Nicole Buran
@nicoleburan.bsky.social
SFF Author, mom, lover of tea, books, castles and other old things...not always in that order. she/her
Couldn't figure out what I was doing to my shoulder just before bed to make it hurt so much, I couldn't fall asleep...
Learn from my mistakes and don't sit on your bed hunched over your tablet like a gremlin working on book edits 🤦🏻♀️
Learn from my mistakes and don't sit on your bed hunched over your tablet like a gremlin working on book edits 🤦🏻♀️
January 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Couldn't figure out what I was doing to my shoulder just before bed to make it hurt so much, I couldn't fall asleep...
Learn from my mistakes and don't sit on your bed hunched over your tablet like a gremlin working on book edits 🤦🏻♀️
Learn from my mistakes and don't sit on your bed hunched over your tablet like a gremlin working on book edits 🤦🏻♀️
Romantasy hot take:
I'm sick of morally-gray shadow daddies.
Where are the green flag soft-bois?
#amreading #amwriting #romantasy
I'm sick of morally-gray shadow daddies.
Where are the green flag soft-bois?
#amreading #amwriting #romantasy
December 10, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Romantasy hot take:
I'm sick of morally-gray shadow daddies.
Where are the green flag soft-bois?
#amreading #amwriting #romantasy
I'm sick of morally-gray shadow daddies.
Where are the green flag soft-bois?
#amreading #amwriting #romantasy
Reintroduction time!
I'm Nicole, and I write dark, historical-inspired fantasy with a heaping scoop of romance and a dash of female rage.
I'm Nicole, and I write dark, historical-inspired fantasy with a heaping scoop of romance and a dash of female rage.
November 12, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Reintroduction time!
I'm Nicole, and I write dark, historical-inspired fantasy with a heaping scoop of romance and a dash of female rage.
I'm Nicole, and I write dark, historical-inspired fantasy with a heaping scoop of romance and a dash of female rage.
✨ Manifesting good things today ✨
January 12, 2024 at 12:50 PM
✨ Manifesting good things today ✨
Going to take the snow flurries on New Year's Day as a good luck sign ❄️❄️
January 1, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Going to take the snow flurries on New Year's Day as a good luck sign ❄️❄️
Might be ringing in the new year with a new book idea 👀👀
December 31, 2023 at 12:48 PM
Might be ringing in the new year with a new book idea 👀👀
I'm not saying I believe in fate, but finally catching COVID after almost four years and therefore having to quarantine the *same* week your most anticipated read of the year comes in the mail, so you don't want to leave your house anyway, kind of feels like it.
December 28, 2023 at 5:17 PM
I'm not saying I believe in fate, but finally catching COVID after almost four years and therefore having to quarantine the *same* week your most anticipated read of the year comes in the mail, so you don't want to leave your house anyway, kind of feels like it.
5yo and 3yo are snuggling quietly on the couch.
Why do I feel like this is a trap? 😂
Why do I feel like this is a trap? 😂
December 16, 2023 at 1:04 PM
5yo and 3yo are snuggling quietly on the couch.
Why do I feel like this is a trap? 😂
Why do I feel like this is a trap? 😂
That feeling when the universe does you a favor and has your new book and new sweatpants arrive the same day you come down with a cold 🤧
December 8, 2023 at 4:22 PM
That feeling when the universe does you a favor and has your new book and new sweatpants arrive the same day you come down with a cold 🤧
5yo: 'Tis the season to be minty.
November 26, 2023 at 1:24 PM
5yo: 'Tis the season to be minty.
Me: *finally* sitting down to try to finish writing book 4
My brain: but what if you plotted out ideas for the sequel instead ...
My brain: but what if you plotted out ideas for the sequel instead ...
November 12, 2023 at 2:09 PM
Me: *finally* sitting down to try to finish writing book 4
My brain: but what if you plotted out ideas for the sequel instead ...
My brain: but what if you plotted out ideas for the sequel instead ...
Did I finally come up with a title for book four, 82K words into it?
👀👀👀
👀👀👀
November 11, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Did I finally come up with a title for book four, 82K words into it?
