Discover the Next Generation of Christian Storytellers…
Featuring Ashley DeWick
Ashley DeWick grew up in a homeschooling Navy family that moved multiple times a year, and graduated in the crazy chaos of Covid. She writes middle grade fiction to show courageous young readers that wonder still whirls in an out-of-whack world. When not agonizing over character names or inventing nonsensical worlds filled with imaginary creatures, you can find her adventuring with her husband, fangirling about dragons, or squeaking like a dolphin over the newest tiny thing she found.
Find Her on the Web
Website: https://ashleydewick.com/
Newsletter: https://ashley-dewick.kit.com/8832e41d88
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567808751200
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleydewickauthor
About Her Short Story
In Melody’s Memory by Ashley DeWick
Old Man Zach is struggling to move forward after his beloved wife Melody passed several months ago. She’d longed to throw a garden party for their neighbors on her birthday—which is this weekend. However, Zach can’t bear the idea of facing the outside world just yet, much less hosting a party for a bunch of people.
But with the gentle encouragement of his best friend, Alphaeus the fruit dragon, he builds up the courage to repair their garden and the little cottage since overgrown by weeds, and just take one small step at a time until he’s ready for visitors.
Right when he starts, however, pests invade and begin destroying the garden so dear to his wife. There’s no way he and Alphaeus can stop it alone—but if they can’t fix this, the garden will die, along with his wife’s last wish.
It’s now or never—but how can he beg the aid of the neighbors he’s always avoided?
Her Accomplishments
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Completed two full-length novels, a novelette, and a short story, with hundreds of pages of ideas, drafts, and notes for multiple other works-in-progress.
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Launched a successful social media marketing business that gained four clients in the same year it launched.
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Started and run four different businesses since she was a teen to practice marketing skills.
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Received and implemented two professional edit letters.
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Attended three writer’s conferences, including Write to Publish, the Realm Makers Winter Writing Retreat, and the Author Conservatory Conference.
Meet the 9 other authors in the anthology!
Megan
Amor
Karissa
chmil
james
noller
Caleb
Renich
Kara
Hatt
Megan
Walters
Nicole
Elsierose
Lauren
Thomae
E.C.
Colton
Support the next generation of writers
100% of the proceeds from this anthology go toward helping up-and-coming writers achieve their goals, such as attending writing conferences where they can pitch their work to agents and publishers.
About the Author Conservatory
Conservatory, noun: “A school specializing in one of the fine arts.”
The Author Conservatory is an online apprenticeship-modeled program that teaches students the writing & business skills they need to get published and support themselves financially.
