Ashley Lopez
@ashleylopez.bsky.social
The bag is lying deflated on the ground as the cat runs downtown to on a fresh adventure.
See you in my new inbox, friends!
See you in my new inbox, friends!
September 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The bag is lying deflated on the ground as the cat runs downtown to on a fresh adventure.
See you in my new inbox, friends!
See you in my new inbox, friends!
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I turned my book in @scribnerbooks.bsky.social today, and I swear to whoever is running the account, you can add Taco Bell Quarterly next to Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Corporate at Simon and Schuster already said it was already okay to add me in the bio, totally legit
July 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I turned my book in @scribnerbooks.bsky.social today, and I swear to whoever is running the account, you can add Taco Bell Quarterly next to Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Corporate at Simon and Schuster already said it was already okay to add me in the bio, totally legit
My first draft of this story was in my notes app, bedraggled after a long day in the office, waiting for my train at Grand Central. Which I think is simply to say you don’t need an aesthetic setup to write. So start writing.
“Every time someone says her name, Smiley feels a chill as the girl she was supposed to be skids a long remember-me finger down her spine.”
From the Archives: "Overlook," a short story by @ashleylopez.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/ZXCEHxn
From the Archives: "Overlook," a short story by @ashleylopez.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/ZXCEHxn
July 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My first draft of this story was in my notes app, bedraggled after a long day in the office, waiting for my train at Grand Central. Which I think is simply to say you don’t need an aesthetic setup to write. So start writing.
New to me artist I think about daily 🐔
No MFA Voice In the Club
What can we learn about art from a person dancing with a bucket of KFC?
substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
New to me artist I think about daily 🐔
I’m sweating because of corn?
July 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I’m sweating because of corn?
I started a little substack that both is and isn’t about publishing and the art of crafting a literary novel. Come hang out with me!
open.substack.com/pub/literall...
open.substack.com/pub/literall...
For Writers Who Want to Go Off-Book
What can we learn about the literary novel from Nathan Fielder getting weird in the world of aviation?
open.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I started a little substack that both is and isn’t about publishing and the art of crafting a literary novel. Come hang out with me!
open.substack.com/pub/literall...
open.substack.com/pub/literall...
Alexa, play “Another Day” by Wings
April 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Alexa, play “Another Day” by Wings
You loved the White Lotus season 3 ending. You hated the White Lotus season 3 ending. All *I* care about is that there can be peace in my house again now that we no longer need to debate whether the theme song was better with the wee woos
April 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
You loved the White Lotus season 3 ending. You hated the White Lotus season 3 ending. All *I* care about is that there can be peace in my house again now that we no longer need to debate whether the theme song was better with the wee woos
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As we gear up to plan for this year’s bookstore crawl, if you’re an author in the region who wants to be in the mix, reach out!
I send 50+ local bookstores a spreadsheet of writers and their books in the region.
And if YOU want to sponsor or partner up, give a shout! www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
I send 50+ local bookstores a spreadsheet of writers and their books in the region.
And if YOU want to sponsor or partner up, give a shout! www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
The Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl
www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
As we gear up to plan for this year’s bookstore crawl, if you’re an author in the region who wants to be in the mix, reach out!
I send 50+ local bookstores a spreadsheet of writers and their books in the region.
And if YOU want to sponsor or partner up, give a shout! www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
I send 50+ local bookstores a spreadsheet of writers and their books in the region.
And if YOU want to sponsor or partner up, give a shout! www.phillybookstorecrawl.com
I was a little ghost flitting around #AWP this year. The only photo of me is this one and it’s not even at the conference. I do my best work in the background. That’s where the magic happens.
March 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I was a little ghost flitting around #AWP this year. The only photo of me is this one and it’s not even at the conference. I do my best work in the background. That’s where the magic happens.
Another March Madness, another opportunity to base my picks solely on the cuteness of the mascots much to the chagrin of my family
March 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Another March Madness, another opportunity to base my picks solely on the cuteness of the mascots much to the chagrin of my family
I just watched The Substance and not to be an a**hole and spoil it for anyone, but I’m just never going to stop thinking about that boob on an umbilical cord hitting the stage at the end. Like a sandbag bringing down a curtain. Horrific and hilarious.
February 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I just watched The Substance and not to be an a**hole and spoil it for anyone, but I’m just never going to stop thinking about that boob on an umbilical cord hitting the stage at the end. Like a sandbag bringing down a curtain. Horrific and hilarious.
Have a little Mitski as a treat
February 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Have a little Mitski as a treat
Rainy workdays are for the Rose Room at NYPL
February 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Rainy workdays are for the Rose Room at NYPL
Clocking in for #MSWL Day duty 🫡
I’ve updated my profile on the website (will be linking below) but the tldr of it is that I’m looking for #horror #speculative #contemporary #upmarket and #literary #fiction for #adult and #ya. For #nonfiction I want to see #jounrnalism and #culturalcriticism
I’ve updated my profile on the website (will be linking below) but the tldr of it is that I’m looking for #horror #speculative #contemporary #upmarket and #literary #fiction for #adult and #ya. For #nonfiction I want to see #jounrnalism and #culturalcriticism
February 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Clocking in for #MSWL Day duty 🫡
I’ve updated my profile on the website (will be linking below) but the tldr of it is that I’m looking for #horror #speculative #contemporary #upmarket and #literary #fiction for #adult and #ya. For #nonfiction I want to see #jounrnalism and #culturalcriticism
I’ve updated my profile on the website (will be linking below) but the tldr of it is that I’m looking for #horror #speculative #contemporary #upmarket and #literary #fiction for #adult and #ya. For #nonfiction I want to see #jounrnalism and #culturalcriticism
“If I hadn’t already been radicalized, giving birth definitely would have radicalized me.”
I hope you’ll read this interview and preorder @shayneterry.bsky.social’s LEAVE (coming to shelves 2/25/25)
I hope you’ll read this interview and preorder @shayneterry.bsky.social’s LEAVE (coming to shelves 2/25/25)
This conversation with @rachellayown.bsky.social went so many places: account vs. memoir, the birth/death portal, the failings of the American health insurance system, paid family leave, making art from life… thank you to The Brooklyn Rail for having us! 🪡 brooklynrail.org/2025/02/book...
SHAYNE TERRY with Rachel León | The Brooklyn Rail
Shayne Terry’s Leave: A Postpartum Account isn’t exactly a memoir, but tells of her heinous postpartum experience involving a painful obstetric anal sphincter injury. Leave isn’t Terry processing her ...
brooklynrail.org
February 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
“If I hadn’t already been radicalized, giving birth definitely would have radicalized me.”
I hope you’ll read this interview and preorder @shayneterry.bsky.social’s LEAVE (coming to shelves 2/25/25)
I hope you’ll read this interview and preorder @shayneterry.bsky.social’s LEAVE (coming to shelves 2/25/25)
If you’re looking for an editor who will hold your book’s feet (lovingly but firmly) to the fire, that’s kind of my jam. New profile up on Reedsy after much cajoling, so come work with me 🤓
reedsy.com/ashley-lopez-2
reedsy.com/ashley-lopez-2
Ashley Lopez - Editor | Reedsy
New York, NY, USA Editor: A detail-oriented literary agent who has worked on New York Times bestsellers and brings a love for language to everything she does.
reedsy.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you’re looking for an editor who will hold your book’s feet (lovingly but firmly) to the fire, that’s kind of my jam. New profile up on Reedsy after much cajoling, so come work with me 🤓
reedsy.com/ashley-lopez-2
reedsy.com/ashley-lopez-2
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I was the EIC of Bitch Media for nearly five years. Few things bother me more than people saying “I wish Bitch still existed” because keeping it alive was so damn hard.
I wrote about that conundrum for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social. If you want an indie pub to survive, then please pay for it.
I wrote about that conundrum for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social. If you want an indie pub to survive, then please pay for it.
Pay Me What You Owe Me
Independent media always gets homages on social media after it shutters – what if that support amounted to monetary donations that helped keep it alive and thriving?
theflytrap.beehiiv.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I was the EIC of Bitch Media for nearly five years. Few things bother me more than people saying “I wish Bitch still existed” because keeping it alive was so damn hard.
I wrote about that conundrum for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social. If you want an indie pub to survive, then please pay for it.
I wrote about that conundrum for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social. If you want an indie pub to survive, then please pay for it.
Spent a few hours today at MoMA to feel something
January 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Spent a few hours today at MoMA to feel something
If you are a writer who felt a small shudder of relief last night when the weird little pop-up apologized about the scrolly sanctuary being down because now you were forcibly freed from the algorithm and could finally work on your book…
📣📣 KEEP THAT ENERGY📣📣
📣📣 KEEP THAT ENERGY📣📣
January 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If you are a writer who felt a small shudder of relief last night when the weird little pop-up apologized about the scrolly sanctuary being down because now you were forcibly freed from the algorithm and could finally work on your book…
📣📣 KEEP THAT ENERGY📣📣
📣📣 KEEP THAT ENERGY📣📣
My one regret today is that I didn’t leave my little glass office near Grand Central to go see Adam Scott in his little glass office in Grand Central.
January 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
My one regret today is that I didn’t leave my little glass office near Grand Central to go see Adam Scott in his little glass office in Grand Central.
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As a longtime Brooklynite, and lifelong library lover, could I be more thrilled to see THE SLOW ROAD NORTH on The Brooklyn Public Library's list of Favorite Books from 2024? Fuhgeddaboudit!
Brooklyn Public Library's Favorite Books from 2024 - Brooklyn Public Library Booklist
BPL's librarians and staff members are pleased to share their favorite reads from 2024, featuring a wide variety of genres. Happy browsing!
discover.bklynlibrary.org
January 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As a longtime Brooklynite, and lifelong library lover, could I be more thrilled to see THE SLOW ROAD NORTH on The Brooklyn Public Library's list of Favorite Books from 2024? Fuhgeddaboudit!