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Ashley Apples
@ashleyapples.bsky.social
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Aspiring Author, romantasy and urban fantasy. Dog and cat enthusiast. Aphantasic. Newly Dx hEDS. Bendy fingies and knees.

No images in my head, only words. So many words. It is a jumble.

#AmericaHasNoKings

https://occhiolism.org/
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July 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Took a long drive out to the country today to rehome one of our dogs. Here’s a picture from the drive:
A photo from a car, the window shield borders are visible. A octopus plushie sits on the dash. Directly out of the window is a blue and yellow sign saying “5” and an arrow pointing left. Outside the window is a picture of an expansive stretch of green field, behind it a line of trees heavy with green leaves, and above a stretch of pure blue sky with fluffy white clouds.
July 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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🙄🙄🙄
June 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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My signed hard copies of the Galactic Bonds series by @jenniferestep.bsky.social arrived! I’m so happy!

If you haven’t read them you definitely should! I wanna be Vesper when I grow up.

#Readers #Romance #SpaceOpera
A close up image of a single shelf in a bookshelf featuring several books, prominently is the hard back versions of Only Bad Options, Only Good Enemies, Only Hard Problems, and Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep. Also visible are several roleplaying game books: Vampire the Masquerade, Vampire the Requiem, Changeling the Lost, In Nomine, and sheaf of printer paper. On the side opposite of the books the book set special edition books of Ilona Andrews’ book Iron and Magic. Picture contains two stickers signed by Jennifer Estep with the message “To Ashley. Happy Reading! (Smiley face)”. The bookmarks are themed from the galactic bonds books with an eyeball with several lines extruding from it surrounded by starts. One is black on white background. The other is white on a black background. The signatures are in silver.
June 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Nothing will ever be right again. The love of my life is going where I can’t.
May 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Someday I’ll feel comfortable speaking #Spanish in person…

Algún día me sentiré cómodo hablando español en persona.
An orange image of a 725 day learning streak from Duolingo.
May 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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#WIPSnips April 17 - "Dear".
A bookmark style image. An image that is longer than it is wide, of a painted clouds in gray and brown shades. Over the image are the following words: "Angelfall by Ashley Apples" and then excerpt from a book: He colored at being caught making out in the hallway, which triggered my own blush to spread over my cheeks. I blinked and tried to catch a glimpse of who had caught us from around his feathers. His sister stood there with her arms crossed, her eyebrows raised at us, and a devilishly wicked smile on her lips. She canted her head to the side and asked of Camael, “Dear brother, while I appreciate that you are a grown man and can do as you wish… But it is really appropriate to do in the middle of the hallway?” I would die of embarrassment. The word 'dear' is highlighted in black, as it is the highlighted word for the day's WIP snip. The word 'embarrassment' is highlighted in pink, bold, and italic to get the feeling across.
April 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Me, desperately trying to explain to my dog that I am just getting out of bed to take medicine.

My dog, who is essentially a 150lbs toddler, looks as if I have broken his heart.

(Attached, a picture of him pouting because I hadn’t gone to bed yet from the other day. #PyreneesMix #SaintBernardMix)
Picture of a white and tan dog that is very large, he is lying on the floor pouting at the camera . The floor is wooden.
April 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Heh. Nice.
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April 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Dog
A fluffy white husky mix dog with floppy ears ( or visible in picture). The dog is sitting in a black couch snuggled up to a black and white chevron blanket and a pink pillow. The dog is looking at the camera and has big blue eyes.
March 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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#UnhingedPit #WIP (second draft) #R #F

AITA I rescued my soulmate and promised to break her curse, but now I’m “making” her race across the world to save my sister…
A faux AITA Reddit post from the perspective of a main character in a romance book being pitched in the unhinged pit. The story explains that the male lead is a nomadic mercenary warlord who rescued his soulmate when he sacked a xenophobic kingdom. He promised to break the curse that makes her unable to speak, but the curse breaker has been kidnapped, and his soulmate wanted to go with him to rescue his sister. But some of his men think he’s the AH for bringing her alone. He asks for advice.
March 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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#UnhingedPit #WIP (second draft) #R #F

Oh he looks so cute wrapped ‘round my finger.

My twisted sense of humor makes him laugh so often.

My honey bee, come and get this pollen.

Is it that sweet? I guess so.

Say you can’t sleep, baby I know that’s that me espresso.
A Spotify screen shot of the lyrics from Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” with the following lyrics shown off: Oh, he looks so cute wrapped ‘round my finger. My twisted humor makes him laugh so often. My honey bee, come and get this pollen.
March 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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#UnhingedPit #WIP (second draft). #R #F

WHAT IF?

What if Prince Eric was a mercenary warlord? What if Ariel was a badass with a knife? What if they were on a rescue mission together?

WHAT IF?
A gray square with the following text: In gray in all caps, bold and underlined: What if? Next line in blue text: What if Prince Eric was a mercenary warlord? Next line is a yellow ampersand symbol. Next line in green text is: What if Ariel was a badass with a dagger? Next line is another yellow ampersand. Next line in purple text is: What if they were on a rescue mission together? Next line in gray text, all caps, bold, and underline is: WHAT IF?
March 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Dog is borked. Help.
A picture of a white husky mix dog laying on her back with feet in the air and head to the side.
February 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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The offending bark beast and her empty headed husky mix companion.
A side angle close up of a tan and white Great Pyrenees mix on a black couch. In the background at the end of the couch is an all white husky mix looking derpy.
February 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Hey when I tried clicking the link it wouldn't let me load the page :(
February 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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A helpful tool for the #WritingCommunity especially for #FantasyWriters.

watabou.github.io

Watabou's procgen arcana! You can randomly generator realms, dungeons, and more! I'm attaching a realm I just generated that is unrelated to my current WIP.

#Writers #Romantasy #Romance #Fantasy #WIP
A randomly generated map in beige, black, and white colors. It has a label of 'Kingdom of Everbloom', with a large lake in the center with a compass rose, and several randomly generated cities, towns, and villages that are also randomly names. This is generated with watabou's procgen arcana.
February 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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When mom dares get out of bed and stops petting you. #Dog #DogsOfBlueSky #Great#PyreneesMix #BigBaby
150lbs white and cream color dog hiding his head behind pillows and blankets. Text reads: “When mom dares get up from bed and stops petting you.”
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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#duolingo #spanish

My goal this year is to finish all Duolingo badges. Starting out strong by finishing my January badge with four days to spare!
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January 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Honorary mentions don’t belong to me and I don’t have enough pictures (or any of a certain cat) are:

Pepper, a demon cat straight from hell. (FIL)
Jax, sweetest little boy dog. (FIL)
Gravy, a tiny terror dog. (Nephew)
January 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Finally, the baby, technically my mil’s dog but we share:

Jade, Barbara Jade, Jadakiss. Terror, Princess, bat dog.
January 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Sixth:
Elsa, Elsabelle, Ellie, Ellabella, Elsa Smellsa, Smellie Belle.

Originally my step daughter’s dog but eventually became mine.

Pyrenees Husky #forlife
January 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Fifth, technically my in laws cat, but I helped bottle feed her.

Mystery McGee, Mysery, Meanness, Gremlin.
January 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Fourth, oldest boy. Opie, Opasaurus Rex, Lord FatFat, Big Boy.
January 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Third, oldest doggum. Willow, Baroness of Barking, the best girl and guard dog. Pyrenees Husky.
January 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM