Hey, I'm N'Dia.

I wanted to be a singer, songwriter, and record label owner. 

God had other plans. 

Listen ya'll. I tried to do the right thing - I mean really, really tried - and it didn't work out. 

I dreamed of being my own boss, but instead I played it safe. I was working in digital marketing, living in my cousin's basement, and sleeping out of a mattress in the box on the floor.

I reached a pivotal frustration that my life was already going nowhere fast, despite my hard work. 

And then I got fired. 

Losing everything should have destroyed me... Instead, it built me. 

I was no stranger to getting fired. I'd even been fired as a Yoga instructor. (But I got over that quickly. Who wants to wake up at 4:45 AM anyway?) 

By the time my last job ended, I'd been writing off and on for a while. I wanted to own my own business and create, so I decided to finally embrace my dream and make being unemployable work for me.

I promised myself I'd put everything into my writing. That I'd never have to go back to working for someone else again. I channeled my passion for psychology, human complexity, and creativity into storytelling, inspired by the pathos of reality TV characters, and my work took off. And now, here I am. 

Since 2015, my life and soul have flourished in ways I couldn't even begin to imagine. I've learned so much about the art of writing, running a business, embracing my shadow, and so much more. I'm owning my voice. I'm writing stories I'd pay to read. And I'm blessed to have a passionate audience that loves everything I put my name on. 

Of course, this is just the beginning. I have so much more to bring to the world, and I'm only just getting started. NdiaRae.com is my sacred space to discuss what matters -- my stories, my business, and the people who inspire them. Get anecdotes on life and entrepreneurship, discover what inspires my characters, and dive into the shadowy underground of the human psyche -- because I love to explore the dark, velvety underbelly of society through drama and scandal in my particular brand of haute couture urban literature.