Andrea Hannah | Author + Wild Heart

Andrea Hannah is an award-winning author (OF SCARS AND STARDUST, Flux) and a mapmaker for creatives. She's always on the lookout for a good book and a grand adventure.

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So this year didn’t turn out like you planned (*heavy sigh* mine either). The good news? I’m hosting a 100% free winter intensive workshop for creatives the week between Christmas and New Year’s. ✨ Fifteen minutes per day for 7 days. We’ll develop a sense of safety, rediscover our personal superpowers, and become completely unapologetic about it, change our perceptions through art, and build a plan not only for getting things done, but for developing the courage to pick ourselves back up when things don’t work out. Prompts, challenges, and a fun quiz. Join us! This is my favorite part of the year and I’m excited to have you. Sign up link is in my bio. ✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/Brv0JGuHdd3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=svmkjbcd8huk

[andeehannah]

Last breath of autumn before the wildness goes underground 🍁 A few exciting things to share today: The first of my new creativity advice column is up today @harnessmagazine! The first topic is on shuffling through ideas and knowing how to pick the right one, so if you’re participating in #nanowrimo this year, this one’s for you! I am so thrilled about getting to do this. If there’s a topic you’d like me to cover, email me and let me know. And if you like the column, please share it! 🍁🍂 And tomorrow, a new Dear Wild Heart goes out with a sweet giveaway for subscribers, more deets about the 2019 retreats and the Creative Collective. Links to all of this stuff are in my bio. 🍂 AND AND I’m attempting #nanowrimo2018, so I’m gonna get off Insta now and get back to work. ✌🏻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bppb-0gHpWX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s0hvji6z22dn

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But what if the map you’ve been given has just been slowing you down? 🌾☁️ Introducing Dear Wild Heart: The Creative Collective. A private group for rewilding + uncovering our own personal maps so we can feel better and make dynamic, Truthful art. And it’s totally FREE. ⚡️🌿 Sign up for the Dear Wild Heart newsletter (link’s in bio) and you’ll get your invitation when the group goes live tomorrow evening. In the meantime, stay wild, moon child. ✌🏻 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo7Y1hmFxn9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9ij0nv49zcyp

[andeehannah]

My favorite season is the fall of the patriarchy. 🍂🔥 Recovering and rewilding today so I can go at it again. Rest up, wild hearts. Tomorrow’s coming. https://www.instagram.com/p/BomaUAslG9C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fle9x5g8b5mc

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👸🏻👑👑👑 #kween #tbt #itsnotthursday https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4h6__lHV6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k69y0j5h9eyh

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That view tho. 🌲🌊 #lakemichigan #freshcoastbestcoast [A Retreat For Wild Hearts (May 1st-5th, 2019) deets are live. There’s very limited space, so get on it if you’ll be joining us here! Link in profile: andreahannah.com/retreats] (at Sleeping Bear Dune Overlook) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnyg7iTFzhj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t1cmymhe5ysk

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Being extra with a bunch of kids in a unicorn store. This is my brand. 🦄🌈 (at Unicorn Feed & Supply) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnKRgnqFQ7s/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c0xldhcpq2gz

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Late summer breeze on the water. I had to wear a sweatshirt today and I LOVED IT. ☁️🌊🍂 #puremichigan #comeonfall (at Fishtown Leland)

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This morning we crossed over the threshold into the second half of the year. I made a commitment to write something—anything—every single day this year and I’ve done it so far. All 183 days. It wasn’t about productivity and it wasn’t about trying to be super-achiever. It was about love. Real, full-hearted love is in the commitment, everyday, even when you don’t feel like it, even when you’re far away from home. This morning as we crept into the second half of 2018, I sat in a Starbucks facing Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and wrote. And then I climbed 51 steps up to the top of this lighthouse and reminded myself how far I’ve come. 🗺 #bethelight #loveisinthecommitment (at Mackinac Bridge)

[andeehannah]

A new Dear Wild Heart drops into your inbox this afternoon. 🌿♥️ If you are struggling with the relationship between making money and making art, this one’s for you. If you’re in need of some kind words while you’re struggling, this is for you. And if you’re curious about your #writerstrology horoscope for June and July, this is also for you. Sign up link is in my bio. ♥️✨ And here is a photo of the single peony that’s popped up in my garden. My kids have been trying to “pick that big flower” for a week so it’s only a matter of time before I look the other way and it’s gone. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Enjoying it now.

[andeehannah]

My life has blown up in the best possible ways in the past couple of months. I’ve been trying to find my equilibrium amongst new projects, a new career, and summer break looming, so I haven’t been social media-ing much. BUT my flash essay on creativity and motherhood was chosen for publication in @uppercasemag and I thought I should tell you about it. I love that my kids get to be a visible part of my published work, because the way they’ve shaped my life almost always takes place behind the scenes. 🌷♥️

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Jean jacket level up. ⚡️ Featuring pins from @morsini4 and @aimeemoc. The words on the star read “I tried.” Basically my life manifesto summed up in my collar. #welpitried🤷🏻‍♀️ #movingonnow

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🌿NEW Dear Wild Heart goes out later today! I’ve compiled all of the messages I’ve gotten in the past few months about making art when you’re busy and/or things are shitty and put together a list of principles to stick to when everything is hard. AND April #writerstrology! Sign up link’s in my bio.

[andeehannah]

Good morning. And now back to the snow. 😰❄️ (at Montego Bay, Jamaica)

[andeehannah]

In like a lion. 🦁❄️ #hellomarch