The following is a letter I sent to my subscribers in response to the Courtney Milan RWA suspension, which RWA rescinded a little too late for my tastes. I feel this issue is important enough to post the letter here…
Year: 2019
Book Release! He Made Biscuits, by Weslie Ashe
The second book in my Yummy Romance novella series is now available for purchase! He Made Biscuits follows He Made Pasta, both stories of yummy love. Learn about the series below. He Made Biscuits (Yummy Romance #2)by Weslie Ashe She…
The Problem with the Pill Prescription
Today my insurance company denied coverage of one of my prescriptions. Can you guess what prescription that was? The birth control pill. Yep. That’s right. I was told today that my insurance would only cover the prescription my doctor gave…
Women who Run with the Wolves: Still Applicable?
A few months ago, I assigned my feminist book club Women who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. We’d just read The Princess Saves Herself In This One (a…
Julie Kedzie, Badass Woman
For my most recent Badass Women blog interview, I recently spoke with Julie Kedzie, a retired American mixed martial artist, writer, and real badass woman.
WTF, Georgia? A heartbeat bill?
Alright, so not quite a year ago, I moved from the Atlanta, Georgia area to Raleigh, North Carolina. I left before Georgia passed a heartbeat bill, and I didn’t want to. I have good friends and family in Atlanta. I…
Book Review: Shameless by Nadia Bolz-Weber
So in May, I started a feminist book club. (How else am I supposed to hold myself accountable for reading all the great feminist books I want to read? Anyway, I needed people I could talk with about these feminist…
Where #MeToo Needs to Go Next
As the #metoo movement enters a blurry space about hugging and touchy-feely people, the movement needs to take a turn from blaming to teaching.
The Bechdel Test
Alright, so let’s talk about another feminist aspiration that someone who cares about women in fiction in any format–books, television, movies, etc.–should know about. It’s called The Bechdel Test.
Book Release! Won’t Let You Go, by Weslie Ashe
So Friday, April 12, 2019, my first “real” romance book launches. It’s called Won’t Let You Go, and it’s the first in my new series, the All Tied Up With String Romance series, which is basically a set of fluff books about couples who are tied together by some kind of string.