Simone Shirazi's Blog, page 5

My Favorite Makeup Tutorials

If you’ve read my skincare routine post, you’ll know I LOVE makeup… I just never wear it.

Working from home, there’s really no need for me to get dolled up in order to sit in front of my computer all day, take my dog for a walk, or say hi to the UPS truck driver. I consider my work attire to be a messy bun, a bare face, and a nice matching pajama set. (I mean, it’s a jacket and pants! Might as well be a full suit!)

Even though I don’t wear makeup often, I sure do watch a lot of makeup tutoria...

Origin Stories: All That is Gold

Welcome back to another edition of Origin Stories where I talk about—you guessed it—the origins of the stories I’ve written so far! In today’s episode, we’re going to be talking about All That is Gold.

I suggest reading the first post in this blog series before this one, which was about Once Upon a One Night Stand. Timeline wise, we’re picking back up at the Plagiarism Haven days, which I talk about a little bit there.

If you haven’t read this story, don’t worry! I’m going to try to keep this...

My Physical TBR List

Here’s the deal: I like books. I really like books. I like books so much that I keep buying them. 

Unfortunately, I don’t read them all in a very timely manner. No, there are books on my shelves that I bought years ago and still haven’t cracked open just yet. It’s not that I don’t want to read them—I do, I really do—it’s just that the stack has grown so large that I feel like I’ll never get through them all.

(Of course, I don’t make my life any easier by buying more books every single month,...

Origin Stories: Once Upon a One Night Stand

Hi, friends!

This is going to be the start of a new series of posts that I like to call “Origin Stories”. Essentially, I’m going to be talking about how certain stories of mine came to be!

To kick off the series, I figured I’d start with the first story I ever wrote: Once Upon a One Night Stand.

[image error]

Acronym: OUAONS
Genre(s): YA, humor, romance, drama
Series: The Fairytale Series, Book #1
Summary: Several years and a handful of scandals were enough to make Taliana Avilla forget all about her sw...

New Year, Same Face [Skincare Routine]

Happy New Year, everyone!

Favorite Books of 2018

Once upon a time, I had lofty dreams of being a book blogger. I wanted to read hundreds of books a year, take pretty pictures of them, and carefully analyze their messages.

But, uh… I am not capable of that. I’m lazy, crappy at taking photographs, and I don’t have the vocabulary to truly describe a book past I loved it!!! It’s taken some time, but I’ve finally come to terms with those facts—although that doesn’t mean I won’t be posting about some of my favorite books.

So now that 2018 is draw...

so…who is simone?

Welcome to simoneshirazi.com! 

If you’ve found your way here, you probably know me from Wattpad or Radish Fiction where I write Teen Fiction/Young Adult and Romance novels. Or maybe you know me back from the FictionPress or PlagiarismHaven days. Or heck, maybe you’ve found me from my Pinterest or my Tumblr. But no matter how you stumbled upon this blog, I’m glad you’re here!

Anyway, I figured I might as well take a moment to introduce myself and tell the tale of how I ended up here.

So, hi!...