E.J.'s Bookends

Slipping into my happy place ✨. • Full weekend of editing and writing and I’m so excited to be back with my characters after a week of neglect 🙃. They are up to no good, and I missed being mischievous with them. #amwriting #TheMousaiSeries (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7vxI3Qg0-G/?igshid=irrkqp1ulfyp

Curl me up in here like a burrito and leave me be! • I’ve been burning the candle from both ends lately and I am feeeeeeling the effects. I am the very opposite of present right now. Just reactions and forward motion and checking of task after task after endless task. And sleep? What’s sleep? It feels like my empty tank light went on, but oh no! I can’t stop to get gas for another three states! Something will have to give soon, like now soon. What exactly? I’m thinking of letting fate decide😅. One less thing for me to have to do, right? • If you’re feeling like a marathon running decapitated chicken, please know I am supportively bumping into you. We will make it through! (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7qjl2UAkvs/?igshid=jbxhspwrpu2i

I’ve pulled the Patience Tarot card twice in a row now... I simultaneously cringed and nodded it’s correctness. There are definite things l’m “waiting” for. Big things. Sometimes the thought of them distract me thoroughly. I crave them like my next breath. The universe’s reminder of patience evidently was needed, twice😅. So I’ll keep on meditating on the happiness of my current state. For a certainly have a lot to be grateful for. • Do you pull Tarot cards or read your horoscope? (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7YkkVYAthJ/?igshid=pakeb9apm618

It’s a Sunday full of imagination seeping into pages. Oh, and we’re finally (reluctantly) taking down our Xmas decorations 😅. Anyone else still have theirs up?? #amwriting (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7OUgbog2fv/?igshid=e1vxjjy4d9bu

Why are messy stacks of books so romantic? Anyone else want to swan dive into that bookstore’s pile of stories🙋🏻‍♀️? (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7D68j7A8jr/?igshid=1hve20m6sniox

Please, stick with your goals. We need your creations in this world❤️. • My writing has been very all over the place this year. With one book out to publishers, my current WIP being quite the brat on a daily bases, and a third screaming for me to get to it already, I’ve felt rather creativity erratic. Not to mention my design job taking more of a front seat lately. There’s been many days I’ve looked at my current manuscript and wondered, “is this the one I give up on?” But alas, I find that I’m just as stubborn as it. And with the help of my agent, my husband and good friends (you know who you are), I’ve finally done it! I’ve wrangled this beast and the words are pouring now. I’ve past that hurdle that felt like it was strangling me into submission. This story is a hard one, the characters are hard, the adventure an ornate tapestry. I knew this from the start, but began anyway. It’s in my nature to rise to a challenge. And In the end, I’m always proud that I do. I’m better that I have. So I implore you, if you can relate to any of this, to have doubt in your skill, know that continuing to work at it will only have you improve, and in my case, hold a story unlike any I have written before. Let’s keep at our goals! (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6s2D33gXqd/?igshid=1tc3nsjo5c500

It snowed!✨Which means extra pots of tea and writing. Idk about you, but it’s hard for me to be productive when it’s sunny and warm out. All I want to do is frolic outside. The rainy, cold days are my friend for writing✍️ . #amwriting #TheMousaiSeries (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6nsxIKgrWF/?igshid=n76vh9r1zndj

Weekend vibes✨. • A head cold is creeping in, but I’m trying to drown it in ginger tea and sleep. Writing and editing book 2 in #TheMousaiSeries still needs to happen, but ever so slowly today ✍️🤧. • Hope you have been able to fight the winter bug! (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6DoBYRAj_i/?igshid=4lwl3irlwat7

Keep faith that the door you’ve been walking towards will one day open 🚪✨. • Dreams are meant to be grand. Goals are meant to be daunting. It’s natural they can weigh you down and stop you in your tracks at times. I’ve been working and walking towards a goal for 10+ years now and still waiting for a particular door to open. I’ve crossed multiple bridges to now watch it ever so gently reveal a sliver of light. And I feel as though I’ve been holding my breath for months waiting to see if it will swing wide. I do not know. The rest is out of my control. Which is always the most frustrating part. The only thing I can do is keep moving toward it, keep faith in my work, my talent, my dreams. Keep building the proper tools along my journey that can make another door and another, until I find that one that twists with a simple click and opens. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5-bwk3gTX6/?igshid=1wdopauxj8ef5

Sunrise setups✨. • New words yawning across my pages, mirroring the light of a new day. Characters creating mischief, tip-toeing into danger with crooked smiles and sharp blades. Magic that glides quietly before curling, snake like around the giftless. Worlds hidden, under oceans and between walls. The Mousai Series is my happy place and I fall, effortlessly into her swirling abyss. #amwriting (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B55RwRNgYkY/?igshid=qhywopdww06y

Hallmark season is in full effect 🧡✨😅. • This guy! He’s kept me laughing since day one. We’re off to buy our xmas tree today after we drop family off at the airport. Been an amazing weekend filled with amazing food on top of amazing donuts. Pushing the festivities forward forever. This time of year is by far my fave😍. • What’s yours? https://www.instagram.com/p/B5iHMnGARVm/?igshid=1rs2n002djipz

Post food comma mood✨. • Family’s in town so they’ll be a lot of chilling mixed with nature sight seeing. Equally excited for both! • What are you plans this weekend? (at Denver Corolado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dCtw9gxBg/?igshid=t4zus0u50h1j

A beacon of books ✨. • What do you do when your shelves are all full but you have more books to add? Do you purge some to a giveaway pile? I have about a foot of space left and wondering what I’ll do when it’s gone 😅. (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Xyf9eAsD7/?igshid=14adnwbu85ft3

It’s the time of giving thanks and I’m forever grateful for all my amazing readers! To celebrate, I’ll be gifting a signed copy of my latest novel #TAUTF, including some swag, and a $10 Amazon Gift Card 🎉! • To Enter just like this post and tag someone you are thankful for ❤️. • Winner must be follower and will be picked 12/1/19. (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Sn-4igdnC/?igshid=8u2ozv5p3s62

Ready to get into it🙌✨. • Forever #editing and #writing The Mousai Series 🙃. (at Denver, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5NhbsbgKZe/?igshid=ypqct8o8xw3o

Another full weekend of nothing but writing coming up and dreaming of this cozy retreat, once upon a time @getawayhouse 🥰. In the next few days I’m attempting to cram in as much book productively as possible before the holiday rush 🦃🎄✨! (at Getaway NY) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5IWah7A-tr/?igshid=1fwi2vfnsg6p6

We made it to Friday, people 🙌! And this is the first weekend in a long time where we don’t have a million plans and I 👏 am👏here👏for👏it! The only thing I’m willing to fill my calendar is writing related, so excuse me while I hide in PJs for 48 hours and cuddle up with my laptop and tea! • What have you got going on this weekend? (at The Dove Inn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B444bMageW-/?igshid=vyjfgl4iom9