Ika Nurain Koeck
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Ika Nurain Koeck
@inkoeck.bsky.social
Author of SEA-fantasy-inspired stories, polymer clay sculptor, cat butler, teh tarik enthusiast. Short stories in various places/zines.
This track is absolutely beautiful and just keeps getting better and better.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWwM...
Sami Yusuf - Karitas (When Paths Meet)
YouTube video by Sami Yusuf
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Lady Gaga's new song and choreography is so unhinged....I love it! 😂 Old school 2010 vibes on steroids 😆

youtu.be/vBynw9Isr28?...

#ladygaga
#abracadabra
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by LadyGagaVEVO
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February 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When you reach the end of another chapter and read back what you wrote and can't help but feel scared because all the stuff that was in there were the things that terrified you when you were a kid....Congrats, Ika, you have a talent for traumatizing fictional children 😂

#itsawriterthing #writer
January 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is what happens when you have two competing pianists in the house 🤷‍♀️

#catsofbluesky #catsonbluesky #cats #cat #pianists #beethoven
December 3, 2024 at 2:31 PM
November 26, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting??
These two were - Any bets on who the winner is? :D
#cat #cats #CatsOnBlueSky #catsofbluesky #kungfufighting #caturday
November 24, 2024 at 9:32 AM
I would like to introduce my second supurrvisor and editor, Chewy. She has decided to respond to her name with "challenge accepted!" and chews EVERYthing (I've had to cat-proof the house). She's a homicidal floof muffin with a smooth brain and zero self-preservation instincts. #cat #cats
November 14, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Reposted by Ika Nurain Koeck
Look. Writers. I know it sucks a lot right now. And it’s gonna be a fight. And it’s gonna be ugly. And it feels bleak.

But we’ve been training for this our whole lives. What we do is actual magic.

Grieve. Scream. Rage. But don’t give up. The world needs your story now more than ever.
November 11, 2024 at 11:38 PM
61,700 words.....About halfway through the novel, and reaching the point where one of the protagonists finds his voice and speaks up against his oppressor. It's very cathartic for some reason!
#writing #writer #fantasy
November 12, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Reposted by Ika Nurain Koeck
shout out to all the writers and artists who take forever to finish something. I get it, bro. I take a long time too. but your worth as a writer/artist isn't built upon production. so just keep striding it out. keep taking those steps. we each have our own race track. we'll get to the finish line
November 9, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Mochi has always insisted on holding my hand when we’re watching a show together. He has been doing it since he was a wee little chonk 🥰 #cat #cats #kitten #kittens
November 9, 2024 at 4:27 PM
What are you all reading? I've just started Witch King by Martha Wells. It's pretty good! #read #tobereadlist #reader #book #books
November 9, 2024 at 11:18 AM
And this, is my main supurrvisor 😄 #cat #cats
November 8, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Hi, my name is Ika. I'm 40 years old, and I'm now in my 20th year + 8th attempt of trying to finish and publish my novel 😂 These days, it's more about the enjoyment of crafting the story than publishing. Writing brings me into such a fun, flow/zen state that I can't feel doing anything else. But...
November 8, 2024 at 8:42 AM