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A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES

A missing author.
The psychic hired to find her.
Nothing is what it seems.

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WINTERWOOD

Be careful of the dark, dark wood.

The Wicked Deep

THE WICKED DEEP

Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow.

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sheaernshaw

NYT bestselling author.

Some days, the minutes move so fast I can’t reca

Some days, the minutes move so fast I can’t recall where the years went. Other times, it all moves in such slow motion that I feel like I could almost reach out and grab a moment, clutch it in my palm and keep it from skittering away. 🌿But too quickly, it all pinwheels into fast forward again. When I look at my parents, my grandmother, I’m certain they feel the same way. Where did the years go? Memories kept like heirlooms in the back of the mind. 🌝

Has time been moving too fast for you lately? Or too slow? ✨🌿✨

#myseasonalstory #slowlivingforlife #simplethingsmadebeautiful
#thewildgardeners #slowliving #slowlife #inthewild #inthegarden #plantlady #stayandwander #folkcreative #beautifulplaces #myautumncapture #artofslowliving #littlestoriesofmylife #poetryofsimplethings

🖤 Pre-order campaign for A HISTORY OF WILD PLAC

🖤 Pre-order campaign for A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES is finally here! 🎉🌲🌧📖🦊

This is my THANK YOU to everyone who has pre-ordered the book, or is about to! 🖤 Your excitement for this story means everything to me!

Below you will find all the details for the campaign! 🌧

WHAT’S INCLUDED:
🖤 Signed custom bookplate
🖤 Custom bookmark
🖤 Letter from me about my inspiration for writing the book!
🖤 A magical set of stickers!

WHO IS ELIGIBLE:
🖤 U.S residents who preorder a hardback copy of the book from ANY book retailer!
🖤 If you live outside the U.S. don’t worry, I’ll be announcing a campaign for international pre-orders in the next few days! 🤓

HOW TO ENTER:
🖤 Pre-order the book.
🖤 Visit the S&S webpage (link in bio!) and submit your pre-order receipt/proof of purchase!
🖤 You must pre-order the book before December 5th, 2021 to be eligible.

🍃 FYI: this is while supplies last! My publisher will be sending out as many items as they can, but you’ll want to get your order in soon to be sure you don’t miss out!

Thank you all for your support, kindness, and for wandering into dark forests with me. 🍂📖🌲You all have my whole heart. 🖤

(P.S. I’ll also be hosting a giveaway soon for a set of annotated cards (you can see a sneak peek in the photo, peering out from the top of the book!)😉🌿✨

Have you pre-ordered the book!? 😃 Let me know below! 🌧📖🦊

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“Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing

“Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing.
And gave it up. And took my old body
and went out into the morning,
and sang.”
- Mary Oliver

🍂 Is there anything better than the shades of October? The feel of the air becoming winter? 🌚 Are you feeling the seasons change where you are?

#ofsimplethings #folkandstory #createinwinter #quietinthewild #hyggehome #makingwinter #hyggehome #calmcollected #artofslowliving

2 MONTHS UNTIL THIS BOOK IS ON SHELVES!!! 😱

🌲I no longer have the right words to capture my feelings for this book. 📖✨🖤 I just hope you will feel pulled into this story just as I felt pulled into writing it. 🌲 I hope you will pick up a copy, find a dark, stormy night to slip into its pages, and begin to uncover its mysteries. 🌧🌲🌝

For the last year, many of you have asked for a playlist based on this book. ✨ At long last, with the help of my magnificent publisher @atriabooks + @maudee, I have put together a Spotify playlist from the songs I listened to while writing this story! And now YOU can listen to it too! 🌿🎶 (Link in bio!)

Also, I know many of you have been waiting on the pre-order campaign . . . I will be announcing all the details next week! 😱✨📖🌿

#bookstagram #bibliophile #booklovers #bookshelf #readingismagic #whathappenedtomaggiestjames
#authorsofinstagram #amwriting #storytelling #writersofinstagram #writerlife #instabooks #booknerd #bookgeek #booksofinstagram #bookish #bookworm #bookphoto #bookaddict #booklove #readersofinstagram #witchybooks #ilovebooks #booklover #bookishmagic #lovetoread #asecondofwhimsy

We will never be perfect, the act of living is not

We will never be perfect, the act of living is not static or stationary. 🌿

I’ve taken another trip around the sun. Another year. Another autumn. This is my favorite time of year, and I used to think it was because my birthday landed on this day at the end of September. 🍂 But I think there is magic in autumn, a slowness that pulls us gently into winter. 🌧

Wishing you all a moment of slowness today. 🤗🌻🍃

#myseasonalstory #simplethingsmadebeautiful
#thewildgardeners #slowliving #slowlife #inthewild #inthegarden #plantlady #stayandwander #folkcreative #beautifulplaces #myautumncapture #artofslowliving #littlestoriesofmylife #poetryofsimplethings

Spent a few days in the mountains this week. Wrote

Spent a few days in the mountains this week. Wrote every morning with the quiet of the trees outside my window. 🌲🌲🌲

I want to send a THANK YOU to everyone who has read one of my stories. 🖤 As we head into autumn, I’m seeing so many magical posts with THE WICKED DEEP, WINTERWOOD, and ARCs of A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES! 🍂📖✨ Thank you for tumbling into my fictional worlds, for getting lost in forests with me and strolling along moody coastlines. 🌧 Thank you for every post, every kind message you send me, for writing reviews and telling your friends to read a book you loved. 🖤 All of it means more to me than I will ever have the words to express. 🌿 You keep me writing.

Thank you. 🖤

#inthewild #wondermore #mountainlife #ilovemountains #mountainlover #wearethewild #wildme #roam #folkscenery #wilderness_culture #folkgreen #forestbathing #quietinthewild #girlswhowander #amwriting #folkandstory

This is so unexpected + cool! 😃 A HISTORY OF WI

This is so unexpected + cool! 😃 A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES will be translated into Arabic! 🖤 I love knowing a story (not just my story, but any story) will be reaching new readers in faraway places! 📖🌿✨

Stories often have a life of their own, don’t they? It’s something I talk about in this book, how stories change and evolve, and become something new over time. 🌿

🖤 Reminder: A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES publishes in the U.S. on December 7, 2021 with @atriabooks!

🖤 The Spanish edition releases on November 16th, 2021 with @umbrieleditores.

🖤 I don’t have a release date for the Arabic edition quite yet, but more soon.

Thank you all for reading my stories! And can’t wait for this one to be on shelves. 📖

#booklove #bookish #amwriting #amwritingfiction #storytelling

It’s been slow writing the last three days. 🌿

It’s been slow writing the last three days. 🌿 The story I’m drafting is suddenly feeling nebulous, unclear, and in need of sharpening.

When I find myself in these foggy writing days, I have a few things I like to do to refocus:

🖤 Look for new inspiration! Sometimes this means creating a new Pinterest board for the story, pouring through photos and imagery that conjures up the mood of the story, the setting, and the characters.

🖤 Maybe I need to find a TV show, movie, or documentary to reframe the way I see my story. Sometimes even a new playlist will help shake loose new ideas.

🖤 Get outside! I go on a lot of walks when I’m drafting, sometimes I go deep into the woods where the silence seems to tug out new storylines. Or it might just be a walk to the mailbox, or through our garden. But I usually like to talk through my story out loud, as if I’m telling it to a friend. Hearing the story said aloud often helps identify any kinks and also see new story threads that I might have missed: a way to fix plot holes or connect two themes that felt disjointed.

🖤 If all else fails, I do handstands. This might seem odd, but literally flipping the world upside down changes my perspective on everything. (I’m not great at handstands, I do them against a wall to be safe. But you can also just stand and bend forward to touch your toes. It’s simply about the inversion, getting your head below your heart. It doesn’t need to be fancy.)

🌿 Do you have any tips or tricks for when you’re feeling creatively stuck?

#amwriting #writerlife #storytelling #lovetoread #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity #writingtips #homeisacupoftea #folkandstory #teaandseasons #cuppatea

ONLY 3 MONTHS until this book will be on shelves!!

ONLY 3 MONTHS until this book will be on shelves!!! 😱 I cannot wait to share this story with you. It’s a book I started writing back in 2017, a book that wanted to be told for many years before I even started drafting it. 🖤 And I can’t wait for you to meet the residents of Pastoral (a secluded community deep in the northern California wilderness.) 🌲🌲🌲 They all have secrets. They all have things about themselves they don’t truly understand. And they will all question the truth about the lives they are living. 🖤

And did you know, the Spanish edition will be releasing early on November 16th! 😱 Follow @umbrieleditores for all the updates!

Have you already pre-ordered your copy!? 🍂

Do you think the first edition of A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES will have a stamped hardback beneath the dust jacket? 🤔

#WhatHappenedToMaggieStJames
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Some weeks feel like years. This was one of those.

Some weeks feel like years. This was one of those. 🌿 Filled with good stuff and challenging stuff and now i’m craving a good long sleep and a walk in the woods and a dip in a cold dark lake.

How was your week? 🍃 And what are you craving this weekend? 🌻

#amwriting #myseasonalstory #ofsimplethings #folkandstory #quietinthewild #hyggehome #calmcollected #artofslowliving #simplethingsmadebeautiful #storyteller #authorlife

🌿 GIVEAWAY has ended.🌿 Thank you to everyone

🌿 GIVEAWAY has ended.🌿 Thank you to everyone who entered!

In a few short months, A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES will be on shelves, finding its way into readers’ hands, and weaving a new life of its own.

To celebrate, I’m giving away a collection of ALL of my books. One winner will receive:

🖤 THE WICKED DEEP (a first edition copy with the stamped hardback)
🖤 WINTERWOOD (your choice of a first edition hardback OR a snowy-white paperback)
🖤 ARC of A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES (I only have a couple of these left, so this will likely be my last giveaway for this book.)

HOW TO ENTER:
🍂 Follow me here on IG!
🍂 Like this post!
🍂 Post a comment below. (can be anything, even an emoji is fine!)

🍃 Tag a friend for an extra entry!!!
🍃 Repost for two extra entries!!!

Open Internationally. Ends August 30th at midnight.

GOOD LUCK!!! 🍀

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#authorsofinstagram #amwriting #instabooks #booknerd #bookgeek #booksofinstagram #bookish #bookworm #bookphoto #bookaddict #booklove #yalit #yabooks #yafiction #yafantasy #readersofinstagram #witchybooks #ilovebooks #booklover #bookishmagic #lovetoread #asecondofwhimsy #thatmagicmood

Working on some secret behind the scenes things fo

Working on some secret behind the scenes things for A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES! 🌲✨📖

Have you preordered your copy yet!?
There will be preorder goodies for everyone who preorders (from ANY bookstore.) 🦊 (both for U.S. and international readers!)

And be sure you’re signed up for my newsletter!!! 🌿🤓 I’ll be sending out a little sneak peek in my NEXT newsletter! (Link in bio!)

And just a reminder: you are ALL made of stardust. ✨You are all dream-chasers and wonder-makers. 🌿

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#authorsofinstagram #storytelling #writersofinstagram #storyteller #writerlife #booknerd #bookgeek #booksofinstagram #bookish #bookworm #bookphoto #bookaddict #booklove #readersofinstagram #witchybooks #ilovebooks #booklover #bookishmagic

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