I signed my name in Nov 2001. By Apr 2002, I was in uniform. 9/11 didn’t just change the world— it changed my path. I carry its fire still. #NeverForget #911Anniversary #GuyaMaican #WritingAlchemist #AlchemyFromAshes #TheGuyaGuild #BlackAuthor #Storyteller #WriterLife #AuthorLife #AuthorOfBluesky

Every draft, every edit, every late night adds to the legacy.

Progress isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s just steady, page by page.

I got my first reject a week ago. It took me down for a minute. But I realized I was just getting started. #WritingAlchemist #TheGuyaGuild #WriterLife #WineAndWriting #BlackFantasyAuthor #AmWritingFantasy #GuyaMaican

Every book has its secret ingredients. Mine? Wine. Late nights. And giving my characters a look when they start making choices I didn’t approve in the outline. What fuels your creativity? #WritingAlchemist #TheGuyaGuild #WriterLife #WineAndWriting #BlackFantasyAuthor #AmWritingFantasy #GuyaMaican

Tomorrow is Lion’s Gate — a cosmic alignment for expansion, clarity, and stepping into what you’ve been building for lifetimes. For me, that means more than just writing. It’s writing with intention. Every scene, every character, every twist is a spell cast for the future I’m walking into.

I have officially entered the querying trenches. No panic. No noise. Just precision. Alignment. Intention. May the right 1s feel the fire behind the pages. May the rest step aside. #WritingAlchemist #QueryingAuthor #TheGuyaGuild #FantasyWriter #BlackAuthorMagic #LegacyInProgress #AlchemyInMotion

Ok real quick— Yes, I missed last week. I got my edits back from my editor & fully disappeared n2 the work. One blink later, it was the weekend. I didn’t forget y’all. I just time-traveled through revision mode. 💻🔥 Now I’m back—with 2 many ideas, not enough bodies, and the same fire driving it all.

I was never here to be liked. I was here to light the damn map. This Pride, I’m not reflecting. I’m declaring. This is my design. This is my daimon. This is my divine. #CreativeAlchemist #PrideMonth2025 #QueerBlackAuthor #FinalForm #TheGuyaGuild #NotALabel #GuyaMaican

And just like that, 📖 2 is completely drafted and we have the entire outline for 📖 3 #writer #author #authorlife #writerlife ##writingcommunity

✨ Dampium: A Realm of Scions and Betrayal Book 1 of The Legacy of the Daivaras A fantasy steeped in betrayal, bloodlines, & a queerness they tried 2 silence. Coming soon from Guya Maican.

After much outlining, much plotting and much planning, I can now honestly say 4 chapters of 📖 2 are more complete. #writer #author

Happy Spring Equinox

Annnnnd ofc. A bi$h takes a nap and wakes up with a whole new story. Why does this keep happening to me?? (Don't take me seriously, I love when this happens. I just get mad cuz I can't write it all fast enough.) #writer #writingcommunity #author #skywriter #writerlife

Trying to come up with a name for a side character but the name needs to be very unique. I want the MC to love her name so much she says it all the time just so she can hear it. I'm struggling. I want it to start with a B #writingcommunity #writer #skywriter #author #writerlife

Happy Full Moon in Virgo and Lunar Eclipse. 💋🪄✨️

I thought I only wrote 100 words, today. Turns out it was more at 300. Yay!! Go me #writer #author #writingcommunity #skywriter

Both my princes are over the rainbow bridge. Miko ( #yorkie), Sept last year. Fuji ( #shihtzu), today. 💔💔🌈🐶 #rainbowbridge #furbaby #furbabies

Listennnnnnnnn #skywriter #author #writingcommunity #writer

So next month is my birthday month. The birthday present I am giving to myself is to write each synopsis for each book idea I have. 12-13 synopsis. HBD to me. #writer #author #writingcommunity #skywriter

Threads of Aerythel: Dragonfly is a 126,000-word dark epic fantasy. It is the first in a planned trilogy but stands alone with a complete narrative arc. It is a character-driven tri-perspective novel for an adult audience. #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #LGBT

inspired by OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH + THE RED SCHOLAR'S WAKE + MASTER AND COMMANDER #QuestPit #W #A #LGBT #RF (Art = my own)

“The Neon Blue” 🔏Secrets & Lies 🎭Hidden Identity 💔Third Act Breakup 👽Otherworldly Beings ✉️Epistolary Sections 📜Ancestry Interact with the OP, please. #QuestPit #amquerying #A #SF #RF #LGBT #DIS #BIPOC #Q

HURRICANE WARS X DAWN OF ONYX A fate chosen group of witches from opposing realms battle prejudice to overthrow a queen whose compulsion magic twists love into betrayal and family into enemies. ✨prince captures fmc ✨toxic sapphic subplot ✨sun vs moon magic ✨swords & battles #QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF

Happy Full Moon

You can never have too many books or visit too many bookstores

Fan of the childhood friends to lovers, years of yearning, and angst in THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY? Genny + Aiden are perfect for you 🫶🏽 #questpit #Q #YA #R

