M'Linda Sims · Literary Fiction
Resilient.Joyful.Here.
Character-driven fiction about friendship, aging without apology, and the messy, beautiful business of staying alive.
Ella & Margit
M'Linda Sims · Literary Fiction
Character-driven fiction about friendship, aging without apology, and the messy, beautiful business of staying alive.
Ella & Margit
Princess Penned is a home for character-driven short and flash fiction authored by M'Linda Sims. The flagship series follows two unforgettable women through the hilarious, tender, and quietly devastating terrain of friendship, chosen family, and life lived fully.
The stories move sideways as often as forward. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes tender, sometimes quietly devastating. Always true.
Paid subscribers don't just read along — they participate. Contributing vocabulary and prompts that shape future installments, becoming collaborators in the rhythm and texture of the stories themselves. Because language matters. And so does community.
"If Margit is grace under pressure, Ella is truth at full volume."
Ella Morgan is wind and brass and nerve. A veteran vocalist with a voice that can hush a room or tear it wide open — outspoken, funny, occasionally profane, and deeply intentional.
Her style is as unpredictable as her mood. One day she's silk and gold chains, the next she's denim and boots with history. Whatever the look, it's deliberate.
She does not smooth herself down to be palatable. She believes life is meant to be sung loudly, even when it cracks.
"I am resilient. I am joyful. And I am here."
Margit Beauvois moves through the world as if it were still watching her. Once a model, always a presence — immaculately dressed, perfectly groomed, and just sharp enough to remind you she didn't get here by accident.
She believes in beauty as discipline, manners as armor, and laughter as survival. Age has refined her, not dulled her.
Margit does not chase adventure. She allows it to catch up.
"Grace under pressure. Always."
M'Linda Sims introduces herself, the world of Margit & Ella, and why these stories matter.
Sarah M'Linda Sims is a proud Jersey Girl who has lived enough life to fill several novels — and she's just getting started.
A former entertainer, mental health professional, and someone who has walked through fire and come out the other side (by the grace of God, she'll tell you), M'Linda brings all of it to the page. Her stories are built to resonate — full of wisdom, whimsy, and the kind of realistic fiction that makes you feel seen, nostalgic, and a little tearful, all at once.
Margit Beauvois and Ella "Fitz" Morgan? They started as a homework assignment. A boring one, actually. But they refused to stay quietly on the page, and M'Linda had the good sense not to stop them. They are just two of many.
She'll be the first to tell you: this isn't really about her. It's about the characters. Pick one, any, or all — and please, enjoy. ❤️
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