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Bad times for some is always good times for others.

Awww. How well said. ☺️💚

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Amazing! Congratulations! 🎉 🥳

Huge day for #5amwritersclub Finished my CA love notebook &started my Baldwin love notebook replete with postcard! I've been on S.T. Ruggle Street all summer w. writing, &yes, notebooks are tiny, but I'll take the win! ☺️💚 Get those words! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky

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I can't believe my luck! 🫣

One of my better temporary writing spots!

Thanks! I miss it already! 😢

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Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 21/06/2026

This morning's #5amwritersclub is brought to you courtesy of my writing desk in Jamaica. Come join me! #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writingcommunity #caribbeanwriter

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What a huge honor! Congrats! 🥳

Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 20/06/2026

This sign! 😅 (And now I'm thinking of strong women, good looking men, and above average children.)

Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 20/06/2026

There's nothing wrong with that?

Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 20/06/2026

After a difficult semester, I'm very _very_ slowly making my way back to #5amwriters club. Some of my muscles have really gone soft. How's tricks? I've missed you all, be I hope you're getting good writing done. #5amwritersclub #amwriting

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Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 06/05/2026

Just at the hotel where I'm staying in the Caribbean! Won't have it for much longer, so I'm trying to soak it up!

Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 06/05/2026

For the past few days, my #5amwritersclub has taken place in the Caribbean. It has done wonders for my writing. Come hang out; I've saved you a seat! #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

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Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 03/05/2026

Yay! Thank you! It was so much fun! 😊

Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 01/05/2026

What am I doing for #5amwritersclub today? If you said prepping a lecture for a workshop I'm doing with @bocaslitfest.bsky.social, then you're correct! 😊 It's titled 'The Fictional Antagonist: Your Main Character's Best Friend.' Can't wait! #bocaslitfest #alltogethernow #writesky #writercommunity

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Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 20/04/2026

You're too kind! Soaking it up commencing!

Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 20/04/2026

Thanks so much! I am still grateful for your generous read! ☺️💚

Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 20/04/2026

Pausing this morning's #5amwritersclub to celebrate the LA Times awarding me their Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction this past weekend. I'm gobsmacked and grateful. #5amwritersclub #debutauthor

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

As excitement builds in the lead up to the announcement of this year’s recipient of the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, we are treated in today’s Trinidad and Tobago Express to an excerpt from the winner of the Fiction category: Ibis, by @justinhayneswriter.com #bocas2026 #OCMBocasPrize

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Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 15/04/2026

Thanks very much! I usually have a great time in LA! ☺️💚

Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 14/04/2026

I feel so fortunate...second year in a row presenting! ☺️💚

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Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 13/04/2026

Thank you! I'm pretty excited!

Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 13/04/2026

This morning, #5amwritersclub, but this Saturday, I'll be on a panel at the LA Times Festival of Books. Stop on by if you have the inclination. #LATimesfob #debutauthor #Caribbeanwriter #blackauthor #writingcommunity #ReadCaribbean #diasporafiction #writingcommunity

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Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 08/04/2026

Saw this written on a communal board of a friend's apt. building. Who is Felipe? No clue, but I have my prompt for today's #5amwritersclub #5amwritersclub #Amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky

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Jay Haynes @justinhayneswriter.com · 07/04/2026

Really looking forward to this! ☺️💚

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

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✍️Registration is open for ‘The Fictional Antagonist: Your Main Character’s Best Friend’, with @justinhayneswriter.com, winner of the 2026 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction! 🗓Sat 2 May🕙10 am–12 pm 📍1st Flr Seminar Rm, NALIS POS 🎟 TT$100 🔗 bocaslitfest.com/the-fictional-antagonist #bocas2026 #alltogethernow

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Thanks for getting the audio version and thinking to get a hard copy as well! Unsure re new cover. 🥰

Oh yay! Thanks for such kind words. We're all part of this virtual club, and I'm so heartened to know that I'm not the only one up pre-dawn doing this thing that we all love. 💚

I'm still processing it! Never in my wildest dreams!

Getting back to #5amwritersclub in a familiar space. Been traveling this week, but I'm back at my own place celebrating. On Wed evening, I was a recipient of the PEN Open Book Award! Phew. I'm gobsmacked &grateful to @penamerica.bsky.social #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #PENAmerica

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I know! I remember you telling me about it! Sorry the story has had birthing pains. 😖

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Awww. Hope the story (and the city) treated you well!

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Ooooh. Such a great title! 😍