Samar Sawad
@samarsawad.bsky.social
In a quiet little nook, there lived an author...
AuDHD + hEDS hobbit and crocheter, raising kiddo dragons while battling chronic pain and writing diverse, cozy romantic fantasies 🍂🍄🕯
WIP: Project Dragonshire @ 115K
AuDHD + hEDS hobbit and crocheter, raising kiddo dragons while battling chronic pain and writing diverse, cozy romantic fantasies 🍂🍄🕯
WIP: Project Dragonshire @ 115K
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Samar Sawad
@samarsawad.bsky.social
· Jun 17
I'm ending the year with two chapters (maybe three) left on my wip.
It's frustrating to be so close to my goal of finishing the first draft and not hitting it, but given that I didn't even have an outline at the start of 2025 - I'm still counting it as a win.
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writing
It's frustrating to be so close to my goal of finishing the first draft and not hitting it, but given that I didn't even have an outline at the start of 2025 - I'm still counting it as a win.
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writing
December 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm ending the year with two chapters (maybe three) left on my wip.
It's frustrating to be so close to my goal of finishing the first draft and not hitting it, but given that I didn't even have an outline at the start of 2025 - I'm still counting it as a win.
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writing
It's frustrating to be so close to my goal of finishing the first draft and not hitting it, but given that I didn't even have an outline at the start of 2025 - I'm still counting it as a win.
#writingcommunity #amwriting #writing
December 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Where are my fellow neurospicy, diverse, chronic pain/illness, over 30+, parents, etc writers???
I'm having such a hard time finding my author tribe 😔
#writingcommunity #writersky #writers #writing #books #authors #authorsky
I'm having such a hard time finding my author tribe 😔
#writingcommunity #writersky #writers #writing #books #authors #authorsky
December 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Where are my fellow neurospicy, diverse, chronic pain/illness, over 30+, parents, etc writers???
I'm having such a hard time finding my author tribe 😔
#writingcommunity #writersky #writers #writing #books #authors #authorsky
I'm having such a hard time finding my author tribe 😔
#writingcommunity #writersky #writers #writing #books #authors #authorsky
I don't want to jinx it, BUT I think I've finally sorted out the outline for the ending of my #wip Whew!
#amwriting #writersky #books #writingcommunity #writer
#amwriting #writersky #books #writingcommunity #writer
December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I don't want to jinx it, BUT I think I've finally sorted out the outline for the ending of my #wip Whew!
#amwriting #writersky #books #writingcommunity #writer
#amwriting #writersky #books #writingcommunity #writer
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December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
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Character art commission!! ✨️✨️✨️
This STUNNING piece of my MCs from Project Dragonshire is by socks_scribbles (on TT/IG). I am utterly obsessed with how perfectly it captures Poppy and Sandro. When I first saw it, I couldn't stop staring 😭
#characterart #cozyfantasy #romantasy #booksky #noai
This STUNNING piece of my MCs from Project Dragonshire is by socks_scribbles (on TT/IG). I am utterly obsessed with how perfectly it captures Poppy and Sandro. When I first saw it, I couldn't stop staring 😭
#characterart #cozyfantasy #romantasy #booksky #noai
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Character art commission!! ✨️✨️✨️
This STUNNING piece of my MCs from Project Dragonshire is by socks_scribbles (on TT/IG). I am utterly obsessed with how perfectly it captures Poppy and Sandro. When I first saw it, I couldn't stop staring 😭
#characterart #cozyfantasy #romantasy #booksky #noai
This STUNNING piece of my MCs from Project Dragonshire is by socks_scribbles (on TT/IG). I am utterly obsessed with how perfectly it captures Poppy and Sandro. When I first saw it, I couldn't stop staring 😭
#characterart #cozyfantasy #romantasy #booksky #noai
Because storytelling is intrinsically human. It's woven into every culture and country across time. There's no replicating it.
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
December 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Because storytelling is intrinsically human. It's woven into every culture and country across time. There's no replicating it.
December 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I'm not convinced about where I'm at with this ending, but I'm trying to write on anyway. Hopefully, something will click in the process!
#wip #amwriting #writersky
#wip #amwriting #writersky
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I'm not convinced about where I'm at with this ending, but I'm trying to write on anyway. Hopefully, something will click in the process!
#wip #amwriting #writersky
#wip #amwriting #writersky
Love interest from Project Dragonshire! ✨️
Sandro is a 40+ Chilean-coded dragon shifter who whittles, couldn't hurt a fly, and is major foodie.
#characterintro #cozyfantasy #wip
Sandro is a 40+ Chilean-coded dragon shifter who whittles, couldn't hurt a fly, and is major foodie.
#characterintro #cozyfantasy #wip
December 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Love interest from Project Dragonshire! ✨️
Sandro is a 40+ Chilean-coded dragon shifter who whittles, couldn't hurt a fly, and is major foodie.
#characterintro #cozyfantasy #wip
Sandro is a 40+ Chilean-coded dragon shifter who whittles, couldn't hurt a fly, and is major foodie.
#characterintro #cozyfantasy #wip
Oh boy 😬 I think I need to make some serious tweaks to how the last few chapters play out to make them more intense.
Sigh. Back to the outlining board.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #writersky #plotting
Sigh. Back to the outlining board.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #writersky #plotting
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Oh boy 😬 I think I need to make some serious tweaks to how the last few chapters play out to make them more intense.
Sigh. Back to the outlining board.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #writersky #plotting
Sigh. Back to the outlining board.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #writersky #plotting
MC from Project Dragonshire! ✨️
Poppy is an Arab & ADHD-coded, 30+ pixie who loves crochet, cries easily, and collects trinkets like a crow.
