As January wraps up, I am finally getting to the blog post I intended to make at the end of December for the same reason only it's even more now. December 2022 was my best month career-wise. In my personal life, not so much, I want to make that abundantly clear, but strictly speaking about… Continue reading A Heartfelt Thank You
Category: Writing
Summoned to the Wilds – An Excerpt
Book Two of Villains & Virtues is here! As always, here is the first chapter to entice you, Dear Reader, to pick it up. Be forewarned, spoilers for Book One, Throne in the Dark, follow. CHAPTER ONEHUMBLE ALTRUISM AND WHAT IT ENTAILS The most superlatively good being to have blessed the realm of Eiren was… Continue reading Summoned to the Wilds – An Excerpt
Cover Reveal and November Newsletter
Hello, Dear Readers! My November newsletter just went out, and you can read it here, getting access to all the goodies therein. I've also dropped the cover for Summoned to the Wilds, book two of Villains & Virtues. Isn't she beautiful? Of the three pieces of art that Anna-Mariya did for me, this one is… Continue reading Cover Reveal and November Newsletter
Throne in the Dark is officially here!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! She's here! Throne in the Dark is officially live, out in the world, all on her own, and accessible to just about anyone. If you've got Kindle Unlimited, you can read her for free, or you can pick the ebook up for $3.99 or the paperback for $12.99. I'm pretty proud of this book.… Continue reading Throne in the Dark is officially here!
Throne in the Dark – Sample Preview
The first book in the Villains & Virtues trilogy comes out September 28th.You can get it here in ebook or paperback, and you can read a preview below. CHAPTER 1SUPREME EVIL AND WHAT IT ENTAILS The discourse surrounding the most superlatively evil being to have ever blighted the realm of Eiren is complex and has… Continue reading Throne in the Dark – Sample Preview
Throne in the Dark – PreOrder and Cover Reveal
Villains & Virtues Book One:Throne in the Darkis now available for preorder! And isn't that cover gorgeous? The wonderful Anna-Mariya Georgieva of AngeoArt illustrated the cover, and I threw on the text in Gimp. His dark destiny awaits, and nothing will stand in his way. Except her. Dark lord, demon spawn, prophesied realm destroyer. With… Continue reading Throne in the Dark – PreOrder and Cover Reveal
More Fantasy Indie Posts
I didn't keep up with #FantasyIndiesMay and I've missed some #FantasyIndiesJune, but I do have some posts from Twitter I thought might be good to share here. At this rate, you might be able to read the entirety of this trilogy through posts! Just kidding, not really, but I do hope these entice you to… Continue reading More Fantasy Indie Posts
Blogaversary
Today's my 13 year WordPress anniversary. Wild. I don't think I have blogs going back that far here, but I've been using this account on WordPress for at least that long. And let me tell you, 2009 was a very different time on the internet. Now, I don't want to do a "back in the… Continue reading Blogaversary
I Saw Neil Gaiman Speak
I can't believe I didn't blog about this right away, but it was very much like one of those dreams that make you feel hazy and floaty when you wake up like you know it didn't really happen but you have all the emotions like it did, except this was real. So. Words. They're hard.… Continue reading I Saw Neil Gaiman Speak
#FantasyIndiesMay – Week 1
I've been posting about Throne in the Dark on Twitter this month under the #FantasyIndiesMay hashtag, so I figured I'd collect all those snippets and lines here too. First, here are the prompts: You already probably know who I am if you're here, but in case not, per day one: I'm Ashley (A.K.) and my… Continue reading #FantasyIndiesMay – Week 1
A.K. Caggiano 