HeyJaredMaia writes things
Maia is a Pushcart-nominated, award-winning writer who volunteers with a Yazidi NGO, accidentally studies quantum physics, and wastes time with simply the oddest cat. Gifted, her new dystopian narrative-in-verse book, opens for pre-orders this autumn.
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- Sep 6, 2026
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- Aug 16, 2026
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Your damn little red roadster (opens the original)
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I confess my sins with ink (opens the original)
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Literally rejections I’ve received and why we should not be ashamed of them (opens the original)
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I think we, as writers and just humans beings generally, should be less ashamed of things like rejection and remember that it’s something everyone experiences, so why not be open about it and get support? <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="965" src="ht
Their name was Berlin, and they fell in love at gunpoint (opens the original)
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I’ve always adored Van Gogh. Not just his paintings (which I absolutely adore) (when the apocalypse comes, I will absolutely be stealing Starry Night from MOMA to decorate my bunker) but also his life. He carried so much pain, so much sadness, yet he fought to get better. Despite everything, he never lost hope.I recently stumbled across this quote (and I think I might get the last line as a tattoo):Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still ch
and yet-- (opens the original)
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Am I actually back? Honestly, no way to be certain.Life is strange. The world is a giant flaming clusterfuck and I don’t know how to make it better. But I’m trying. I promise I’m trying.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1456" src="h
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