#wip #maincharacter #cozyfantasy #books
Poppy is an Arab & ADHD-coded, 30+ pixie who loves crochet, cries easily, and collects trinkets like a crow.
#wip #maincharacter #cozyfantasy #books
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
MC from Project Dragonshire! ✨️
Poppy is an Arab & ADHD-coded, 30+ pixie who loves crochet, cries easily, and collects trinkets like a crow.
#wip #maincharacter #cozyfantasy #books
Poppy is an Arab & ADHD-coded, 30+ pixie who loves crochet, cries easily, and collects trinkets like a crow.
#wip #maincharacter #cozyfantasy #books
Hi #writersky! I'm Samar Sawad, writer and aspiring hobbit.
I adore bumblebees, set honey, and fuzzy socks. I'm a AuDHD + hEDS mama bear of two kiddos and two cats. My current #wip is a cozy, fantasy romance with Arab cottagecore vibes, dragons, and lots of tea. Would love to make bookish friends!
I adore bumblebees, set honey, and fuzzy socks. I'm a AuDHD + hEDS mama bear of two kiddos and two cats. My current #wip is a cozy, fantasy romance with Arab cottagecore vibes, dragons, and lots of tea. Would love to make bookish friends!
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi #writersky! I'm Samar Sawad, writer and aspiring hobbit.
I adore bumblebees, set honey, and fuzzy socks. I'm a AuDHD + hEDS mama bear of two kiddos and two cats. My current #wip is a cozy, fantasy romance with Arab cottagecore vibes, dragons, and lots of tea. Would love to make bookish friends!
I adore bumblebees, set honey, and fuzzy socks. I'm a AuDHD + hEDS mama bear of two kiddos and two cats. My current #wip is a cozy, fantasy romance with Arab cottagecore vibes, dragons, and lots of tea. Would love to make bookish friends!
Looking for my fellowship of writers!
#writers #writing #writersky #fantasybooks #romancebooks #author #amwriting #wips #writingcommunity
#writers #writing #writersky #fantasybooks #romancebooks #author #amwriting #wips #writingcommunity
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Looking for my fellowship of writers!
#writers #writing #writersky #fantasybooks #romancebooks #author #amwriting #wips #writingcommunity
#writers #writing #writersky #fantasybooks #romancebooks #author #amwriting #wips #writingcommunity
Officially over the 100k mark with 101k 😆 I swear these last ten chapters are taking so much longer to write than the rest of the book.
#amwriting
#amwriting
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Officially over the 100k mark with 101k 😆 I swear these last ten chapters are taking so much longer to write than the rest of the book.
#amwriting
#amwriting
Winter is here ❄️
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Winter is here ❄️
Didn’t write much today, but cut out a full chapter and reworked the outline for the one I'm working on.
These last ten chapters have been going through the wringer 😅
#writingcommunity
These last ten chapters have been going through the wringer 😅
#writingcommunity
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Didn’t write much today, but cut out a full chapter and reworked the outline for the one I'm working on.
These last ten chapters have been going through the wringer 😅
#writingcommunity
These last ten chapters have been going through the wringer 😅
#writingcommunity
Hit a #wip milestone today... reached 100k!!!
I still have around 30(ish)k left to finish the draft, but I proud of myself for pushing through and hitting this goal.
#amwriting
I still have around 30(ish)k left to finish the draft, but I proud of myself for pushing through and hitting this goal.
#amwriting
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Hit a #wip milestone today... reached 100k!!!
I still have around 30(ish)k left to finish the draft, but I proud of myself for pushing through and hitting this goal.
#amwriting
I still have around 30(ish)k left to finish the draft, but I proud of myself for pushing through and hitting this goal.
#amwriting
Decolonize Thanksgiving.
Honor indigenous history, lived experiences, culture, and identity instead of participating in a capitalistic, consumerist, supremacist "holiday" that glamorizes the genocide of an entire people and nation.
Honor indigenous history, lived experiences, culture, and identity instead of participating in a capitalistic, consumerist, supremacist "holiday" that glamorizes the genocide of an entire people and nation.
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Decolonize Thanksgiving.
Honor indigenous history, lived experiences, culture, and identity instead of participating in a capitalistic, consumerist, supremacist "holiday" that glamorizes the genocide of an entire people and nation.
Honor indigenous history, lived experiences, culture, and identity instead of participating in a capitalistic, consumerist, supremacist "holiday" that glamorizes the genocide of an entire people and nation.
This cold snap has triggered a really bad hEDS flare-up. It's bad enough for me to say it's bad, which my fellow chronic painers will understand is BAD.
Makes it hard to focus on writing/being creative when all I wanna do is curl up and hibernate for the winter.
#heds #chronicpain #writer
Makes it hard to focus on writing/being creative when all I wanna do is curl up and hibernate for the winter.
#heds #chronicpain #writer
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This cold snap has triggered a really bad hEDS flare-up. It's bad enough for me to say it's bad, which my fellow chronic painers will understand is BAD.
Makes it hard to focus on writing/being creative when all I wanna do is curl up and hibernate for the winter.
#heds #chronicpain #writer
Makes it hard to focus on writing/being creative when all I wanna do is curl up and hibernate for the winter.
#heds #chronicpain #writer
As an ADHDer, I love this take! 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
As an ADHDer, I love this take! 🤣
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Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
Managed a good amount of words today even though getting myself to actually write felt like pushing a boulder up a hill. Consistently writing (especially when you don't want to!) is truly half the battle.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Managed a good amount of words today even though getting myself to actually write felt like pushing a boulder up a hill. Consistently writing (especially when you don't want to!) is truly half the battle.