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Continue reading →: Divorce
Note: The Western Maryland Writers Group Fairy Tale Anthology with the “Elaty Riaf” short story is out. Get it in print, or on your kindle. We began dating 11/23/2005. I was still a teenage. We got married, got separated. Our divorce came through exactly 11 years later. Since my…
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Continue reading →: Hey, you’re a Goodreads Author now!
One of the most exciting e-mails I’ve ever received had the subject line: “Hey, you’re a Goodreads Author now!” Feel free to check out my page there, if you haven’t already. Then, vote on the best line from my short story “Born to Stub”. P.S. Are…
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Continue reading →: Alphasmart
To write the rough draft of “Elaty Riaf”, I used my Neo by Alphasmart. This was the first time I have done this. Here are my observations: Positives: not very expensive ($28 used on Amazon) comfortable to type on the battery lasts for a long time this is a word…
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Continue reading →: Elaty Riaf interview
Dr. Dale A Grove took time from writing his latest novel Outlier Revolutions to interview Ashley about her soon-to-be-published short story. Here is a little more information about Dale: “Dr. Dale A. Grove is a product developer by day and a writer by night. He has worked for such firms…
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Continue reading →: A Smile Among Wrinkles
Most of my writing time since April has gone into work and my activities blog. You can catch up with my life as an activities director here: http://ashleyflashley.blogspot.com/ My fairy tale short story is coming along though. If I don’t finish editing before the anthology gets submitted, I will post…
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Continue reading →: Lost Man Interview
Taken from the blog of Dr. Dale Grove Lost Man Interview 7/4/2016 This is an interview about an upcoming short story entitled Lost Man that that will be included of the upcoming Western Maryland Writers Anthology that focuses on fairy tales. Ashley Crookham will also be publishing a short fairy tale,…
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Continue reading →: 2016 Goals: April Update
The writing highlight of April was the book signing. My fellow authors and editor of the Western Maryland Writers Group 2015 Anthology dressed up to complement our short stories. We each introduced our pieces and did a brief reading. Questions from the audience followed, and everyone seemed to have a…
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Continue reading →: From the Second Story Porch
This morning I will have the last breakfast in my twenty-three acre country home. This is where I learned to drive manual, collected too many eggs from my chickens, made elderberry tincture, and went fishing with my cat. I rode in a front…
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Continue reading →: One Week Until The Anthology Signing!
Meet the Editor and Authors Book Giveaway Signed Copies for Sale Refreshments provided 5:30 PM Washington County Library- Community Room 100 South Potomac Street Hagerstown, MD 21740
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Continue reading →: 2016 Goals: March Update
Editing is still underway for Gender Chasm. I’ve been getting useful and positive feedback from members of my writer’s group. Here is a quote they enjoyed: “…Our storage barn is a carcass of wooden bones and peeling paint. Sunbeams above the red tin roof glow like a flashlight inside a…
