Nikki Braziel
@nikkibraziel.bsky.social
Writer and reader of all genres. Worldbuilding life one day at a time. Aimed at the intersection of the historical and fantastical, the whimsical and mundane. Find my work in Asimov's and Sunday Morning Transport.
How do I write when I don’t know what I am feeling?
How do I manage my feelings, so they don’t divert my creative focus?
Can I use discrete emotion theory to know better myself?
What are your favorite emotional descriptors today?
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How do I manage my feelings, so they don’t divert my creative focus?
Can I use discrete emotion theory to know better myself?
What are your favorite emotional descriptors today?
open.substack.com/pub/nikkibra...
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
How do I write when I don’t know what I am feeling?
How do I manage my feelings, so they don’t divert my creative focus?
Can I use discrete emotion theory to know better myself?
What are your favorite emotional descriptors today?
open.substack.com/pub/nikkibra...
How do I manage my feelings, so they don’t divert my creative focus?
Can I use discrete emotion theory to know better myself?
What are your favorite emotional descriptors today?
open.substack.com/pub/nikkibra...
In which I rant about my fears that
Not being liked = Not being read
And otherwise catastrophize the intersection of capitalism, social media, and art
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Not being liked = Not being read
And otherwise catastrophize the intersection of capitalism, social media, and art
open.substack.com/pub/nikkibra...
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In which I rant about my fears that
Not being liked = Not being read
And otherwise catastrophize the intersection of capitalism, social media, and art
open.substack.com/pub/nikkibra...
Not being liked = Not being read
And otherwise catastrophize the intersection of capitalism, social media, and art
open.substack.com/pub/nikkibra...
My first ever podcast appearance! So much fun. What a joy to be included. 😘
@justkeepwriting.bsky.social @ @seattlein2025.org!
This episode just emanates joy ✨
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@sameemwrites.com, @lpkindred.bsky.social, @wilralston.bsky.social, @marshallcarrjr.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, @rjtaylor.bsky.social, @nikkibraziel.bsky.social
This episode just emanates joy ✨
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@sameemwrites.com, @lpkindred.bsky.social, @wilralston.bsky.social, @marshallcarrjr.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, @rjtaylor.bsky.social, @nikkibraziel.bsky.social
Episodes | Just Keep Writing
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September 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
My first ever podcast appearance! So much fun. What a joy to be included. 😘
Pretty sure the lady next to me on the airplane watched me remove, add, and remove the same word to the first paragraph of a short story one dozen times. And now she knows what it is truly like to be a writer.
August 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Pretty sure the lady next to me on the airplane watched me remove, add, and remove the same word to the first paragraph of a short story one dozen times. And now she knows what it is truly like to be a writer.
If you ask me for the definition of a short story, I will stammer out a novel-length answer.
This month, I assess four short stories and, through comparison, evaluate a metaphor as definition.
This month, I assess four short stories and, through comparison, evaluate a metaphor as definition.
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you ask me for the definition of a short story, I will stammer out a novel-length answer.
This month, I assess four short stories and, through comparison, evaluate a metaphor as definition.
This month, I assess four short stories and, through comparison, evaluate a metaphor as definition.
If you're looking for a delightfully witchy short story—with a lot to teach by example—check out this work from Amal El-Mohtar, then read my blog post about it!
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@amalelmohtar.com
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@amalelmohtar.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If you're looking for a delightfully witchy short story—with a lot to teach by example—check out this work from Amal El-Mohtar, then read my blog post about it!
nikkibraziel.substack.com/p/why-storie...
@amalelmohtar.com
nikkibraziel.substack.com/p/why-storie...
@amalelmohtar.com
Check out my essay exploring the connections between science fiction and historical fiction, appearing this week in the Asimov’s blog, From Earth to the Stars.
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@asimovssfmag.bsky.social
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January 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Check out my essay exploring the connections between science fiction and historical fiction, appearing this week in the Asimov’s blog, From Earth to the Stars.
fromearthtothestars.com/2025/01/07/w...
@asimovssfmag.bsky.social
fromearthtothestars.com/2025/01/07/w...
@asimovssfmag.bsky.social
So excited to be included in the January/February 2025 issue of @asimovssf.bsky.social. On newsstands at Barnes & Noble until February. Digital links below.
If you read "Through the Pinhole, or, the Origin of a Holostory," please drop me a note with your thoughts!
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If you read "Through the Pinhole, or, the Origin of a Holostory," please drop me a note with your thoughts!
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Asimov’s Science Fiction Digital Subscription - Asimov’s Science Fiction
Get instant access to outstanding short fantasy and science fiction by today’s leading authors. Every bi-monthly issue features innovative, award-winning stories, a monthly editorial column, Internet ...
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December 13, 2024 at 10:00 PM
So excited to be included in the January/February 2025 issue of @asimovssf.bsky.social. On newsstands at Barnes & Noble until February. Digital links below.
If you read "Through the Pinhole, or, the Origin of a Holostory," please drop me a note with your thoughts!
www.asimovs.com/product/asim...
If you read "Through the Pinhole, or, the Origin of a Holostory," please drop me a note with your thoughts!
www.asimovs.com/product/asim...
Thank you so much to Paula Guran and Locus Magazine for including “The Starwash” as a recommended story in your March 2024 issue. I’m honored and thrilled!
