simren 🩻
@simren.bsky.social
yes i’m a writer. no i don’t write. we exist! | ya sff author, kdrama lover, avid pinterest board curator, sci-fi enthusiast, friends-to-lovers defender
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simren 🩻
@simren.bsky.social
· Nov 15
hi all! 🤍
i'm simren (she/her), a YA sci-fi & fantasy author (and k-drama lover), and i write books that are odes to everything i adore—unique worlds and love and betrayal and revenge, all featuring indian MCs ✨
i'm simren (she/her), a YA sci-fi & fantasy author (and k-drama lover), and i write books that are odes to everything i adore—unique worlds and love and betrayal and revenge, all featuring indian MCs ✨
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Surprise! You didn’t think I’d have just the one book coming out in 2025, did you? Disney asked me to write a follow-up to TANGLED—a horrible decision, really—and as I dearly love that movie, how could I say no?
(It may have also given me the chance to put “Give that horse a sword” in a book.)
(It may have also given me the chance to put “Give that horse a sword” in a book.)
December 11, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Surprise! You didn’t think I’d have just the one book coming out in 2025, did you? Disney asked me to write a follow-up to TANGLED—a horrible decision, really—and as I dearly love that movie, how could I say no?
(It may have also given me the chance to put “Give that horse a sword” in a book.)
(It may have also given me the chance to put “Give that horse a sword” in a book.)
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So what’s this thing about, anyway? 🌊✨🗡️
Here’s a blurb to tide you over (ba dum tsss). THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is coming Summer 2026 from Orbit US/UK. The Descent x Dante’s Inferno — claustrophobia, eldritch cults, and biblically accurate angels, oh my! Art by @warickaart.bsky.social 🖤 #booksky
Here’s a blurb to tide you over (ba dum tsss). THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is coming Summer 2026 from Orbit US/UK. The Descent x Dante’s Inferno — claustrophobia, eldritch cults, and biblically accurate angels, oh my! Art by @warickaart.bsky.social 🖤 #booksky
December 4, 2024 at 4:10 PM
So what’s this thing about, anyway? 🌊✨🗡️
Here’s a blurb to tide you over (ba dum tsss). THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is coming Summer 2026 from Orbit US/UK. The Descent x Dante’s Inferno — claustrophobia, eldritch cults, and biblically accurate angels, oh my! Art by @warickaart.bsky.social 🖤 #booksky
Here’s a blurb to tide you over (ba dum tsss). THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD is coming Summer 2026 from Orbit US/UK. The Descent x Dante’s Inferno — claustrophobia, eldritch cults, and biblically accurate angels, oh my! Art by @warickaart.bsky.social 🖤 #booksky
going from editing & revising to make ur prose perfect, to drafting where nothing makes sense is truly something i will never ever ever EVER be prepared for
December 5, 2024 at 2:04 AM
going from editing & revising to make ur prose perfect, to drafting where nothing makes sense is truly something i will never ever ever EVER be prepared for
excited to read after a 4 month long reading slump and excited to write after 9 months of agonizing over my projects ... i prayed for times like this
December 1, 2024 at 5:21 AM
excited to read after a 4 month long reading slump and excited to write after 9 months of agonizing over my projects ... i prayed for times like this
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a first draft is supposed to be bad, a first draft is for discovery, a first draft will have plot holes and thats ok, a first draft will not be polished and thats ok, a first—
a woman in a black shirt is standing in the snow
ALT: a woman in a black shirt is standing in the snow
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:29 PM
a first draft is supposed to be bad, a first draft is for discovery, a first draft will have plot holes and thats ok, a first draft will not be polished and thats ok, a first—
writing really is a muscle because why did i forget how to write a query 😭
November 27, 2024 at 7:20 PM
writing really is a muscle because why did i forget how to write a query 😭
i know this is my Professional and Writerly account but they're shutting down dramacool y'all don't talk to me
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 PM
i know this is my Professional and Writerly account but they're shutting down dramacool y'all don't talk to me
Name 5 SFF authors whose books you will buy without even reading the synopsis
Laini Taylor
Chloe Gong
R.F. Kuang
Leigh Bardugo
Elizabeth Lim
Laini Taylor
Chloe Gong
R.F. Kuang
Leigh Bardugo
Elizabeth Lim
Name 5 SFF authors whose books you will buy without even reading the synopsis
R. F. Kuang
Alix E. Harrow
Jay Kristoff
Paul Tremblay
Leigh Bardugo
R. F. Kuang
Alix E. Harrow
Jay Kristoff
Paul Tremblay
Leigh Bardugo
Name 5 SFF authors whose books you will buy without even reading the synopsis
Chelsea Abdullah
C.S. Pacat
Kaylie Smith
Kelly Andrew
Tracy Deonn
Chelsea Abdullah
C.S. Pacat
Kaylie Smith
Kelly Andrew
Tracy Deonn
November 27, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Name 5 SFF authors whose books you will buy without even reading the synopsis
Laini Taylor
Chloe Gong
R.F. Kuang
Leigh Bardugo
Elizabeth Lim
Laini Taylor
Chloe Gong
R.F. Kuang
Leigh Bardugo
Elizabeth Lim
noooo not the fear of not being a good enough writer to do my project justice again ...
