🚀 Hadiyah 🍉
@hadiyahsama.bsky.social
writer! MA & BA in english & creative writing. | she/her | ☆nothing is forever☆ LL Times/Chicken House '23, CNP Top 100 '25, LL Caledonia Novel Prize '25, SL Future Worlds Prize '26 (header art by @ pidgeydraws tumblr) https://hadiyahsama.co.uk/
Inspiration always strikes me at 3.49am smh like I love being inspired but I also love sleep?
I'm not letting AI horseshit maneuver me into a defensive position with my writing. I write like I write. I love emdashes. I keep using emdashes. Whatever we write, AI will take and copy it -- all you can do is keep writing the best shit you can write in the form you want it to take, and fuck it.
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
Seeing your writing besties succeed is a happiness like no other ✨️
Half the time when I read back what I've written, I'm like damn (positive) and other times I'm like DAMN (derogatory)
We're excited to announce the 2026 Future Worlds Prize shortlist: A Blade Drawn from Envy by Ty Ogunade A Corruption of Death by @hadiyahsama.bsky.social A Song of Shir’ja by Harps Aujla Crooked Straits by Olivia Ho 1/2
"The Court implies that individuals with profound cognitive disabilities cannot be "deprived" of liberty because their condition limits their ability to experience it—a view that devalues their fundamental rights." this is TERRIFYING.
🪩 PUBLICATION DAY! 🪩 East End Boys and West End Girls is out worldwide NOW! Grab a cocktail and turn off your phone. Welcome to the world of The Dragnificent Seven.
The way my friends just *clenches fist* make my life better
Now the first draft is finished i feel a little lost 😅 like... what do i do with myself NOW?! (I have plenty of editing to do)
Counterpoint: I use em dashes with abandon and will not let "AI" steal them from me. I was overusing them first and will continue to do so long after "AI" is a crater in our financial system, or our merciless overlords, or both
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 4mo agoI am so ruthless with deleting em dashes now. Maybe they need to be destigmatized.
time to go fishing from phm ost and ramping up to the climax in the book you're writing--- YES
Didnt get into revpit, but it was a statistical lottery, so im not too mad about it! Happy for all who got in! Good luck with your edits!!
listening to naruto fight osts when i'm writing a fight scene
a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
ALT: a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32
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Thank you all so much for supporting our #MENApit posts! It was amazing to see how much support there is for SWANA voices. And THANK YOU @ptissem.bsky.social, @krystalelkhoury.bsky.social & @yaldacollection.bsky.social for hosting @menapitch.bsky.social ✨ I’m extremely grateful! ❤️
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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا@deenahelm.bsky.social · 4mo agoThere is something wrong with Maha. Her eye changes color and that's when the visions begin. She must travel back to her family's small village in Palestine to learn how to stop it. But what is real, and is the truth worth the price of Maha’s sanity? #MENApit #AG @menapitch.bsky.social
And 654321 seconds until my patience runs out because I dont have this in my hands 😭
Emma Al-munshi@emmaalmunshi.bsky.social · 4mo agoA KINGDOM TO DROWN ME 6 Keys 🔑 5 Centuries of magical politics ✨ 4 Djinn on a mission ⚔️ 3 Threats Mona Al’Maii must navigate 💀 2 Hot-headed, kindred souls 🖤 1 Secret that could ruin it all 🧭 The Knight and the Moth x Heavenly Bodies #MENApit #RF #Qu #NA
i'm the friend group one!
Julie@juliehdwriting.bsky.social · 4mo agoKPDH x THE HONEYS INFESTATION, my WIP about a girl group forming a hivemind through the power of codependency and creepy crawlies, but pitched through funny posts and with no further context 🦟 Tag yourself!! Which one are you? #MENApit #AG #WIP #H #YA
What We Can Know x CW's The 100 Enemies by circumstance Imani & Elijah must put aside their differences to stay alive & to find the other survivors when their space station crashes onto a ravaged Earth. #MENApit #WIP #A #SF #Dystopian
What We Can Know x CW's The 100 Enemies by circumstance Imani & Elijah must put aside their differences to stay alive & to find the other survivors when their space station crashes onto a ravaged Earth. #MENApit #WIP #A #SF #Dystopian
this QUOTE is FIRE 🔥
Julie@juliehdwriting.bsky.social · 4mo agoKPDH x THE HONEYS "I long to have Ava’s limbs, June’s voice—not steal those things from them, never, I simply want to share." 💕 do i want her or do i want to be her? 🎤 complex mother/daughter relationships 🕷 we're soulmates! /threat #MENApit #AG #WIP #H #YA
such a creative way to pitch your book! I'm in love!
Krystal is ✨QUERYING✨@krystalelkhoury.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Necromancer’s Wife as quotes from SWANA writers ✨agent and Big 5 editor interest✨ 🏳️🌈wlw+queer chars 💀retired necromancer🩷💜💙 ⚗️missing alchemist🧡🤍🩷 🪄magical intrigue 🚂dieselpunk #MENApit #Qu #A #F #LGBT
Amazing!!!!! This is beautiful!!
Katie Abdou@kaitlynabdou.com · 4mo agoToday is @menapitch.bsky.social . I feel honored to join in a pitch event geared specifically toward SWANA authors, especially now during #arabheritagemonth. SWANA authors make up less than .5% (A HALF OF A PERCENT) of published authors. #menapit #ag #hf #LGBTQ