by Ashley Hagan | May 10, 2019 | Miscellaneous
We write, hiding behind our words, believing there is a protective wall between us and our readers. Instead, we find that our very words betray us. True writers bare their souls, whether they want to or not. It seeps out in dialogue and creeps around...
by Ashley Hagan | Apr 5, 2019 | Miscellaneous, Things I Love
Necessary items for an all-female writing retreat.
by Ashley Hagan | Jan 9, 2019 | Miscellaneous
It’s a new January. It’s the time of year to make plans for the future: goals, objectives, resolutions. This year, I was inspired by this photo I took at the Opryland Hotel here in Nashville. Every year, thousands of visitors make a pilgrimage to the...
by Ashley Hagan | Dec 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Something’s coming before Christmas, and it’s not a novel.
by Ashley Hagan | Nov 8, 2018 | Miscellaneous, Publishing
Here’s a picture of me going to the Christy Awards. The Christy Awards honors the best of Christian Fiction, and is named after the Catherine Marshall novel of the same name. It was a lot of fun; I met some great people, and heard from authors in the industry,...
by Ashley Hagan | Oct 26, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Sometimes you meet people whose loneliness is so desperate that it reaches out and grabs you by the throat. It’s like a drowning man, clutching on to the person who has come to his rescue, and nearly drowning his own salvation. What do we do when we meet...
