Devans Eli ♒️
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🍪 My 1st children’s book is baking...
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Introducing Nora Escapes the Bakery
A curious cookie dares to dream beyond her jar. Meet Nora in Devans Eli’s new children’s adventure about courage, imagination, and home.
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A new story is here. My first children's book🍪
Born from imagination, courage, and a little cookie who dared to dream.
#BlackAuthorSky
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Born from imagination, courage, and a little cookie who dared to dream.
#BlackAuthorSky
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This piece is my reflection as a furloughed employee on what happens when everything shuts down and how we might rise again when the quiet finally breaks. 🌒
#Reflection #FortyDays #CollectiveGrief #RiseAgain #Resilience #FaithThroughCrisis #GovernmentShutdown
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#Reflection #FortyDays #CollectiveGrief #RiseAgain #Resilience #FaithThroughCrisis #GovernmentShutdown
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A Wave Rising After the Shut Down
Forty days of silence, sorrow, and stillness… and the question of who will rise when it ends.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This piece is my reflection as a furloughed employee on what happens when everything shuts down and how we might rise again when the quiet finally breaks. 🌒
#Reflection #FortyDays #CollectiveGrief #RiseAgain #Resilience #FaithThroughCrisis #GovernmentShutdown
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#Reflection #FortyDays #CollectiveGrief #RiseAgain #Resilience #FaithThroughCrisis #GovernmentShutdown
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Did you hear about the girl who felt she wasn’t whole?
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#Poetry #BlackAuthorSky
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#Poetry #BlackAuthorSky
🌼The Girl Who Left the Orchard
Not all departures are escapes. Some are callings.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Did you hear about the girl who felt she wasn’t whole?
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#Poetry #BlackAuthorSky
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#Poetry #BlackAuthorSky
I’m thinking of reciting some poetry again. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. 🖤💚💛♥️
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I’m thinking of reciting some poetry again. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. 🖤💚💛♥️
November 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Here's the full color illustration of the cookie that inspires courage in every season: Nora the Butterscotch.
#NoraEscapesTheBakery #ChildrensBooks #Illustration #Design #MonthlyReview #October #Storytelling #CreativeJourney #DevansEli #NorasCrumbTrail
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#NoraEscapesTheBakery #ChildrensBooks #Illustration #Design #MonthlyReview #October #Storytelling #CreativeJourney #DevansEli #NorasCrumbTrail
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Meet Nora in Full Color
Meet Nora — a bold butterscotch cookie who embodies courage, creativity, and change. In this reflection on transformation, author Devans Eli shares how Nora grew from sketch to storybook hero.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Here's the full color illustration of the cookie that inspires courage in every season: Nora the Butterscotch.
#NoraEscapesTheBakery #ChildrensBooks #Illustration #Design #MonthlyReview #October #Storytelling #CreativeJourney #DevansEli #NorasCrumbTrail
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#NoraEscapesTheBakery #ChildrensBooks #Illustration #Design #MonthlyReview #October #Storytelling #CreativeJourney #DevansEli #NorasCrumbTrail
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A new story is here. My first children's book🍪
Born from imagination, courage, and a little cookie who dared to dream.
#BlackAuthorSky
www.devanseli.com/p/introducin...
Born from imagination, courage, and a little cookie who dared to dream.
#BlackAuthorSky
www.devanseli.com/p/introducin...
Introducing Nora Escapes the Bakery
A curious cookie dares to dream beyond her jar. Meet Nora in Devans Eli’s new children’s adventure about courage, imagination, and home.
www.devanseli.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A new story is here. My first children's book🍪
Born from imagination, courage, and a little cookie who dared to dream.
#BlackAuthorSky
www.devanseli.com/p/introducin...
Born from imagination, courage, and a little cookie who dared to dream.
#BlackAuthorSky
www.devanseli.com/p/introducin...
He can enjoy his ballroom. Just remember, God don’t like ugly. And he sho’ is ugly.
a close up of a woman wearing a hat and looking at the camera .
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October 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
He can enjoy his ballroom. Just remember, God don’t like ugly. And he sho’ is ugly.
October 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Calling all educators, parents, grandmas, aunties and anyone who loves sharing stories with little ones ages 5–10! 🌟
A new adventure begins this week, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
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A new adventure begins this week, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Subscribe to follow the big reveal!
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#BlackAuthorSky
Author Devans Eli | Substack
✍🏾 Writing soft poems & sweet adventures. 🍪 Something is baking... Click to read Author Devans Eli, a Substack publication. Launched 2 years ago.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Calling all educators, parents, grandmas, aunties and anyone who loves sharing stories with little ones ages 5–10! 🌟
A new adventure begins this week, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Subscribe to follow the big reveal!
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#BlackAuthorSky
A new adventure begins this week, and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Subscribe to follow the big reveal!
www.devanseli.com
#BlackAuthorSky
That being said, I plan to make an announcement this week lol. It’s time to let the world know about a project that I’m so excited about.
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
That being said, I plan to make an announcement this week lol. It’s time to let the world know about a project that I’m so excited about.
So I decided one project at a time. I’ll use my overthinking and over sharing to my advantage now and put that energy into making a great project as opposed to splitting it across several endeavors.
October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
So I decided one project at a time. I’ll use my overthinking and over sharing to my advantage now and put that energy into making a great project as opposed to splitting it across several endeavors.
I’m talented and I’m a recovering people pleaser. Now, I live in a world of rapid content creation. That’s the vibe but that’s not my style. As an artist, I have to remember to focus on my craft outside and not be concerned with dishing out material quickly.
October 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I’m talented and I’m a recovering people pleaser. Now, I live in a world of rapid content creation. That’s the vibe but that’s not my style. As an artist, I have to remember to focus on my craft outside and not be concerned with dishing out material quickly.
That’s my weakness. Doing multiple projects at once. Whether it’s in my professional life, my art, or even community outreach. I find myself overcommitting. And it has become overwhelming. I’m on the verge of burning out. It’s time to step back and focus on one thing at a time.
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
That’s my weakness. Doing multiple projects at once. Whether it’s in my professional life, my art, or even community outreach. I find myself overcommitting. And it has become overwhelming. I’m on the verge of burning out. It’s time to step back and focus on one thing at a time.
You know you’re talented. And if you had three brains and an entire team, you could certainly put out five projects at once. But you are one. Let that one project you’re ready to release get all the shine.
October 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
You know you’re talented. And if you had three brains and an entire team, you could certainly put out five projects at once. But you are one. Let that one project you’re ready to release get all the shine.
Focusing on multiple projects may diminish the value of the one that you are on track to complete.
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Focusing on multiple projects may diminish the value of the one that you are on track to complete.
Eliminate distractions. Focus on your project. Let it come to fruition.
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Eliminate distractions. Focus on your project. Let it come to fruition.
Sharing my last piece in The Path of Becoming wasn’t easy, but it means a lot to me. It’s about learning to trust what’s still forming and to find joy in what comes next.
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The Path to Becoming: Where One Journey Ends, Another Begins
A reflective essay by Devans Eli on growth, change, and self-discovery — closing The Path to Becoming series with hope and new beginnings.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Sharing my last piece in The Path of Becoming wasn’t easy, but it means a lot to me. It’s about learning to trust what’s still forming and to find joy in what comes next.
www.devanseli.com/p/the-path-t...
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Saw the governor today.
October 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Saw the governor today.
I’m rising through this darkness, girl. #PathofBecoming
October 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I’m rising through this darkness, girl. #PathofBecoming
I just KNOW your candy selection for Halloween Night is like that! Haha! I love this! 👻🎃
Ooooo I love it! Very witchay! See? Don’t you feel better? Yours is a lot classier than mine!
October 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I just KNOW your candy selection for Halloween Night is like that! Haha! I love this! 👻🎃
Not too crazy @tress333.bsky.social @helenbroom.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Not too crazy @tress333.bsky.social @helenbroom.bsky.social
I have 3 bins of decorations! I should go off huh? 😇
You definitely should. We have to have a little fun! Plus, candy! 🍬 👻
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I have 3 bins of decorations! I should go off huh? 😇
Should I decorate for Halloween? Considering the darkness hovering over our nations capital, maybe it’s fitting? 🎃
October 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Should I decorate for Halloween? Considering the darkness hovering over our nations capital, maybe it’s fitting? 🎃