, for you.
To sit with.
To think about.
(Page 267, Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng)
I’m just going to leave this here, for you.
To sit with.
To think about.
(Page 267, Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng)
June 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So, I’m not going to say anything.
I’m just going to leave this here, for you.
To sit with.
To think about.
(Page 267, Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng)
I’m just going to leave this here, for you.
To sit with.
To think about.
(Page 267, Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng)
Books & Breakfast at school today, pastries, good convo, and I left with Little Fires Everywhere from the TOLO table.
Won Good Dirt in the raffle! 💛
Some days just feel like a hug.
#TeacherLife #AmReading
#booksky
Won Good Dirt in the raffle! 💛
Some days just feel like a hug.
#TeacherLife #AmReading
#booksky
June 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Books & Breakfast at school today, pastries, good convo, and I left with Little Fires Everywhere from the TOLO table.
Won Good Dirt in the raffle! 💛
Some days just feel like a hug.
#TeacherLife #AmReading
#booksky
Won Good Dirt in the raffle! 💛
Some days just feel like a hug.
#TeacherLife #AmReading
#booksky
Which one are you?
Are you a reader who can dive into any book anywhere, or do you need a cozy nook, a warm drink, and a good read? #BookLovers #ReadingHabits #CozyVibes #Booksky
Are you a reader who can dive into any book anywhere, or do you need a cozy nook, a warm drink, and a good read? #BookLovers #ReadingHabits #CozyVibes #Booksky
June 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Which one are you?
Are you a reader who can dive into any book anywhere, or do you need a cozy nook, a warm drink, and a good read? #BookLovers #ReadingHabits #CozyVibes #Booksky
Are you a reader who can dive into any book anywhere, or do you need a cozy nook, a warm drink, and a good read? #BookLovers #ReadingHabits #CozyVibes #Booksky
Just signed with Harvard’s DKP to build civics curriculum for English Learners across MA.
Only 4 teachers statewide—one of them is me. 🙋🏽♀️
Newcomers, emerging, developing—all getting lessons that work.
Are you happy? I am. 💛
#DKP #Harvard #MLL #ESLteacher
Only 4 teachers statewide—one of them is me. 🙋🏽♀️
Newcomers, emerging, developing—all getting lessons that work.
Are you happy? I am. 💛
#DKP #Harvard #MLL #ESLteacher
June 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just signed with Harvard’s DKP to build civics curriculum for English Learners across MA.
Only 4 teachers statewide—one of them is me. 🙋🏽♀️
Newcomers, emerging, developing—all getting lessons that work.
Are you happy? I am. 💛
#DKP #Harvard #MLL #ESLteacher
Only 4 teachers statewide—one of them is me. 🙋🏽♀️
Newcomers, emerging, developing—all getting lessons that work.
Are you happy? I am. 💛
#DKP #Harvard #MLL #ESLteacher
Not Guilty is my debut novel. And it belongs in this conversation.
7/7
7/7
June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Not Guilty is my debut novel. And it belongs in this conversation.
7/7
7/7
Stories that often challenge systems of power, racism, patriarchy, nationalism, ableism, or colonial legacies.
6/7
6/7
June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Stories that often challenge systems of power, racism, patriarchy, nationalism, ableism, or colonial legacies.
6/7
6/7
Stories centered on characters navigating life across cultures, often grappling with immigration, legal status, displacement, or cultural identity.
5/7
5/7
June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Stories centered on characters navigating life across cultures, often grappling with immigration, legal status, displacement, or cultural identity.
5/7
5/7
Stories where immigration isn’t just a theme, it’s a heartbeat. Where the personal is political.
4/7
4/7
June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Stories where immigration isn’t just a theme, it’s a heartbeat. Where the personal is political.
4/7
4/7
Stories where women navigate silence, systems, and survival.
3/7
3/7
June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Stories where women navigate silence, systems, and survival.
3/7
3/7
These stories helped me write mine.
2/7
2/7
June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
These stories helped me write mine.
2/7
2/7
What do Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, True Biz, and Our Missing Hearts have in common… with Not Guilty?
A lot, it turns out.
1/7
A lot, it turns out.
1/7
June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
What do Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, True Biz, and Our Missing Hearts have in common… with Not Guilty?
A lot, it turns out.
1/7
A lot, it turns out.
1/7
A passage from Our Missing Hearts stopped me this week. Margaret discovers a voice inside her she didn’t know she had.
I’m still discovering mine, too.
Quietly. Slowly.
In Portuguese first.
Always in Portuguese first.
#OurMissingHearts
#booksky
I’m still discovering mine, too.
Quietly. Slowly.
In Portuguese first.
Always in Portuguese first.
#OurMissingHearts
#booksky
June 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A passage from Our Missing Hearts stopped me this week. Margaret discovers a voice inside her she didn’t know she had.
I’m still discovering mine, too.
Quietly. Slowly.
In Portuguese first.
Always in Portuguese first.
#OurMissingHearts
#booksky
I’m still discovering mine, too.
Quietly. Slowly.
In Portuguese first.
Always in Portuguese first.
#OurMissingHearts
#booksky
📚 Submission Update:
Four rejections.
Two full requests.
A whole lot of hope.
That’s where I am with Not Guilty today.
Some emails sting. Some spark. But all of them mean the story is out there, being read, being considered. That’s something.
Onward. ✨
#AmQuerying #DebutNovel #NotGuilty
Four rejections.
Two full requests.
