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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 19/07/2026

Currently between steps 2 and 3 🔪🔪🔪 #AuthorLife #MemeMonday

Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 18/07/2026

Two 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 #therarkyntrilogy

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 05/07/2026

Wait... what do you mean it's not? *Quitely closes a bazillion browser tabs* #AuthorLife #MemeMonday

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 29/06/2026

Ah yes, the horror of a blank word document, open and waiting for me to start *shudders* #AuthorLife #MemeMonday

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 14/06/2026

Main character: You wouldn't do that to me. You need me! Author: Oh, I absolutely would 😈 #AuthorLife #MemeMonday

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 07/06/2026

When people ask what it's like to be an author, I will show them this from now on 🙈😅 #MemeMonday #AuthorLife

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Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Te Pae Tawhiti is proud to present the finalists of the 2025 awards! See the full list at: tepaetawhitiawards.nz/2025-te-pae-... Thank you to the committee and our judges for making these awards possible! #NZBooks

2025 Te Pae Tawhiti Finalists - Outstanding Achievement for Adult Novel

The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
Lifelikeness by Alex Lodge
Dancing in the Purple Rain by Judy L Mohr
Galaxy Grifter by A. Zaykova

2025 Te Pae Tawhiit Finalists - Outstanding Achievement for Young Adult Fiction

The Lost Saint by Rachael Craw
Truth Needs No Colour by Heather McQuillan
Wyld Witch Weather by Janna Ruth

2025 Te Pae Tawhiit Finalists - Outstanding Achievement for Middle Grade Fiction

Draconic Search and Rescue by Robinne L Weiss
Eye of the Dragon by Susan Brocker
The Secret Green by Sonya Wilson
Welcome to Miracle by Shara Curlett

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 31/05/2026

The best kind of math 📚️ If you want to book math my series, start with The Rarkyn's Familiar here: books2read.com/rarkyn #MemeMonday #BookMath #Books

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 28/05/2026

Throwback 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. fanfiaddict.com/guest-post-t... #Essay #NZBooks #Fantasy

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Guest Post: The Monster as a Mirror by Nikky Lee | FanFiAddict

Welcome to the The Rarkyn's Familar by Nikky Lee book tour, made possible by the wonderful people over at Escapist Book Tours! Below you can find infor ...

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 25/04/2026

Promo time! If you love fantasy with mythical creatures, check out some of these reads 👇 books.bookfunnel.com/fantasymythi... Don't wait too long though, the promo wraps up on April 30! #booksale #indieauthors #lovebooks

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 31/12/2025

Phew, 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 #authorlife

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 29/12/2025

We're almost at the end of the year! 🥳 It's customary to reflect back on the books we've read, so here is our year in books 2025 featuring the books Nils and Trudie have enjoyed: www.readindiefantasy.com/2025-a-year-...

A banner image featuring colourful firework-inspired background and the text: 2025, the year in indie books. The structured ramblings of Nils and Tru.

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 30/12/2025

When 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 #nzbooks

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 23/12/2025

And 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 #toreadpile

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 23/12/2025

Sooo, how much have we spent on books leading up to Christmas? Or is it too soon to tell? 📚 #books #reading #bookaddict

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 14/12/2025

That'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 #TheRarkynTrilogy

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 09/12/2025

It 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?

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 07/12/2025

Myself 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 👉 itch.io/b/3409/end-o... Sale ends 15th December. #booksale #bookdeal #bookbundle #indieauthors

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 12/10/2025

A 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 #nzauthor

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 08/10/2025

It's been a bit of a slog, but Rarkyn book 3 is at 240k words! Almost there 😮‍💨 #therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #drafting #authorlife #writing

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

The Narratess Indie August Sale is ALMOST OVER! Dozens of indie fantasy, sci-fi and horror books are on sale or even free! Go check out this amazing sale before it ends!!! indiebook.sale 💙📚

Narratess Indie Book Sale, August 23-25. Banner shows several ebooks around a graphic of a dragon, skulls, crystals and planets.

