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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 20/03/2026

Happy Equinox, #5amWritersClub! I was with you, but not online. Thanks to excellent advice given here, I am now a fountain pen rough drafter. Transformational tool! The robins arrived in our yard this morning for the first songs of 2026.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 05/03/2026

SOOOO excited for my next read!

Book cover for The Bone Shard Emperor, by Andrea Stewart. Carved ivory dragons over a teal background.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 02/03/2026

A final error check for #5amWritersClub. Thought you might enjoy a view of the past 6 weeks.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 13/02/2026

Time to reclaim Friday the 13th, a day and number sacred to women (and therefore declared unlucky.) Also, for your enjoyment, one of my teenage art projects.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 28/01/2026

I want this body confidence.

A young black cat splayed out asleep against an older cat.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 29/12/2025

Good morning #5amWritersClub. Glad to be with you on these days between the holidays. Appreciating the warmth, because the Driveway of Infinite Shoveling awaits.

Christmas tree with multi-color lights, covered in snow

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 19/12/2025

😆Flashback to the early 90's, when I had just discovered the power of my new Wacom Tablet and Gateway 2000 computer. Not everyone in the family loved that year's holiday card. #illustration

Cartoon of mama polar bear and babies opening a Christmas gift with a "Seal: A Meal" inside.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 11/12/2025

Seeking a gift for the fantasy author in your life? Look no further! #FantasyAuthors #FantasyWriters #WritingCommunity #GiftsForWriters

Magical coffee mug cartoon with fantasy map. Text reads: “Asketh me about my book.”

Features:

✨CUSTOMIZABLE WORLD MAP
✨HYPNOTIC STEAM OF FASCINATION
✨KLAXON BELL OF IMMINENT DOOM

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 06/11/2025

This little person brought me a live mouse at 2:09 am, SO excited to share her treasure with me. The betrayal and disbelief on her face when I managed to catch it and put it outside. The mouse recovered. Hoping our relationship will bounce back as well.

black cat looking out the window in sunlight

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 26/10/2025

Fall Sundays are just the best.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 11/10/2025

Three guesses who was in the bed first.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 05/10/2025

Sophie is ready to hang her shingle as an Etsy witch. Canned food is expensive these days! #WitchSky

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 12/07/2025

I’ve never read cozy #fantasy before. I didn’t know how much I needed it before today!

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 10/07/2025

Well this #beaver made my day. I did NOT make her day, I suspect.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 17/06/2025

San Francisco, you are healing my heart. What a great city.

Golden Gate Bridge seen from Baker Beach

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 28/05/2025

First book: 7 years. Second: 3. This time, I'm going to aim for 1. June-August, I am going to ROUGH draft a 95K cozy romantasy mystery smashup. Anyone want to join in a summer rough draft challenge? Comment below! #DisasterDraft #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub #FantasyAuthors #AmWriting

Explosion comic book style, with "This Draft Will Self Destruct" over the top.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 21/05/2025

😆 A bear came to our back door last night. Sophie the cat thinks we aren’t taking this seriously enough this morning.

Cat eyes 👀 glowing from a hiding spot in the dark

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 19/05/2025

I know some members of the #WritingCommunity are curious about #TheNovelry. I honestly can't say enough good about the experience. I'll be writing more in a blog post, but for now I will just say I got all that I hoped and more from the experience.

A snow globe illustration with the words "The Big Edit: That's a novel done!

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 26/04/2025

Day #14. Picking up bad habits. 🚬👀

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 25/04/2025

GM #5amWritersClub. Happy Friday to you all! This morning, William prefers not to. But I'm up with edits.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 22/04/2025

Day #9 of the blonde mullet wig occupation. I did not purchase, wear, or hang this wig on the kitchen bookshelf. I WILL make daily note of its presence in our home and rank my moral superiority on an exponential growth curve relative to its continued existence in my field of view.

Blonde mullet wig hanging on a book shelf.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 17/04/2025

Charging the batteries for 3:47 am parkour.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 07/04/2025

Happy Monday, #5amWritersClub. I'm editing like mad for an April 24 deadline. Hope it's a brilliant writing day for us all.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 20/03/2025

I love a starling—seemingly so drab until you look closely. And so smart! They play a major role in my WIP. #fantasyauthors #amwriting #writingcommunity

Comic book illustration of a starling sitting by a cup of tea.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 14/03/2025

These two, keeping me sane.(ish)

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 11/03/2025

Today's #illustration from Daytime Nighttime All Through the Year by Diane Lang (Sourcebooks.) I love drawing mice. #kidslitart #picturebookartists #picturebooks

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 10/03/2025

I’d marry me. I mean, that would be a disaster in many respects, but the bread would be sorted.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 25/02/2025

I skipped #5amWritersClub in favor of #2amExistentialDread but managed to harvest some words before work. I'll call this victory for the day.

Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' in black and white lithograph.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 03/02/2025

Today's #illustration is the second in a series of #otters I painted after a trip to San Juan Island in Washington State. #wildlifeart #wildlifeillustration #watercolor

Several otters swimming while one keeps watch on a rock. Watercolor painting in portrait mode.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 02/02/2025

Here I thought my own grandma was brave to ride in a plane in 1926. Bessie Coleman had been flying them for years by then. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_... #blackhistorymonth

Young Black woman in early aviation headgear with goggles

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 22/01/2025

Today's #artwork is an #illustration of some #otters I spent the day with out on San Juan Island years ago. #watercolor #wildlifeart

Five otters swimming in a vertical watercolor painting.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 14/01/2025

Today's #illustration from Daytime, Nighttime All Through the Year, published by Dawn Publications (now Sourcebooks.) I'm always fascinated by those trail cams that show the same location and all its visitors over time. #picturebooks #wildlifeart #wildlifeillustration

Raccoons looking out of their tree while quail walk underneath in daylight.

Raccoons on the prowl while quail sleep in nighttime.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 13/01/2025

Today's #illustration is a fold-out I did for Mark Kurlansky's book Salmon. Someone wrote me recently, asking for a copy, and I somehow have lost the digital file. Do as I say, kids. Not as I do.🙃🫠 #wildlifeillustration #salmon

illustration showing the life cycles of the salmon

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 09/01/2025

My niecelet talked me into trying out Procreate on the iPad. Fun to see what comes up when you have no plan.

Cartoon of two mushroom people holding hands.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 09/01/2025

After extensive viewing of Britbox and Acorn, I can provide you with the following scientific graph for traveling safety in the UK. #detectivedrama #bbc #britbox #acorn

Graph showing murder rates around popular crime topics.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 07/01/2025

Trauma bonding. The tree guys have us surrounded.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 03/01/2025

This walrus #illustration created for no other reason than my fascination with those face bristles. I love an animal portrait.

Black and white illustration portrait of a walrus from the shoulders up.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 02/01/2025

Today's random sketch in celebration of the new year 2025. #illustration #picturebooks

Rough sketch of an elephant balancing on a ball on a tightrope stretched between two buildings.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 30/12/2024

I cannot overstate how much my Grandma did not care for this poem I made for her years ago. #WritingCommunity

Cartoon of a little person looking up at big gramma underpants on a clothesline.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 27/12/2024

The creek behind our house is 20’ deep. Those lines are the tracks of someone’s shiny new Christmas ATV. It’s 37 degrees out and raining. Visit #Wisconsin, the #FAFO state.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 24/12/2024

Politics makes strange bedfellows. So does a place by the fire, apparently.

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Andrea Gabriel @andreagabriel.com · 19/12/2024

Aaand here's the reason I had squirrel on the brain. View out my office window today.

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