A whole lot of hope.
That’s where I am with Not Guilty today.
Some emails sting. Some spark. But all of them mean the story is out there, being read, being considered. That’s something.
Onward. ✨
#AmQuerying #DebutNovel #NotGuilty
June 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
📚 Submission Update:
Four rejections.
Two full requests.
A whole lot of hope.
That’s where I am with Not Guilty today.
Some emails sting. Some spark. But all of them mean the story is out there, being read, being considered. That’s something.
Onward. ✨
#AmQuerying #DebutNovel #NotGuilty
Four rejections.
Two full requests.
A whole lot of hope.
That’s where I am with Not Guilty today.
Some emails sting. Some spark. But all of them mean the story is out there, being read, being considered. That’s something.
Onward. ✨
#AmQuerying #DebutNovel #NotGuilty
“They don’t teach you any of this. Too unpatriotic…”
I grew up under dictatorship.
Now I teach, to make sure my students know what I wasn’t allowed to.
Our Missing Hearts,
by Celeste Ng
#booksky
I grew up under dictatorship.
Now I teach, to make sure my students know what I wasn’t allowed to.
Our Missing Hearts,
by Celeste Ng
#booksky
June 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“They don’t teach you any of this. Too unpatriotic…”
I grew up under dictatorship.
Now I teach, to make sure my students know what I wasn’t allowed to.
Our Missing Hearts,
by Celeste Ng
#booksky
I grew up under dictatorship.
Now I teach, to make sure my students know what I wasn’t allowed to.
Our Missing Hearts,
by Celeste Ng
#booksky
Unlearning wasn’t easy.
It meant letting go of what I thought “good writing” was supposed to sound like.
But with each rule I let go of, the voice on the page felt more like mine.
What have you had to unlearn to write honestly?
🧵7/7
It meant letting go of what I thought “good writing” was supposed to sound like.
But with each rule I let go of, the voice on the page felt more like mine.
What have you had to unlearn to write honestly?
🧵7/7
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Unlearning wasn’t easy.
It meant letting go of what I thought “good writing” was supposed to sound like.
But with each rule I let go of, the voice on the page felt more like mine.
What have you had to unlearn to write honestly?
🧵7/7
It meant letting go of what I thought “good writing” was supposed to sound like.
But with each rule I let go of, the voice on the page felt more like mine.
What have you had to unlearn to write honestly?
🧵7/7
They said:
“Make it more universal.”
What they meant was:
Take out the Portuguese.
Soften the immigration stuff.
But my story isn’t less true because it’s specific.
I unlearned the idea that familiarity equals value.
🧵6/7
“Make it more universal.”
What they meant was:
Take out the Portuguese.
Soften the immigration stuff.
But my story isn’t less true because it’s specific.
I unlearned the idea that familiarity equals value.
🧵6/7
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
They said:
“Make it more universal.”
What they meant was:
Take out the Portuguese.
Soften the immigration stuff.
But my story isn’t less true because it’s specific.
I unlearned the idea that familiarity equals value.
🧵6/7
“Make it more universal.”
What they meant was:
Take out the Portuguese.
Soften the immigration stuff.
But my story isn’t less true because it’s specific.
I unlearned the idea that familiarity equals value.
🧵6/7
Some things don’t translate.
And they shouldn’t have to.
I kept the Portuguese.
Not for flair, but for truth.
I unlearned the urge to explain my culture.
🧵5/7
And they shouldn’t have to.
I kept the Portuguese.
Not for flair, but for truth.
I unlearned the urge to explain my culture.
🧵5/7
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Some things don’t translate.
And they shouldn’t have to.
I kept the Portuguese.
Not for flair, but for truth.
I unlearned the urge to explain my culture.
🧵5/7
And they shouldn’t have to.
I kept the Portuguese.
Not for flair, but for truth.
I unlearned the urge to explain my culture.
🧵5/7
Repetition was called lazy.
But sometimes,
repetition is rhythm.
It’s voice.
It’s truth.
Like this: “Tired. Tired of pretending. Tired of being polite.”
I unlearned the pressure to rewrite what was already honest.
🧵4/7
But sometimes,
repetition is rhythm.
It’s voice.
It’s truth.
Like this: “Tired. Tired of pretending. Tired of being polite.”
I unlearned the pressure to rewrite what was already honest.
🧵4/7
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Repetition was called lazy.
But sometimes,
repetition is rhythm.
It’s voice.
It’s truth.
Like this: “Tired. Tired of pretending. Tired of being polite.”
I unlearned the pressure to rewrite what was already honest.
🧵4/7
But sometimes,
repetition is rhythm.
It’s voice.
It’s truth.
Like this: “Tired. Tired of pretending. Tired of being polite.”
I unlearned the pressure to rewrite what was already honest.
🧵4/7
They say start with action.
But my novel starts with stillness.
A woman watching, silent, as another family is marked dangerous by a scanner.
No movement. Just fear.
And that’s the tension
🧵3/7
But my novel starts with stillness.
A woman watching, silent, as another family is marked dangerous by a scanner.
No movement. Just fear.
And that’s the tension
🧵3/7
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
They say start with action.
But my novel starts with stillness.
A woman watching, silent, as another family is marked dangerous by a scanner.
No movement. Just fear.
And that’s the tension
🧵3/7
But my novel starts with stillness.
A woman watching, silent, as another family is marked dangerous by a scanner.
No movement. Just fear.
And that’s the tension
🧵3/7