Finding myself on the 📷 place more these days because I can't stand the garbage clogging my feed here. Come find me under nicolelburan.

I am not demure or cutesy, but I am very mindful of these shortcomings 😋

For that "classist" argument--the best writing feedback I consistently get is from my weekly critique group (unpaid) that I met on Twitter (no subscription). Try again. #amwriting #fuckai

Being a writer who is also a parent means you have trained yourself to be more productive while sitting on the floor in the doorway of your child's room hunched like a goblin over your laptop than the quiet nights you have to yourself sitting at a proper desk. #amwriting

Either Laura Dern's character for Jurassic Park or Arwen And yes, I did have wildly varied interests as a kid 😂

Officially indoctrinating my kids to the masterpiece that is The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's spooky season!! #parenting #thenightmarebeforechristmas

very few people ever finish a novel. you know how much it takes to write an entire freaking novel? let alone show it to literary agents! finishing ANY draft is a big freaking achievement that a small percentage of the entire universe can claim it's a win <3

Reintroduction time! I'm Nicole, and I write dark, historical-inspired fantasy with a heaping scoop of romance and a dash of female rage. #sff #romantasy #amwriting

Romantasy hot take: I'm sick of morally-gray shadow daddies. Where are the green flag soft-bois? #amreading #amwriting #romantasy

Popping back on here in preparation for diving back into the query trenches with a heavily revised manuscript sometime in the new year. 👀👀 #amwriting #sff #romantasy #specfic

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 🤦🏻‍♀️ #amwriting #sff #romantasy #specfic

THIS. How do you think kids learn how to be adults??

Rewatching Cinderella with the littles, and honestly, the most fantastical part of this movie isn't a fairy godmother who can make carriages out of pumpkins. It's the cat getting pissed off about Cinderella waking him up first for breakfast. #parenting #cats #Disney

Girls will be like "I needed this." And it's just the unconditional love of a nerdy softboi and vengeance against their common enemy. #sff #romantasy #amquerying #amwriting

To do: -accidentally kidnap a prince -convince him to betray his dysfunctional family - definitely don't fall in love with him -achieve vengeance against the man who destroyed your life #questpit #sff #querying

🗡️A traitor who will do anything to avenge her brother, killed for his illegal magic 🧪An alchemist prince horrified by his ignorance of his family’s crimes 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨Overcoming their mutual mistrust to destroy the one who betrayed them both 💀Or die trying #questpit #sff #Q

Absolutely no one: 5 yo in a sing-song voice: "head, where are you?" #parenting

I'm just an author, looking for agents who like romantic fantasy that is more "Vigilante Sh!t" than "Opalite." #sff #romantasy #TaylorSwift

To seek revenge and atone for her role in the Order’s violent crimes against magic users, a traitor must convince the Order’s future head to switch sides so they can bring down its current leader, or die trying. #pitdark #DF #FA #NA

As Order Heir, Lukas lives for alchemy. But learning his family’s lies&a rebel’s truth transmutes his life faster than gold. Elinor would do anything to destroy the Order. But turning Lukas against his family w/o losing her❤️or her life is her biggest act yet.#Pitdark #DF #FA #NA