Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo

Day 112

Identity selection means you get to decide who you want to be.

So, if you want to be a writer, you don't say:

"I'll be a writer someday." Because when is that magical "someday"?

If you write, you're a writer. Say it. Believe it.

600 words every day from Aug 3 to Dec 31

#600X150

LP Kindred is a talented writer and a kind-hearted human being. Please help him continue his studies. Literature needs him. Thank you!

Of course! Best of luck to you!

LP Kindred is a non-traditional student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in need of help with tuition.

They're in their 40s & working on a BFA in Writing. Their work has appeared on LeVar Burton Reads podcast, Carnegie Hall's Afrofuturism Festival & they're a 3x Ignyte Award nominee.

Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred Hey y'all, I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026

to stick with it!

Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!

gofund.me/ce21d48c2

So glad! Enjoy.

Day 111

Your brain treats statements as instructions.

You have to speak and think good things about yourself & your creative work.

Likewise, you must only surround yourself with people who uplift you and your creativity with their words.

600 words every day from Aug 3 to Dec 31

#600X150

Agreed! Glad I finally got to see it.

YouTube video by The Art Institute of Chicago The Neapolitan Crèche | Artwork Spotlight

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Neapolitan Crèche at the Art Institute of Chicago - Museum room, wooden floor, bench in center, being around. To the far back, a cabinet, with glass and figurines.

Neapolitan Crèche at the Art Institute of Chicago - Elaborate wooden cabinet and inside numerous hand painted terra cotta figurines.

Terra cotta figurines, hand carved, hand painted wearing delicate silks

Terra cotta figurines hand carved and hand painted between the 1700s and 1800s.

The Neapolitan Crèche at the Art Institute of Chicago is only on display a few weeks each year. I saw it yesterday.

Items in the crèche were created between the 1700s & 1800s. It was compiled around 2011, a cabinet built and then shipped from Naples to Chicago.

What’s a crèche? A Nativity scene.

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new & restocked horror now available at b&n sioux falls!

She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation.

I enjoyed reading about Danish writer Solvej Balle.

Here is the gifted link.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...

Day 110

There are 40 days until Jan 1st. What do you need to write in those 40 days? What do you need to say? How can you commit time and space to yourself in those 40 days to complete a draft by the New Year?

Jot down that plan. Make it happen.

600 words every day from Aug 3 to Dec 31

#600X150

Greater Chicago Good Depository - $300 Donated Thank You For Everyone in Chicago A Place at the table Chicago skyline Green background Image

With the help of an Instagram fundraiser, I was able to donate $300 to the Greater Chicago Food Depository today. Thank you!

www.chicagosfoodbank.org

WHAT IS THIS!? 😃 I’ll check it out. Thank you!!

I’m reading it and annotating it … for fun 🙃 because why not?!!

The Count of Monte Cristo 🥰

Whoever sent the high school kids in my neighborhood with food home for the school break ahead, thank you. Thank you for taking care of our kids ❤️

It doesn’t take much to be a light in someone’s life.

#Chicago

Day 109

Control your subconscious mind or someone else will control it.

Curate who you allow to have access to you, what you read, watch, and listen to.

You’re not meant to be exposed to everything and everyone.

Protect your creative mind.

600 words every day from Aug 3 to Dec 31

#600X150

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Thanksgiving pies and cookie sign as well as I noticed that reads coffee with Krampus December 6

I saw this and I propose an idea —

Hear me out StokerCon … Coffee with Krampus AT StokerCon?

@horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social

Discuss amongst yourselves.

Chicago Artist Starts His Own Postal Service — And Will Deliver And Read Mail To Anyone For Free A whimsical yet very serious public art project by Logan Square artist Charlie Dean is gaining traction as an alternative to a paid postal service, designed to be used for monumental conversations or ...

I absolutely didn’t need to read that he was a School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum to know that … he is in fact, a School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum.

We’re certainly distinctive, SAIC alums 💗

#Chicago

blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/21/c...

Fátima Bosch, Miss Universe / Miss Mexico

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Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch Wins Miss Universe 2025 The Miss Universe 2025 winner has finally been crowned after 120 delegates competed for the crown in Thailand.

MISS MEXICO!! ❤️🇲🇽✨

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CHIRBy Awards - StoryStudio Chicago StoryStudio Chicago & the Chicago Review of Books are pleased to host the CHIRBy Awards, a fundraising ceremony honoring writers of Chicago.

December 11th, if you're in Chicago join us at the 10th Annual CHIRBy Awards!

My novel, Vanishing Daughters, is nominated in the Fiction category, which is an absolute honor.

Let's celebrate Chicago and Chicago literature.

I hope to see you there.

www.storystudiochicago.org/chirby-awards/

Thanks! I have enjoyed your countdown posts about 600 words a day. I am possibly more chaotic than you, I've been writing anywhere from 200 to 2,000 ish words a day according to TrackBear. Total weekend warrior here. Whatever works, right?

You’re doing great!! Just keep doing what you’re doing!

Success! 🥹✨

You finished a draft! Congratulations! 🥹✨