Your Creative Push

Nikki Rae is an independent author who lives in New Jersey. She explores human nature through fiction, concentrating on making the imaginary as real as possible. Her genres of choice are mainly dark, scary, romantic tales, but she’ll try anything once. When she is not writing, reading, or thinking, you can find her spending time with animals, drawing in a quiet corner, or studying people. Closely. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/nikkirae In this episode, Nikki discusses: -How she started writing when she was 14 and homebound after breaking her leg and having nothing else to do. -The frustrating and fruitless experience of querying her first novel out to publishers for five years. -The differences between indie publishing and traditional publishing. -How independent publishing takes away the gatekeepers. -Being able to interact with and get feedback from her audience as she is writing. -Getting burnt out. -Her strategy of writing for half of the year and promoting for the other half. -How everyone