Betsy Ashton

It Always Takes Longer Than You Think

Time to share some publishing experiences from this year. I've been lucky to be involved with three books. One reminded me of how lucky I have been with traditionally published books. The other two were interesting lessons learned. In February, I was honored to be...
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So You Think I Write About Me, Do You?

This post originally appeared on the Roses of Prose blog. Don't you just love the various questions we get from our readers? Where do you get your ideas? What is your favorite book? What is your favorite character? Are you in any of your books? I think we are all in...
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Family and Community

Family and community are two words that are flung around like confetti nowadays. We're a football family. We are a community of like-minded individuals who like a certain musical group. We think of community not as something where we are actively involved but where we...
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I Did Not Know

When Ken Burns released The Civil War, I was mesmerized.  My husband and I watched every episode with him narrating more of what he knew about the Civil War than I did. I was inspired to read Shelby Foote's trilogy. For me as a California girl, the Civil War had been...
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At the Store

Sep 11, 2015 |

I've toyed with opening my own store, but the stumbling blocks listed above have shown I really don't want to do that....

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Nostalgia

Jul 27, 2015 |

Originally published on Roses of Prose blog July 27, 2015 A few days ago I sat talking with a friend about raising...

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