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.
Author: Weslie Ashe
Weslie Ashe writes mostly sweet, always sexy romance and chick-lit books. She believes in delicious, slow-build tension, perfect imperfection, and ever-lasting love. She has feminist ideals. Her blogs are snarky-smart. She is taking down the patriarchy, one romance hero at a time.
Book Review: Becoming, by Michelle Obama
Let me begin by saying if you have not yet read this book, you should. Or, better yet, go get the audio copy of Becoming, and let former First Lady Michelle Obama read it to you herself. It is worth all nineteen hours and three minutes…
Kaleena Roseburr, Badass Woman
For my most recent Badass Women blog interview, I spoke with Kaleena Roseburr, a Brand Designer and Strategist who runs her own business, K. Roseburr Design & Consulting. Listen to the interview yourself or read Kaleena’s answers here.
Seeking Perfection? Don’t. The Mistakes are More Valuable.
What perfection are you targeting today? What bigger, better mistakes could you be aiming at instead? Don’t be afraid to mess up. Be afraid of not making enough mistakes to be great.
Book Review: 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, by Mona Awad
Weslie Ashe reviews Mona Awad’s 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. Spoiler alert: the protagonist is never really happy.
Jen Kelchner, Badass Woman
For my second Badass Women blog interview, I spoke with Jen Kelchner, a Conscious Transformation & Strategy Leader who runs her own business, Leader 21, and is involved in several other projects (including a personal project she thinks of as “world domination”).
Tina L. Cloud, Badass Woman
For my first Badass Women blog interview, I spoke with Tina L. Cloud, a Conflict Transformation Strategist who runs her own business, TLC Strategies. Listen to the interview here!
Real Badass Women: The Series
If you haven’t noticed by now reading this blog, my writing interests go a little beyond the love story. Don’t get me wrong: I love writing about love. But what should a badass heroine in a love story look like?
WWWWWD?
What would a white male do? That’s what I’ve asked myself sometimes when I don’t have the confidence to do something I should be able to do. But what if I asked, what would a woman wearing white do? Maybe I’d be stronger. Maybe you would be, too.
The Real Heroes
Okay, so I’m talking to one of my friends last week about this whole “feminist hero” problem, and she says the following: “Well, you know the real problem, don’t you? It’s that the only true feminist heroes out there are lesbians.” But really, who are the feminist heroines? What do they look like?