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.
✍️ Fiction writers! I’m now offering beta reading services on Fiverr — thoughtful, honest feedback on pacing, character arc, and story flow.
Perfect if you're querying, self-publishing, or revising.
📎 Check it out: www.fiverr.com/s/lj11pjb
Let’s make your story shine! 💛
Perfect if you're querying, self-publishing, or revising.
📎 Check it out: www.fiverr.com/s/lj11pjb
Let’s make your story shine! 💛
www.fiverr.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
✍️ Fiction writers! I’m now offering beta reading services on Fiverr — thoughtful, honest feedback on pacing, character arc, and story flow.
Perfect if you're querying, self-publishing, or revising.
📎 Check it out: www.fiverr.com/s/lj11pjb
Let’s make your story shine! 💛
Perfect if you're querying, self-publishing, or revising.
📎 Check it out: www.fiverr.com/s/lj11pjb
Let’s make your story shine! 💛
Happy Birthday to me! ❤️
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June 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Happy Birthday to me! ❤️
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Bookshop: bookshop.org/wishlists/dd...
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
What do Americanah, Behold the Dreamers, True Biz, and Our Missing Hearts have in common… with Not Guilty?
A lot, it turns out.
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A lot, it turns out.
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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.
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A lot, it turns out.
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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
Some writing rules weren’t made for writers like me.
Immigrant. Multilingual.
Teaching full-time.
Writing in English and Portuguese.
These are five I had to unlearn while writing Not Guilty.
🧵1/7
Immigrant. Multilingual.
Teaching full-time.
Writing in English and Portuguese.
These are five I had to unlearn while writing Not Guilty.
🧵1/7
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Some writing rules weren’t made for writers like me.
Immigrant. Multilingual.
Teaching full-time.
Writing in English and Portuguese.
These are five I had to unlearn while writing Not Guilty.
🧵1/7
Immigrant. Multilingual.
Teaching full-time.
Writing in English and Portuguese.
These are five I had to unlearn while writing Not Guilty.
🧵1/7
Went to a powerful panel at MATSOL on building culturally responsive ELD classrooms using Brazilian and Latin collectivist values. Connected with Dr. Sonia Ruiz—a Brazilian like me—and left so inspired. Feels like the start of something meaningful… maybe a cross-school collaboration? 💛
#MATSOL2025
#MATSOL2025
May 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Went to a powerful panel at MATSOL on building culturally responsive ELD classrooms using Brazilian and Latin collectivist values. Connected with Dr. Sonia Ruiz—a Brazilian like me—and left so inspired. Feels like the start of something meaningful… maybe a cross-school collaboration? 💛
#MATSOL2025
#MATSOL2025
Finally met Andrea Honigsfeld—what a full-circle moment! Her co-teaching books have shaped my work for years. Today’s panel on centering MLs was inspiring. Left with books, ideas, and joy for the Harvard DKP work ahead. 💙
#matsol2025
#matsol2025
May 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Finally met Andrea Honigsfeld—what a full-circle moment! Her co-teaching books have shaped my work for years. Today’s panel on centering MLs was inspiring. Left with books, ideas, and joy for the Harvard DKP work ahead. 💙
#matsol2025
#matsol2025
Still in awe—came to MATSOL as a teacher, ended up sharing Not Guilty with a bookstore owner (family biz since 1972!) who asked for the full manuscript + wants to connect me with publishers. Not a book conference, but hey—connections are connections. 💛
#MATSOL2025 #AmQuerying #NotGuilty
#MATSOL2025 #AmQuerying #NotGuilty
May 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Still in awe—came to MATSOL as a teacher, ended up sharing Not Guilty with a bookstore owner (family biz since 1972!) who asked for the full manuscript + wants to connect me with publishers. Not a book conference, but hey—connections are connections. 💛
#MATSOL2025 #AmQuerying #NotGuilty
#MATSOL2025 #AmQuerying #NotGuilty
Traveling for MATSOL—excited to be here, but today was tough. Hard to leave my students on the Island. Not a good day to be an immigrant… scary times.
Another Not Guilty rejection, but I’m learning from each one.
Keep me posted, and I’ll send ESL updates!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Another Not Guilty rejection, but I’m learning from each one.
Keep me posted, and I’ll send ESL updates!
#booksky #writingcommunity
May 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Traveling for MATSOL—excited to be here, but today was tough. Hard to leave my students on the Island. Not a good day to be an immigrant… scary times.
Another Not Guilty rejection, but I’m learning from each one.
Keep me posted, and I’ll send ESL updates!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Another Not Guilty rejection, but I’m learning from each one.
Keep me posted, and I’ll send ESL updates!
#booksky #writingcommunity
Wrote Not Guilty with no desk—just my lap, a bed, a borrowed room.
This weekend, I finally made a space of my own with rescued furniture and zero dollars.
Still messy, but it’s mine.
And that’s something.
#booksky
This weekend, I finally made a space of my own with rescued furniture and zero dollars.
Still messy, but it’s mine.
And that’s something.
#booksky
May 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Wrote Not Guilty with no desk—just my lap, a bed, a borrowed room.
This weekend, I finally made a space of my own with rescued furniture and zero dollars.
Still messy, but it’s mine.
And that’s something.
#booksky
This weekend, I finally made a space of my own with rescued furniture and zero dollars.
Still messy, but it’s mine.
And that’s something.
#booksky
Just finished True Biz—a fierce, brilliant book that insists we listen. Deafness isn’t broken. It’s culture, language, identity. Next up: Our Missing Hearts. My reading list is diverse for a reason. Want recs? I’m your person.
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
May 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Just finished True Biz—a fierce, brilliant book that insists we listen. Deafness isn’t broken. It’s culture, language, identity. Next up: Our Missing Hearts. My reading list is diverse for a reason. Want recs? I’m your person.
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
Nantucket reds. Lilly Pulitzer. Fog in the morning, gold in the dunes by afternoon, the bluff cliffs.
Sirens wasn’t filmed here, but they mention Sconset.
They dress like Easter eggs, summer’s old money.
Feels like Nantucket. Just not my Nantucket.
#NetflixSirens #LivingNotBelonging #ThankGod
Sirens wasn’t filmed here, but they mention Sconset.
They dress like Easter eggs, summer’s old money.
Feels like Nantucket. Just not my Nantucket.
#NetflixSirens #LivingNotBelonging #ThankGod
May 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Nantucket reds. Lilly Pulitzer. Fog in the morning, gold in the dunes by afternoon, the bluff cliffs.
Sirens wasn’t filmed here, but they mention Sconset.
They dress like Easter eggs, summer’s old money.
Feels like Nantucket. Just not my Nantucket.
#NetflixSirens #LivingNotBelonging #ThankGod
Sirens wasn’t filmed here, but they mention Sconset.
They dress like Easter eggs, summer’s old money.
Feels like Nantucket. Just not my Nantucket.
#NetflixSirens #LivingNotBelonging #ThankGod
A quick snapshot of where I am—books I’ve been reading, lessons I’ve been learning, and the quiet themes that keep echoing back.
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#booksky
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#booksky
May 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A quick snapshot of where I am—books I’ve been reading, lessons I’ve been learning, and the quiet themes that keep echoing back.
1/7
#booksky
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#booksky