Author Cynarae Black
@cynwitdapen.bsky.social
Romance author in the making ✍🏾 | Mama of 3 (4, if you count the cat) | Full-time worker, part-time dreamer | Sharing my journey to publishing my debut novel, Kisses And Paperclips (April 2025) ❤️📚
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Just woke up ready to scroll TikTok and then I remembered
a woman in a pink jacket is crying while sitting down .
ALT: a woman in a pink jacket is crying while sitting down .
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January 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Just woke up ready to scroll TikTok and then I remembered
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Anybody else feel like they are living in a dystopian novel all of a sudden?
January 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Anybody else feel like they are living in a dystopian novel all of a sudden?
Losing TikTok feels like someone cut the mic right when I found my voice. It wasn’t just an app—it was a space where I finally recognized myself. Now, I’m just standing here, heartbroken, trying to be heard again.
January 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Losing TikTok feels like someone cut the mic right when I found my voice. It wasn’t just an app—it was a space where I finally recognized myself. Now, I’m just standing here, heartbroken, trying to be heard again.
There’s just something about a hero who makes it clear you’re his—I can’t get enough of it.
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December 11, 2024 at 11:24 PM
There’s just something about a hero who makes it clear you’re his—I can’t get enough of it.
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🥰
You want them to believe in you but you don’t even believe in you 🖤💋
December 11, 2024 at 10:46 PM
You want them to believe in you but you don’t even believe in you 🖤💋
Being a Scorpio means I’m to secretive for social media 😭
December 11, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Being a Scorpio means I’m to secretive for social media 😭
We listen and don’t judge. My mom had me watch 50 Shades of grey (me her and my dad) she thought it was a thriller. It was awkward to say the least 😂😂😂
December 10, 2024 at 10:45 PM
We listen and don’t judge. My mom had me watch 50 Shades of grey (me her and my dad) she thought it was a thriller. It was awkward to say the least 😂😂😂
Yes, it was a masterful book—and yes, it featured blue aliens. 🖤💋 #alienromancebooks #romancebooks #bookish
December 10, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Yes, it was a masterful book—and yes, it featured blue aliens. 🖤💋 #alienromancebooks #romancebooks #bookish
I wanted to love you freely, never imagining it would feel like a trespass. You ask me to prove your worthiness, but I can’t splinter my soul just to mend your fractures 🖤💋
December 10, 2024 at 12:08 AM
I wanted to love you freely, never imagining it would feel like a trespass. You ask me to prove your worthiness, but I can’t splinter my soul just to mend your fractures 🖤💋
If it rattles everyone so much when a woman truly loves herself, isn’t that exactly why we should love ourselves out loud? 🖤💋
December 9, 2024 at 6:31 PM
If it rattles everyone so much when a woman truly loves herself, isn’t that exactly why we should love ourselves out loud? 🖤💋
I can’t help but wonder—am I scared to tell these stories because I have to realize they make me who I am or because once I write them, I have to admit I’ve been running from them this whole time.
December 9, 2024 at 6:07 PM
I can’t help but wonder—am I scared to tell these stories because I have to realize they make me who I am or because once I write them, I have to admit I’ve been running from them this whole time.
I’m putting in my order with the universe: a great cup of coffee, a pen that doesn’t judge, and a view that lets me breathe. Maybe that’s all I need.
December 9, 2024 at 5:42 PM
I’m putting in my order with the universe: a great cup of coffee, a pen that doesn’t judge, and a view that lets me breathe. Maybe that’s all I need.
I couldn’t help but wonder: if society’s so hooked on rules, why not break every single one? Write like it’s the last story you’ll ever tell—raw, reckless, and unapologetically you. 🖤💋
December 9, 2024 at 11:35 AM
I couldn’t help but wonder: if society’s so hooked on rules, why not break every single one? Write like it’s the last story you’ll ever tell—raw, reckless, and unapologetically you. 🖤💋
So, we in a whole new era of annotation and nobody told me? Time to step up my artistic game!
December 8, 2024 at 3:34 PM
So, we in a whole new era of annotation and nobody told me? Time to step up my artistic game!
One can only hope…
December 5, 2024 at 3:41 PM
One can only hope…
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My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 PM
My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
It starts with a cover that catches my eye and a synopsis that reels me in. A relatable/funny dedication pulls me closer.
One great first line, & I’m gone headfirst into a world I never want to leave.
By the end, I’m both full and empty.
I’ve gained and lost something all at once. #books #reading
One great first line, & I’m gone headfirst into a world I never want to leave.
By the end, I’m both full and empty.
I’ve gained and lost something all at once. #books #reading
December 4, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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December 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Just finished #HockeyLife by @authordarlenec.bsky.social—a Black romance where a hockey player and a influencer roast each other into a love story. She gives bad critique on his game and he claps back. Petty, flirty, and spicy. Rivals to lovers, mutual pining. #BlackBlueSky #BlackRomanceBooks
November 30, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Just finished #HockeyLife by @authordarlenec.bsky.social—a Black romance where a hockey player and a influencer roast each other into a love story. She gives bad critique on his game and he claps back. Petty, flirty, and spicy. Rivals to lovers, mutual pining. #BlackBlueSky #BlackRomanceBooks
Writing tip: If you’re writing a book but have no clue what to title it:
Don’t stress.
Titles are like epiphanies—they show up when you least expect them. Mine arrived mid-shower, somewhere between conditioner and contemplating my entire life’s choices. #writingabook #writing
Don’t stress.
Titles are like epiphanies—they show up when you least expect them. Mine arrived mid-shower, somewhere between conditioner and contemplating my entire life’s choices. #writingabook #writing
November 27, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Writing tip: If you’re writing a book but have no clue what to title it:
Don’t stress.
Titles are like epiphanies—they show up when you least expect them. Mine arrived mid-shower, somewhere between conditioner and contemplating my entire life’s choices. #writingabook #writing
Don’t stress.
Titles are like epiphanies—they show up when you least expect them. Mine arrived mid-shower, somewhere between conditioner and contemplating my entire life’s choices. #writingabook #writing
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Writing romance is like the adult equivalent of when we would make our Barbies kiss.
November 27, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Writing romance is like the adult equivalent of when we would make our Barbies kiss.
You wronged me and thought you’d have the last word, but I stole a piece of you, tucked it into my story, and bound the truth between the pages.
If I’m not the villain, and it’s you? Consider yourself lucky.
If I’m not the villain, and it’s you? Consider yourself lucky.
November 27, 2024 at 11:18 AM
You wronged me and thought you’d have the last word, but I stole a piece of you, tucked it into my story, and bound the truth between the pages.
If I’m not the villain, and it’s you? Consider yourself lucky.
If I’m not the villain, and it’s you? Consider yourself lucky.
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*pssssst*
Hey
You know that one project?
That one you've wanted to write FOREVER except it's scary as hell & maybe you don't feel good
enough or brave enough or strong enough?
Spend 15 min on it today
Keep the dream alive
Even a pot on the back burner needs to occasionally be stirred
Hey
You know that one project?
That one you've wanted to write FOREVER except it's scary as hell & maybe you don't feel good
enough or brave enough or strong enough?
Spend 15 min on it today
Keep the dream alive
Even a pot on the back burner needs to occasionally be stirred
November 15, 2024 at 11:53 PM
*pssssst*
Hey
You know that one project?
That one you've wanted to write FOREVER except it's scary as hell & maybe you don't feel good
enough or brave enough or strong enough?
Spend 15 min on it today
Keep the dream alive
Even a pot on the back burner needs to occasionally be stirred
Hey
You know that one project?
That one you've wanted to write FOREVER except it's scary as hell & maybe you don't feel good
enough or brave enough or strong enough?
Spend 15 min on it today
Keep the dream alive
Even a pot on the back burner needs to occasionally be stirred
Am I the only one wandering around this app like a lost tourist? I had the bird app too…but let’s be for real, I never knew what I was doing there either.
November 27, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Am I the only one wandering around this app like a lost tourist? I had the bird app too…but let’s be for real, I never knew what I was doing there either.
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there are two kinds of writers:
those who write pages of bantering dialogue and realize they didn't describe anything in the scene
and those who write pages of detailed description and realize no one's spoken for eight pages
those who write pages of bantering dialogue and realize they didn't describe anything in the scene
and those who write pages of detailed description and realize no one's spoken for eight pages
November 26, 2024 at 6:16 PM
there are two kinds of writers:
those who write pages of bantering dialogue and realize they didn't describe anything in the scene
and those who write pages of detailed description and realize no one's spoken for eight pages
those who write pages of bantering dialogue and realize they didn't describe anything in the scene
and those who write pages of detailed description and realize no one's spoken for eight pages