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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

POV: You’re willing to do anything to sell your book 😂🐿️

Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fall is moving fast 😛 I’ve got a magazine feature, a private school visit, a live author interview, and a BLK Author Expo ahead. Yasss!!! I’m grateful. Nora and me are still outside. #BlackAuthorSky #IndieAuthor #BaltimoreMD #KidLit #AuthorLife

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I bet they can! Folding down that top corner is so side eye!

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This was interesting programs.clearerthinking.org/who_attracts...

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have a secret in the shadows. 👁️ Nora’s on sale, fall events are coming, I’ve opened new author services…and something new is coming from Crumb Trail Publishing that you cannot overlook. 👀 www.devanseli.com/p/fall-2026-... #BlackAuthorSky #WritingCommunity #KidLit #AuthorLife #BlackAuthors

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🍂 Fall sale time! Special 22% off Signed copies of Nora Escapes the Bakery are $17.99! From Sept. 25–Oct. 30, only on my Shopify site. Free bookmark included too. 🥹 devans-eli.myshopify.com/products/nor... #BlackAuthorSky #KidLit #ChildrensBooks #Bookish #NoraEscapesTheBakery #BlackAuthors

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As NeNe said: “I’m good on youuuuuu!” 🎶😂

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One of the biggest joys is learning that one of my readers asked her mom when is my next book coming out lol so cute. Don’t worry, friend. It’s coming soon. 💜💛

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New here? 👀 Nora Escapes the Bakery is my first book baby! Kids can bake, draw, talk through the story, and join in with sound-effect words while they read. ✨ It was built to be experienced beyond the last page! #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #ReadAloud #BlackAuthors #NoraEscapesTheBakery

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It’s official. If you read, write, repost, lurk, hype me up as a Black Author, or just enjoy breaking free the painfully predictable… you’re an Escape Artist now. ✨ Welcome to the fold, fam. #BlackWriters #BlackReaders #WritingCommunity #Bookish #EscapeArtists

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Here’s mom celebrating me too. She stayed with me the entire time. As a mom, seeing your son recognized is something I’m sure only she and other mothers can describe accurately. I simply just say, “Thank you.”

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My mother has convinced me to rewatch The Boys on Prime. Apparently there was some racist innuendos that I completely missed. In return, I suggested that she get hip to Watchmen on HBO starring Regina King… with the quickness.

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Happy birthday, Joelle! 🎉💜 That’s right, fam, I do birthdays too! ✨ #ChildrensAuthor #AuthorVisit #KidsBirthday

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Cuz if you think I’m gonna break, you don’t understand me.” - Chlöe

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nora and I are getting just getting started. Our next stop 🚌 is Harrisonburg this weekend for the HRAAF African-American Festival. Who popping up? #BlackAuthors #HarrisonburgVA

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So this happened today 🥹📖🍪🐿️

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Here’s The Scoop 🥄 Nora escaped again! Sunday at Good Shepherd UMC, I shared a trust msg, storytime, crafts, & cookies! The kids tiptoed, played along, & Oliver started a whole cookie operation! Next stop: NIH! 🚌 ➡️🏥 #NoraEscapesTheBakery #ChildrensBooks #ReadAloud #BlackAuthors #BaltimoreAuthor

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Any Squash players out there? I just started playing again today! 😭🎾

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Mistah Heavens is officially back. Let me take this in. I’ll tell you guys about this later. 🥹 #NoraEscapesTheBakery #ChildrensBookAuthor #AuthorLife #Storytime #BaltimoreAuthor

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I am a new creation. I am making all things new. #FaithJourney

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Nora is headed to The Children’s Inn at NIH! 🍪🏥 On Sept. 9 at 4:30 PM, I’ll be sharing Nora Escapes the Bakery for story time followed by a fun cookie craft. Each child receives a free book! 🍪 This one means a whole lot to me. 💛💜 #NoraEscapesTheBakery #ChildrensBook #AuthorVisit #IndieAuthor

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

BIG COOKIES ARE COMING TO BALTIMORE! 🍪👀 Join me Sept. 6 for Nora Escapes the Bakery, kids’ cookie crafts & a BIG COOKIE DROP featuring treats from And Everything Nice Bmore! Sept. 6 10AM 3800 Roland Ave, Baltimore #Baltimore #ChildrensBooks #NoraEscapesTheBakery

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wow. You’ve got to read this. This is bigger than me. We have to protect reading time for our children. Books build imagination, focus, empathy, and possibility.

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

To the person who said I wasn’t a “big enough” author, you played yourself! You have no idea what I’m capable of. #Baltimore #BookFestival

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

To see the full craft table, come tomorrow to the Storytellers Book Festival @ ResFest! The St Francis Neighborhood Center 📍2405 Linden Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217 Sunday August 23rd @ 11am #Baltimore #ChildrensBooksu

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I’ll be an author at the Storytellers Book Festival this weekend! If you’re in #Baltimore, stop by to see Nora and me! Find us in the multipurpose classroom with a craft table! 📖🍪🧵

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Be honest! Which cookie is you! 😜🍪

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Being an indie author is hard. You are the writer, the marketer, the event planner, the publicist, and often your own biggest source of encouragement.

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Birthday Celebrations in Colombia! Guess who paid a visit? 🍪📖

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’m assuming I taste quite delightful since hoards of flies are biting me. 📍Mesa de Lo Santos

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Hopped on a moto today in bc Colombia.

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I celebrate every reader and customer! But my creativity is driven by what hasn’t been placed in the atmosphere yet. My job is to create and put it into the world. What happens after that isn't up to me. 😉

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

So you literally want me to pay for my mistakes!?!? Girl what? 😂🥴

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

For my next trick, I’ll change the beginning of my story. And, no this isn’t the 8th time I’ve changed it. Why do you ask?

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Devans Eli ✍🏾 @devanseli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We up! 🛍️ www.tiktok.com/@authordevan...

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