Shakina Nicole

Biography

Shakina Nicole currently lives in Detroit, MI. She has a one daughter by the name of Lexington Dior. She enjoys writing, but mainly urban fiction. Her script writing credits are publications in WCCCD college magazine for best short story on teenage romance affairs and a short review in the dailies as an upcoming and promising storyteller. She has been writing scripts since middle school mostly for her drama club winning major high school awards in competitions. She also won the award for best script in the state competition films festival. She is currently working on her first urban fiction novel titled, "Diary of a Mad Black Bitch" and in the process of founding her very own publishing company called, "Paper Doll Publications". She is currently enrolled in Full Sail University and has a anticipated graduation date of December 18, 2015 with a Bachelors degree in Creative Writing For Entertainment.

Smashwords Interview

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up on the Eastside of Detroit, MI. Better known as the Murder Mitten. We have the highest murder rate in the world and this has definitely influence my writing and the style in which I write. I can relate to pain, struggle, poverty, murder, money and death. It has surrounded me my whole life. Those life experience has guided my imagination.
When did you first start writing?
I first started writing in 2008. My ex boyfriend went to prison and I would write him and the way that I wrote to him was in a writing style and he wrote back and told me I should try actually writing professionally and I did and I sent him the first chapter I ever wrote and he loved it and I've been writing ever since.
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Books

Only The Strong Survives
Price: Free! Words: 2,910. Language: English. Published: June 28, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Urban
Sixteen year old Nina, born in the slums of Detroit city to an alcoholic drug addicted mother and an absent father, Nina must find her own hustle to survive on the streets, but first she must enter them.

Shakina Nicole's tag cloud

cocaine    detroit    drugs    fiction    ghetto    money    poverty    rape    street lit    urban