Ashleen O'Gaea
@broomwriter.bsky.social
I'm a writer, a retired Wiccan priestess, wife, mom, Westie mom, and dweller in the PNW.
I'm delighted to announce that my spiffy new website is up and running, with a button you can press to subscribe to my newsletter and get a free story in return! www.ashleenogaea.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my spiffy new website is up and running, with a button you can press to subscribe to my newsletter and get a free story in return! www.ashleenogaea.com
Our Portland Frog came today, so up they go on the mantel, with our pocket copy of the Constitution.😊
December 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our Portland Frog came today, so up they go on the mantel, with our pocket copy of the Constitution.😊
I'm still working on 5 stories for an anthology, and for the first time in years am stuck for a title of one of them. Bother!
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm still working on 5 stories for an anthology, and for the first time in years am stuck for a title of one of them. Bother!
I'm already revising the draft of the second story for "Side Quests in Ancennia." This anthology is coming right along. ☺️
December 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm already revising the draft of the second story for "Side Quests in Ancennia." This anthology is coming right along. ☺️
I'm nearly done with the second story that will be part of "Side Quests in Ancennia," a spin-off of one of my fantasy novels. I might be able to finish it this afternoon!
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I'm nearly done with the second story that will be part of "Side Quests in Ancennia," a spin-off of one of my fantasy novels. I might be able to finish it this afternoon!
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Our little girl-dog Isla is not sure how she feels about this year's Yule tree! Maybe she'll like it better when the ornaments go on.
Our little girl-dog Isla is not sure how she feels about this year's Yule tree! Maybe she'll like it better when the ornaments go on.
December 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Our little girl-dog Isla is not sure how she feels about this year's Yule tree! Maybe she'll like it better when the ornaments go on.
Our little girl-dog Isla is not sure how she feels about this year's Yule tree! Maybe she'll like it better when the ornaments go on.
Yule lights are up. Today is sort-through-decorations-day and see where we can put it all. And then ... the wrapping begins! It's a little early - we usually don't start till it's actually December - but this year, we need the cheer now, right?
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Yule lights are up. Today is sort-through-decorations-day and see where we can put it all. And then ... the wrapping begins! It's a little early - we usually don't start till it's actually December - but this year, we need the cheer now, right?
is a bit still in post-Thanksgiving dinner stupor. Enjoying it!
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
is a bit still in post-Thanksgiving dinner stupor. Enjoying it!
Thanksgiving was a small feast, but it filled our table and our hearts. We miss our Tucson friends, but 50 years of memories crowded our table and our thoughts. We are content. Cold and wet - not inside, but we go out with the dogs, right? - but content. Especially when the dogs pee quickly. ;-)
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Thanksgiving was a small feast, but it filled our table and our hearts. We miss our Tucson friends, but 50 years of memories crowded our table and our thoughts. We are content. Cold and wet - not inside, but we go out with the dogs, right? - but content. Especially when the dogs pee quickly. ;-)
hopes you have a good day. Don't hurt yourself trying to make it perfect. Hum your favorite tunes.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
hopes you have a good day. Don't hurt yourself trying to make it perfect. Hum your favorite tunes.
I am thankful for nourishing rain, the inspiring chill of winter air, my family being safe, and the draft of this year's novel being done and resting like the turkey does before we carve it. Also thankful - for all our sakes - that Husband-man cooks, because I don't.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I am thankful for nourishing rain, the inspiring chill of winter air, my family being safe, and the draft of this year's novel being done and resting like the turkey does before we carve it. Also thankful - for all our sakes - that Husband-man cooks, because I don't.
We enjoyed this beautiful sunrise today, so bright it shined up the roof of our truck! I might have to do my errands this morning instead of this afternoon, though, because it's gonna rain this afternoon, and rainy is the best writing weather.
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We enjoyed this beautiful sunrise today, so bright it shined up the roof of our truck! I might have to do my errands this morning instead of this afternoon, though, because it's gonna rain this afternoon, and rainy is the best writing weather.
Sunrises here are really pretty! This was yesterday; today, it's overcast, but the clouds are bright. It'll be a good day to run some errands and start at least one new story. (WIP is "Side Quests in Ancennia," a spin-off anthology from "Mere Mortals' Magic.")
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Sunrises here are really pretty! This was yesterday; today, it's overcast, but the clouds are bright. It'll be a good day to run some errands and start at least one new story. (WIP is "Side Quests in Ancennia," a spin-off anthology from "Mere Mortals' Magic.")
I'm letting the first draft of "The Lost Tanist" rest; I have other writing projects to tend before I edit this year's novel. And, um, yeah, there's Thanksgiving, and then Yule to decorate for. (I do not start a year's novel before November 1st, and I don't decorate for Yule before Thanksgiving.)
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm letting the first draft of "The Lost Tanist" rest; I have other writing projects to tend before I edit this year's novel. And, um, yeah, there's Thanksgiving, and then Yule to decorate for. (I do not start a year's novel before November 1st, and I don't decorate for Yule before Thanksgiving.)
has finished the first draft of this year's novel, "The Lost Tanist." Made it to the NaNo 50K on the 15th, and got to the end of the story yesterday at 65,879. I'll let it rest a while and the start editing. Wish me luck!
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
has finished the first draft of this year's novel, "The Lost Tanist." Made it to the NaNo 50K on the 15th, and got to the end of the story yesterday at 65,879. I'll let it rest a while and the start editing. Wish me luck!
I'm once again determined to finish the first draft of "The Lost Tanist" today. There's nothing else on the schedule to distract me, so ....🤞
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm once again determined to finish the first draft of "The Lost Tanist" today. There's nothing else on the schedule to distract me, so ....🤞
I didn't sleep last night ... because I was working out how to end "The Lost Tanist" and fit in the new sub-plot one of the characters threw at me. Who needs sleep anyway? I can sleep when I finish the draft. ;-)
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I didn't sleep last night ... because I was working out how to end "The Lost Tanist" and fit in the new sub-plot one of the characters threw at me. Who needs sleep anyway? I can sleep when I finish the draft. ;-)
I'll have to do a little more research, and then tuck in some foreshadows, but I may have solved the problem a character in my WIP gave me. :-)
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'll have to do a little more research, and then tuck in some foreshadows, but I may have solved the problem a character in my WIP gave me. :-)
dreamed about meeting some people I thought could be friends, but I had to ask them to leave. They asked why. I said, "Because you're white supremacists." They said "Nobody seems to want us around." I woke up to news about ICE arrests intensifying here. That's right: nobody wants you around anymore!
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
dreamed about meeting some people I thought could be friends, but I had to ask them to leave. They asked why. I said, "Because you're white supremacists." They said "Nobody seems to want us around." I woke up to news about ICE arrests intensifying here. That's right: nobody wants you around anymore!
is enjoying a few writing meetings by Zoom. Great for getting the day started. Willamette Writers, for instance, rocks!
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
is enjoying a few writing meetings by Zoom. Great for getting the day started. Willamette Writers, for instance, rocks!
loves fog. Can't get a decent picture of it, but gosh, it filled the neighborhood this morning, and was even in our back yard. It makes me smile and think it's gonna be a great day!
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
loves fog. Can't get a decent picture of it, but gosh, it filled the neighborhood this morning, and was even in our back yard. It makes me smile and think it's gonna be a great day!
I'm still working on "The Lost Tanist." I hope to reach my 52K word goal this weekend. Whether that will finish the story or not is something else again.
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm still working on "The Lost Tanist." I hope to reach my 52K word goal this weekend. Whether that will finish the story or not is something else again.
It's been a busy week. I had three meetings Weds, one yesterday, and one's coming up today. Still managed a few thousand words on the new novel, though - and hope to finish the first draft over the weekend. Oh, and this is Oregon, so it's gonna rain. 😉
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's been a busy week. I had three meetings Weds, one yesterday, and one's coming up today. Still managed a few thousand words on the new novel, though - and hope to finish the first draft over the weekend. Oh, and this is Oregon, so it's gonna rain. 😉
I didn't write yesterday, but I will today. (I had meetings, and had to drive on freeways.) And here's a pic of Portland on fire - with fall color.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I didn't write yesterday, but I will today. (I had meetings, and had to drive on freeways.) And here's a pic of Portland on fire - with fall color.
A busy schedule will keep me from writing today, but yesterday, one of the secondary characters in "The Lost Tanist" gave me several hundred words of his backstory, and took care of some troublesome other characters for me. Thanks, Beithir Dubh.
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A busy schedule will keep me from writing today, but yesterday, one of the secondary characters in "The Lost Tanist" gave me several hundred words of his backstory, and took care of some troublesome other characters for me. Thanks, Beithir Dubh.