Kaeyllane Dias
@kaeyllane.bsky.social
Teacher, Writer, and Year-round coffee drinker.
Not Guilty is my debut novel. And it belongs in this conversation.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Not Guilty is my debut novel. And it belongs in this conversation.
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Stories that often challenge systems of power, racism, patriarchy, nationalism, ableism, or colonial legacies.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Stories that often challenge systems of power, racism, patriarchy, nationalism, ableism, or colonial legacies.
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Stories centered on characters navigating life across cultures, often grappling with immigration, legal status, displacement, or cultural identity.
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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.
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Stories where immigration isn’t just a theme, it’s a heartbeat. Where the personal is political.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Stories where immigration isn’t just a theme, it’s a heartbeat. Where the personal is political.
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Stories where women navigate silence, systems, and survival.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Stories where women navigate silence, systems, and survival.
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These stories helped me write mine.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
These stories helped me write mine.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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“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.
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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