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You’ve Got Five Pages, The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of #Christmas by #TadSafran and #JamesPatterson, to Tell Me You’re Good. #FirstChapter #BookReview #Podcast
Hello, my fellow creatives! I was happily surprised to find a new release at my local…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
(also Happy Kwanzaa and Happy Hannukkah!) Photo by Frans van Heerden on Pexels.com To all my…
Let Christmas commence …
The first round of edits for Masquerade on the Riviera have finally left the building. Won’t…
2022 Goodreads Choice Awards reading challenge recap
After reading all the great books from last year’s Goodreads Choice Awards reading challenge, I decided…
The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Dec. 24, 2022
Friday’s here and so am I with your Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. Actually, I’m writing…
In a word: conflict
After Daniel 10:1-14 The word came that day, the vision came, in conflict, a war, in…
10 Books I Hope to Read in 2023
The list grows and grows. Every week it seems I’m finding awesome-looking new reads to add…
Things to Love About the Holidays
With the holidays fast approaching, I started thinking of things I loved about the season. While…
Bundt Pan Pound Cake
From as long as I can remember, my mother or grandmother would prepare this fancy-looking bundt…
The Judas Compact or “How the Sabbat got their groove stolen”
V5 Chronicle Tips 1. The Social Satire of Vampire: The Masquerade 2. An analysis of Anarchs…
Christmas Greetings!
Thanks to everyone who has read my blog posts this year and has been part of…
Wish on A Star is #FREE on Amazon
Danielle Hoelz gave up her dreams of a life on the Broadway stage when her daughter…
Wrapping it up for the year
Here we are again. It’s my Christmas post and it’s time to wrap up the year…
Merry Christmas 2022!
Wishing all of my friends, near and far, the safest and Merriest Christmas 2022! Cheers, Ashley
Award Winner — Felicity’s Fortune
I’m so pleased to tell y’all that FELICITY’S FORTUNE won best Historical Romance in the N.…
Poetry Day: Darwin Slepsnor
Google Image Search (Totally forgot that I did a poem on Darwin Slepsnor. He’s definitely evolved…
The Winter Solstice
The winter solstice happened yesterday at 1:48 PM PST (4:48 PM EST, 21:48 UTC).(Some sources say…
Film Review : Flight 2012 Denzel Washington
Flight is a 2012 film starring Denzel Washington with fantastic cameos from John Goodman, directed by…
Thanks for supporting Ariel’s Christmas!
Currently my most popular read on Amazon – thanks so much for that! ARIEL’S CHRISTMAS
Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Lucy and the Holiday
“Hey, Lucy. You ever wonder about those things hanging on the wall.” “Huh? What are you…
When January 1st Wasn’t the First Day of the Year
In less than two weeks it will be the first day of 2023. Time to hang your…
My review of The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin
I bought this hardback novella from Lynn Austin, and she signed it but in no way…
My New Romance Project Surprise!
Hello, my lovelies! I’ve missed writing for my blog and in the new year, I’d like…
Eyes Wide Shut — An Appreciation
This is a rather strange film appreciation. I wrote this piece soon after the release of…