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Today's fun fact: the media that inspired me as I wrote Wraiths and Wanderings! 🌷Lakesedge by @lkclipstone 🌷Ninth House by @lbardugo 🌷Buzzfeed Unsolved (check @shanemadej and @ryanbergara at @wearewatcher for some really cool actual ghost hunters! 🌷Anna Dressed in Blood by @kendareblake These are the bad boys that got me pumped up about writing about ghosts, the occult, and writing my weird little children! Charlotte is, as always, the beautiful @tica_jules #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor #mortlockwing #Victorianlibrary #ghosthunting #darkacademia #aesthetic #debutauthor #debutbook #urbanfantasy #occulthorror #paranormalfantasy #buzzfeedunsolved #lakesedge #ninthhouse #annadressedinblood #writinginspo #witch #hunter #supernatural https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp9oFheuOY_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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First line of the original draft VS the first line in the final edits. Original first line: The camera pans over the estate. Final first line: Thunder crackled in the distance as the trees whipped back and forth, dancing to a secret rhythm only they could hear. Though the idea behind the first chapter, the book itself, remained the same, this weird little novel changed a lot witthh time, experience, and effort. It wouldn't be where it is now without that first, simple line, though. Photo by @rtlbuilds #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor #firstline #firstdraft #finaldraft #debutauthor #debutbook #urbanfantasy #occulthorror #paranormalfantasy #bar https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpy5eAzLrkU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Whatcha thinking about, Lottie? Today's fun fact:the bulk of the book was written where this photo was taken! It's where I do a lot of my writing when I'm not at home. Photo of @tica_jules taken in the Mortlock wing of the state library. #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor #statelibrary #mortlockwing #Victorian #darkacademia #aesthetic #ghosthunting #paranormalfantasy #occulthorror #debutauthor #debutbook #urbanfantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpi8gGVyXHP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Charlotte claims to have started her YouTube channel to show the world the truth about the supernatural, but is that really true? Charlotte Blythe by @tica_jules Fun Charlotte fact: her favourite whiskey is a 30 year old Glen Moray (even better when someone else pays) #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #indieauthor #ghostvlogger #urbanfantasy #occulthorror #debutauthor #debutbook https://www.instagram.com/p/CpUrmU8LKn0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some exciting things coming in the next two weeks! 🌷A cover shaped thing 🌷Photography of Charlotte (eee!) 🌷Some of my favourite things form Wraiths and Wanderings In celebration of this, I'm going to share some ~~facts~~ each post with you all. Today is: Charlotte's birthday! She's actually a leap year baby, born February 29th, 1992. Which also makes her a Pisces-- pretty in line with the person she IS, not the one she pretends to be! #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor #cemetery #selfpublishing #wadevanbaird #ghosthunting #ghostvlogger #autumnleaves https://www.instagram.com/p/CpPAXvorHIn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Ghosts and ghouls can lurk in any corner, really. Do you believe in the supernatural? #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor #cemetery #selfpublishing #wadevanbaird #ghosthunting #ghostvlogger https://www.instagram.com/p/CpHfK9drtEl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Flowers are very important in Wraiths and Wanderings. Particularly, tulips. They represent perfect or deep love, rebirth, and charity (IYKYK) 🌷 ARCS are still open; follow the link in my profile! #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor #tulips #flowers #selfpublishing #supernatual #wadevanbaird https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_IMgUS1Me/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Witches: ✔️ Demons: ✔️ Soulmates: ✔️ Ghost hunting: ✔️ Found family: ✔️ Love from another time: ✔️ Depression so deep you can't do the things you used to: ✔️ Wraiths and Wanderings is a weird little book that holds many parts of me in it. I hope you'll find these little things, and hold them close like treasure. This is the final moodboard I made and used to inspire me while drafting. The original draft (named The Occultist) was such a different product, they don't even look like they were the same book. Some fun Charlotte content coming in the next few weeks! #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor #moodboard #occulthorror &#paranormalfantasy #selfpublishing https://www.instagram.com/p/Co3b-enSERO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Do you ever walk past a house glance up at the window, and wonder if you'll see a shadow that isn't meant to be there? If you'll see the spectral form for a being long past? I know I do. Do you have a ghost story? If so, tell me about it; I'd love to hear it. #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor #ghosts #ghoststory #selfpublishing #ghosthunting #paranormalfantasy #occulthorror #debutauthor #aesthetichouses #spookyvibes https://www.instagram.com/p/ColD64wSh_f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Be careful when you use the spiritboard. You never know who- or what- you might make contact with. Interested in reading