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Dr. Sara Kapadia 🐅🐉🐘

17 days

Today we became a forever family! What an amazing journey it has been from being foster parents to finalizing the adoption of our amazing kiddos!

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Dr. Sara Kapadia 🐅🐉🐘

@sarakapadia

19 days

Tomorrow is an amazing day! We will become an official forever family, adopting the boys in court! Please keep us all in your prayers and thoughts! After tomorrow I'll be able to share some photos of us all with faces and you can see our boys' joyful smiles!

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Dr. Sara Kapadia 🐅🐉🐘

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3 years

I am beyond excited to announce that I am now represented by the brilliant Naomi Davis @naomislitpix at Bookends Literary @bookendslit . My Indian Alice in Wonderland middle grade fantasy is full of wonder and is a tale of triumph over gender bias. Here is an illustration I made:

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Dr. Sara Kapadia 🐅🐉🐘

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3 years

My husband designed this ring, I chose the gems, and the Italian designer who made my wedding ring made it!!! It's a congratulatory present from my husband for signing with an agent!

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2 years

Update: the real reason she wants me to lose weight is because she didn't want to explain to her friends why her "barren" daughter looks pregnant :( I am even more frustrated and sad than before :(

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2 years

Ahhhhhh!!!! I'm in the middle of my foster interview and they said we might get a child placed with us in August!!! AUGUST!!!! Ahhhhh!!!!

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2 years

My Mum wants me to lose 40lbs by end of May for a friend's wedding. Has anyone used a diet to lose that much in 2 months?

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3 years

Hubby organized a little socially distanced get together today to celebrate my agent signing! Everything is blue like in my manuscript!!! And he got my artwork on a cake!!!

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4 years

My latest artwork, my Bengali witch character in Cambridge University from my Young Adult novel in progress! The details took a few days!

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4 years

Yay!!!!! I don't have cancer!!! The lump was benign!!! Yay!!!!!

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3 years

Sara's husband here: Sara did great, the surgeon removed everything without complications. Sara is very groggy from all the medicines and will be sleeping the rest of the day, other than asking for chocolate and strawberry milkshake!

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@sarakapadia

4 years

I made this fox today! I'm still learning but it was fun to play around.

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4 years

I'm loving the dove, symbol of peace that Lady Gaga wore to sing at the inauguration

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2 years

Exciting News!!! We are going to be fostering two brothers, 2 and 4 years old! Ekkkkk!!!!! They will be here on Monday!!!

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3 years

I commissioned a very talented 14 year old to do my phoegan (phoenix-dragon) queen, she did this with colored pencils. It is so amazing!!! @GoodwynPub Your daughter is so talented!!!

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4 years

Yay!!! NO CANCER!!! Colon biopsy is benign! Lump in boob showed up as benign but I still have a boob biopsy! Did I use the words COLON and BOOB, I guess I'm not a prude today!!!

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3 years

I just love wolves!

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@sarakapadia

4 years

I am so excited about being picked as a mentee. This is an incredible opportunity! I'm so grateful to @wordisdiversity and @Tiff_Liao

The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary

@wordisdiversity

4 years

Congrats #MiddleGrade Fiction Editor-Writer Mentee @sarakapadia ! Sara= artist, educator, yoga teacher, academic, & #writer w/a PhD. She founded The STEAM Journal. Her fiction's based on folk stories fr S. Asia Her mentor= @Tiff_Liao , sr ed @ HenryHoltBFYR

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2 years

Yay is my birthday!!! Another year flew by!!!!

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2 years

The first in my South Asian women series I'm drawing. This is Priya originally from Bhutan, now living in Goa, India."I like to enjoy the little things in life, like having tea in a small tea stall, getting wet in rain, playing with random street dogs, a smile at stranger & more.

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3 years

Anyone else struggling with Father's day weekend? I lost my Dad to cancer, and it's hard to not be able to be with him :(

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4 years

I did it!!! 50 chapters! My complete middle grade contemporary fantasy is done! Now for trimming and revisions!!!

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3 years

We started our activities box for our future adopted child. My hubby and I are filling it with cards of different activities that the child can close their eyes and pick to do, then the child can add their own activities on cards too! It makes me feel like one day it'll happen!

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2 years

The social worker just left!!! She said we will be approved at the end of August and can expect to be placed with a foster child or two in September!!!

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4 years

I quit my job as an academic at a prestigious university to focus on my writing and art, but there are some days I wonder what I was thinking! What if I just end up failing!!!

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2 years

@NJSimmondsbooks So so right! I'm an adult!

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3 years

I am so excited, I am on an agent's website. A real agent's website with other clients!!! I am so happy that Naomi Davis took a chance on me! @NaomisLitPix

Clients — Naomi Davis

Authors and Illustrators represented by Naomi Davis at BookEnds Literary Agency

www.naomidavisbooks.com

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4 years

Has anyone ever written 10,000 words in a day? Anyone?

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2 years

Painted this octopus on canvas for the kid's room which is an ocean theme! #inkpainting #painting #artontwitter

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3 years

It's so great to see a South Asian face in Shadow & Bone #ShadowandBoneNetflix

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4 years

I sent in my application to #AMM ! I did it!!!! Yay!!!

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4 years

Just finished my husband's painting for his birthday, a very Indian bridal looking giant squid!

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2 years

New hair, who dis?

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Dr. Sara Kapadia 🐅🐉🐘

@sarakapadia

3 years

Since it's the winter season I'm posting this fox I drew a while back!

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Dr. Sara Kapadia 🐅🐉🐘

@sarakapadia

4 years

A photo my Father took of me after my abusive first(short) marriage was over. I was so happy to be back in California. Now I'm remarried to my best friend, my Father has passed away and I'm no longer slim but I'm still happy!

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3 years

#NewProfilePic

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@sarakapadia

3 years

I made a picture of my characters from my middle grade fantasy, this is Alisha. Can you find all the creatures?

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@sarakapadia

2 years

For the longest time I didn't like my eye color, my paternal grandfather had green eyes and I have always loved green eyes. My hubby said that when the light hits just right my eyes look glowy so now I'm learning to like their color.

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@sarakapadia

3 years

So grateful for my supportive mother who encourages me to be creative!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

Just me day dreaming about my over the top outfit for my book signing one day!

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4 years

Despite my fears that no one will read about queens, I'm going to go ahead and draft my Indian YA historical fantasy based on a real sword wielding teenage queen!

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Dr. Sara Kapadia 🐅🐉🐘

@sarakapadia

4 years

My painting of some of the characters from my middle grade novel Alisha in Roshanban!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

I submitted my latest revisions for my magical Indian Alice in Wonderland retelling! I hope this manuscript will become a book so that readers can experience Alisha fighting colorism, sexism, and fierce opponents all while becoming friends with mystical creatures along the way!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

Back when we could all mingle! The Indian color festival in Los Angeles!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

A secret milestone day today!!! Ekkkk, I'm so beyond happy!!! Yay!!!!

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3 years

Mum and I wearing sarees!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

I have an Indian Alice in Wonderland retelling midge grade manuscript, and a contestant on The Great British Baking Show made a Mad Hatter's collection of savory and sweet bakes with South Asian flavors, curried pies, zatar bread, nankhatai biscuits, and chai cake!!!

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3 years

#MGBookChat Hello!! I'm Sara, I just signed with an agent for my mg Indian Alice in Wonderland retelling! Here's some artwork I made of it!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

One of my ink drawings on paper!

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2 years

Aslan has decided this is his favorite spot, I can't put anything in there, no books or anything, it's HIS spot!

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3 years

Who just sent her agent the latest revised draft? Me!!! That's who!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

I'm 41, I feel kinda behind. I just started my writing career! Anyone else in the same boat?

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@sarakapadia

4 years

INDIAN ALICE IN WONDERLAND I was born under a thousand raindrops. I roam the magical kingdom where anything is possible, even the dreams of a twelve-year-old girl who wandered in from another world. I am Badal, the blue tiger. And I am waiting. #Pitmad #Own #FA #MG

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4 years

Twitter is an amazing place! I posted my art work and a Bengali artist in San Francisco commented on it @anikalzaman ! We started talking and it turns out we have the same great aunt in common and we are actually cousins! I found my relative on here!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

Normalize heavy eyebrows!! I'm embracing mine!

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@sarakapadia

2 years

Another portrait I painted for my South Asian women series. Reena is a Singaporean Malayalee, she says "I love exploring. Show me the abandoned buildings, the forgotten ruins, the spooky tunnels and you'll find me there." #SouthAsian #portrait #artistsontwitter #artwork #women

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@sarakapadia

3 years

My husband and I decided we are going to adopt children in the future, but the cultural pressure I feel to have biological kids is immense and I feel really overwhelmed!

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3 years

Hello Twitter community! My husband and I are beginning our journey to adopt our future child. Is there anyone who has adopted and wouldn't mind sharing their experiences with me? We are exploring adopting from the USA as well as looking into international adoption. Thank you!

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2 years

10th Wedding Anniversary!!!! Time flies when you're married to your bestie!!!!

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3 years

I just started watching The Expanse and there's something cool about seeing an Indian character play a powerful character in this futuristic scifi setting while wearing sarees! #TheExpanse

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3 years

I finished my revision! First line: The mangrove forests of the Sundarbans held as many myths as trees. Last line: There on the ground were large paw prints, and in the distance, from the darkness of the forest, a dazzling blue shape beckoned.

