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ashleytwrites.bsky.social
@ashleytwrites.bsky.social
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✍🏽 Urban Fantasy Writer working on debut novel
📚 Avid reader of fantasy, sci-fi, and romance
🎨 Artist and graphic designer
👩🏽‍💻 @AshleyTWrites
🗞️ https://ashleytwrites.substack.com
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And we’ve reached the climax of this cozy story! Kit and Wells get snowed into the butcher shop and have to work through their problems and learn about each other and get a little bit closer as the temperatures plummet!

#serialnovel #cozyfantasy #booksky #shifters
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Short Cuts: Supernatural Butcher
Season One, Episode Five: Snowed In
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November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I realized last night that this is the week the novel I set aside begins. The inciting incident is literally on Thanksgiving. It’s bittersweet because I thought in my naïveté that this story would be published but instead it’s stuck in edits.
#writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky #amwriting #wip
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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This is the greatest day in my audiobook loving author journey! I’ve literally dreamed of hearing my characters brought to life by narration and this excerpt brought to life for #humanvoicesonly by @narratedbymariana.bsky.social and @narratedbychris.bsky.social was truly a dream come true!
narratedbymariana.bsky.social Mariana Olmeda | Narrator 🎙️📚 @narratedbymariana.bsky.social · 3d
Stop the use of generative AI in creative work! Once again, voice actors from all genres have come together to flood your feeds with snippets of work created by people, performed by people!

#humanvoicesonly #humanvoices #audiobooknarrator #voiceactor #narrator
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Things I did instead of writing: carving a turkey out of floral foam and a bread knife for my kid’s Thanksgiving parade. It’s going to go in a cardboard oven that lights up. Also needs to be done by tomorrow 😅
#artsandcrafts #writingexcuses #thanksgiving #writingcommunity #artistcommunity
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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I’ve finally got a moment to sit down and write! What are you working on today?
#writingcommunity #amwriting #authorsky #writersky #WIPwednesday
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Episode Four is live! This is one of my favorite ones! The banter is 🤌🏽. Also I’m very proud of the art I made this week. I draw a new cover art of a miscellaneous item from the story every week

#serialfiction #booksky #paranormalfiction #cozyfantasy #shifterromance
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Short Cuts: Supernatural Butcher
Episode Four, First Time for Everything
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November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Tomorrow the fourth installment of my serial novel Short Cuts goes live! You can hop in at four but if you’d like a recap, here you go!
#freebooks #serialfiction #urbanfantasy #paranormalfantasy #shufterromance #writingcommunity #booksky
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Previously on Short Cuts Episode Three
Catch up on the story
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November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Yesterday I went to a book signing for two amazing authors Nicole Holland and Lily Rian! I’ve already read Vlad and Friends and can’t wait to dive into A Kingdom of Silver Shadows!
#booksigning #authorsinthewild #booksky #readersofbluesky #bookcommunity
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November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Short Cuts episode three is now available!!! What happens when a shifter butcher meets a witch baker? Magic of course!
#booksky #cozyfantasy #urbanfantasy #paranormalromace #shifterromace #shortstory #serialfiction #writingcommunity #Writersky #authorsky
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Short Cuts: Supernatural Butcher
Episode Three, Something Witchy This Way Comes
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November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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A brief recap before tomorrow’s new episode!

#booksky #readersky #shortstory #serialfiction #writersky #aurhorsky
#paranormalromance #cozyfantasy #shifterromance
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Previously on Short Cuts Episode Two
Catch up on the story
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I accomplished getting over 150 reads on the first episode of my short stories and releasing the second installment of the series which is already at 80 reads! I’m so glad people are reading my work! #fifrevpit #writingcommunity #writersky #writersofbluesky
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Happy Saturday! What did you get accomplished this week?? Celebrate yourself and congratulate fellow writers! #FiFRevPit #writingcommunity #writersky #writersofbluesky
#FiF RevPit Share Your Weekly Wins!
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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my daughter said that it looks like he’s about to slap her and now I can’t unsee it 😂. To be fair, he does knock her hand out of the way. I promise it’s more of him being socially awkward than anything else.

Read about this disaster of a man here:

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#booksky
Man with brown hair and gray eyes with hand over his chest. Woman with hand hovering over his hand, back to viewer. Red wavy hair down to mid-back.
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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I started new short story during my writing break 😅 #writingcommunity #writersky #shortstory #authorsky #amwriting
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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It’s been up for one week today and I reached 100 reads today!!! A huge milestone for me!
#booksky #serialfiction #writingcommunity #writingmilestone #authorsky #paranormalromace #urbanfantasy #cozyfantasy

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November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Episode two of Short Cuts is now available!!! This episode is full of supernatural creatures, delicious banter, and the first crack in Wells’ grumpy exterior!
#booksky #serialfiction #paranormalromance #shifterromance #cozyfantasy #urbanfantasy #writingcommunity
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Short Cuts: Supernatural Butcher
Season One, Episode Two: Sensational
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November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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My first short story released today and it feels amazing and weird at the same time that people have read my work. It’s out there free for anyone to see. And I just had to go about a normal day with responsibilities. #writingcommunity #booksky #authorsky

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Shirt Cuts: Supernatural Butcher
Season One, Episode One: A Solitary Pursuit
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October 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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It’s finally time! The first installment has released and is available to read for free on my Substack! #newrelease #releaseday #booksky #urbanfantasy #cozyfantasy #paranormalromance #shifterromance #writingcommunity #booklaunch
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Shirt Cuts: Supernatural Butcher
Season One, Episode One: A Solitary Pursuit
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October 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Short Cuts releases tomorrow! Here’s how you can enjoy the story for no money!
#releaseweek #urbanfantasy #cozyfantasy #booksky #shifterromance #paranormalromance
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What to Expect from Short Cuts
How do serial novellas work?
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October 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Meet Kit, the leading lady of Short Cuts! She’s a fox shifter with a dark past and a sunny disposition shaking things up at the butcher shop! #booksky #amwriting #writingcommunity #paranormalromance #cozyfantasy
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Meet Kit
Short Cuts' mischievous fox shifter
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October 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I cannot believe I’m about to have a story available for people to read soon 😳. It’s not perfect, just a fun free story to stretch my writing muscles and expand the world building on my main novel, but I’m proud of it and hope people will enjoy it as much as I do 🥰 #booksky #writersky #amwriting
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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I cannot believe release day for the first installment of my serialized novella Short Cuts come out on the 28th! Here’s an in depth look at the story’s main character!
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Meet Wells
Learn more about the main character of Short Cuts
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October 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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For the first time I’ve underwritten something. How novel 😅
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August 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I’ve been feeling really down about posting on social media lately, but I have a plan!
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Social Media Saddies
Author Marketing Induced Depression
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August 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Now that summer is nearly over it’s time to get back on track! In this week’s article I’m sharing my monthly writing schedule and my deadlines for the year!
#writersky #authorsky #substack #aeontimeline #writingdeadline

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Booked and Busy
first week on a writing schedule
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August 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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It’s been a while, it feels so good to have another 1000 word day!
#writersky #writingcommunity
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August 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM