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Instagram Inspiration for Artists and Authors

I’ve been experimenting with Instagram and inspiring quotes. What do you think?

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Hi, I’m Derek Murphy




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I love this artwork I picked up for a planned fant I love this artwork I picked up for a planned fantasy. I’m going to serialize it on Vella.
I mapped out a fallen angel fantasy years ago but I mapped out a fallen angel fantasy years ago but am finally making progress with it. So much fun to write a badass urban fantasy. I have a dozen covers for it but redesigned something new recently. #amwriting #yafantasy
Scary to be away from my monitor for a weekend, bu Scary to be away from my monitor for a weekend, but I’m letting my story tell itself in images. Tomorrow I’ll start putting it in words. I was in Jerusalem once for Easter, there’s no egg hunting or bunnies here but it’s a nice day for reflection. #amwriting #authors #kenting #墾丁
Kenting night market people watching. I like light Kenting night market people watching. I like lights and faces. #kenting #墾丁
Sunny all week, rain on the way as soon as we hit Sunny all week, rain on the way as soon as we hit the beach. #kenting #墾丁
I usually wake up just in time to catch the last 5 I usually wake up just in time to catch the last 5 minutes of sunlight. I have an N24 sleep disorder, which means, non24 hours, like most life on earth. My internal clock is longer than 24 hours. I think this is proof I’m not from this world or have alien DNA. Also at least 2% of the population have this: so it’s not just lifestyle or personality. And I don’t need to fix or change it. I just sleep 12 hours a day to be at my creative best. #sleepdisorder #nightowl
A super messy cover for my WIP... started two year A super messy cover for my WIP... started two years ago, finally making enough progress to put it up in preorder. #amwriting #yafantasy #zeusmustdie #greekmythology #authorsofinstagram
Finally finished this one! Uploading to Amazon. “Locked up for being rude to a royal creep... who turned out to be a fairy prince. The only way home is to fight in the purge. I just have to kill the people I love, and become the thing I hate.”
I always over design with too much detail... but t I always over design with too much detail... but this cover makeover was long overdue... working on book 4 and should finish this series this year.
My wife’s craft table and pile of yarn she got f My wife’s craft table and pile of yarn she got from a garage sale: so cheap she feels like she ripped them off.
Big market behind our place today. Big market behind our place today.
I’m reading Middle English chaucer to add depth I’m reading Middle English chaucer to add depth to my YA prison fae fantasy novel... how’s your day going? #amwriting #yafantasy #amediting #authorsofinstagram
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