A.K. Asher | Author

Good morning writers, readers, and fellow coffee feinds. Show me your mugs.

Instead of going to therapy, I wrote a book where a closeted church tŵíņk works through his religious trauma and s*x*al repression while getting railed by an Egyptian god.

10/10 would recommend.

(But I probably still need therapy tho.)

My local bookstore is going to carry my debut and I just 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹😭

You don’t learn to climb mountains by going around them.

And you don’t learn to write books by letting AI do it for you.

Climb the mountain. It’s hard, but it’s worth it.

The Secret Shape of Worship ARC Application Thank you for your interest in joining the ARC team for THE SECRET SHAPE OF WORSHIP, book one in the Ancient Awakening series by A.K. Asher. I am happy to welcome as many of you to the team as possib...

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Less than one week left to join the ARC team for my debut MM monster romance, THE SECRET SHAPE OF WORSHIP 🐺

Almost 100 readers have joined the team already, and I am just floored and overwhelmed and so excited by the response.

Let’s get to an even hundred, what do you say? 😏

Is this a trend over here? 🫣

The summer I accidently summoned the Egyptian god of the afterlife…🐺

Hey ARC readers. Got something for you…

My parents and my sister are both going thru divorces & BOTH preached at me when I told them I was gay. Meanwhile, I've been with my husband for 12 years and we're happier and happier together each day.

So, I guess what I'm really trying to say is: F*ck Kim Davis, gay marriage is the best marriage.

How do you become an author? Simple…

Stare into the abyss until you see claws and teeth and then entice them out with the promise of fame and money. There won't be any, but it's ok, because soon you'll be friends, poor but happy together forever.

Follow along for more unhinged writing advice
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Sad to report that I still have not become an overnight viral sensation and did, in fact, have to show up to my corporate job this morning.
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If this piques your interest…preorders are open - link in bio bbs 🖤🫶🏼🖤

The Secret Shape of Worship A mythic, high-heat story of love, lust, and irreverent…

Heyyy my book was just added to Goodreads! You should go throw it on your TBR 👀

Pretty please? 🥹

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Hot take: if a kid is too young to have conversations about gender, then they’re too young for you to tell them they’ll go to hēłł for not committing their life to your religion…

But that’s just my opinion. 💅

Check out the cover of my debut MM monster romance!

The book explores themes of faith deconstruction and self-discovery as Mina, a seminary student in the middle of a faith crisis, encounters Anubis, the flail-wielding, Egyptian god of the afterlife.

Swipe for more…

Link in bio to preorder!

Since I have a book coming out soon, I guess I should be clear about this so you all know where I stand.

*clears throat*

Gen AI is theft, and if you use it to write your books, you’re not only cheating yourself, you’re stealing from those who have come before you.

*shrinks back into writer hole*

Haha. It tries. But yes, this is going to be an integral part of the process from now on. Definitely a game changer.

I mean…😅💀

Just submitted my ebook to Am*z*n KDP for review. AHH. It's getting so real. My stomach hurts. 💀

Why did no one tell me that figuring out how to format this book for KU and KDP was going to be my ENTIRE SATURDAY?!? 😅

Just finished doing text to speech as a final editing step for my novel and … wow … I mean I’ve heard writers talk about it before, but I had no idea just how helpful that would be! I caught things I would have never caught otherwise.

10/10 recommend it.

Doing my final round of edits and I can’t decide if I need to scrap all of my em dashes.

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Want a free snippet of my book?

I’ve started a newsletter which I’ve dubbed “THE PANTHEON” because it sounds cool & newsletters are lame.

BUT they’re also incredibly valuable for indie writers.

My posts will be short and infrequent, I promise, but I’d love to connect with you!

Link in bio 🫶🏼

The hardest part about being a writer is that you have to actually sit down and write. The hardest part about being a writer is also being constantly obligated to do things that are not writing.

I don’t make the rules I just flail like a petulant child against them.

All of a sudden I really want to write an MM book set in space as part of my Ancient Awakening series. If an MC were to encounter an ancient god of mythology in space, which god would it be? 👀

Listen 2025 is WILD and it’s totally ok to channel Ozzy Osborne and eat like 3 massive burritos in one day or drink a soup bowl full of coffee in one gulp. And you can even cry into it a little bit if that helps. No one will judge you. Well someone might but I won’t I promise. Hope this helps 🫶🏼

Seriously, you won't like it at all 😈🌶️

But in case you’re a degenerate like me, THE SECRET SHAPE OF WORSHIP, my debut MM god x human monster romance, is coming October 21st.

It’s sweet and spicy and wild and you’re going to fall so hard for Mina and Anubis 🥹

Definitely want to make it easy for folks who want an exhaustive list to find it while also being respectful of those who want to avoid potential spoilers. Back of the book with a note up front is a good idea.

Current stage of debut book release: Agonizing over endless iterations of book cover layouts and unable to make even the simplest decision HELP 💀

Readers...

Do you like having an exhaustive content advisory list in the book itself or are you ok with the author including a link to a webpage with a list?

I'm considering doing a link/URL purely for aesthetic purposes, but I'm totally fine to include a list if that's widely preferred.