CP Ashton - querying FIREFLY x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

Yay!!! Enjoy!

Oh my gosh, I hope you get to!!! We had a blast with it.

Thanks for the support!

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Me: gotta get up super early tomorrow. Let's get to bed early.

*Miraculously does go to bed*

My dumb brain: stresses about every tiny aspect of upcoming morning for hours on end.

Me: still awake an hour before alarm is due to sound. Haven't slept a wink.

Me too! Fairy tales are so fun to begin with, and it was a blast to write with a group of other authors. Truly one-of-a-kind piece of fiction here.

WINNERS

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Congratulations, everyone! Please reach out if you won! Happy reading!

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Thanks to all our #giveaway entrants! Check the comments to see if you won. Reach out to any of us authors, and we'll get you your free ebook or paperback!

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Just a couple more days on this!

#Giveaway! 5 ebooks and 5 physical copies!

❤️Like this post +👋tag a friend to enter. For up to five total entries, visit the other authors on IG and do the same! Ends Friday!

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Heaven is a south-facing driveway. Love you, Colorado! <3

It's a brand new year, #writingcommunity and #indieauthor crew!

I've been trying to spend half an hour on my writing each day. I'm also not editing as I go. How about you?

The free trackbear.app tracks project goals and your totals. You can even share with friends to keep each other motivated

Thanks, yeah. We have a contract. We just didn't want one person to have to collect and divvy royalties for forever or to pay to create and maintain a business and everything that comes with that. Seems we're paying for it either way.

/// And thanks! Hopefully I can share that story someday ☺️

Hey #indieauthor and #writingcommunity! How is everyone handling royalty splitting among a group of authors? Draft2Digital's cut of print royalties, just standing between us and Ingram is WAY too steep. But it doesn't seem #IngramSpark supports royalty splitting on their end. Options? I'm at a loss.

Happy New Year!

Looking forward to sharing at least one new novella this year! This one's a gaslamp fantasy inspired by Greek mythology.

Updates soon... ⌛🎩🪄

#fantasy #novella #indieauthor #gaslamp #anthology #writingcommunity #greekmythology #booksky #writesky

Really loving it! The sprint function and focus mode are really great for getting those words down.

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Playing around on ellipsus.com and loving this writing program! 100% AI-free, FREE to use, easy collaboration, comments, chat, non-destructive drafts, sprints, folders, & visual themes.

Looking forward to a NEW athology and other projects this year!

#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #fantasy

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Cool maps aside, I wish my spouse would wake up so we could just play Stardew until dawn and it's time to take the kids to school. Then I'd call in sick, and we could nap. ...and then more Stardew.

It's one in the morning and it's windy as hell, but it's okay, because I found this super satisfying global live wind map! wx.windalert.com/map#44.642,-...

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I turned on Home Alone for my kids.

I forgot '90s PG is very different from 2025 PG. 😨

Naturally, they thought it was the greatest thing they'd ever seen. Ha ha 😅 Well, I suppose I turned out (reasonably) okay watching it at their age back in the day. 🤦‍♀️

#parenting #millenial #christmas #holidays

Couldn't have said this better myself. 📚💙

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Just starting The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei. It's promising a heisty sci-fi adventure that sounds like it's right up my alley.

Anyone out there read this one? What did you think?

#scifi 📚💙 #TBR

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Y'all - we gotta talk. Who on earth is buying gingerbread mix and not even considering cookies? How is this recipe not on the box? Are people really only making gingerbread cake?? This hurts my soul and my brain.

#holidays #parenting

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We made it. My kids are finally old enough to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. It's still SO good. I friggen love this movie.

There's no getting around it. The book I #amquerying is absolutely Pirates meets Firefly. Adventure, humor, action, high-stakes, sword fights, magic, warm fuzzies. The end.

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Happy reading!💙📚

#fantasy #fairytale #indieauthor

Honestly, they're all excellent and completely different. We have a heisty Cinderella, a gender-swapped Beauty and the Beast, a Frog Prince x Twelve Dancing Princesses mashup, a Hansel and Gretel horror origin story, and my high-tech Red Riding Hood. It's been so fun to see fresh interpretations!

IT'S HERE! Five fairy tale retellings like you've never read before. 4.7 stars on Goodreads

Be daring - grab your paperback or ebook today
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#indieauthor #fantasy #fairytale #anthology #beautyandthebeast #cinderella #redridinghood #shortstory #novella #booksky #booktok

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Em-dashers rejoice! Patch coming for Windows 11. I've never been more excited for a Windows update.

#emdash #indieauthor #writingcommunity 💙🖊️

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#ARC reviews! Just look at this #Goodreads page! *chef's kiss*

Hit that "want to read" button! If you received an ARC, we'd love to hear from you! goodreads.com/book/show/241977105-not-your-ever-after

paperback coming soon!
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❤️Happy reading!

📚💙 #fantasy #indieauthor

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Listening to the #audiobook for #dungeoncrawlercarl. (I know, I know. Very late to the party). It's super fun, but I can't unhear it... someone please tell me I'm not the only one who hears Kronk. 😅

#scifi #litrpg 💙📚

Decorating for #Halloween while sending out #ARCs for Not Your Ever After! It's #fall, and what better time is there to cozy up with a new book?

Who's reading out there today?

Missing yours? Check for spam from Bookfunnel, and let me know if you don't see it! 💙📚🖊️

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