SFFH Author | Aurealis Award Winner, Ditmar Best New Talent, Sir Julius Vogel Award Winner | she/her 📘 THE RARKYN TRILOGY 📘 ONCE WE FLEW 📘 A NIGHT SO DARK AND FULL OF STARS 📍Aotearoa New Zealand www.nikkythewriter.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mqzu7gmcpb2aCurrently between steps 2 and 3 🔪🔪🔪 #AuthorLife #MemeMonday19 Jul 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzu7gmcpb2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mqx2jjdvba2rTwo years. 294,000 words. Final book in the Rarkyn Trilogy drafted. Thank the writing gods it's over. Time to start praying to the editing powers that be because the next step is going to be gnarly 🪓✂️🪓😬😭🫠 #amwriting #amdrafting #authorlife #sendhelp #epicfantasy #lastbook #therarkyntrilogy18 Jul 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx2jjdvba2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mqi7begq2p2aOne for my fellow night owls 🦉 #AuthorLife #MemeMonday12 Jul 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqi7begq2p2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mpwnohsu7x2tWait... what do you mean it's not? *Quitely closes a bazillion browser tabs* #AuthorLife #MemeMonday05 Jul 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwnohsu7x2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mpf3dyhkrc22Ah yes, the horror of a blank word document, open and waiting for me to start *shudders* #AuthorLife #MemeMonday28 Jun 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpf3dyhkrc22https://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mothziyjcn2w"The plot clumpens" 🤣🤣🤣21 Jun 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mothziyjcn2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mobt2iwczs23Main character: You wouldn't do that to me. You need me! Author: Oh, I absolutely would 😈 #AuthorLife #MemeMonday14 Jun 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobt2iwczs23https://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mnq3ujlrir2oWhen people ask what it's like to be an author, I will show them this from now on 🙈😅 #MemeMonday #AuthorLife07 Jun 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnq3ujlrir2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mn6im2xr5z2nThe best kind of math 📚️ If you want to book math my series, start with The Rarkyn's Familiar here: books2read.com/rarkyn #MemeMonday #BookMath #Books31 May 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6im2xr5z2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mmuposa5xn2bThrowback Thursday! While cleaning out my hard drive today I came across the draft of my Monster as a Mirror essay (which I'd completely forgotten I'd written). This was published as a guest post on FanFiAddict back in 2022. https://fanfiaddict.com/guest-post-the-monster-as-a-mirror-by-nikky-lee/ #Essay #NZBooks #Fantasy28 May 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuposa5xn2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mkdteb3jte23Promo time! If you love fantasy with mythical creatures, check out some of these reads 👇 https://books.bookfunnel.com/fantasymythicalcreaturesapril26/eci570f2oe Don't wait too long though, the promo wraps up on April 30! #booksale #indieauthors #lovebooks25 Apr 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdteb3jte23https://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mbakoegff42kPhew, what a year! Quite possibly the biggest year I've done in terms of word counts—and it was all for one (still unfinished) project 🫠 #2025wrapped #YearInReview #EndofYearWrap #authorlife31 Dec 2025 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbakoegff42khttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mb6mnizf2w2zWhen you can't self rec due to group rules but your book fits the request for recommendation so darn well – might as well turn it into a bit of easy marketing 🤣 #TheRarkynTrilogy #epicfantasy #fantasyseries #nzbooks30 Dec 2025 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb6mnizf2w2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3matochz72y2cGuilty as charged 😂 #bookgirl #bookshop #readersgonnaread #bookaddict25 Dec 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3matochz72y2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3maomj7scwx2aAnd I had such grand ambitions of finishing the draft of Rarkyn 3 before the end of the year... 😮‍💨 Same sentiment also applies to my TBR 📚🙈📚 #authorlife #dragons #christmas #toreadpile23 Dec 2025 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3maomj7scwx2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3mamvfxxjaz27Sooo, how much have we spent on books leading up to Christmas? Or is it too soon to tell? 📚 #books #reading #bookaddict23 Dec 2025 04:19 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mamvfxxjaz27https://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3m7y3vgwuxs2iThat's right folks, THE RARKYN'S FALL, book 2 of The Rarkyn Trilogy is now out in audio from all the usual places! Head to www.books2read.com/rarkynsfall for the links 🔗 #audiobook #fantasygram #indiebooks #epicfantasy #TheRarkynTrilogy14 Dec 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7y3vgwuxs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3m7jd67qxg22uIt turns out my Kiwi colleagues have never heard of the term "Gen Y". Apparently this generation has always been called "Millennials" in NZ. Is the Gen Y name just an Aussie thing that I assumed was universal?09 Dec 2025 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7jd67qxg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3m7egzk7evp2bMyself and 63 other authors have come together to offer this mega deal on itch.io for December! Buy 64 books—including THE RARKYN'S FAMILAR–for $45! Normally ~$224 (Save 79%!) Get it while you can 👉 https://itch.io/b/3409/end-of-year-fantasy-mega-bundle Sale ends 15th December. #booksale #bookdeal #bookbundle #indieauthors07 Dec 2025 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7egzk7evp2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3m2xfbzxp2c23A reminder to my NZ spec fic author friends – don't forget to enter your works into Te Pae Tawhiti Awards, Aotearoa's first judged speculative fiction awards! We're looking for novels, novellas, YA, MG, short stories, graphic novels and more! tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/ #nzbooks #nzauthor11 Oct 2025 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2xfbzxp2c23https://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3m3nsv7nej22iNice little write up from the @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social team 🥰 https://tepaetawhitiawards.nz/getting-to-know-us-pr-co-ordinator-nikky-lee/ #nzbooks #nzspecfic #tepaetawhitiawards20 Oct 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3nsv7nej22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3m2xfbzxp2c23A reminder to my NZ spec fic author friends – don't forget to enter your works into Te Pae Tawhiti Awards, Aotearoa's first judged speculative fiction awards! We're looking for novels, novellas, YA, MG, short stories, graphic novels and more! tepaetawhitiawards.nz/how-to-enter/ #nzbooks #nzauthor11 Oct 2025 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2xfbzxp2c23https://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3m2o2y3ncny2wIt's been a bit of a slog, but Rarkyn book 3 is at 240k words! Almost there 😮‍💨 #therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #drafting #authorlife #writing08 Oct 2025 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2o2y3ncny2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3lx4c67osr42aThe Narratess Book Sale is on! 320+ fantasy, science-fiction and horror books for Free, 0.99, or 1.99—including The Rarkyn's Familiar! 🪶Blood magic 🪶Kickass heroine 🪶Monster companion 🪶Enemies to begrudging allies 🪶Multiple magic systems 🪶Mental health rep + Now in audiobook 🎧 🔗➡️ indiebook.sale24 Aug 2025 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx4c67osr42ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nikkythewriter.com/post/3lwkhvzk26c2hWhelp, I hit my 220,000 word target and I'm not done (so many loose ends to tie up 😵‍💫). The good news is I'm solidly into act three and the end is in sight. #therarkyntrilogy #booksky #amwriting #epicfantasy #nzbooks16 Aug 2025 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:ijgov3httocldhytdrxq6de4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwkhvzk26c2h