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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 12m

This seems to making the rounds on Substack. So of course I had to play. Those of you who know me in person, this should come as no surprise. #soundtrackofmylife

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Little big kitty! That face! 🐱

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Countdown 15 days til Cleveland 29 days til NOLA 42 days til Vegas 168 days til AWP

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I decided I needed a seafood fix from home. Let's see how much I can stuff in my face hole. 10/26-10/29. #neworleans #NOLA #seafood #omnihotel #frenchquarter #quickvaction

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

⚾💙🐻 🏈🖤💛⚜️ Favorite letter this week is W #cubs #saints

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

To Chicago friends. My REAL ID expired recently. Didn't notice it until now. To renew a REAL ID you need the documents you needed when you got it. can't do it online 🙄😠 @nberlat.bsky.social @buckweaver.bsky.social @laurie-merrell.bsky.social @sorenspicknall.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Which is why I will continue to support Aaron's reporting and YouTube channel.

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Wishing my birthday twin, @dmloki.bsky.social a most HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🥂🎂 LX Gonna take bit getting used to it, but I'm ready! #birthday #newdecade #LX

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ten years. Where has the time gone? Never imagined I'd still be babysitting cars. #Cubs #10yrpin #Chicagobaseball #northsidebaseball ⚾️🐻💙❤️😁

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Stocked up on veggies, beef, and other goodies at the Glenwood Sunday Market. One day I'll say fuck it and buy at least one of everything. #rogerspark #farmersmarket #freshfood #homegrown

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Since I'm only working the 4 day games next month, I'm off until the 11th. Time to meal plan & am going to try as much as Mediterranean dinners as I can. (minus olives. those are gross and mushrooms. Ew) #girlcancook #mealplans #dinnerchallenge

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

At the game instead of working it. View from the Catalina club. #Cubs #flytheW

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

@dmloki.bsky.social have you ever been to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland? I'm on a 'you only turn 60 once and if you can do it, JUST DO IT' spree. I've always wanted to go, so I'm going in October.

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

20 more days to birthday 47 more days to Cleveland trip 78 more days to Vegas 202 more days to AWP #countdown

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Roasting potatoes in the oven, chicken wings for dinner. Have been trying new tactics in submissions and also rewriting a story. Working tomorrow & Saturday, going to the game on Sunday. #submitting #rewrites #editing #cooking

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I didn't get shit done today. I strongly suspect I wasn't alone. The world is a dimmer place without her.

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So glad she got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. RIP Dolly.

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This week is submit to contests week. Most writing contests only want work that hasn't been published before and it's also a challenge to find a lit mag hosting a contest who hasn't shot down the story I want to enter. I bookmarked 20, have only found 1 I can enter so far. 🙄

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Tweaking stories that never found a home. One is a 'what happened before' fairy tale. The other is...I had a come to Jesus moment & gave the vending machine a name. Female probably. don't know how sentient she'll be...yet. #editing #rewriting #fairytales #fantasy #urbanfantasy #writersofbluesky

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

25 more days until my birthday. 52 more days until Cleveland trip. 83 more days until Author Nation conference. #countdown

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

BEST USE OF AI EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Next month is a mile stone birthday for me. Treating myself to a field trip to Cleveland. ✔️ing off a bucket list item. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Going in mid Oct. Husband stays here b/c we'd have to get a cat sitter. Booked airfare and hotel last night. Wheee!!! #rock&rolllhalloffame #bucketlist

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Going to the game instead of working it. #Cubs #flytheW #Wrigley

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I've been trying to write more memoir sort of pieces. I kept a journal off & on from age 12ish through my mid 20s. Over time (and a huge Covid purge in '20), I've thrown them out. I had a hard time writing personal stuff, (maybe b/c I wasn't able to confide in my mother) #thread 🧵

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I just tossed up a short story as tribute to the @writersdigest.bsky.social short story contest. Fingers crossed! #writing #stories #fiction #contests

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Pretty cool lightening show over the lake.

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Hi y'all! I am kindasortamaybe buzzing. Ran errands this morning (ha, ok, went looking for nintendo 3ds games) and am now safely at home. Will probably stay home tomorrow. Not much going on. Cubs on road til next Friday, so ......

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

FLY THAT "W" ⚾️🐻♥️💙

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hi, y'all. Still here. Same shit, different day. Cats heard a mouse scampering around the oven the other day. Baseball season ends next month. And there is 98 more days until I'm back in Vegas for a writing conference. But the big countdown is 44 more days until my birthday.

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Happy Happy Joy Joy!!! 😍🎞️

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Cougar in Chief @deannaslair.com · 23/07/2026

Stop calling him "President."

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm accepting I have stories that will not get published. I'm tired of trying & really it's their (pick a lit mag) loss if it gets rejected. Said stories will find a home when I have the chance to put everything I've written, published or not, into one book. #stories #fiction #cnf #writing

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I rarely get political on here(there's too many who do it so much better), but.... Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Lindsey Graham is DEAD. Enough already. Tired of reading about how good/not good he was. Let it go and move on. (He was horrible, my 2 cents)

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hi, still here. Other than Bailey catching a 🐁 it's been a lot of same shit, different day. 3 months of no 🚬. Working games, writing, editing, submitting. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Someone please tell me I'm not the only one who wants The Bear cookbook crammed with all the stuff they have made on the series. #girlcancook #thebear #hulu #cookbook

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Miss and love you, Daddy. (Middle picture is from my sister's wedding 30+ yrs ago. Picture on the right is Dad and his three brothers. )

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Kim Hayes @kimhayeswriter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Petty bitching - you can always tell when there's a new driver on 147 route. #cta #rogerspark

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