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Sahar Rahimi

@dawnfulness.bsky.social
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Writer. Reader. Dreamer. Creator of worlds. Member of SCBWI. Lover of food, travel, and spreadsheets.

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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Keeva isn't a prince or a warrior. He's an honorable stone carver. He'd never DREAM of kidnapping a girl. But his friend did. Now he's an accomplice on a quest for forbidden magic. With a girl who READS--a crime among his people. But she's got him questioning if the laws could be wrong #DVPit #F #YA
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Laliya's days away from the most important exam of her life. She doesn't have TIME to get kidnapped. Upside: Being dragged through enemy lands on a quest for forbidden magic is RESEARCH GOLD. Downside: Her brother's life's on the line, and the countdown to her exam looming... #DVPit #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A loner, a merchant, an artist, and an alchemist journey through foreign lands to track the witch who cursed them. The closer they get, the less they want to give up their powers. And each other. SPELLBOUND is tale of love, loss, friendship, genius plans, and awful ones. #DVPIT #YA #F #POC
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A band of almost friends journeys through foreign lands to track the witch who cursed them. They risk magical trials, discovery, and death to stop her. But breaking their curses would strip them of the magic they've come to crave. And doom them each to a life of loneliness. #DVPIT #YA #F #POC
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BLADE OF SECRETS × DIVINE RIVALS 👩🏿 Know-it-all Scholar 🧑🏻 Cinnamon-roll Stone Carver 🦝 Animal companion 🤬 Enemies to friends to lovers ✨️ Forbidden magic 🗺 Treasure hunt 🩹 She has to patch him up 🐎 There's only one horse #DVPit #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Laliya isn't a princess, sorceress, or warrior. She's a scholar, who knows everything about everything. Except forbidden magic and criminal lands. Being kidnapped and dragged across the border on a magical treasure hunt is RESEARCH GOLD! If she can make it home for the exam of her life #DVPit #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
LALIYA = Hermione Granger + Kate Sharma Kidnapping + Enemy Lands + Hunt for Forbidden Magical Treasure = RESEARCH GOLD Looming Exam = Ticking Time Bomb Reluctant Kidnapper + Pet Raccoon = Kinda Adorable LALIYA + KEEVA = Enemies + Banter + Begrudging Respect + Friendship = Love #DVPit #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WIZARD OF OZ meets THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES ✨Magical curses 💔Angsty romance 👩🏾‍🦱Strong, brilliant heroines 🧑🏻Gentle, thoughtful heroes 💕Found family 🏰Infiltrating a magical castle 🌄Journey to enemy lands 💡Genius plans 🫠Less than genius plans #DVPIT #YA #F #POC
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AITA for poisoning my kidnappers? I (F17) have been kidnapped by M18 and M19. M18 insists he had nothing to do with it. He tries to free me and my brother. But technically he's still friends with M19. They EXPECT ME TO COOK THEIR FOOD. I do. I also give them food poisoning. AITA? #DVPit #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
LODESTONES 👩🏿 Scholarly, know-it-all FMC 🧑🏻 Stone Carver, cinnamon roll MMC 🦝 Animal companion 🤬 Enemies to friends to lovers ✨️ Forbidden magic 🗺 Treasure hunt 🩹 She has to patch him up 🐎 There's only one horse #PREDV #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AITA? I (F17) get kidnapped by M18 and M19. M18 insists he had nothing to do with it. He tries to let me go and help my brother (also kidnapped). But technically he's still friends with M19. So guilty, right? I poison their food, and stick around because my brother. And MAGIC. AITA? #PreDV #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Keeva's an honorable stone carver. He'd never DREAM of KIDNAPPING some girl. But his best friend did. Now, Keeva's an accomplice. On a quest for forbidden magical treasure. With a girl who has an opinion about everything. And the most brilliant mind he's ever known. #PreDV #F #YA
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Laliya (know it all scholar) meets Keeva (stone carver) when his best friend kidnaps her. Terrible first impression. They're on a quest for forbidden magical treasure cuz: 1. Evil bestie has her brother 2. Research She's gotta find the magic, save her bother & resist Keeva's charms #PreDV #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Kidnapping is a crime. It pretty much says so in the treaty. Which has maintained "peace" for 16 years. A boy can't just BREAK THE TREATY. Laliya isn't afraid to tell him so. But her brother is also a captive and this is such a great opportunity to study her mortal enemy and magic... #PREDV #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Laliya isn't a princess, a sorceress, or a warrior. She's a scholar. Who knows everything about everything. Except magic (because it's forbidden) and a neighboring enemy nation. So being kidnapped by boys from said nation and being forced on a magical treasure hunt is simply *research* #YA #F #PREDV
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Laliya's preparing for the most important exam of her life. She doesn't have TIME to get kidnapped. But gaining insight into criminal behavior is research, right? And a quest for forbidden magic? Gold! She just has to find the magic and make it back to her exam in time. Easy, right? #PREDV #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Dear BlueSky Void. I started a Threads account over the weekend and got so many warm welcome messages from the writing community there! And then I posted a random thing about my new bird feeder and got HUNDREDS of likes and twice as many comments! I had to cap it because I couldn't keep up!
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Y'all, I've met my progress goal for this week a day ahead of schedule, but I'm exhausted and still 5k words over my target! (Sitting at 100k for my YA fantasy, but I want to query with 95k.) Revision is a beast! But I will triumph! #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail
Alt: Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail throwing punches
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I have PAINSTAKINGLY cut words from each of my chapters. But somehow I keep adding more words in! I've revised 29 chapters and only cut a net 200 words!! I SWEAR I've cut like 100 words per chapter on most of those! Where is the support group for this?? #AmWriting #AmRevising #WritingCommunity
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Moe Truax: We're In This Together
Alt: Moe Truax: We're In This Together
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Most days I'm super focused on my writing, but then there are days I can't brain. I'm on my phone, snacking, formatting my notes, highlighting phrases, starting sentences but abandoning them... Today, dear reader, is one of those days...
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The Procrastination Cycle
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Where are the writers who love #TedLasso at? Because we need a group to craft study the genius of this show
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Ted Lasso: Smells Like Potential
Alt: Ted Lasso: Smells Like Potential
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Well, this is alarming. For so many reasons. But we need a better way to detect AI writing than telling people to look out for em dashes! I use em dashes. Liberally. And I have not, nor will ever use AI to write anything. I'm a writer. Why would I delegate my favorite thing to a machine??
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In a blind reading test, readers preferred ChatGPT over human authors
ChatGPT-generated stories received higher reader ratings than human fiction, and most readers could not tell them apart.
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Watching a man clean a porta potty without gloves is giving me trust issues
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Ted Lasso's Skeptical Look
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but #Scrivener's Notes feature is amazing! The changes I'm making in revising this chapter will have downstream impacts, but I can just write comments in the notes for each of the impacted chapters without adding to my word count or tracking outside the file
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Shia LaBeouf's Magic Moment
Alt: Shia LaBeouf's Magic Moment
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Reigns vs. Reins Borders vs. Boarders Weary vs. Wary I sure do keep my beta readers and critique partners amused!! #AmWriting #AmRevising #WritingCommunity
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Terry Jeffords: I Said What I Said! (B99)
Alt: Terry Jeffords: I Said What I Said! (B99)
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Well, more accurately...
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Running Snail Slow
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Step 1: set a crazy revision goal Step 2: break down the goal into equally crazy weekly targets Step 3: reach out to beta readers and critique partners so they can be on board to critique within crazy goal timeline Step 4: confirm the whole plan is crazy Step 5: commit to it anyway
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She-Hulk Yells 'LET'S GOOOO!'
Alt: She-Hulk Yells 'LET'S GOOOO!'
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Don't let the Ai discourse discourage you aspiring writers out there. Art is valued by its rarity, and the rarest thing in the world is the talent of a single individual. What can be mass produced for cheap has little value. You are an original. A one of a kind. A bespoke wonder. Never forget that.
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Andrew Jack @andrewjack.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Every writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
My kid neighbor built a fort. Today he found a note in his fort: This fort sucks. From Mark Turns out trolls don't only exist online! #WhoIsMark??
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kristeneli.bsky.social @kristeneli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Note to self.
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Argh! Why is this so true??
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Scrivener's dialogue focus setting is amazing! #AmWriting #AmRevising #Scrivener #WritingCommunity
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I lose track of time when I write. I have a 20 minute hourglass on my desk to remind me to look away from my screen and I'm often surprised when it runs out. Guess it's a good sign it's what I'm meant to be doing, right? #BetaWaves #SoInTheZone #WhatIsTimeAnyway #DoIGetAPrize #AmWriting
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Hourglass Hearts - Time and Love Flow
Alt: Hourglass tipping and the sand looks like a heart
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Critique partner: this chapter still needs work Me: so basically you're saying I suck as a writer and I'm wasting my life and I should basically quit?? #AmRevising #AmWriting
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
LODESTONES 👩🏿 Scholarly, know it all FMC 🧑🏻 Stone Carver, cinnamon roll MMC 🦝 Animal companion 🤬 Enemies to friends to lovers ✨️ Forbidden magic 🏞 Quest #Questpit #YA #F
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Aren't bookstores and libraries the best? Like walking around a corridor with doors into countless worlds! They're pure magic! #AmReading
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Hand Reaching for Book in Library
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I'm not saying I disagree with the advice to "trust your reader", I'm just noting we have way too many "not actual size" disclaimers on posters and TV commercials... #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I haven't heard anyone talking about Wonder Man, but I absolutely loved it! Simon's efforts to make it in the acting world are so relatable to me as a writer! And Trevor is the mentor I would have done anything to find!
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Rinse, repeat! #relatable
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
How do my chapters keep getting longer while I'm intentionally cutting words? Phrases and entire paragraphs? #WhatIsThisSorcery #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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Meonly: Confused Math Lady Meme
ALT: Meonly: Confused Math Lady Meme
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
There are few things more precious in this line of work than a fantastic critique partner, and I just wanna give a shout out to mine, though she's not here yet. For YEARS this woman has read my every draft, gushing and ripping everything apart as needed. I wouldn't still be doing this without her ❤️
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
That feeling when you realize the book you're reading is part of a complete series and you don't have to wait for the next book 😍😍 #AmReading #SimplePleasures
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Anna from Frozen is Excited
ALT: Anna from Frozen is Excited
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I love writing. Love it. It's my favorite thing. And yet. When I'm spinning my wheels on a chapter and the words blur together and I can't tell what sounds better or worse... I wonder if I should scrap the whole book and work on a different project 🫠 #8thDraft #AmWriting #AmRevising #WatRWerds
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Live footage of me revising my current WIP. I love this book and the characters and the world. But... It's. Taking. Forever. #AmWriting #AmRevising #I'mAgingHere
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Squishy's Slow Walk (Monsters Inc)
ALT: Squishy's Slow Walk (Monsters Inc)
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Don't wait to be happy! You don't need an agent to be happy. You don't need to be published. You don't need to be a bestseller. Be happy now. "If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?" #amwriting
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I haven't been on social media in a while, so I'm rusty on this whole posting thing. But hey! Hi! I'm here now! I'm gonna follow folks who write or read what I love! So if I've followed you, that's why! Let's be friends 😊
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Sahar Rahimi @dawnfulness.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Hi! I'm new in this BlueSky town. What do I need to catch up on? #Writer #WritingLife #DoTheseWorkHere? #FirstPostsSuck #RippingOffTheBandaid #CanWriteAWholeNovelButStruggleWithAFirstPost #NotGonnaOverthinkIt
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