i’m writing a Novel
June 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
i’m writing a Novel
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Wildly excited for this night of Florida lit at P & T Knitwear on July 1, with @kristenarnett.bsky.social, @kaylakumari.bsky.social, Gabriella Burnham, & Lynn Steger Strong. You can get your tickets right here: www.eventbrite.com/e/florida-ni...
June 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Wildly excited for this night of Florida lit at P & T Knitwear on July 1, with @kristenarnett.bsky.social, @kaylakumari.bsky.social, Gabriella Burnham, & Lynn Steger Strong. You can get your tickets right here: www.eventbrite.com/e/florida-ni...
what if I peaked in 2022
May 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
what if I peaked in 2022
not to sound like a woman in 1951 but it’s so annoying that I can’t get paid to play tennis
May 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
not to sound like a woman in 1951 but it’s so annoying that I can’t get paid to play tennis
why is my letterboxd literally always giving she’s unwell your honor
April 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
why is my letterboxd literally always giving she’s unwell your honor
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@kaylakumari.bsky.social on how playing tennis helped manage her competitive tendencies while writing: “I do get frustrated at myself when I’m losing.”
How Tennis Helped Me Manage the Competitive Beast That Was Ruining My Writing
I’m in a tennis losing streak. The last three singles matches I played, I lost. Badly. For each match, I know why I lost and what I need to work on. That doesn’t make the losses any less frustratin…
buff.ly
March 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@kaylakumari.bsky.social on how playing tennis helped manage her competitive tendencies while writing: “I do get frustrated at myself when I’m losing.”
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When you randomly find a book you illustrated for the amazing writer, @kaylakumari.bsky.social, at an amazing place like The Nook on Robinson in the Milk District. #orlando
March 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
When you randomly find a book you illustrated for the amazing writer, @kaylakumari.bsky.social, at an amazing place like The Nook on Robinson in the Milk District. #orlando
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It was great to catch up with @kaylakumari.bsky.social and listen to her wife, the incredibly talented @kristenarnett.bsky.social, discuss the craft of writing accurate depictions of clowning, grief, and Florida.
March 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It was great to catch up with @kaylakumari.bsky.social and listen to her wife, the incredibly talented @kristenarnett.bsky.social, discuss the craft of writing accurate depictions of clowning, grief, and Florida.
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i’m doing signed preorders for STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE with The Lynx (real florida moves) and i’ll draw anything you want in there!!!!!!!! clown it up, it’s your time to shine (and my time to sign)
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thelynxbooks.com/item/ZoOPMvN...
Stop Me If You've Heard This One
A Novel
thelynxbooks.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:05 PM
i’m doing signed preorders for STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE with The Lynx (real florida moves) and i’ll draw anything you want in there!!!!!!!! clown it up, it’s your time to shine (and my time to sign)
thelynxbooks.com/item/ZoOPMvN...
thelynxbooks.com/item/ZoOPMvN...
amateur women’s tennis is incredible. watched two women almost get in a fist fight over a line call today. 10/10
March 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
amateur women’s tennis is incredible. watched two women almost get in a fist fight over a line call today. 10/10
🎶to the tune of For Good🎶
I do believe I have been changed for the 🔫 WORST
I do believe I have been changed for the 🔫 WORST
February 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
🎶to the tune of For Good🎶
I do believe I have been changed for the 🔫 WORST
I do believe I have been changed for the 🔫 WORST
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Day 9 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @kaylakumari.bsky.social against the myth of the solitary writer
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@writingco-lab.bsky.social
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@writingco-lab.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Day 9 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @kaylakumari.bsky.social against the myth of the solitary writer
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@writingco-lab.bsky.social
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@writingco-lab.bsky.social
I’m sure there’s no “right” way to grieve a dog but why is my way to start roasting a whole duck at 6pm on a school night (and started prep at 6am)
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I’m sure there’s no “right” way to grieve a dog but why is my way to start roasting a whole duck at 6pm on a school night (and started prep at 6am)
I just woke up from a dream in which I tweeted “my toxic trait is that I’m positive all I’d need is a 10 minute conversation with Ariana Grande to convince her to let me ghostwrite her memoir” and you know what…….tea
January 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I just woke up from a dream in which I tweeted “my toxic trait is that I’m positive all I’d need is a 10 minute conversation with Ariana Grande to convince her to let me ghostwrite her memoir” and you know what…….tea
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took a galley trip through central florida and all anyone got to show for it was my new book, beautiful friendship, and some clown noses
www.autostraddle.com/we-took-a-ga...
www.autostraddle.com/we-took-a-ga...
We Did a Bookstore Crawl Through Florida, and You Should Too!
There’s more to this place than theme parks and beaches.
www.autostraddle.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
took a galley trip through central florida and all anyone got to show for it was my new book, beautiful friendship, and some clown noses
www.autostraddle.com/we-took-a-ga...
www.autostraddle.com/we-took-a-ga...
my spotify wrapped next year
January 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
my spotify wrapped next year
I’m teaching a craft intensive on writing freaky essays with Tin House this month and would appreciate if you could spread the worddddd https://tinhouse.com/product/winter-craft-intensive-kayla-kumari-upadhyaya/
January 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I’m teaching a craft intensive on writing freaky essays with Tin House this month and would appreciate if you could spread the worddddd https://tinhouse.com/product/winter-craft-intensive-kayla-kumari-upadhyaya/
they said it* couldn’t be done
*dressing like slutty Dominic Toretto for my wife’s bowling birthday party
*dressing like slutty Dominic Toretto for my wife’s bowling birthday party
December 15, 2024 at 10:13 PM
they said it* couldn’t be done
*dressing like slutty Dominic Toretto for my wife’s bowling birthday party
*dressing like slutty Dominic Toretto for my wife’s bowling birthday party
can’t wait for my wife and I to ditch my family on Christmas Day to go see Babygirl and use the excuse of it being the anniversary of when Kristen proposed
December 15, 2024 at 10:05 PM
can’t wait for my wife and I to ditch my family on Christmas Day to go see Babygirl and use the excuse of it being the anniversary of when Kristen proposed
most opponents I encounter are great but the terrible sportsmanship in a certain flavor of white suburban women who play competitive tennis in central florida makes the mean girls in high school tennis seem harmless
December 2, 2024 at 3:19 AM
most opponents I encounter are great but the terrible sportsmanship in a certain flavor of white suburban women who play competitive tennis in central florida makes the mean girls in high school tennis seem harmless
me on december 1
December 1, 2024 at 5:06 PM
me on december 1
Welcome To Timmy Tomato’s Food & Wine Blog
November 30, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Welcome To Timmy Tomato’s Food & Wine Blog
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just wiving out
November 28, 2024 at 9:01 PM
just wiving out