Tag Archives: author life
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Birthday Query Critique Giveaway
Posted on 16 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.With my background in marketing, I can’t help but LOVE pitching things! LET ME HELP PITCH YOUR BOOK! I’m telling ya–It’s a great b-day present to me and to you (even if it isn’t your birthday!). One winner will be drawn on June 1st. To Enter, all you gotta do is comment on this blog […]
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My Biggest Announcement Ever + End of Pitch Wars Wrap-Up
Posted on 14 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.I’ve been trying not to blog too much because I was having trouble keeping my current happenings a secret. But guys— I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT! And before you even think it– NO. I am not pregnant. But my Book Baby is one step closer to being born. And I have news… I HAVE AN AGENT! […]
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The Liebster Award: 10 Question Blog Hop
Posted on 14 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.I was tagged by my new author friend Rachel Simon for the Liebster Award. I have to answer her ten questions about my work-in-progress and then tag some more people and give them my own questions. Since THE TRUTH ABOUT TWO-SHOES recently completed it’s agent round for Pitch Wars (more on that at a later date), […]
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#PitchWars the Musical Compilation
Posted on 14 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.The actual agent round of Pitch Wars is tomorrow. To celebrate, I decided to put all my dorky “Pitch Wars the Musical” vlogs on here so people can point and laugh and forget about their crazy amounts of stress probably going to happen over the next couple of days. But basically, every once in a […]
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NaNoWriMo is Coming!
Posted on 14 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.Whoa…whoa..whoa. I know. You’re probably thinking, “NaNoWriMo? What about Pitch Wars?” Don’t worry. I’m definitely very much still involved in Pitch Wars (read about it here), and actually my entry was finalized last night! I’m in the home stretch of making “final” tweaks (well, final before I acquire my future agent who may have some […]
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“Meet My Character” Blog Hop
Posted on 14 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.Well, I’ve been tagged in another author-y blog hop! I’ve been tagged by the lovely Kathleen S. Allen for the “Writerly Meme” which is all about my main character from my latest novel. Surprisingly, the TRUTH ABOUT TWO-SHOES isn’t my latest novel (that’s right! Already have another in the works). But because Pitch Wars is approaching and […]
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So Far in #PitchWars
Posted on 14 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.So the entries are in and the waiting begins. For those of you who are just now hearing about this, you can read my earlier post about how I entered the TRUTH ABOUT TWO SHOES into Pitch Wars this year. And a couple days ago, it was announced that nearly 1250 authors submitted their books. […]
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A Writer’s Life Told Through Gifs
Posted on 14 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.With all the Gifs people are using for #PitchWars on their blogs and tweets, I got a little inspired. So here’s my personal life as a writer with a day job writing while also making time to freelance and write novel after novel…in Gif form. I start my day much like this. Often times, I’ll feel […]
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Revision and Bringing Characters to Life
Posted on 14 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.Sometimes my husband teases me about how I forget my characters aren’t real. Then I remind him how upset he was when a certain character died in my last book, THE CURED, and how he didn’t talk to me for three days. But it’s true. My characters are so real to me, and that’s why during both […]
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The Truth About Two Shoes… Told Through Gifs
Posted on 14 by NikkiRoberti in Author Blog.When I started writing my young adult contemporary, THE TRUTH ABOUT TWO SHOES, I started thinking it was reminiscent of the classic TV show FREAKS AND GEEKS with a bit of the movie 90s movie SAVED! thrown in. Without fail and without prompting, as my beta readers dug in, most would say either: “This reminds of […]
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