November 26, 2024 at 4:51 AM
noooo not the fear of not being a good enough writer to do my project justice again ...
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Oh, quick question, if you’d be so kind…
HOW THE FUCK IS NOVEMBER MORE THAN HALFWAY DONE ALREADY?!?
HOW THE FUCK IS NOVEMBER MORE THAN HALFWAY DONE ALREADY?!?
November 19, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Oh, quick question, if you’d be so kind…
HOW THE FUCK IS NOVEMBER MORE THAN HALFWAY DONE ALREADY?!?
HOW THE FUCK IS NOVEMBER MORE THAN HALFWAY DONE ALREADY?!?
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"Do you feel rotten yet? Take my hand; let the blood I've soaked in rot you, too."
commissioned this GORGEOUS art of my gothic horror wip's three sisters from the talented @lunacwriting.bsky.social!
this was a specific, challenging piece and she nailed it 💖 #writingcommunity #writersky #booksky
commissioned this GORGEOUS art of my gothic horror wip's three sisters from the talented @lunacwriting.bsky.social!
this was a specific, challenging piece and she nailed it 💖 #writingcommunity #writersky #booksky
November 18, 2024 at 11:53 PM
"Do you feel rotten yet? Take my hand; let the blood I've soaked in rot you, too."
commissioned this GORGEOUS art of my gothic horror wip's three sisters from the talented @lunacwriting.bsky.social!
this was a specific, challenging piece and she nailed it 💖 #writingcommunity #writersky #booksky
commissioned this GORGEOUS art of my gothic horror wip's three sisters from the talented @lunacwriting.bsky.social!
this was a specific, challenging piece and she nailed it 💖 #writingcommunity #writersky #booksky
i started a kdrama because i was on my period and felt like ass but now i'm on episode 4 and i don't want to stop watching so i'm simply gonna call it research for my wip bc the male lead matches the love interest of my WIP 🙂↕️
November 16, 2024 at 10:23 PM
i started a kdrama because i was on my period and felt like ass but now i'm on episode 4 and i don't want to stop watching so i'm simply gonna call it research for my wip bc the male lead matches the love interest of my WIP 🙂↕️
this is what writing is all about
November 16, 2024 at 4:48 AM
this is what writing is all about
and this book finally allows me to have a love interest nicknamed kai y'all don't understand this is my #1 writer goal ever. i love the name kai so much all of my MMC names are literally just remixes of kai (kavi, jai) but i can finally have a MMC that's actually nicknamed kai
i'm FINALLY reading an arc with my own two eyeballs (and glasses) and the ideas it has given me for my desi myth wip feat. my rivals-to-lovers-to-betrayal but i still love you-to-enemies book .... save me desi myth wip save me
November 16, 2024 at 4:44 AM
and this book finally allows me to have a love interest nicknamed kai y'all don't understand this is my #1 writer goal ever. i love the name kai so much all of my MMC names are literally just remixes of kai (kavi, jai) but i can finally have a MMC that's actually nicknamed kai
i'm FINALLY reading an arc with my own two eyeballs (and glasses) and the ideas it has given me for my desi myth wip feat. my rivals-to-lovers-to-betrayal but i still love you-to-enemies book .... save me desi myth wip save me
November 16, 2024 at 4:42 AM
i'm FINALLY reading an arc with my own two eyeballs (and glasses) and the ideas it has given me for my desi myth wip feat. my rivals-to-lovers-to-betrayal but i still love you-to-enemies book .... save me desi myth wip save me
there are two wolves inside of me (first person pov that objectively AND subjectively fits better for my wip versus multipov third bc i wanna give my love interest a pov soooooo bad)
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 PM
there are two wolves inside of me (first person pov that objectively AND subjectively fits better for my wip versus multipov third bc i wanna give my love interest a pov soooooo bad)
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚— If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang/Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
One movie 🎥— ... Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)
One TV show📺— Crash Landing On You (2019)/Supernatural (2005)
One book 📚— If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang/Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
One movie 🎥— ... Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)
One TV show📺— Crash Landing On You (2019)/Supernatural (2005)
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚— Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
One movie 🎥— Blade Runner 2049
One album💿— The Visitors by ABBA
One TV show📺— Succession
One book 📚— Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
One movie 🎥— Blade Runner 2049
One album💿— The Visitors by ABBA
One TV show📺— Succession
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚— A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
One movie 🎥— Everything Everywhere All at Once
One album💿— Dance Fever by Florence & the Machine
One TV show📺— Derry Girls
One book 📚— A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
One movie 🎥— Everything Everywhere All at Once
One album💿— Dance Fever by Florence & the Machine
One TV show📺— Derry Girls
November 15, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚— If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang/Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
One movie 🎥— ... Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)
One TV show📺— Crash Landing On You (2019)/Supernatural (2005)
One book 📚— If You Could See The Sun by Ann Liang/Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
One movie 🎥— ... Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013)
One TV show📺— Crash Landing On You (2019)/Supernatural (2005)
hi all! 🤍
i'm simren (she/her), a YA sci-fi & fantasy author (and k-drama lover), and i write books that are odes to everything i adore—unique worlds and love and betrayal and revenge, all featuring indian MCs ✨
i'm simren (she/her), a YA sci-fi & fantasy author (and k-drama lover), and i write books that are odes to everything i adore—unique worlds and love and betrayal and revenge, all featuring indian MCs ✨
November 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM
hi all! 🤍
i'm simren (she/her), a YA sci-fi & fantasy author (and k-drama lover), and i write books that are odes to everything i adore—unique worlds and love and betrayal and revenge, all featuring indian MCs ✨
i'm simren (she/her), a YA sci-fi & fantasy author (and k-drama lover), and i write books that are odes to everything i adore—unique worlds and love and betrayal and revenge, all featuring indian MCs ✨
gonna do an intro post # finally omg
November 15, 2024 at 8:13 PM
gonna do an intro post # finally omg
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✨ANNOUNCEMENT & COVER REVEAL✨
I’m so excited to announce that my debut romantic fantasy novel, MEDIEVALLY BLONDE, is being publishing by Harper Voyager in the US and UK in summer 2025!!!
It’s available for preorder now (link in my bio!)
See you at Caisleán Cósta💖
I’m so excited to announce that my debut romantic fantasy novel, MEDIEVALLY BLONDE, is being publishing by Harper Voyager in the US and UK in summer 2025!!!
It’s available for preorder now (link in my bio!)
See you at Caisleán Cósta💖
November 15, 2024 at 4:26 PM
✨ANNOUNCEMENT & COVER REVEAL✨
I’m so excited to announce that my debut romantic fantasy novel, MEDIEVALLY BLONDE, is being publishing by Harper Voyager in the US and UK in summer 2025!!!
It’s available for preorder now (link in my bio!)
See you at Caisleán Cósta💖
I’m so excited to announce that my debut romantic fantasy novel, MEDIEVALLY BLONDE, is being publishing by Harper Voyager in the US and UK in summer 2025!!!
It’s available for preorder now (link in my bio!)
See you at Caisleán Cósta💖
want to introduce myself but can't share anything about my wip yet (head in hands)
November 14, 2024 at 2:49 AM
want to introduce myself but can't share anything about my wip yet (head in hands)
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no starter packs for me. if you wish to follow me you must seek me.
November 14, 2024 at 1:49 AM
no starter packs for me. if you wish to follow me you must seek me.
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November 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM