Writing from My Heart

Blog of NY Times Bestselling Author Jennifer Ashley (aka Ashley Gardner and Allyson James)

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Updates for February

I am trying to revamp my YouTube Channel (@jenniferashley6040), and have posted several new videos about what’s coming up, my writing process, and series insights. If you like vids, please give them a watch! Meanwhile … I suddenly got very busy. I’m proofreading the pages of Murder in Blackfriars (Below Stairs Mysteries Book 9) and…

High time for a New Captain Lacey

I at long last have Murder on the Rhone (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Book 18) up for pre-order. Yay! I am so happy I finally have time to write this book. I was working on four books at once at one point this fall, but thank heaven, they are all finished, turned in to my…

More New Stuff! This time, a Brand New Holiday Novella

I try to write holiday stories whenever I can. This year I went through the timelines of all my series to decide which was in a good place to have a Christmas (New Year’s / Solstice / Etc) tale. The answer was: Leonidas the Gladiator! So here is his holiday tale: Saturnalian Gifts (written as…