Happy National Fountain Pen Day Happy writing 🤩

Autumn has really shown up for Vancouver this year 🍂🤩

Love my morning yoga view 😍

Happy Samhain 🎃 Tonight we prepare to embrace the dark half of the season, to sweep away the energy that no longer serves us, and sow the seeds of new dreams and possibilities in a new year. Blessed be 🧙

What a magical night 🎃 An array of spooky stories and poems from the writing ( & ghostly) communities @rclas.bsky.social & Haunted History BC I thoroughly enjoyed everyone's readings and what a wonderful prelude to All Hallows Eve. And I thank the king to my queen, for his neverending support.

Pumpkin yoga Getting ready to celebrate Samhain with gratitude for a good harvest year.

October 29th, Royal City Literary Arts Society presents Tellers of Short Tales with the sisters of Haunted History B.C. Join us as we share some spooky themed stories for the haunting season. Dress up and bring your own ghostly poems to share 👻🎃😱 CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park New Westminster

The Crime Scene. Our last event with @writersfest.bc.ca on a rainy Sunday night. Thank you Vancouver Writers Festival for another brilliant literary season.

Back @writersfest.bc.ca this morning for building suspense. Perfect for this author who just finished her crime suspense novel this year.

About last night....words, stories, new writing friends, old writing friends, twists, laughs, crime, mystery, and suspense mixed with a wee bit of whiskey. Thank you Noir at the Bar for being a fabulous host at The Shebeen. This writer's soul is full ❤️

Tonight! Noir at the Bar. Join us in the shadows, let us take you down into the dark underbelly of crime and suspense. 7:00pm. The Irish Heather. J.G. Chayko Dietrich Kalteis John Farrow Charles Demers Craig Bowlsby Sean Cranbury Emmet Matheson Sarah M Stephen Shane Joaquin Jimenez

Tonight's event at the Vancouver Writers Festival is the UBC night class, where writers get to flex their writing muscles alongside their peers.

Writing was a bit problematic due to construction around my building, but the Vancouver Writers Festival Bookstore on Granville Island was a pretty good substitute 😍

#VWF2025 kicks off tonight with Oh, Canada!: The Alma Lee Opening Night, featuring Bob Joseph, Kate Beaton, Linden MacIntyre, Emma Donoghue, Canisia Lubrin, David Moscrop, Brent Butt & Jack Wang. Hosted by Elamin Abdelmahmoud and presented with @createastir.ca. writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...

This author is thrilled to attend the opening night event for the Vancouver Writers Festival 🤩 This special event is dedicated to the creator of the festival, Alma Lee. She brought together the #literary community. Tonight we celebrate her legacy with extraordinary Canadian authors.

Tonight's movie draw from the cauldron - perfect for a windy rainy night. Often renowned literary books don't translate well to movies - but there are exceptions. This is the original 1963 classic.

Join me and other writers of crime on Thursday October 23rd for Noir at the Bar. 7:00pm The Irish Heather, Vancouver BC. Come join us in the shadows 🔎 J.G. Chayko Dietrich Kalteis John Farrow Charles Demers Craig Bowlsby Sean Cranbury Emmet Matheson Sarah M Stephen Shane Joaquin Jimenez

"Unearth your own literary harvest, find your kernels, purge and plant those ideas that are haunting you, curl up with good books and a hot cuppa, and find time to nestle into a season of literary abundance." Here's a taste of what I'm up to this literary season. jgchayko.com/corkboardsan...

Morning yoga view. Have a peaceful Monday ❤️🧘‍♀️

Write in the morning, a break for a hot cuppa, maybe a walk, more writing, finish with a hot bath and reading Rinse and repeat 😍 Sounds idyllic, but revising a book takes a ton of mental energy and it can be exhausting. (BTW, not my bathtub but that's me in it. One of my retreat locations)

I'm thrilled to be the featurette author with the fabulous gals from Haunted History BC and the Royal City Literary Arts Society as we share some spooky themed stories for the haunting season 😱👻🎃

I began my writing career in a tree.... literally. When I visited my great-grandmother's farm, I would climb up into a tree in her yard (I think it was a big old oak), curl up in its bough, and write poetry.