Head over to @morningtransport.bsky.social to read the story. ✏️✨
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-starwash
Head over to @morningtransport.bsky.social to read the story. ✏️✨
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-starwash
March 2, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Thank you so much to Paula Guran and Locus Magazine for including “The Starwash” as a recommended story in your March 2024 issue. I’m honored and thrilled!
Head over to @morningtransport.bsky.social to read the story. ✏️✨
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-starwash
Head over to @morningtransport.bsky.social to read the story. ✏️✨
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/the-starwash
Reposted by Nikki Braziel
The Sunday Morning Transport takes a trip down the coast with a story from Nikki Braziel (@nikkibraziel.bsky.social) about family secrets and generational love that reaches across impossible distances. Read a sample or subscribe!
The Starwash
The next time you wish on a star, we suspect you’ll think about Nikki Braziel’s magnificent story of family secrets and generational love that reaches across the distances. ~ Julian and Fran, Dece...
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December 17, 2023 at 2:27 PM
The Sunday Morning Transport takes a trip down the coast with a story from Nikki Braziel (@nikkibraziel.bsky.social) about family secrets and generational love that reaches across impossible distances. Read a sample or subscribe!
Just a read this gorgeous story from @mariahaskins.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social. It made me cry! 😢
The Sunday Morning Transport treks off-road today with a story from Maria Haskins (@MariaHaskins.bsky.social) that finds an answer to a fundamental question in the clearing at the end of the path. Read a sample here or subscribe!
The Darkness Carried by Beasts
During these, the shortest days of the year in the northern hemisphere, it’s important to remember that light and darkness are important sides to the same coin. Within Maria Haskins’ story of grie...
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December 12, 2023 at 3:17 AM
Just a read this gorgeous story from @mariahaskins.bsky.social in @morningtransport.bsky.social. It made me cry! 😢
Two weeks from tomorrow, @morningtransport.bsky.social will publish my story, "The Starwash." I couldn't be more honored or excited!
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(Masthead art by @tanaudel.bsky.social)
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Sign up for a sixty-day free trial subscription at the link below!
(Masthead art by @tanaudel.bsky.social)
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December 2, 2023 at 8:38 PM
Two weeks from tomorrow, @morningtransport.bsky.social will publish my story, "The Starwash." I couldn't be more honored or excited!
Sign up for a sixty-day free trial subscription at the link below!
(Masthead art by @tanaudel.bsky.social)
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/81bc1a53
Sign up for a sixty-day free trial subscription at the link below!
(Masthead art by @tanaudel.bsky.social)
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/81bc1a53
Hi Rina! Enjoyed meeting you at World Fantasy (during the mass signing; I’m one of Fran Wilde’s students.) Excited to see that the next @sfinsfevents.bsky.social is with Rick Wilber, another one of my favorite teachers!
November 4, 2023 at 12:45 AM
Hi Rina! Enjoyed meeting you at World Fantasy (during the mass signing; I’m one of Fran Wilde’s students.) Excited to see that the next @sfinsfevents.bsky.social is with Rick Wilber, another one of my favorite teachers!
Loved hearing @bethwrites.bsky.social read from “Small Dreams and Hopes” yesterday at World Fantasy! Check it out from @apexmag.bsky.social.
Small Hopes and Dreams - Apex Magazine
There are two kinds of people; those who go over the wall, and those who stay behind. No one who goes over the wall is heard from again.
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October 28, 2023 at 5:43 PM
Loved hearing @bethwrites.bsky.social read from “Small Dreams and Hopes” yesterday at World Fantasy! Check it out from @apexmag.bsky.social.
“Telling the Bees” by Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social, published by the Sunday Morning Transport, is up for a World Fantasy Award! (Side note: As an enthusiastic subscriber, I have a one-month SMT gift subscription to give away!)
Telling the Bees
Editor’s note: There's a heart-sadness to Kat Howard's short story about relationships, bee-keeping, and magic. And her prose—dark and rich and sweet—draws you in but you still feel it when the ...
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October 27, 2023 at 9:21 PM
“Telling the Bees” by Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social, published by the Sunday Morning Transport, is up for a World Fantasy Award! (Side note: As an enthusiastic subscriber, I have a one-month SMT gift subscription to give away!)
Just heard @mariecroke.bsky.social read the first half of “Your Space Between” at World Fantasy, and I’m deeply worried about the psychological implications of trapping your sibling in a spatial distortion closet. Check it out from APEX at apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...!
Your Space Between - Apex Magazine
The part where our jackets and gloves and hats and umbrellas and sweaters and boots and gray storage bins all written on neatly with Papa's handwriting disappeared. Along with you.
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October 27, 2023 at 8:12 PM
Just heard @mariecroke.bsky.social read the first half of “Your Space Between” at World Fantasy, and I’m deeply worried about the psychological implications of trapping your sibling in a spatial distortion closet. Check it out from APEX at apex-magazine.com/short-fictio...!
Hearing @tkrex.bsky.social read “Hi from Shelling Point” at the World Fantasy Convention brought joy to my morning. Check it out in the October/November issue of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine. You will have so many laughs and feels.
October 27, 2023 at 5:42 PM
Hearing @tkrex.bsky.social read “Hi from Shelling Point” at the World Fantasy Convention brought joy to my morning. Check it out in the October/November issue of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine. You will have so many laughs and feels.
New to Bluesky! Here to talk about books and support other writers and readers.
October 27, 2023 at 5:38 PM
New to Bluesky! Here to talk about books and support other writers and readers.