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He is risen, hallelujah! Whether you are religious or not, celebrate Easter or not, I wish you all a very joyful, happy, egg-filled Easter! ✝️ Cross facts. This beautiful cross belonged to my Belorussian grandmother. She had quite a life. Whilst a teenager, the Nazis invaded her village doing their thing and they wanted a daughter from my grandmother's household (There were three, her stepsisters and her). Her stepfather told them to spare his own daughters and take her, so they did. She was then sent to work in concentration camps until the war ended. Despite the atrocities she lived through and those that she saw, she still wore this cross. I think that is amazing. ✝️ #happyeaster #easter2019 #hallelujah #heisrisen #heisrisenindeed #heisrisenindeedalleluia #cross #christianwriters #christianauthor #instaeaster #easteroninstagram #instagod #femalewriters #femalewritersofinstagram #writinginspiration #writerscommunity #authorscommunity #igwriters #igauthors #yaauthor #urbanfantasyauthorcommunity #gajamieson

Today I was one of those writers writing out and about - could this class as a late entry? 🙈 @greatwesternwoodspodcast Although it was lovely, I think I prefer writing at home. WiFi was shocking and mobile data was no better. I emailed myself my work only for it to not arrive!! Déjà vu 😥 Thankfully, on getting home it appeared! 😜 Oh and the chocolate cake was as yummy as it looked! Nomnomnom 🍰 Hope you've had lovely sunny days ☀️ #writerscommunity #writersandcake #writerscommunityofinstagram #writersoflnstagram #instaauthor #authorscommunity #authorsoninstagram #igwriters #girlwriters #femalewritersofinstagram #authorgram #writergram #writersofbookstagram #readwriteunite #goodfriday2019 #easter2019 #authorlife #Urbanfantasy #urbanfantasyauthorcommunity #yafantasybooks #fantasywriter #iwrtiteya #amwriting #amplotting #indieauthorsofinstagram #indieauthors #indieauthorsareworthit #creativepreneur #gajamieson

Happy Good Friday! With Easter just around the corner I thought to have an Easter-themed post ✝️🐰🐣 And no, sadly, the glasses aren't mine. But the ears... 🤣 It's been a busy month, anyone else finding that? It's my first month aiming for 500 words a day. Some days are just impossible for me but on the whole I'm writing most days, which I'm loving. If you're busy and wanting to join a writing group to celebrate small but significant steps forward please head over to my Facebook page and sign up to: Writers 500-a-day. You'd be most welcome 💜 How's your Camp NaNo going? (if you're taking part) Despite mine not being quantifiable - so technically not NaNo-worthy - I'm progressing nicely with my Series Bible. Not sure if it'll be finished for the start of May, but the enough will be down for me to start Book 2. Anyone else like their flavoured coffee? This is my current 'favlour' by @beaniescoffee and comes highly recommended. It, somehow, does manage to capture the fruity vibes of hot cross buns. And yes, I do drink my hot drinks through straws. Cross Facts: ✝️The silver cross is mine which my husband (then boyfriend) co-bought with my parents when my other cross broke. I was devastated. Hubby came to the rescue. ✝️The gold cross is my Belorussian grandmothers', and is sentimental to me. She passed away when I was 1-ish. QOTD: What things do you have to wear to feel comfortable? I need my watch and cross, oh, and my glasses, but they're a necessity! 🤓 #flatlayoftheday #flatlay #instaflatlay #qotd #easter #easter2019 #goodfriday #discoverunder2k #campnano #instawrimo #writerscommunity #writerscorner #writingprogress #womenwhowrite #femalewriters #youngadultbooks #urbanfantasy #urbanfantasybooks #urbanfantasyauthorcommunity #yaauthor #yafantasy #bookstagram #writergram #authorgram #coffeendwriting #indieauthor #indieauthorsareworthit #gajamieson