NINTH HOUSE x A LESSON IN VENGEANCE Aster would do anything to be the best writer the world has seen— even if it means spilling her blood to commune with the greats that came before her and losing the ones she loves the most. #Q #A #DF #PR #QuestPit

📜 THE BAD ONES X DREDGE 📜 After an ancient curse is unleashed on their sleepy seaside town, six teens must find a way to break it. This YA Fantasy Horror features: 🌊Dual POV 🌊A Deadly Deal 🌊Ravenous Monsters 🌊Secrets With Severe Consequences 🌊Exes to Allies to [redacted] #QuestPit #YA #F #H

🤎 Legends & Lattes X The Spellshop ☕️ 🎻 SWEET MUSIC 🎻 Reverie just needed a new barista for her bookstore’s coffee bar. She didn’t realize she was getting a charming violinist too … ❤️ #questpit #NA #R #F #CozyFantasy #WIP #Editing

1874 London – Ada, a medium & fraud, turns to murder, determined to create a ghost for her show. But when Harriet recognises Ada's ghost as her murdered best friend, so begins a cat & mouse game between the pair, which can only end when one of them is dead. ✨Dual POV #questpit #a #hf #w #q soon

Desperate to fit in at her sorority, Elvira wishes to be like her sorority twin—beloved Anelia. Her obsession with having Anelia’s life spirals and she summons an ancient evil. But did evil forces kill Anelia—letting Elvira usurp her spot—or is that what she wants to believe? #W #A #T #F #QuestPit

WHERE DID MY TEACHER GO? We've all had a teacher who held a special place in our hearts. And for Archie, that's Ms. Bloom, he can’t wait to show off his summer progress! Until he learns she’s gone for good... How will Archie learn to cope with this big change? #Questpit #PB #Q #OwnVoices

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #QuestPit #Q #YA #SF #LGBT

‘The idea of a woman ruling is so terrible to powerful men, they’ll do anything to stop it from happening.’ THE JASMINE THRONE x SIX OF CROWS • Sapphic slowburn 🌈 • Forbidden magic 🖤 • Enemies to allies to lovers ⚔️ • Band of misfits-turned-heroes 🥷 • All female POVs ✨ #QuestPit #Q #A #F

The Big Sleep X Blacktop Wasteland When does a simple divorce case turn to murder? A private eye is on the case when her partner disappears, and a powerful force is revealed. Will she find him in time to save their client and a cure to transform the lives of millions? #QuestPit #A #AA Complete 61K

A BONE DEEP LOVE Little Pumpkin by Lisa Edwards x Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney. If Mama Skeleton can't explain her love to Baby Skeleton in a way he can understand, he may never truly grasp the depth of his mama's love for him... #Questpit #PB #Q

#Questpit #MG #YA #Q #NF Photographically self-illustrated GIANT BOOK OF SMALL THINGS ...that kids' parents, grandparents and ancestors may have owned or used. Includes objects holding world records as the smallest of their kind. Top left: 1994 Uzbekistan tiyin coin $1/200,000 - what did it buy?

Some days, life hands a man more than he can handle, and when the snow falls, he must find a way through it to stay a father to his daughter. A Love Letter to America #QuestPit #Q #A Upmarket #LF A study of overwhelming circumstances when motivated conflict is piled on top and love must overcome.

Lucy's life turns upside down when she steals the mysterious & powerful Keyring. Now hunted by Fae assassins & aided by a ragtag group of magical creatures—the fate of the magical world rests on her reluctant shoulders and Lucy must decide if she wants to be the hero...or not #QuestPit #w #a #f

GALIVANT x ORCONOMICS 🧙‍♂️A wizard who wants to retire. 🪙A busboy with a pickpocketing habit. 🥐A fighter who wants to be a chef. 🏹A ranger who's always caught off his guard. 🐀A magical rodent with a cigar-eating habit. #Q #A #F #QuestPit

Captain Amir would do anything to appease her toxic sea witch lover—even betray her crew. When they curse her to possess a teen princess in love with her own witch, Amir must decide which hearts to guard—and which to break. 🏴‍☠️🫀🗡️ #QuestPit #YA #F #W #LGBT

A hapless idealist follows her dreams to be a Lily Maid, beautiful ambassadors of enchanted perfumes known to make the most insipid hypnotically irresistible, down a path that could lead to her death when she’s chosen as the newest Lily. #questpit #YA #F #RF #W

Elora wants out of her poorly arranged marriage, but her pious parents are determined to keep her under their thumb. However, her clandestine relationship with a local biker ignites her rebellion and unravels their secret plans. #questpit #a #q #wf #df #rf

This is your agent’s guide to Love, Witches, and Wahala: where ancient magic collides with modern romance, curses are harder to break than hearts, and sometimes love spells turn into a full-blown magical disaster. 🍷✨ #RomanticFantasy #agentsguide #questpit #onsubsoon

GOOD OMENS X ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN Virgil Mora, Hell's consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell to save the angel he's fallen for. Feat. ❤️‍🔥 Grumpy X Sunshine ✍️ Magical Contracts 🦋 AuDHD Rep 🖤🐘🤍💜 Ace Romance 👨‍💼 Cosmic Power, Imposter Syndrome #QuestPit #W #A #F #LGBT #Hu