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the Driveby Calligrapher @dbcalligrapher.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

@fondalee.bsky.social on the “why fantasy” panel, telling us why she likes fantasy. She also said “it tells the truth by lowering the defenses”

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 24/08/2025

The 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.sale

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 17/08/2025

Whelp, 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 #nzbooks

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 09/08/2025

Heads up book lovers! This weekend is the Beloved SFF Sale. Check out the amazing, curated list of recommended indie fantasy and sci-fi books that are either free or US$0.99! talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025... 1/2 #Booksky #booklovers #indiebooks #booksale

Beloved SFF book sale graphic - August 7-11th

Over 100 recommended books on sale

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Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards @tepaetawhitiawards.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards—Aotearoa New Zealand's first juried speculative fiction awards—are currently open to entries! We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories: 1/3

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 17/07/2025

200k down! I am no longer sure how much more I have to go 😅 But I think it's going to be more than the 20k I gave myself. Ooops 🙈 #therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #authorlife #epicfantasy #writing #drafting

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 13/07/2025

It's official! THE RARKYN'S FAMILIAR is now out on audiobook 🎧🎉 Narrated by the brilliant Anna Maste (@annamastevoice). It's now available on Amazon, Audible, Kobo Plus and all the usual audiobook places — links at www.books2read.com/rarkyn 🪶 #audiobooks #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #booksky

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 21/05/2025

🚨 Book bundle alert 🚨 Enjoy speculative fiction with strong women? Check out these two book bundles! Buy 13 books for $16.25 instead of $43 and save over 60%! DEAL ENDS MAY 22. Bundle 1: itch.io/b/3023/stron... Bundle 2 (contains Rarkyn 1 & 2): itch.io/b/3022/stron... #Booksky #BargainBooks

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 30/04/2025

#NZWrites April 30: Share something good that happen to me this month! (No video again, as cold still not gone 😤) I won a Sir Julius Vogel Award for my sci-fi horror novella "We Who Remain"! And I also found out I was shortlisted four times in the Australian Aurealis Awards 🤯

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 28/04/2025

#ZNWrites April 26 catch up (no video as a cold has claimed my voice 😫) I use a lot of tools, but the one I constantly recommend to people—especially if you're struggling with motivation and focus—is 4thewords! It's basically an RPG for writers 👇 4thewords.com youtube.com/shorts/UKkGk...

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Gamify your writing! 4thewords ❤️👀✨ #writing #gamify #writers

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 24/04/2025

I'll be there too at Stall A15 with the North Shore Writers Crew 😊

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 24/04/2025

#NZWrites April 24: Do I reread books? I have recently discovered the wonders of relistening to audiobooks at bedtime. It's great!

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 19/04/2025

I'm thrilled to share that my sci-fi cosmic horror novella "We Who Remain" from A NIGHT SO DARK AND FULL OF STARS won a Sir Julius Vogel Award last night! Big thank you to @austinpsheehan.bsky.social and @deadsetpress.bsky.social for all the work you put into this story 🫶 #Booksky #nzbooks

A NIGHT SO DARK AND FULL OF STARS book next to a Sir Julius Vogel Award trophy

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 18/04/2025

#WIP update: Rarkyn Book 3 has officially hit the 160k mark. It's sooo close to hitting the homeward stretch. Sooo close. #Booksky #Fantasy #Writersky

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SpecFicNZ @specficnz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Meet our next feature member: Andrew Taylor! Head over to the SpecFicNZ website to read the full interview: specfic.nz/2025/04/15/s... His book The Dimension Stone is available now from Amazon. #specficnz #memberfeature #scifi #nzwrites #nzscifi #nzwriter

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 16/04/2025

#NZWrites April 16: Do I read multiple books at once or one at a time? Me: "Why read one when you can read five?!" 📚 😅 *starts new book*

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 15/04/2025

Delighted to share that three of my stories—"We Who Remain", "Maiden's Dawn" and "Doors"—are finalists in the Aurealis Awards! Massive congratulations to all my fellow finalists 🥳 aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2... #booksky #auswrites #books

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2024 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement

Now in its 30th year, the 2024 Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier speculative fiction award, attracted more than 830 entries across 15 categories, including 34 nominations in the tri-annual…

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Esmay Rosalyne @esmayrosalyne.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

COVER REVEAL: Parasitic Omens by @jessicaamcminn.bsky.social 💙 A gaslamp fantasy horror novella pitched as Supernatural x The Witcher x Bloodborne. Coming May 27th! 🔥 beforewegoblog.com/cover-reveal...

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COVER REVEAL: Parasitic Omens by Jessica A. McMinn

It's time to reveal the cover of Parasitic Omens, the gaslamp horror fantasy novella by Jessica A. McMinn pitched as Supernatural x The Witcher x Bloodborne.

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 14/04/2025

#NZWrites April 14: A book that's been on my TBR the longest? Let's see what my Goodreads says...

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 14/04/2025

Catching up on #NZWrites again 😅 Short answer: 1st POV - oj both counts. Explanation 👇 #booksky #writersky #amwriting

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Bill Adams - Willow Wraith Press author/owner @williamjadams3.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Last day for #SFINCS before a winner is crowned! Therefore, I have a Finalist review for Team Secret Scribes! Once we Flew by @nikkythewriter.com fanfiaddict.com/93611-2/

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