this book is perfect for those fall vibes and romances... I am so enjoying it!! 🎃 #spookyromance #spookybooks #halloweentown #octoberbooks

In most Punjabi households Christmas is very much a cultural experience mixed with the diaspora of western thought and south Asian living. I remember asking my Bibi NOT TO MAKE savoury jarda rice with our dinner as I just wanted a normal Christmas meal... Whatever that is? What I learned wa

Here's what I have learned... Progress is progress. If that means writing 50 words or 1500 words.... Still progress. Cutting a whole chapter or rewriting several scenes... STILL PROGRESS!! and if you've not written in months (like me) it's still progress. It'

I always say you wrote what you read, and I have been reading a fair bit but these three books have left their mark... Musafir cafe - it is cute and cosy and romantic but also examines how complex relationships are. Who is in the right? Who is the villain? Should I be rooting for these two peop

Today's Kismat Question: What makes a romance feel cosy? ☕Chai 🏔️Small towns ❄️snow 👩🏾‍❤️‍👨🏾Family Drop your answers in the comments... #punjabiwriter #PunjabiRomance #desicouple #workinprogress

A quiet village at the foot of the Juniper mountains where magic, love and fate mingle to create a Merri Kismat. #MerriKismat #desiauthor #punjabiromance #juniperfalls #workinprogress Would you live here?

Couldn’t find anything to read… so naturally I settled for book two of What the River Knows: Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez. 😂📚✨ And honestly? What a decision. The tension between Whitford and Inez had me absolutely GRIPPED. The yearning, the secrets, the will they/won’t they energy

I wanted to love The Pilgrim, I really did! The premise pulled me in, but somewhere along the way, the pacing just lost me. Call it wrong book, wrong time, but if I’m constantly reaching for my phone instead of turning the page, it’s time to call it. Life’s too short to force your way through book

A little Merri Kismat update… 💗🎄✨ I think it’s finally time to properly introduce you to the book that has been living rent-free in my head for months. Merri Kismat — my Punjabi Christmas rom-com. ☕️❄️ Arranged by family. Complicated by fate. Saved by love. 💕 This story has chai, Christ

DNFing Jurassic Park has officially sent me in a completely different reading direction… 🥹📖🌙 I’m now settling into my cosy spooky era with Pilgrim by Mitchell Lüthi, and honestly? This feels MUCH more like the vibe I’m craving right now. 👀🌙 Give me moonlit pages, mysterious creatures, gothic

I thought writing a six-word story would be easy. Six. Whole. Words. How hard could it be? 😅 Turns out… VERY. It’s such a tiny exercise, but every single word has to earn its place. You have to create a character, a feeling, a moment, maybe even a whole story arc — without actually having

Scotland, stunning scenery, and a little bit of Jurassic Park. 🦖📖🏴 I’ve been taking my Xteink X4 with me on my travels and honestly… it’s the perfect little reading companion. Distraction-free, easy on the eyes, and small enough to fit in my pocket — because apparently I need dinosaurs with me w

📚 British-Punjabi author ✍🏽 Writing Merri Kismat 💕 Romcoms, gothic fiction & stories that linger long after the final page. Reading one book, writing another, and always chasing the next great story. #WritingCommunity #Bookstagram #RomanceBooks #GothicFiction #DesiAuthor

I’m officially 12% into Jurassic Park and I’m already having so much fun 🦖✨ I can definitely see why this book is such a classic. The science is fascinating, the atmosphere is building, and I’m already side-eyeing every decision that led to a dinosaur theme park being considered a good idea 😂

A little milestone worth celebrating ✨🎄💛 Merri Kismat has officially reached 30,000 words! There have been moments of writer’s block, plot tangents, cups of chai, and plenty of wondering whether I’d ever find my way back into this story—but somehow, one word at a time, I did. I’m so happy to be

📖 Name of the Book: Jurassic Park 📄 Plot: random lizards are attacking people on a Costa Rican island... scientists are trying to figure out what's happening. we all know it's Dinosaurs 📄 Different from the movie? yes it opens with almost a crime scene detective type writing. no confir

I finally decided to DNF The Jasad Heir and move on to something I'm much more excited about... 🦖 Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton! Sadly, The Jasad Heir just wasn't the right book for me. The first chapter felt very heavy on the info-dumping, and by the end of Chapter 1 I still wasn&#3