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@sarakapadia

4 years

My new dragon ring to motivate me to revise my dragon manuscript!

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3 years

I finished the edits!!!! Now I need to do a final read through! Ahhhh yay!!! Almost there...

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3 years

A painting of a wolf I made! Mixed media with paint! #ArtistOnTwitter #artist #painting #acrylicpainting #mixedmedia

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3 years

Date night! Hubby is making a surprise dinner and then we'll watch another Marvel movie!

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3 years

The hubby got me this necklace as a gift to wear one day for book signings! I'm hoping that happens!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

I'm done!!!!!!!!! I finished this round of edits!!!! Yay!!!!!

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@sarakapadia

2 years

The home inspection requires us to have the kid's room set up before we can be approved, so we're at Ikea. So surreal because we don't know who the kid will be & what kind of room theme they want, so we're doing an ocean theme to keep it neutral and calming! #adoption #fostering

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2 years

The baby moon has started, we just landed in Kauai! I love the concept of celebrating becoming parents with a little holiday before we meet our future child!!! More pictures to come!

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4 years

I'm having a sad week...I would love animal pics, gifs, or anything uplifting!

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2 years

I'm so upset, Mum introduced me to her friend's daughter & magically we actually really got along well! Today Mum called to say "don't tell her about your divorce & all shameful stuff!" I escaped a violently physically abusive marriage & yet my Mum is ashamed of me. I'm so sad :(

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3 years

This is exactly how I feel!

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2 years

All the paintings I made together! I'm happy with how they came out! #artistsontwitter #inkpainting

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3 years

I had a lovely birthday, thank you to everyone who wished me here! Love you all!!!

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3 years

I painted this funny looking dragon and a girl on a sunny hillside!

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4 years

My third sketch in Photoshop. I'm experimenting. I haven't figured out my style yet.

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@sarakapadia

3 years

#SouthAsianArtists I create artwork inspired by my Bengali, Pakistani, British and American influences.

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3 years

Lahmajun is just so yummy!!!

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3 years

It's funny how I told a Caucasian female author that her words about my ethnicity were insensitive and instead of hearing me out she told me I was gas lighting her!!!

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2 years

I am BEYOND grateful and humbled by all of your kind comments, advice, shared experiences, all your hugs across the Twitter world... I am so thankful to have you as my community. I haven't met most of you, but I consider everyone who commented a real friend! Thank you so much!!!

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@sarakapadia

3 years

This is the view from the guest room of our new penthouse condo we bought that would be our future child's room. This is the room that would be inspected by a social worker. This is both exciting and scary! I really hope everything goes well.

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3 years

Hello, I'm back! Thanks for all the kind wishes. It's 1AM and I'm in bed writhing in pain, the pain meds aren't enough. I also keep thinking that the surgeon cut out a whole organ. I feel weird about it!!! But it needed to be done! Hugs to my amazing Twitter family! Love you all!

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2 years

Tomorrow is a BIG day in our adoption, fostering journey... please send good vibes and positivity our way!!! #hope #meanttobe

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3 years

They are letting me bring Mr.Indecisive in with me to the surgery, he belonged to my Dad!

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3 years

Ok I'm awake, I hardly slept :( the oxytocin and heavy Tylenol didn't seem to work much, but the cold packs on my tummy worked better. I'm feeling really sad I lost a whole organ in the surgery. Can you all send me animal pics and gifs? I'll start with one of Dory

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3 years

I met a German Shepherd Corgi mix! Big ears and snout but little legs!

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4 years

Self-imposed homework for the next three months... I will learn to be a better writer, I will... I hope!

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3 years

People have reached out asking about my agent @NaomisLitPix So much to love about my wonderful agent: 1. Super sincere 2. Always open & honest 3. Genuinely champions diverse writers 4. The happiest attitude 5. Very professional 6. Really knowledgeable 7. Integrity 8. Editorial

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I just pressed 'send' on something!!! I am really hoping it will be accepted, but if not then I have something new I created!

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4 years

I'm outlining a new young adult novel!!! I made the first aesthetic for it!

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4 years

I wish my mum was supportive of my writing, instead she says I'm a loser for trying to be a writer. One day I will give her a signed copy of my published book to prove her wrong!

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Yay I did it! Finished my read through of my manuscript!!! I can't wait to send it off to my amazing agent!!!

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2 years

The foster boys call my hubby Dada & call me Sasa! Overnight we became foster parents & its just sinking in that we might have to say goodbye to these boys in a few months. That's fostering. It'll be good to know we have the boys stability & fun times when they needed it.

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My parents were born in India before the partition, my father ended up in Pakistan, my mother ended up in Bangladesh. I was told I'm not Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi enough! Too short, nose too sharp, hair too wavy. Eventually I learned I'm alright just as I am, all mixed up