Author, blogger, cat wrangler.
I don't know that it's fair to call this a slump as I was impossibly busy last week, but my word count did drop dramatically. I am, however, still on target thanks to a banner week one! So, I missed the 13th, ruining my streak which is a huge personal bummer, but I was exhausted… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021: The Second Week Slump
This was a short-lived, though perhaps ongoing (at the time of posting this), Twitter meme that I am riding all the way to the bank (the bank of Ashley's blog, that is). That's right, I posted it on Twitter and Instagram, and now it's here too. So, here's how I'd describe myself in three characters.… Continue reading Me In Three Characters
Listen, nobody is going to care about this post, and I accepted that way before I even started making it. This is for me, okay? I took that bitch/dumbass/thot alignment chart thing, made it a little funnier (in my humble opinion), and applied it to The Wayward Deed. This was fun for me, and that's… Continue reading Character Alignment Chart
Lorelei is an artist. Well, a failed one, at least. Because of this, sometimes she sees the world through paintings and sculptures. There isn't anything obscure in The Weary Traveler, but I thought I'd post about the handful of references made in case any of them were new to my Dear Readers. No spoilers here,… Continue reading Art References in The Weary Traveler
I finished tweaking all the mood boards for the core characters in The Vacancy Series, so I figured I'd throw them up in one big post for funsies. All put together on Canva.com with the free images there. Lorelei Conrad Ziah Grier Hana Ren
I really love playing around with Canva when I've hit a creative wall. I mean, I like making stuff on there when I'm on a creative roll too, but it's especially helpful when I'm all "meh" or when I've been working all day and I still want to do something in the evening, but I… Continue reading Character Mood Board – Conrad from The Vacancy Series
Lorelei Fischer from The Vacancy Series
So I'm a nerd, and I love D&D. I will admit I constantly forget the rules, know very little of the lore, and never have an inkling about what a monster is going to do besides knowing about these kinds of creatures from myth outside of Dungeons and Dragons, but I still love D&D. I'm… Continue reading My D&D Character – Emi Bounder
It's National Novel Writing Month, and this will be the first time in a long time that I won't be participating in a normal way. I'm sort of sad about that, especially since I'm actually in the exact kind of mood that writing a first draft of something requires (the desire to just kinda go… Continue reading Nontraditional NaNo and Me
During Camp NaNo, I used a number of tools while I wrote. These aren't necessarily the great works of art that inspire you to go forth and create your own prose, they're more of the pen and paper variety, but you're not writing anything without the utensils, okay? Ambiance I'm a pretty big fan of… Continue reading The Tools I Used To Win Camp NaNo
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