Sal Sawler
@salsawler.bsky.social
🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ They/Them | Author & Graphic Novel Editor | Kjipuktuk/Halifax
Upcoming: Ellis On Guard (February 2026), The Meadow (2027)
Upcoming: Ellis On Guard (February 2026), The Meadow (2027)
Sorry, but this is how I have to do Bluesky now--you're gonna get all my news at once. Maybe I should start a newsletter? Anyways! I also have a piece in Write Magazine (The Writers Union of Canada) about how writing their Traditional Publishing How-To Guide was the hardest thing I've ever written.
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Sorry, but this is how I have to do Bluesky now--you're gonna get all my news at once. Maybe I should start a newsletter? Anyways! I also have a piece in Write Magazine (The Writers Union of Canada) about how writing their Traditional Publishing How-To Guide was the hardest thing I've ever written.
Happy Halloween!! (Thanks for supplying the comics, @strangeadventures.bsky.social)
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Happy Halloween!! (Thanks for supplying the comics, @strangeadventures.bsky.social)
🧵 Anyone in #halisky need an amazing-but-enormous chair? If you're in the market, I have not one, but two (!) options for you to choose from! With ✨ special ✨ discounts for Bluesky people. 1/3
September 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
🧵 Anyone in #halisky need an amazing-but-enormous chair? If you're in the market, I have not one, but two (!) options for you to choose from! With ✨ special ✨ discounts for Bluesky people. 1/3
Behold! It's me, talking about my upcoming picture book, Ellis on Guard, illustrated by the immensely talented Nandita Ratan! It's not out til February, but my publisher, @secondstory.bsky.social, sent me an ARC, so I decided to show it off a bit, cause I'm SO EXCITED about this character. 1/3
August 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Behold! It's me, talking about my upcoming picture book, Ellis on Guard, illustrated by the immensely talented Nandita Ratan! It's not out til February, but my publisher, @secondstory.bsky.social, sent me an ARC, so I decided to show it off a bit, cause I'm SO EXCITED about this character. 1/3
I have something exciting to show you later today… but first I have to take the 13yo to camp.
(And maybe drop in on @blockshopbooks.bsky.social and @lunenburgbound.bsky.social while I’m at it.)
cc @secondstory.bsky.social
(And maybe drop in on @blockshopbooks.bsky.social and @lunenburgbound.bsky.social while I’m at it.)
cc @secondstory.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I have something exciting to show you later today… but first I have to take the 13yo to camp.
(And maybe drop in on @blockshopbooks.bsky.social and @lunenburgbound.bsky.social while I’m at it.)
cc @secondstory.bsky.social
(And maybe drop in on @blockshopbooks.bsky.social and @lunenburgbound.bsky.social while I’m at it.)
cc @secondstory.bsky.social
The only place I see it is in the nav.
August 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The only place I see it is in the nav.
Um. When did politicians start putting personal logos on their announcements?
August 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Um. When did politicians start putting personal logos on their announcements?
I’d forgotten how hard it is to read for pleasure while in school. So much mandatory reading and writing for school AND work makes it difficult to sit down with a book for fun—and focus. But I found this book at @gooddogbooks.bsky.social the other day and it seems to have broken the curse.
August 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I’d forgotten how hard it is to read for pleasure while in school. So much mandatory reading and writing for school AND work makes it difficult to sit down with a book for fun—and focus. But I found this book at @gooddogbooks.bsky.social the other day and it seems to have broken the curse.
Millennial mom here, wondering why every other millennial mom I know is secretly living like Bruce Wayne.
July 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Millennial mom here, wondering why every other millennial mom I know is secretly living like Bruce Wayne.
My kid just brought home a karaoke machine from Value Village. I’ve raised him well.
July 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
My kid just brought home a karaoke machine from Value Village. I’ve raised him well.
Geez, @eatingwell.com, who do you think I am, Goldilocks?
July 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Geez, @eatingwell.com, who do you think I am, Goldilocks?
The world is increasingly bananas but I got a corn snake named Soda and she decided she likes me so it’s not all bad.
July 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The world is increasingly bananas but I got a corn snake named Soda and she decided she likes me so it’s not all bad.
Someone commented on the TikTok video with:
July 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Someone commented on the TikTok video with:
Behold, people of Bluesky. I feel this is relevant to your interests. www.facebook.com/share/1Cw9z3...
July 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Behold, people of Bluesky. I feel this is relevant to your interests. www.facebook.com/share/1Cw9z3...
C’mon, HBO. We already know JK Rowling is Voldemort.
July 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
C’mon, HBO. We already know JK Rowling is Voldemort.
Is it just me, or are these the faces of three people having astoundingly different life experiences?
July 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Is it just me, or are these the faces of three people having astoundingly different life experiences?
They just kinda dropped in into this list under Big Sugar and Sass Jordan like the potential for a mass Safety Dance party is no big deal.
July 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
They just kinda dropped in into this list under Big Sugar and Sass Jordan like the potential for a mass Safety Dance party is no big deal.
This is who runs this account.
June 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is who runs this account.
Good to know we have such a booming business in radioactive chemicals
June 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Good to know we have such a booming business in radioactive chemicals
They hadn’t added 4.1 yet—had to drill down another page. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
June 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
They hadn’t added 4.1 yet—had to drill down another page. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
Questionable decision? Perhaps. Still avoiding US-based purchases? In general. Wanting to support queer Americans? 100%. Still, do I need a Baba Yaga necklace? Nope. Do I have regrets? Not yet.
Goodnight pocket pals.
Goodnight pocket pals.
June 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Questionable decision? Perhaps. Still avoiding US-based purchases? In general. Wanting to support queer Americans? 100%. Still, do I need a Baba Yaga necklace? Nope. Do I have regrets? Not yet.
Goodnight pocket pals.
Goodnight pocket pals.
In other news, I had the enormous honour of meeting Siyabulela Mandela today. I’m old enough to remember when apartheid was stamped out and Nelson Mandela was released from prison and so it was amazing to be able to chat with his great-grandson. Feeling pretty fortunate tonight.
May 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
In other news, I had the enormous honour of meeting Siyabulela Mandela today. I’m old enough to remember when apartheid was stamped out and Nelson Mandela was released from prison and so it was amazing to be able to chat with his great-grandson. Feeling pretty fortunate tonight.
This. This lil cluster right here 😍
April 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This. This lil cluster right here 😍