about the supernatural and semi competent ghost hunters? What a light ghost romance? Want to see people throw down? Say no more! I'm currently looking for ARC readers for Wraiths and Wanderings! Follow the link below if you want a free ecopy to read and review! #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor #spiritboard #arcreaderswanted #arcs #arcreaders #arcgiveaway #debutauthor #supernatual #occult #occulthorror #paranormalfantasy https://www.instagram.com/p/CoduF9QSXDA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Want to be an ARC reader? Well, you're in luck! You can now sign up for an ARC of Wraiths and Wanderings (publishing May 2023). Sign up here: https://forms.gle/4fkK9ffBdQ14MBEv7 " Charlotte Blythe is twenty-eight, and next in line as head of a prominent occult family. She’s supposed to be, at any rate. After the mysterious massacre at her debutant ball that left her orphaned and in the care of her grandmother, Edith, she turned her sights elsewhere. She uses her powers for good instead— making and uploading videos to expose the truth about the occult world that were meant to be keeping people safe. So she says. Everything falls apart when Charlotte stumbles across a familiar scene—a massacre, tainted with the same dark magic as that night twelve years before. When she runs into the 110-year-old ghost of a family that disappeared suddenly and finds out a supernatural Hunter has been hot on her tail, she realises it all goes deeper than she could ever imagine. Teaming up with this unlikely trio, Charlotte sets out to uncover the truth about the past, the present, and the ever-looming future, as she slowly falls in love with her spectral companion." #wraithsandwanderings #indieauthor #arcreaderswanted #supernatural #occulthorror #debutauthor #arcs #advancedreaderscopy #romance #ghosthunters https://www.instagram.com/p/CoS5qauS3sc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Exciting things are happening!!! The cover for Wraiths and Wanderings is on the way, and I'm getting ready for ARC readers! So if you, or anyone you know, wants to read a weird niche little book about Edwardian ghosts, secret societies and secrets, keep an eye out-- it'll be coming soon! Photography is courtesy of @theimageapothecary #wraithsandwanderings #indieauthor #amwriting #amediting #debutauthor #arcs #Edwardianghost #occulthorror https://www.instagram.com/p/CoLseiMydpj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hazel Williams is no stranger to breaking into places- especially if she has the supernatural to deal with. #wraithsandwanderings #indieauthor #hazelwilliams #amwriting https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn0Tzs2ywj4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓭𝓵𝔂 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭.” 𝓦𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓸𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓻𝓶. “𝓦𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓮𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓷 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷?” 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓮’𝓼 𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓴𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝔂𝓵𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓶. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓵𝓲𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓻𝓶 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓲𝓼, 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓶. 𝓘𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓸𝓷 𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓭𝔂. 𝓘𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓲𝓯 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓾𝓵, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓶, 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷. #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #charlotteandwade #amwriting #indieauthor https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-o7KirJVY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I got an early gift yesterday -my copy edits were sent back to me! I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season this year. Please merry make and be kind to yourself. Enjoy this picture of Rippon Lea Estate as a present from me to you- it reminds me of the stairs of Winterbourne. #wraithsandwanderings #charlotteblythe #amwriting #indieauthor https://www.instagram.com/p/CmklogMSTcE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Charlotte's favourite place to hide at Winterbourne is the conservatory at the back of the house. It blocks the outside world and is filled with beautiful greenery and her new favourite flower, tulips. 🌷 🌷 🌷 photo is of Rippon Lea Estate in Melbourne, which I visited for book two inspo this week~~ https://www.instagram.com/p/CmXg46TStzd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Charlotte Blythe is quiet, level-headed, a planner. She likes to be in control. Which is a bit ironic, given how often she gives into the temptation of a fine, 30 year old malt whiskey. Before the events of Wraiths and Wanderings, she's doing everything she can to go against the wishes of the community she was born into. Instead of assuming her place in the family, she's off in her RV with Spectre the cat, making YouTube videos, reassuring herself that she is doing important work-- not just avoiding her inevitable responsibilities. #wraithsandwanderings #indieauthor #charlotteandwade #charlotteblythe https://www.instagram.com/p/CmC8szhSNuH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=