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October 4, 2024
Book Cover Reveal
It’s book cover time, y’all! My first novel, Violindy: A Hilarious And Cozy Heist Novel, will be released on October 25th. And I am so excited to share this cover with you! Without further ado, here it is: When I first started thinking about a cover for this novel, I honestly didn’t know where to […]
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September 27, 2024
You’re Invited To My Book Launch!
It is with incredible joy and not a little anxiety that I get to tell you that my first novel is finally done. It’s written, it’s edited, it’s formatted, and it’s ready to go to print. Which means…now it’s time to plan the party! On Friday, October 25th, I will be delighted to introduce you […]
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September 20, 2024
Comfort Food: My Craving for Noodles
SALTY SOUP WITH NOODLES My friend group has been passing around a cold, and it finally came to me. Although it’s not a bad cold, I’m sick enough that I find myself doing the things I usually do when I’m sick: drinking extra liquids, diffusing oils to help my sinuses, and putting extra lotion on […]
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September 13, 2024
The Great Road Trip
THE GREAT ROAD TRIP Fourteen years ago today, I was on my way home from The Great Road Trip. In 2010, through a combination of circumstances I will never really understand, my friend Kylie and I both managed to take two weeks off work to go on a road trip across the country. I drove […]
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September 6, 2024
Life Lessons From CrossFit
THE FIRST RULE OF CROSSFIT We all know that the first rule of CrossFit is that you have to talk about CrossFit, right? It’s like that airport employee who announces that a flight is about to take off and all remaining passengers must board immediately. A guy runs up to the counter, out of breath. […]
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August 30, 2024
Confusing Your Enemies
WHY THIS TOPIC? For no other reason than “I feel like it,” I have decided that this week, we are going to discuss the idea of confusing your enemies. It’s a concept recently and expertly suggested by the great football club owner Rebecca Welton to her team manager, Ted Lasso, but it’s been a classic […]
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August 23, 2024
Family Values
FAMILY VACATION I’m on vacation this week, bumming around the beaches of North Carolina with my immediate family. This is an annual occurrence, and we have rhythms and patterns of behavior that we follow. But this year, my high school best friend and her family also joined us. And the whole experience has me contemplating […]
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August 16, 2024
Books: A Lifelong Love Affair
CALL ME A BOOKWORM My brother was the first person to call me a “bookworm.” He said it affectionately, watching me curl up in our parents’ living room armchair. I was maybe seven or eight years old and I remember I was rereading my then-favorite book: a historical fiction novel about a boy living in […]
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August 9, 2024
The Myth of Improvement
I’M STILL MENTALLY ILL I realized this week that it’s been a while since I wrote about mental illness. So long, actually, that you might have found yourself wondering: “Is Ashleyne still mentally ill?” Why, yes, in fact! I am still mentally ill. And it’s looking like that will be true for the rest of […]
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