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Ashton Widdison is primarily a young adult fiction writer but loves to dabble in other genres. Her first book, Out of Orbit, was published in 2014. She is eager to continue capturing other stories and tossing them out into the universe for anyone who happens to catch one. She lives in Utah.

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Out of Orbit

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There are times I enjoy reading advice from other writers. There are other times where the advice given isn't very helpful, or perhaps it's one of those things that I know what they're saying is true, but I have a hard time doing it. (Most will tell you that you must write every day, no matter what, or set a word goal to reach every single day. That's wonderful and important, I think, but I have l Read more of this blog post »

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The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

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“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
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