neena maiya
@neenamaiya.bsky.social
#Writer from de Caribbean, Guyana (top of St. America). Lover of people, #BOOKS, music, art, sea, earth, sky & everything in between.
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Penny Evans, ceramic artist in Australia who creates works that embody her Indigenous Kamilaroi/Gomeroi cultural heritage #WomensArt
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Penny Evans, ceramic artist in Australia who creates works that embody her Indigenous Kamilaroi/Gomeroi cultural heritage #WomensArt
Character AI encouraged a young boy, Sewell, to commit suicide. A machine. Imagine that. A freakin’ machine did this to a child. Call it any name, chat box, AI, it’s a dutty stinking machine.
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Character AI encouraged a young boy, Sewell, to commit suicide. A machine. Imagine that. A freakin’ machine did this to a child. Call it any name, chat box, AI, it’s a dutty stinking machine.
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Author Anna Sewell.
“…’he might have been anything when he was young; look at his nostrils and his ears, the shape of his neck and shoulder; there's a deal of breeding about that horse.’ He put out his hand and gave me a kind pat on the neck. I put out my nose in answer…”
“…’he might have been anything when he was young; look at his nostrils and his ears, the shape of his neck and shoulder; there's a deal of breeding about that horse.’ He put out his hand and gave me a kind pat on the neck. I put out my nose in answer…”
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Author Anna Sewell.
“…’he might have been anything when he was young; look at his nostrils and his ears, the shape of his neck and shoulder; there's a deal of breeding about that horse.’ He put out his hand and gave me a kind pat on the neck. I put out my nose in answer…”
“…’he might have been anything when he was young; look at his nostrils and his ears, the shape of his neck and shoulder; there's a deal of breeding about that horse.’ He put out his hand and gave me a kind pat on the neck. I put out my nose in answer…”
Whenever I feel stuck, feel down, like things ain’t happening for me, I would hum this to myself:
#nevergiveup thank you #JimmyCliff
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#nevergiveup thank you #JimmyCliff
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Jimmy Cliff You Can Get It If You Really Want
YouTube video by Rocksteady Freddie
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November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Whenever I feel stuck, feel down, like things ain’t happening for me, I would hum this to myself:
#nevergiveup thank you #JimmyCliff
youtu.be/U7dBMYUyRAQ?...
#nevergiveup thank you #JimmyCliff
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I truly appreciate what Rob has said here.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #author #writing #selfpublishing inventingrealityediting.com/2...
How to Arrange a Public Book Reading/Signing
Just because you’ve published a book, don’t expect to get invitations to do book readings. You’ll have to arrange them yourself. The good news is you’ll find a lot of venues will be willing to have…
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November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I truly appreciate what Rob has said here.
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Hurd Hatfield in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Hurd Hatfield in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Ah do it!! Ah write a poem in #Creolese in t’ree…3…words! It describe what is on de cover of Book Two wit’ de Ssssnake. This poem gon be faymus one day. It gon be on a #Guyana stamp wit’ de fish wit’ de cutlish.
(This fish here is not de real fish wit’ cutlish on de book cover.)
(This fish here is not de real fish wit’ cutlish on de book cover.)
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Writer from the #Caribbean.
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Review of 'The Zemis' by the team at Caribbean Authors:
"The book is both a literary and cultural offering, ideal for classrooms, libraries, and lovers of oral tradition."
Guys, I am crying.
Do I want younger generations reading my work as part of their Literature and History curriculum?
Yes.
"The book is both a literary and cultural offering, ideal for classrooms, libraries, and lovers of oral tradition."
Guys, I am crying.
Do I want younger generations reading my work as part of their Literature and History curriculum?
Yes.
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Writer from the #Caribbean.
☀️ 🌊 ☁️ 🌴
☀️ 🌊 ☁️ 🌴
When the camoudie, the snake that can swallow a cow, danced.
#voice #excerpt #Guyana life #Guyanese_accent
#voice #excerpt #Guyana life #Guyanese_accent
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When the camoudie, the snake that can swallow a cow, danced.
#voice #excerpt #Guyana life #Guyanese_accent
#voice #excerpt #Guyana life #Guyanese_accent
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If the internet goes down for a day, real #writers, poets, artists, musicians will still be able to create. The AI crowd will wring their hands and weep.
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
If the internet goes down for a day, real #writers, poets, artists, musicians will still be able to create. The AI crowd will wring their hands and weep.
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📷 An Elderly Boatman in Istanbul
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
📷 An Elderly Boatman in Istanbul
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
When a #writer launches a book, does s/he have a professional reader standing close by while the author mouths the words?
Read your book. Be natural, be real.
#WritingCommunity what are your thoughts on this?
Read your book. Be natural, be real.
#WritingCommunity what are your thoughts on this?
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When a #writer launches a book, does s/he have a professional reader standing close by while the author mouths the words?
Read your book. Be natural, be real.
#WritingCommunity what are your thoughts on this?
Read your book. Be natural, be real.
#WritingCommunity what are your thoughts on this?
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The amount of writing I have done and my skill as a writer grows every day.
Some days you just don’t feel like writing. This doesn’t arise from writer’s block or being overwhelmed by life’s many responsibilities. Instead, you obsess about how much there is left to wri…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Easy snake….”
Beware of the quiet people...they're the ones who will shock you, bite you the hottest.
#Guyana proverb
neenamaiya.substack.com/p/snake-things
Beware of the quiet people...they're the ones who will shock you, bite you the hottest.
#Guyana proverb
neenamaiya.substack.com/p/snake-things
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“Easy snake….”
Beware of the quiet people...they're the ones who will shock you, bite you the hottest.
#Guyana proverb
neenamaiya.substack.com/p/snake-things
Beware of the quiet people...they're the ones who will shock you, bite you the hottest.
#Guyana proverb
neenamaiya.substack.com/p/snake-things
Down Cemetery Road with Emma Thompson whilst waiting for Slow Horses!
Tempted to binge watch.
Tempted to binge watch.
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Down Cemetery Road with Emma Thompson whilst waiting for Slow Horses!
Tempted to binge watch.
Tempted to binge watch.
Looks like good enough weather to go for a walk with the Aged M. My Aged Ma, all of 89.
#writerslife #naturewalk
#writerslife #naturewalk
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Looks like good enough weather to go for a walk with the Aged M. My Aged Ma, all of 89.
#writerslife #naturewalk
#writerslife #naturewalk
Tea!! Ain’t matter how much food I eat, if I don’t drink dis hot tea, I don’t feel full.
Moral of the story…eat li’l bit food, drink hot tea. Feel full.
Moral of the story…eat li’l bit food, drink hot tea. Feel full.
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Tea!! Ain’t matter how much food I eat, if I don’t drink dis hot tea, I don’t feel full.
Moral of the story…eat li’l bit food, drink hot tea. Feel full.
Moral of the story…eat li’l bit food, drink hot tea. Feel full.
I wish someone would step in and help them.💔
As he fled the Sudanese city of El-Fasher in terror, Hassan Osman said he saw ethnic attacks by paramilitary forces, with civilians targeted for their tribe and skin color.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I wish someone would step in and help them.💔
I think most science-minded people knew this.
#hot_oceans #climatechange
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#hot_oceans #climatechange
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Revo
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November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I think most science-minded people knew this.
#hot_oceans #climatechange
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#hot_oceans #climatechange
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