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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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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 · 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

Thank you to everyone who has bought, reviewed, supported and cheered me on over the last twelve months. Onward and upward to 2026 📚

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

The most surprising stat? The number of books I sold. I honestly didn't think it was anywhere near 600. While over half were ebook sales (no surprise there) nearly a third were also direct sales from the five conventions I attended this year!

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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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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 · 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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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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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 · 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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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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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 10/04/2025

#NZWrites April 10: what am I currently reading? My April reading plans are not going to plan. Goddammit Donut. #nzwrites #dungeoncrawlercarl #litrpg #amreading #amreadingfantasy

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 10/04/2025

#NZWrites catch up: Share a favourite opening line. This one's from Sam Hawke's City of Lies. Highly recommend! #fantasy #fantasybooks #bookseries #fantasybooklover

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 08/04/2025

Head up book lovers! The @campfirewriting sale is on with over 250 books (including three of mine) discounted until April 13 🔥 The Rarkyn's Familiar - now $0.99 The Rarkyn's Fall - now $2.99 Dingo & Sister - FREE Head over to www.campfirewriting.com/explore to browse the books #booksale #booksky

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

#NZWrites: A bookish world would want to live in? Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree. Because coffee ☕️ #booksky #writersky #readingcommunity

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 03/04/2025

A bunch of #indieauthors (including me!) have banded together to give away 20 novellas to 3 separate winners (globally)! Includes all 10 #SFINCS finalists + other great authors! Enter here 👉 forms.gle/XrLaUXyzQ8AU... You have until Friday April 4th to put your name in for the draw! #booksky

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 02/04/2025

#NZWrites April 2: Plotter or pantser? I landed somewhere in the middle 👇

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 31/03/2025

#NZWrites March 31: Share something good that happened this month. I found out I'm a finalist in the Sir Julius Vogel Awards 😊

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 30/03/2025

#NZWrites March 30: My favourite bookshop or library? The Book Exchange in Glen Eden. Books + coffee + super supportive of local indie authors = amazing

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 28/03/2025

#NZWrites March 28: A bookish pet peeve. Easier for me to show you 👇 Does it annoy me enough to replace the books? No. Does it nevertheless annoy me when I see it on my shelf? Just a bit 😅

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 26/03/2025

#NZWrites March 26: I dislike this trope so much that I deliberately wrote the ending of The Rarkyn's Familiar to stomp all over it 😅

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 24/03/2025

#NZWrites March 24: My favourite trope? The animal/magical companion trope. I don't use it in everything, but it sure does pop up A LOT 😅

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 24/03/2025

#NZWrites March 22 (yes, I know, I forgot again 😅): Do I have a writing ritual. I landed on snacks for this one.

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 22/03/2025

Folks, there's a NZ and Aussie edition of a $0.99 Stuff Your Kindle Sale happening this weekend! Check out the books here 👉 www.aus-nz-indiewritersbookclub.com/stuff-your-k... #booksky #booklovers #nzbooks #auswrites

Text graphic that read "99c ebook weekend" Featuring the cover of Once We Flew.

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 20/03/2025

So, Meta used pirated copies of my books to train their fucking AI. In case my stance hasn't been clear before, if you use Generative AI to write your stories, it is a black list from me. I will not buy your works, I will not promote them, I will not read or review them. #FuckAI

List of Nikky Lee's pirated books unlawfully used to train Meta's AI

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 20/03/2025

#NZWrites March 20: Series or standalone? And why? Gah, this is hard. Okay series. But by a narrow margin.

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 19/03/2025

Thought I had posted this, but nope. So, here we are a bit late ... again 😅 #NZWrites March 18: My preferred reading format. Audio. And it 100% counts as reading (I will die on this hill).

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Nikky Lee - Author @nikkythewriter.com · 18/03/2025

#NZWrites March 16: My favourite reading spot. The couch! Preferably with a blanket and a coffee ☕️

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