About NIX
History
Nix Moretta was born in Lancashire in 1971 in a back street terrace, on the kitchen table in secret. Her childhood was traumatic. As a result, this led to an escape into the arts. One Christmas, at the age of seven, she found herself in the ownership of two typewriters. The blue and red inks, indented the pale paper, like a thumbprint of all existence.
A writer was born.
Life
Nix left home at the age of fifteen, and never looked back. She experienced homelessness, trauma, abuse, poverty, mental ill-health, eating disorders, suicide attempts, time in the asylum, and many dark nights of the soul. Yet Nix survived, and thrived.
With careers in the military, Civil Service, teaching, farming, and equestrianism; extensively working in academia, and lecturing in English at Cambridge University; (not to mention suffering another nervous breakdown) Nix decided to concentrate on a more authentic, and creative life.
Nix holds a BA Hons in Social Policy, and Psychology; an MA in Creative Writing; PgDip in Psychotherapy, (Jungian); teaching qualifications, and currently working towards her Doctorate in Creative Writing with the University of Wales, Trinity St David.
Nix lives and works on the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland, and runs creative writing groups, book clubs, and teaches university students online.
The Art of Text
Text is life. The beauty and resonance of words, bouncing around in the ether. The liberation they offer; the hope. The peace. The stillness. A trip-trap over the troll's bridge, down the rabbit hole, up the bends, through the spy-glass, and elevated via a papier mache balloon.
Nix has published three poetry compilations, 'Noachis Terra: Poems from Planet Mars,' 'Anthems: Poetry from the Dark Side,' and, 'The Glass Poet,' which combines her love of nature, and photography, with poetic appreciations, (which are also available in photographic gift card format.) In addition, her fourth poetry exploration, 'Equinox' expands on the poetic experiments of previous works, exploring literary freedoms; trauma narratives, and Avant Garde responses to semantic restrictions, and abstract text ( 2025).
Nix has also published two children's books, 'The Island Adventures of Mr. Fudge,' and, 'The Lass and the Leveret.' She is currently writing 'Nine Corvids,' (2027 publication) towards her PhD—a Jacobean/Victorian counter-gothic adult novel based on elements of her traumatic childhood.