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Nikesha Elise Williams
@nikeshaelise.bsky.social
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THE SEVEN DAUGHTERS OF DUPREE by nikesha elise williams @nikeshaelise.bsky.social is available 1/27/26 from scout press @ssedlib.bsky.social #debut #historical #mothers #daughters #women #generations #ancestors #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 12/1!
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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COURAGE to WRITE Writer of Note Nikesha Elise William’s novel, THE SEVEN DAUGHTERS OF DUPREE, will be published by Scout Press on January 27th, 2026! @nikeshaelise.bsky.social

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November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Be sure to check out the latest episode of the Black and Published podcast hosted by @nikeshaelise.bsky.social with special guest Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social (DEFIANT ACTS)! 🎉🎉🎉 #fiction #booksky
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Family Values with James Stewart III
Podcast Episode · Black & Published · 08/05/2025 · 42m
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August 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My website is updated, renovated and live. Finally one digital house for all of me. Welcome home www.newwrites.com
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June 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Yall it’s here. My book baby is finally ready for yall to see FRFR
June 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I don’t feel like writing … but I did it. 1363 yesterday. 1061 today. Half of today’s count is thanks to a sex scene. Somebody cue Ludacris or Twista 💦 … anyways #1000wordsofsummer
June 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
1471 today for #1000wordsofsummer and even though this is a second draft and I (kinda) know where I’m going I still feel like I’m feeling my way through the dark
June 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
1376 yesterday, 2131 today for #1000wordsofsummer

Why do I get the feeling that draft 2 is about to be 30,000 words longer than the first draft.

Im in chapter 2 of 12 🤦🏾‍♀️
June 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Doing #1000wordsofsummer for draft two of something new 1535 today … let’s see how these two weeks go
May 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Had to go through my own receipts about how long drafting and revision takes to get to the finish line on a book to try to gear myself up to write the second draft of a new project. I literally counted up the words www.newwrites.com/campaigns/vi...
What to Cut, What to Keep
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May 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It’s really happening my big debut book baby is on the way and I’m so grateful to the whole team especially Peter and all the amazing authors who offered kind words about my story.

I love yall real strong 🖤
Unbelievable novel coming at you beginning of 2026 by @nikeshaelise.bsky.social
Check out that Elizabeth Gilbert blurb at the top! And the @jamiattenberg.bsky.social one on the back! And @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social too!
April 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The other reason Substack is probably not going to work out for me … I already do a monthly newsletter through my website … and I don’t want to figure out how to migrate and use a new platform … I know, I’m old … but does platform really matter? 🤷🏾‍♀️ Issa newsletter 👇🏾 www.newwrites.com/campaigns/vi...
Living History that Rhymes
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February 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
after the #Grammys I kept thinking about Bey and the win. And all the other times she was snubbed and how both the snubs and the win are so much bigger than her.

so I put some words on Substack. I doubt this’ll be a regular thing but I had time nikeshawilliams452956.substack.com/p/congratula...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Watching the #grammys and I’m hopeful Beyoncé wins AOTY but if 2025 is any indication so far it’s going to that other lady and I already feel a way. I’m also going to feel a way if she wins because real talk it’s 10 years overdue
February 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My podcast is called BLACK & Published. (And it’s heavy in the Black) Y’all wanna guess how many times a day I get pitches for writers and authors who are not only not Black but not even any kind of person of color. GTFOH

I know I’m on the email list but damn
January 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yesterday, I was at my Black job eating gumbo on zoom with a crab claw in hand. And this morning I’m having the last of my gumbo for breakfast. If this is wrong I don’t wanna be right
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I just did my 9 step night time skin care routine and applied a collagen mask I’ve seen all over my timeline and I feel like a pretty rich bih ☺️
January 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Sipping my wine from a water glass and I will not be judged
January 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Here’s the second episode podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
The Power of Belief with Iris Mwanza
Podcast Episode · Black & Published · 01/20/2025 · 50m
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January 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Since I mostly follow and am followed by writers, I thought I’d let you know I have a podcast about the journeys of writers. It’s called Black & Published. Season 5 started today with a 2 episode premiere to provide distraction from that thing in D.C. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Witnessing From the Empire with Fady Joudah & Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Podcast Episode · Black & Published · 01/20/2025 · 56m
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January 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
👋🏾 What’s good blue sky. I like the butterfly.

Anywho… I’m Nikesha. A writer. Of books and other things… but mostly books. Like THE SEVEN DAUGHTERS OF DUPREE dropping in a year and 11 days.

And yes I’m counting because I’m excited. 😁
January 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM