Ask the Author: Ash Krafton
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Ash Krafton
I have two grown children. They both still live at home.
Ash Krafton
I'd been writing as long as I can remember. I'd been inspired by so many so take my writing to higher levels: my favorite band (hi, Rush!), my favorite authors (hi, all of you!), and my favorite husband (hi, only husband!)
I'm inspired by what I see, what I hear, and what I leave behind.
I'm inspired by what I see, what I hear, and what I leave behind.
Ash Krafton
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Ash Krafton
When someone talks about one of my stories, I go right over the moon. It's such an amazing feeling—if I see a comment on Twitter or Goodreads, I get so jazzed. Those little connections make me feel like I created something that matters. When readers like what they read and talk about it, I feel like the person I'd written the story for had finally found it.
Ash Krafton
Always persevere.
There is a huge learning curve in the beginning and I think a lot of us go into this business with an established set of expectations. Trouble is, the first lesson you learn is to forget what you think you know.
Take time to observe others who are ahead of you on the path to publication. Learn from their highs and their lows. Learn the craft of writing. Learn the ins and outs of the business itself. Reset your expectations and the keep writing, keep submitting, keep getting your stories out there.
Just persevere.
There is a huge learning curve in the beginning and I think a lot of us go into this business with an established set of expectations. Trouble is, the first lesson you learn is to forget what you think you know.
Take time to observe others who are ahead of you on the path to publication. Learn from their highs and their lows. Learn the craft of writing. Learn the ins and outs of the business itself. Reset your expectations and the keep writing, keep submitting, keep getting your stories out there.
Just persevere.
Ash Krafton
I grew up near Scranton in the Mid Valley area and spent my school years near Chapman Lake. Now, I live in the other side of Luzerne County, below Hazleton.
Jealous of HL folk, you guys always got the best concerts!
Jealous of HL folk, you guys always got the best concerts!
Ash Krafton
I've always had the heart and mind of a writer, long before I started putting words on paper. I studied pharmacy in college and work full time in retail (LOVE giving flu shots!) but ten years ago, or so, I just started writing. I had no real goals or plans; didn't have any specific projects or books. I just wanted to write out the schemes and passages that I daydreamed about in my down-time moments.
I wrote several thousand words in a series of related passages, kind of a loosely-jointed story. It was fun. It was a hobby. But then one morning I woke up with a tagline in my head and the remnants of a dream that still held my mind's eye... and I was driven to write it out.
That dream eventually became my first novel, BLEEDING HEARTS.
Been tapping the keys non-stop every since!
Thanks for asking...
I wrote several thousand words in a series of related passages, kind of a loosely-jointed story. It was fun. It was a hobby. But then one morning I woke up with a tagline in my head and the remnants of a dream that still held my mind's eye... and I was driven to write it out.
That dream eventually became my first novel, BLEEDING HEARTS.
Been tapping the keys non-stop every since!
Thanks for asking...
Ash Krafton
I write something else! There is no shortage of things on my To Write list...everything from poetry to blog post to promotional material. The worst thing for a writer to do is stare at the blank page and surrender to the block. I switch gears, play some music, and tickle my muse in another spot. Works every time!
Ash Krafton
Right now, I'm working on a NA novel called The Heartbeat Thief. It's kinda like Jane Austen an Edgar Allen Poe are on a date and the Grim Reaper tags along. So, I guess I'd call it Victorian dark fantasy. It's got a happy ending, of course, because Poe makes me very smiley and happy. I lurve the Poe...so cheerfully depressed.
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