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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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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 One and Only Ivan (The One and Only, #1)

by Katherine Applegate (Goodreads Author)

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Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
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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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“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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