It's been a mad few days. The usual busy work with the added twist of laptop shopping. We were saving up for a laptop but when I phoned my hubby in a crumpled mess after loosing my work, hubby donned his shining armour. He's amazing 💜 So, here I am, hopping into #fantasywipapril by @iamawriteriswear 10 things about my WIP - working top left to bottom right. 1 In most cases, humans are not magical and must use amulets to cast charms. 2 Life on Earth is becoming pretty hellish and is only set to get worse. 3 Time Travel happens but doesn't feature like you'd expect. 4 Erica suffers many losses which change her. 5 My 'alternate' world of Limbo is mostly desert. 6 A theme of my books is about souls passing on. I'm a Christian but it's nothing based on biblical fact and the series isn't religious but it's there 🤷 7 Michael ends up having to face his darker side when he finds himself sympathising with the antagonist (who becomes apparent in Book 2) 8 Færies are mightier and stronger (and cooler!) than humans and can take on different guises. Erica's is quite snarky, which I love. He's great to write. 9 There are a variety of Lost Souls, some humanoid some not. All deadly and intent on killing you and taking your soul. 10 To balance the magic, there's good old fashioned sword fights, no guns though. Really enjoying getting to know everyone else WIPs more with this prompt 💜 #youngadultbooks #youngadultfantasy #yaauthor #yafantasy #yaurbanfantasy #urbanfantasy #urbanfantasynovels #urbanfantasyauthorcommunity #iwriteya #writergirl #womenwhowrite #indieauthor #indieauthorsareworthit #writerssupportingwriters #writerworld #writerscommunity #writersonig #instawriter #writedreambelieve #writewritewrite #writergirl #authorcommunity #authorsonig #instaauthor #moodboard #gajamieson Images courtesy of Pinterest 📌

I had hoped to use this #flatlay to excitedly announce my progress with my #campnanowrimo project - my plotting. But it's not. Instead it's to cry and ask for help. Some of you might remember that I don't have a laptop. It died from memory loss last year and since then I've been using a wireless keyboard, writing in Google Docs on my smart phone. This has worked fine. It's not ideal and won't see me through to publishing, but I'm writing and that's all that (essentially) matters. For the past month I've been spending most of my free time plotting and planning Books 2 and 3, using Sarra Cannon's freebie @heartbreathingsblog , @sachablackauthor freebie on villains and @authorbethanyatazadeh Story Binder freebie. This has been great and I had clocked up over 50 pages of wonderful plotting and world building, copying out from my original notebooks, getting everything in one place. I've been stoked seeing things fall into place. Then, yesterday, I opened up Google Docs and nothing. I tried to open my document several times but no luck. I emailed Google; not heard a sausage. I finally managed to open the document only to be presented with one from two weeks ago. 😲 I won't lie, I cried. Big fat, soul-wrenching ugly tears. It felt like a part of me had been ripped away. 😭 Hubby borrowed a laptop or me, hoping I could find it on my Drives on there, but nothing. I've looked in my cache folder on my smart phone: nada. 😭 I know, I should've backed up my work, but I thought Google Docs was infallible. Lesson learnt the hard way. 😭 A plus side is that my husband is taking me laptop shopping later with the credit card (which rarely sees the light of day!) But, it would be perfect if I could get back my lost work. Any suggestions?🙏

Catching up with @greatwesternwoodspodcast prompts. My WIP is an urban fantasy trilogy set in a world being besieged by Lost Souls. I used to live and study in London, and inspiration hit me on one of my commutes home. I have finished Book 1 and, for Camp NaNo, I am plotting Books 2 and 3 as well as writing my World Bible/Binder. Although I realised I can't measure my progress with plotting, so whilst I have signed up for Camp Nano and am working with a monthly set of goals, I'm not officially. I've never been good as sticking to official things. Series or Standalone? Neither, but more the first 😂 I'm technically writing a serial but this is only because my story doesn't fit standard word counts for Urban Fantasy (around 80k) The story needs more words, so I am writing it in three instalments. Which means, whilst, on the whole I'm meeting my Beats, each instalment isn't as the plot continues in the next. See what I mean in that I'm not good at sticking to 'official' things? I'm hoping readers won't mind, especially as it's quite rare in the Urban Fantasy genre. Tech vs. magic. Magic, but my human characters aren't magical. On the whole! My characters use weapons to defend themselves against the Lost Souls, and Færies if they're fortunate to have a Færie. The mood board hopefully gives you an idea of my world's mix. My main cast are my two protagonists, Michael Nicholas and Erica Shylocke. Erica bumps into Michael on one of her commutes home and things are never the same again. There is another Main, but he doesn't become a 'main' until Book 3, then there's a plethora of side characters all varied, global and different. For those Urban Fantasy authors out there, please use and follow the hashtag #urbanfantasyauthorcommunity that I created. I've also created a writers group on my Facebook page which you are welcome to join [Link in bio⬆️] #writersofinsta #writingcommunity #authorcommunity #writersofbookstagram #writersworld #fantasywriter #yafantasy #yafantasyauthor #instawrimo #campnanowrimo #writersclub #writersonig #writersofig #indieauthor #indieauthorcommunity #urbanfantasy #urbanfantasybooks #gajamieson