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Look At How The Leaves Turn

November 4, 2014November 4, 2014 Jen EdenLeave a comment

Look at how the leaves turn, Turn their cloaks of red, Sacrifice their lofty views To quilt the flowerbed. Look at how the leaves turn, Turn their cloaks of gold. All dressed up, No place to go, They leave their boughs to brave The cold. Look at how the leaves turn, Turn from life to [...]

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Another sneak peek inside THRIVE for you today. This piece is one of my #WildAndImprobableTales, the form for which were inspired by @erinmorgenstern’s Flax Golden Tales. I have absolutely loved playing with this short form fiction and it has challenged me as a writer. Each of these tales were based on an image prompt taken from the @theschooloflifelondon small pleasures box, and the original versions were all written in no more than ten sentences. Some have been edited and extended slightly for inclusion in Thrive but they all retain the essence of those initial restrictions. I’m so happy to have been able to include them in my debut book - they are some of my favourite pieces. If you’d like to get your own copy of Thrive you can buy from Amazon - link in bio. Thank you all so much for your continuing support.❤️✨ #Writer #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #amwriting #blogger #author #write #writersofig #writing #aspiringauthor #writergram #debutbook #debutauthor #selfpublishing #selfpublishedauthor #ThriveBook #authorsofinstagram
I refuse to let today be just a dark and disappointing day. I am determined to find and create joy wherever I can. And so, I could not be more excited to reveal the cover of my debut book, THRIVE (swipe to see)! I can also share with you that it is now LIVE FOR SALE on Amazon!! It’s actually very appropriate that it should all go live the after such a damning election, because the essential message of this book is that we have the power to THRIVE despite what life may throw at us.💛 I’ve been blown away by the lovely messages and enquiries about where you can buy copies already - thank you so, so much for all your support. I am just over the moon to be able to share this work with you. It’s been a labour of love and is very close to my heart and I dedicate it to all of you amazing people. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Link to buy the book in the link.tree in my bio. ✨ #Writer #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #amwriting #blogger #author #write #writersofig #writing #aspiringauthor #writergram #selfpublished #selfpublishedauthor #poet #poetry #poetrycollection #shortfiction #debutbook #debutauthor #kindledirectpublishing
When the proofs of your debut book arrive just when you have bookish friends over... That’s right. It’s here. I am holding in my hands actual physical copies of a book I actually wrote and actual people are actually reading them. My heart is so full. 🥰 More sneak peeks will be forthcoming but right now I’m going to go cry with pride and emotion and just overflow with all the feels. Thank you to everyone who has encouraged and supported me to reach this point. You’ll never know just how much your love has meant to me. This book that I wrote - it’s for you all.❤️ #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookworm #booklove #bookstagramfeature #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #poet #poetry #shortstories #writer #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #amwriting #blogger #author #write #writersofig #writing #aspiringauthor #writergram #selfpublished #selfpublishedauthor #authorsofinstagram #indieauthors #ThriveBook
Today has been the most active day I’ve had since my surgery. I pottered around the house this morning, doing little bits of tidying and cleaning (with many pauses!!), then left the house (for only the second time in over two weeks) to go for lunch with my dad and step-mum and now I’m knackered but happy! It’s tired me out but not as much as on previous days and it was lovely to get out and have a change of scene. I whipped up a batch of dough during my pottering this morning and now that’s baking in the oven so I’m putting my feet up with a fancy hot chocolate and Christmas Bake Off whilst the aroma of fresh bread slowly spreads through the house. It’s nice to start feeling more like myself. I’m hoping to be able to read and write more over the next week or so now that I’m regaining some brain power. The Starless Sea still has me completely enchanted and I’m dipping into some books of poetry that have been on my bedside table for ages. All in all, it’s nearly Christmas and things are on the up! ☺️ Also, I had an email to tell me that the proofs of my book are on their way and should be with me by the weekend!! 😱 So excites! Thank you to everyone who had sent lovely messages and shared my last post. Love you all.😘 QOTD: how are you getting ready for Christmas? #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookworm #booklove #bookdragon #readmore #bookstagramfeatures #somanybookssolittletime #armchairadventures #bookish #bookstagramfeature #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookblogger #ILoveBooks #selfpublishedauthor #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram
***SNEAK PEEK*** You guys! Today I submitted the final edits on my manuscript and illustrations and I officially have a book in the last stages of pre-publication. Which means it should be published BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!! 😱😭 I’m so excited. If any of you are in need of last minute Christmas presents look out for the link to buy when it goes live. 😉 I promised you some sneak peeks so here’s the first. “If you are Lost And fumbling in the endless Night Remember The darker the shadows The brighter the light that casts them. And one day That hidden glow Will meet the flame That hides inside you And the radiance of both Will Burn The blackness Away.” I’ll be sharing a few pages from the pdf over the next week or so whilst I wait for the paperback proofs to arrive. Also, watch out for a cover reveal in my stories.👀 QOTD: how was your Monday?✨ #Writer #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #amwriting #blogger #author #write #writersofig #writing #aspiringauthor #writergram #selfpublishing #selfpublishedauthor #authorsofinstagram #debutauthor #debutbook #independentartist #independentpublishing #illustration #illustrator
Just adoring getting lost in The Starless Sea. This book had some flipping high expectations to live up to. So far, it is every bit as magical as I had hoped. Bravo @erinmorgenstern 💛✨ You are a true virtuoso. #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookworm #booklove #bookdragon #readmore #bookstagramfeatures #somanybookssolittletime #armchairadventures #bookish #bookstagramfeature #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookblogger #ILoveBooks #erinmorgenstern #bookishchristmas #bookandchristmastree
You guys, I may not have won NaNoWriMo this year but something exciting is happening... A long time ago I started working on a collection of poetry and micro fiction. It was a passion project I was doing on the side of my attempts at novel writing. Something fun for when I needed a change of pace and space to play with ideas. But it has become much more. This little collection is where I’ve felt my creativity come alive. Where my writing has had room to breathe. And I’ve fallen in love with it. I edited and pieced all the words together a little while ago and, although I was happy with what I’d written it felt unfinished. So this week I started playing with some illustrations. And it’s all fallen together. Suddenly I can see this book coming to life. And I’m proud of it. So..I’m plunging in. Full steam ahead. And I will be looking to self publish ‘Thrive’ very, very soon. WHO’S EXCITED?!?! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ QOTD: anyone interested in some sneak peeks...? #Writer #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #amwriting #blogger #author #write #writersofig #writing #aspiringauthor #writergram #selfpublishing #poet #poetry #poetrycollection #thrive #passionproject
Happy to be mobile enough to get downstairs and enjoy our Christmas decorations now. I’ve set up camp next to the Christmas tree and am ready to get lost in The Starless Sea, which - 26 pages in - I’m already completely in love with. @erinmorgenstern is, without doubt, my literary hero. QOTD: what are you reading at the moment? ##bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookworm #booklove #bookdragon #readmore #bookstagramfeatures #somanybookssolittletime #armchairadventures #bookish #bookstagramfeature #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookblogger #ILoveBooks #thestarlesssea #erinmorgenstern #bookishchristmas
Ventured downstairs today for a change of scene. Still a bit brain addled by all the pain meds so struggling to focus on words but instead I’m having a play with some illustrations for an ongoing project. Still in love with my Apple Pencil.✨ It’s been an absolute age since I spent any real time doing art of any description and I’m so enjoying rediscovering this side of my creativity. Feeling pretty rusty and it’s a whole new learning curve figuring out all the things I can do with the pencil but it’s so much fun! QOTD: aside from reading and/or writing, what else do you like to fill your time with? #Writer #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #amwriting #blogger #author #write #writersofig #writing #aspiringauthor #writergram #illustration #applepencil #procreate #illustrator #creative #artist #workinprogress
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