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she/her || YA fantasy writer || #DVMentor mentee '21 || co-creator of @Desiwriters || 98% jalebi || 2% waffles || 🇮🇳🇧🇪🇬🇧

United Kingdom
Joined July 2009
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INDIAN MYTH+NINA ZENIK In a world where the elite hold power over elements, ordinary pottery girl Bhoomi never expected to be kidnapped to save a foreign kingdom. But the queen behind her kidnapping has different plans. Ones that could cost Bhoomi her loved ones. #APIPit #YA #F
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Omg guys I haven't been on Twitter in a while and now everyone leaving 😭 can someone please explain what Hive is and why we're all flocking to it?
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So the professional beta reader never refunded me lmfao. What pisses me off apart from the money is that I'm not the only one and they KEEP OFFERING THEIR SERVICES.
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This is an email an agent sent me 2 hours before our scheduled call, upon realizing I'm still living in my country, #Iran. She's busy all of a sudden, and doesn't bother to reschedule. This is the 3rd. time. Guys I'm so tired. #publishing #writerscommunity #WritingCommmunity
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Ok but why is this ya contemporary idea suddenly starting to appear in my head 😭😭
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Emily Henry X Beth O’Leary Amicability is the great pretender for authors Becky🇲🇾 & Antonio🇰🇷. Not til their Mommas’ surprise visit at the cottage! The sunshine & eccentric pair will outdo 1 another—blurring the hating games & the wheel of romance. #MoodPitch #A #R #RC #IRMC
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gender-bent Aladdin×RWRB in 🇮🇳 Get your own Genie who's a lifestyle vlogger? ✔️ Own a palace? ✔️ Fall for neighbor kingdom's cute prince? ✔️ Annoy the Palace Manager w/ antics? ✔️ Escape evil aunt who wants to 🔪 you & take over the world?Umm... #MoodPitch #YA #F #MV #CON #POC
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GIDEON x FAST & FURIOUS Hey, Finn. Sorry I shapeshifted, kissed you, and tricked you into telling me secrets about your dad’s interplanetary mob. Want to burn down the system with me? My spy agency will only kill me a little if they find out. xx Rho #MoodPitch #YA #SF #LGBT
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MINA AND THE UNDEAD X WHAT WE HARVEST To save her town from monsters on Halloween, Thulasi makes a deal with their dead, famous creator. But when the deal endangers her friends, she has until midnight to save them. Looks like she's going monster-hunting. #moodpitch #YA #POC #H
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SHADOW & BONE x DEFY THE NIGHT Bonded from childhood by ink magic, two friends-to-enemies-to-lovers navigate a treacherous political landscape as he competes to be the next king— and she plots to overthrow his family. #MoodPitch #YA #F #R
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🇮🇳 Genie × Fleabag "Hey fam! I am Genie & welcome back to my YouTube channel. Today we have Ali who's dealing with a case of 'How my aunt almost killed me to get her hands on a golden lamp'. Do like, share & subscribe for more wacky content!" #MoodPitch #YA #F #CON #MV #POC
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Desi, gender-swapped Aladdin retelling × Princess Diaries Featuring: ✨Ace-aro Genie who loves vlogging ✨Ice-Queen villian vs a lazy thief ✨Set in India 🇮🇳 ✨Rags to royalty + tabloid gossip ✨Magic + Mischief + Slow-burn Romance #MoodPitch #YA #CON #F #R #POC #MV #LGBT
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🇹🇩STRANGER THAN FICTION #moodpitch #a #t #tt #spf #mh #esl Trapped in a plot hole by an anxious writer, a detective & a plant lady must draft-&-time travel to 1900s Bucharest—Little Paris of the East—& solve the recurring crime in the Roman baths before the writer erases her ms.
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A CURSE SO DARK & LONELY✖️WICKED✖️🇮🇹Morgan Le Fay When a cursed half-fay jester overhears a plot to kill the human crown prince, she must reconcile with her powerful mixed race identity to stop the assassin...or let the kingdom fall, so she can rise. #MoodPitch #YA #F #OWN #POC
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INDIAN NINA ZENIK+CRESS A pottery girl and sheltered princess have nothing in common—until a queen kidnaps one and traps the other's father. If they fail, their loved ones die. If they succeed, their lives will never be the same. #JWMeetYourMatch #YA #F #POC
Rishi Sunak fined by the police this year, boasted of having no working class friends & switching funding from deprived areas to the rich, is now set to be the UK’s first billionaire PM. The elite are back in charge. – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Outlining and want to amp up the
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Why can't someone just save me from the hell that is dating apps??
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In a water-scarce world, take a lonely girl a desperate reporter ROBIN HOOD thieves a trillion$ corp Add mass poisoning & loyalties die. Thousands of lives at stake. Sachin & Rani navigate a minefield of betrayal & murder, unable to even trust each other. #PitDark #A #SF #OWN
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