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neenamaiya

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#Writer from Guyana (South America). Lover of people, #books, music, art, sea, earth, sky and everything in between. First book out: Big Ole Home By De Sea. Slices of life in #Guyana. Humour, lyrics-prose & ludicrous things. More coming! Find me here: https://neenamaiya.carrd.co/ Warning: #Creolese in use sometimes. Also, tongue in cheek & foot in mouth.

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srfirehorseart, to 3goodthings
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@3goodthings

  • successfully managed a minimum effort pajama day that included daytime naps
    :blobcatsleep:

  • read a book for a while
    :blobcatreading:

  • replaced the batteries in the bedroom fairy lights
    ✨

neenamaiya,
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@srfirehorseart @3goodthings Day time naps!! Oh blissful bliss.

neenamaiya, to random
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28 May Do you have advice for other authors that you haven't heard from different sources?

This is what I was told by my best friend in the whole wide world when I was talking about what other writers have done: “Never compare yourself to others.”

Best advice ever. ❤️

neenamaiya, to bookstodon
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Amalivaca is a well-known legend coming from the #Amerindian people of #Guyana, St. America.

Amalivaca means: child of my searching. The story is beautifully retold by one of our finest writers, Jan Carew. There are so many #rainforest stories based in Guyana, I wish the whole world could read them:

https://neenamaiya.substack.com/p/jungle-books

@bookstodon @bookstodon

anderlandbooks, to random German

May 17. Other than writing, what's your go-to creative outlet?

Music, esp. singing and dancing, and drawing.

I'm not good at any of these, but I love all of them, and they relax me.

neenamaiya,
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@anderlandbooks You love doing them and it relaxes you. That’s the best part. I’m the same.

neenamaiya, to random
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Around town. Spotted this poster on FB. Bad-man daag around Georgetown .

lowqualityfacts, to random
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DeSantis is the worst.

neenamaiya,
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@lowqualityfacts Isn’t he minority?

lowqualityfacts, to random
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That makes sense.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

neenamaiya,
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@lowqualityfacts Bandits in 3rd world countries use coconut oil.

lowqualityfacts, to random
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I love giraffes.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

neenamaiya,
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@lowqualityfacts I’m so tempted to believe this.

neenamaiya, to bookstodon
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My pile on . @bookstodon
Books from various countries.

Piles of books on my window sill. Books from various countries.

CindySue, to books

What is everyone reading? I feel like I haven't picked a book up in ages.

@bookstodon

neenamaiya,
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@CindySue @bookstodon The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories. I’m reading it slowly so it can last forever.

neenamaiya, to random
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Y’all, if you’ve never read anything by Jack, start here…the details, the characters, the sense of something about to happen…

I promise you will like. Grab your cuppa hot chocolate coffee tea, some biscuits, and dig in…

https://frogsglen.substack.com/p/have-a-seat-its-your-living-room

stephenwhq, to bookstodon
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Hello Authors of Masto?

Short story collections. Strong theme, or just the best stories? Can a collection include nightmares and light-hearted stuff? (An experienced author says a good collection does not vary wildly in tone. But my stuff does).

what do you think as a reader, and what do you do yourself?

@bookstodon

PS I have some free on my website

https://stephencox.co.uk/?page_id=184

neenamaiya,
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@stephenwhq @bookstodon Everything. I’d happily read a book that has a mix of short stories, poems, one line stories, essays.

neenamaiya, to tech
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Any person can explain something to me, please?

My nephew gave my mother his phone to use, I got her a new SIM card. She has the same old carrier, same number.

Why does the phone show this message? I checked settings / general / about…the carrier is installed in the phone, I see the SIM card number there too. Can anyone explain? Please?

neenamaiya, to random
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I think about it often, what if we could be our most creative every day?

Here’s an interesting essay I’m reading (again) about it:

“Being creative is an innate human quality; your creative self can’t disappear. It can be neglected of nourishment…Your creative self may have retreated into the dark, it may be hard to see its outlines or to discern its movements, but it is there.”

https://substack.com/home/post/p-142472000

neenamaiya, to history
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Easter Monday! Holiday! Kite flying day! And things you never knew about kite-flying!

((Warning, this might trigger those who are sensitive to politically-incorrectness.))

https://neenamaiya.substack.com/p/the-toy-of-liberation

lowqualityfacts, to random
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I never would have guessed.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

neenamaiya,
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@lowqualityfacts Many travellers think it’s sand, it’s actually a mirage, it’s not sand, it’s water.

lowqualityfacts, to random
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Confusing, but true.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

neenamaiya,
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@lowqualityfacts Strange but true…there were North Koreans in Guyana.

Likewise, to books
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Short Stories.

Love ‘em, hate ‘em, somewhere in the middle?

Years ago one of my dear friends (who is a huge bookworm) and I were talking. She told me she hated short stories. I can’t remember why or if she even told me a reason. This conversation has stuck with me, because I struggle with them- why? I have no idea. I have tried different tactics to overcome this. I am s l o w l y reading one now, but I don’t gravitate toward it (not the one pictured, but it’s one I really want to read if I can ever get there).

I’d love to hear your thoughts.
@bookstodon

neenamaiya,
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@Likewise @bookstodon Stories are stories, short, big fat novels…I love them all.

StillIRise1963, to random
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"Slaveowners sexually assaulted and abused their women slaves—and demanded reproduction from them. Rape was used as a tool to both force the women into submission and increase the profit of slaveholders through breeding. The slaves did their best to resist and rebel against such violence, while white women failed to oppose the gruesome behavior perpetrated by their husbands."

https://www.theroot.com/21-truths-and-myths-about-the-transatlantic-slave-trade-1851246946/slides/16

neenamaiya,
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@maddad @StillIRise1963 Me too, I’ve read an article or seen a video on YouTube…I was shocked!!

kimlockhartga, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Do you own any autographed books? If so, did you personally meet the author at a signing?

neenamaiya,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Only one book. The Secret Life Of Winnie Cox by Sharon Maas. I won it at her book launch. It’s a delish book. But I get the feeling that some people are intimidated by the cover. I love the cover.

beexcessivelydiverting, to books
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The #JaneAusten and #Brontes Newsletter Issue #5 Valentine’s Day in the Regency era as told by gifs and memes!

https://excessivelydiverting.substack.com/p/austen-bronte-newsletter-issue-05-valentines-day?publication_id=2233006&post_id=141623385&isFreemail=false&r=1ep55

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian

neenamaiya,
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@beexcessivelydiverting @bookstodon I’ve read some of the ToS but who can read ALL of it when you’re hurrying to sign up? Based on what people have complained about, and news items, I think we know / suspect they do all of this mentioned. Sometimes, I google weird things I make up just for the heck of it. Let them do what they want to with that.

lowqualityfacts, to random
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That is good to know.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

neenamaiya,
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@lowqualityfacts “Sweet dreams are made of this.”🎶😃

neenamaiya, to random
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Sunday morning.

Drink tea. Brush teeth.

Go for a walk.

Write.

skaeth, to books
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What are your thoughts on DNF (Did Not Finish)-ing books? Do you feel guilty about it? Do you worry you missed out on something? Or are you confident in dropping a book and reaching for the next one?

At what point are you most likely to DNF, if ever? What sorts of things cause you to DNF?

My friend, book blogger Kriti, was musing on these questions a while back, and it sparked this new post: https://armedwithabook.com/dealing-with-dnf-the-practice-of-did-not-finish/

@bookstodon

neenamaiya,
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@skaeth @bookstodon Some books I struggle with heavily, but I force myself to read to the end. Then I think about what I’ve read, and what the writer is trying to say. Usually, I end up being glad I finished reading the book. There’s only one book that I absolutely hhhhhate, and feel it was a total waste of time. It was a highly popular book.

neenamaiya, to bookstodon
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Eeeeek 😳 Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk is giving the creeps!! @bookstodon

Don’t tell me the ending, don’t tell me how it ends!!

neenamaiya,
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@movation @bookstodon It’s certainly food for thought…so far, especially in light of world events…war and so on.

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