Betsy Ashton

I sit here looking at my bracket chart, unable to begin the process of seeing how soon said bracket will be busted by a team I never considered. I've read what the bracketologists have said. None really know, since the games haven't been played yet. I love college...

I had planned to write the end-of-year blog post about what happened to me last year. Some of it might have been true; some of it might have been fantasy. Each time I sat to write, I found that, while my year had been good, it hadn't been all that memorable. I mean, I...

Almost any writer can tell you that the moment she comes out as a "writer," she will drown in a deluge of conflicting advice. Most of this is unwanted, or at least not requested. Some of the "advice" I received included "always write about what you know." I can tell...