👀👀👀
👀👀👀
5 yo woke up this morning, wrote two books, and promptly declared himself an author.
You don't have to be published to be an author. You just have to write.
You don't have to be published to be an author. You just have to write.
November 10, 2023 at 1:20 PM
5 yo woke up this morning, wrote two books, and promptly declared himself an author.
You don't have to be published to be an author. You just have to write.
You don't have to be published to be an author. You just have to write.
There's nothing quite like the "doom averted" sensation of walking in on your 5yo holding an opened marker and staring longingly at the walls.
October 22, 2023 at 1:42 PM
There's nothing quite like the "doom averted" sensation of walking in on your 5yo holding an opened marker and staring longingly at the walls.
Being horrified by the number of children killed by war doesn't mean you have a political agenda. It means you have humanity in its most basic form.
October 16, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Being horrified by the number of children killed by war doesn't mean you have a political agenda. It means you have humanity in its most basic form.
3yo looks out the window: "Let's see if we can find some seagulls"
Me: I don't think we're close enough to the beach for them.
3yo: "Let's see if we can find some dragons."
Me: ...
Me: I don't think we're close enough to the beach for them.
3yo: "Let's see if we can find some dragons."
Me: ...
October 13, 2023 at 11:17 AM
3yo looks out the window: "Let's see if we can find some seagulls"
Me: I don't think we're close enough to the beach for them.
3yo: "Let's see if we can find some dragons."
Me: ...
Me: I don't think we're close enough to the beach for them.
3yo: "Let's see if we can find some dragons."
Me: ...
Just did something scary and exciting...manifesting good news 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
October 9, 2023 at 9:05 PM
Just did something scary and exciting...manifesting good news 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
43 degrees this morning, so I'm living my best life 🍂🍁
October 8, 2023 at 12:13 PM
43 degrees this morning, so I'm living my best life 🍂🍁
Writing new words today after weeks of nothing but edits, and wow does it feel good 🤩.
Soooo close to finishing book 4!!!
Soooo close to finishing book 4!!!
October 1, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Writing new words today after weeks of nothing but edits, and wow does it feel good 🤩.
Soooo close to finishing book 4!!!
Soooo close to finishing book 4!!!
I've officially reached the "I've pre-ordered so many books I can't actually remember them all" stage 😂
September 24, 2023 at 2:13 PM
I've officially reached the "I've pre-ordered so many books I can't actually remember them all" stage 😂
Driving 20 minutes in a car with two dozen fresh-made Duck Donuts that you aren't allowed to eat is, in fact, a form of torture.
September 21, 2023 at 4:09 PM
Driving 20 minutes in a car with two dozen fresh-made Duck Donuts that you aren't allowed to eat is, in fact, a form of torture.
My best writing advice is to find yourself critique partners who don't let you get away with anything 😅
September 19, 2023 at 1:09 PM
My best writing advice is to find yourself critique partners who don't let you get away with anything 😅
Between landing and arc of one of my most-anticipated 2023 releases yesterday and the email I got this morning, I am giving new meaning to the phrase "buzzing with excitement."
September 12, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Between landing and arc of one of my most-anticipated 2023 releases yesterday and the email I got this morning, I am giving new meaning to the phrase "buzzing with excitement."
Dropping my favorite accessible ADULT fantasy recs from the last year in light of the 💿🐴 elsewhere.
- One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
- The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
- The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
- The Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis
- The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
- One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
- The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
- The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
- The Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis
- The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
September 9, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Dropping my favorite accessible ADULT fantasy recs from the last year in light of the 💿🐴 elsewhere.
- One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
- The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
- The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
- The Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis
- The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
- One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
- The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
- The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem
- The Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis
- The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
Silly me, thinking I would save money by using my audible credits to preorder books
...and then using the flimsiest excuses to buy the hardcopy books anyway.
...and then using the flimsiest excuses to buy the hardcopy books anyway.
September 8, 2023 at 3:44 PM
Silly me, thinking I would save money by using my audible credits to preorder books
...and then using the flimsiest excuses to buy the hardcopy books anyway.
...and then using the flimsiest excuses to buy the hardcopy books anyway.