Shahnaz Ahmed
@drshahnazahmed.bsky.social
Speaker, writer (novels, plays, short stories, poems), avid reader (~100 books/year), podcaster change agent, pediatric dentist, NFT poet. Here for authenticity.
Haven’t been here in forever but now I’m getting some follows?!?! Interesting 🤔
September 12, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Haven’t been here in forever but now I’m getting some follows?!?! Interesting 🤔
Find me on WriteSeen!
July 5, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Find me on WriteSeen!
No engagement = no interest in social media!
January 31, 2024 at 3:49 PM
No engagement = no interest in social media!
Went to Costco and I decided that I had to have these two books. Read the first one on my Kindle as a library loan. Second one, the loan just came in yesterday and today I couldn’t say no to the purchase!!!
December 14, 2023 at 11:07 PM
Went to Costco and I decided that I had to have these two books. Read the first one on my Kindle as a library loan. Second one, the loan just came in yesterday and today I couldn’t say no to the purchase!!!
And another draft down! This is the edit process. Good times…
November 28, 2023 at 1:45 PM
And another draft down! This is the edit process. Good times…
Spent today reading my WIP aloud and edit. Trying to get closer. A LOT of work…
November 24, 2023 at 3:22 AM
Spent today reading my WIP aloud and edit. Trying to get closer. A LOT of work…
Happiest of Thanksgiving to you all. Hope you have tons to be grateful for…
November 23, 2023 at 6:11 PM
Happiest of Thanksgiving to you all. Hope you have tons to be grateful for…
And this is post 3/3 of the sock posts!
November 7, 2023 at 6:07 AM
And this is post 3/3 of the sock posts!
More sock analogies. I have one more for tomorrow 😊 #motivation
November 5, 2023 at 6:54 PM
More sock analogies. I have one more for tomorrow 😊 #motivation
I want to tell you my truth. The number of times I look at my phone and wish for a message. Any message. A hi. Holding on to hope. But despite the bread crumbs, despite knowing the disparity in our friendship, I hold on to hope. Stupidly. Convincing myself of the lie. #writing #prose #poetry
November 2, 2023 at 2:53 PM
#Poetry are words that are stored deep within the chasms of your being. The flame that keeps you alive in the coldest of nights. Poetry is everything and nothing. Poetry is. Well, poetry just is.
October 3, 2023 at 6:51 PM
#Poetry are words that are stored deep within the chasms of your being. The flame that keeps you alive in the coldest of nights. Poetry is everything and nothing. Poetry is. Well, poetry just is.
I cannot see the full path. There’s enough to see a few steps ahead. And I write hoping the way will unfold at some point.
October 2, 2023 at 6:59 PM
I cannot see the full path. There’s enough to see a few steps ahead. And I write hoping the way will unfold at some point.
This.
There are a lot of reasons people believe in religion. I’m not religious, but I don’t believe that all religious people are delusional.
October 2, 2023 at 1:03 PM
This.
There’s always bigger stuff to worry about!
I think I am weird because I don't care how you hang the toilet paper & I don't care if you use an Oxford comma or sag your pants or wear white after Labor Day. And I'll call you whatever pronoun you want as long as it's only one syllable. There's bigger stuff to worry about. 🤷♀️
October 2, 2023 at 1:02 PM
There’s always bigger stuff to worry about!
‘For there is always light.
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.’
By Amanda Gorman
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.’
By Amanda Gorman
“I will ride light back. I have healed myself in light and will return, in light, to light.”
— Alice Notley, from Certain Magical Acts
— Alice Notley, from Certain Magical Acts
October 2, 2023 at 3:10 AM
‘For there is always light.
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.’
By Amanda Gorman
if only we’re brave enough to see it.
If only we’re brave enough to be it.’
By Amanda Gorman
This is the only way to be. Be grateful for each day, each moment!
October 1, 2023 at 6:45 PM
This is the only way to be. Be grateful for each day, each moment!
How do you get to a point where you write your book and there are no edits? Some day I’ll be ‘that’ writer.
October 1, 2023 at 5:12 PM
How do you get to a point where you write your book and there are no edits? Some day I’ll be ‘that’ writer.
All I know is that writing is re-writing. And it never really ends.
October 1, 2023 at 12:15 PM
All I know is that writing is re-writing. And it never really ends.
So beautiful. Love the drunk metaphor!
Asked a direct question
about what it means,
Love is vague,
it will veer from side to side,
like a drunk
swerving in and out of
context,
refusing to be pinned
down.
#vss365 #context
#BraveWrite #veer
#poetry
about what it means,
Love is vague,
it will veer from side to side,
like a drunk
swerving in and out of
context,
refusing to be pinned
down.
#vss365 #context
#BraveWrite #veer
#poetry
September 23, 2023 at 1:47 AM
So beautiful. Love the drunk metaphor!
I super resonate with this quote. So relatable as a writer.
September 23, 2023 at 1:41 AM
I super resonate with this quote. So relatable as a writer.
I love this quote. What a great way for the reader to learn and for the writer to share. Perfect symbiosis.
“For me, [poetry and] literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.”
— Anne Fadiman
— Anne Fadiman
September 23, 2023 at 1:39 AM
I love this quote. What a great way for the reader to learn and for the writer to share. Perfect symbiosis.
How beautiful is that?
Bob Hicok is one of our favorite poets. We love his playful language filled with charm ans wisdom alike! ✨
September 20, 2023 at 11:48 PM
How beautiful is that?
When you feel under the weather, even your #writing suffers. Fighting a damned stuffy nose etc and just want to recoup asap.
September 18, 2023 at 11:44 AM
When you feel under the weather, even your #writing suffers. Fighting a damned stuffy nose etc and just want to recoup asap.
When I was #writing the first draft of my novel, I read somewhere that it was the easiest step. I thought, ya right!?!
Next time, I’ll believe that and savor it.
Next time, I’ll believe that and savor it.
September 17, 2023 at 12:21 PM
When I was #writing the first draft of my novel, I read somewhere that it was the easiest step. I thought, ya right!?!
Next time, I’ll believe that and savor it.
Next time, I’ll believe that and savor it.