First time holding the physical manifestation of my first novel, my blood, sweat and tears. There are no words...😍

Spent the day cleaning the desk, preparing for edits, and scribbling Act 1 outline on my whiteboard - - now I'm diving into my favorite seasonal read 🎃🍂

I just penned "The End" on my second book this year 🤩🤩 A humorous collection of essays on my childhood. First up this fall, edits and revisions on my domestic suspense novel I completed this summer.

Continuing on with my spooky season reads - next up, this deliciously wicked graphic novel...

Tonight is the first movie draw from the cauldron for the movie countdown to All Hallows Eve 🤩

I am J.G. Chayko a writer, actress, dancer, and arthritis advocate with rheumatoid arthritis. I am here with Talk Over RA to share my experiences on travel with RA. Travel has been a big part of my life and when I was diagnosed with RA it changed how I travelled. ⏬ jgchayko.com/old-lady-in-...

Talk Over RA is live today. Join me and my colleagues as we share our experiences living with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune conditions. Every life with arthritis is unique ❤️ jgchayko.com/old-lady-in-...

Welcome Mabon 🍂 The harvest season is here. Time to sit with the year, and sweep 🧹 away the things that no longer serve, a time to sow the seeds of transition, to look into the depths of the cool misty mornings and embrace what is looming beyond the glow of the harvest moon.

Sunday evening reading 👻🤩

Talk Over RA is back, September 23 and 24. Join me and other advocates as we share our experiences living with all forms of arthritis. Every life with arthritis is unique. jgchayko.com/old-lady-in-...

Morning bliss - with Charlotte 🕷️ - our current spider resident. Coffee on the deck in the morning is the best way to begin my #writing day. I think about the words with the soundtrack of birds. The fresh air of a new season kisses my skin. I sit with the sunflowers and breathe in gratitude ❤️

I'm thrilled to be part of Noir at the Bar in October alongside other fabulous authors. I will be reading an excerpt from the first draft of my novel. Come join us for an evening of crime, suspense and gritty stories. Perfect for a dark October night.

Today I'm writing with the fans on, the windows closed and the air filter on high. It's a very smokey day outside. Stay safe everyone.

The bookshop field trip continues with Vancouver's first romance bookshop Perfect Match ❤️ It's not my usual , but I'm always curious to explore different genres. The shop is charming, so drop by to explore and support this local business, and the writers who put their heart and soul on the page.

Writer's field trip to The Paper Hound. Always a good day to explore a bookshop.

The Dragon's Blood fountain pen. The perfect pen for late summer writing. The days are hot, like the dragon's breath but the evenings are cool, like the dragon's skin. Words flow like the wind through a dragon's wings.

Summer reading 😍

The Book Awards for B.C. Authors with the Sunshine Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society. Non-fiction winners: The Final Spire by Trevor Marc Hughes Signs of Life by Sarah Cox A Complex Coast by David Norwell Power Metal by Vince Beiser Honored to be a part of this extraordinary event ❤️

A gorgeous afternoon for a ferry ride to the coast for the Book Awards for BC Authors presentations.

Happy Anniversary to us for escaping a small town in Wales that didn't want us to leave, and perhaps keep us forever in its castle. Full story: www.instagram.com/p/DMiNJ93NvD...

It was a long day...

Writer's travels - first stop, London baby 😍

You must be this tall to defend Wales.

After my second glass of wine 😆 I'd do it again 😜

@jgchayko.bsky.social auditons for her next role. Sound up!

I just wrote the last sentence of my first novel 🥳🤩🥂 It's been thrilling and frustrating. celebrating each new moment, arguing with the characters - and being humbled when they were right. Edits and revisions will start in a few weeks. Done for now, but far from over.

Author at work ✍️

Today is the last show for Lend Me A Soprano. What a wild ride it has been. Lucille Wiley has been one of my favorite characters to play 🎭 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️