<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Otherworld: The Archives]]></title><description><![CDATA[These are articles, posts, episodes, etc. that were previously published and moved into "storage" to make more room for timely content. Still great info and insights worth digging through!]]></description><link>https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/s/the-archives</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zfKo!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c49886f-9d99-4817-8b93-d076cae278f4_1080x1080.png</url><title>Welcome to the Otherworld: The Archives</title><link>https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/s/the-archives</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:08:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Nikki Auberkett]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[nikkiauberkett@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[nikkiauberkett@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Nikki Auberkett]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Nikki Auberkett]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[nikkiauberkett@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[nikkiauberkett@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Nikki Auberkett]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Things Are About to Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[From reorganizing and restructuring this Substack to letting go of old fears, my whole approach to publishing is getting a "makeover"]]></description><link>https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/things-are-about-to-change</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/things-are-about-to-change</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nikki Auberkett]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:00:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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I was one&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying Out All the Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[And praying for this sweltering heat to be over soon! &#129397;]]></description><link>https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/trying-out-all-the-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/trying-out-all-the-things</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 02:17:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SoSr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F770eb5ad-326d-4519-ba25-cd6c5ab9c041_3024x4032.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Big things are happening in this indie author&#8217;s world &#128064;</h1><p>Like the fact that I&#8217;m celebrating my 36th rotation around the sun!</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/198d059c-0ca7-4e2e-bc4a-c55b73f9319a_3024x4032.heic&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bbfecce1-1cdf-4a93-b023-48788d6451cd_3024x4032.heic&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;My Amana Bakery breakfast &#129316; I LOVE the \&quot;Happy New Year\&quot; party hat! &#128518; It *is* a new year in my adventurous life!&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3ba6ae0b-e051-488a-80eb-e49ef2c4c05f_1456x720.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>It&#8217;s been a wild ride so far and nothing seems to be slowing down&#8230;but why should it? I&#8217;m an author, a storyteller, a person who runs into chaos because there&#8217;s definitely something to remember and retell and weave into the fabric of&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[TBH I don't know what to title this post]]></title><description><![CDATA[So let's just get to the reading part!]]></description><link>https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/tbh-i-dont-know-what-to-title-this</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/tbh-i-dont-know-what-to-title-this</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 02:50:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Sm8R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc74dcd8a-af41-45ad-83e4-b17ce7a0451f_1379x1371.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>I&#8217;m the &#128029;<em>Queen Bee&#128029;</em> of executive procrastination &#128081;</h1><p>I honestly didn&#8217;t know that Executive Dysfunction was a &#8220;thing&#8221; until fairly recently&#8212;and when I finally stumbled across an article about it, I felt seen. Heard. Understood.</p><p>Now I&#8217;m learning to roll with it instead of kicking myself for not conforming to the typical standards of&#8230;idk&#8230;<em>*gestures at everyt&#8230;</em></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know what I'm doing...]]></title><description><![CDATA[...and that's totally okay!]]></description><link>https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/i-dont-know-what-im-doing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/i-dont-know-what-im-doing</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nikki Auberkett]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:23:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EJZx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52fde4f8-1941-4fef-922b-e752749aa751_4284x5712.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is my first official Substack-original post/email/newsletter/thingie.</p><p>And I gotta be honest: I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m doing.</p><p>I mean, I do know that I have some sort of &#8220;success envy&#8221; that feels more like FOMO when I see all these amazingly successful Substackkers (<em>is that the term?</em>) not only rock it, but pay bills with it (#goals). One of my personal fa&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Write A Good Book Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been seeing a lot of discourse across social media (if you&#8217;re not on Threads, you need to fix that&#8212;stat) about book reviews: the good, the bad, and the &#8220;should I/shouldn&#8217;t I&#8221; questions coming from genuinely caring readers who want to support their favorite authors while also maintaining truth and transparency in the book world.]]></description><link>https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/how-to-write-a-good-book-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.nikkiauberkett.com/p/how-to-write-a-good-book-review</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nikki Auberkett]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:59:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Sk1b!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F128c00b9-9026-4d64-ab5e-66792bfd9f0e_1200x630.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been seeing a lot of discourse across social media (if you&#8217;re not on Threads, you need to fix that&#8212;stat) about book reviews: the good, the bad, and the &#8220;should I/shouldn&#8217;t I&#8221; questions coming from genuinely caring readers who want to support their favorite authors while also maintaining truth and transparency in the book world.</p><p>Book reviews are vita&#8230;</p>
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