Ashe Starling

It Lies Within is officially completed! It reached a total of 25K words, and I'm more or less with how it ended up turning out. There's a few things I'd change along the way, but I'm happy to present a fully complete story. 
          
          Now all that's left is a final editing pass and to submit it to the ONC. 
          
          I'm definitely ready for a short break from writing now. >.<
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/407439206-it-lies-within-onc-2026

This week, I've managed to publish TWO chapters for Will of the Woods, and It Lies Within is steadily approaching 20K words! It's still got a ways to go before I consider the story complete, but I'm glad I'm slowly making up for lost time. 
          
          Will of the Woods has gotten a lot of attention this week, and I finally feel like the plot is in a decent place for me to go forward. I've been running into a wall with this story repeatedly, and its great to finally feel like I've had a break through. 
          
          Stay tuned for the next update, and in the meantime, happy reading. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/397402334-will-of-the-woods

FINALLY I was able to get my next chapter of my ONC entry up. That certainly took longer than I expected it to, and I definitely disappeared there for a little while. 
          
          In other good news,  It Lies Within officially qualified for Round 2! It has now matched last year's entry, and I'm really hoping this time we'll qualify for round 3....as long as I finish it in time!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/407439206-it-lies-within-onc-2026

Hey ashe what’s ur discord? I’ll add u

Whew, It Lies Within reached 8k words today! 
          
          It took me longer than I expected to get two chapter for it out, but at least I'm (mostly) on schedule still. And if everything goes right, I've entered into the ONC and should have qualified for round one! (fingers crossed I filled out the dang form right, I'm always paranoid about that)
          
          I didn't quite get everything accomplished this week that I would have liked, but the plan still holds similar to last week: a chapter for WotW, and a chapter for It Lies Within. 
          
          See you this weekend!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/407439206-it-lies-within-onc-2026

Hello! How have you been? Back in the writing grind I think? I figured I’d catch up! I think we haven’t talked since last year maybe

The next chapter of Will of the Woods is FINALLY up! I wasn't happy with it by  last weekend (and I don't know if i am now either) so i kept tweaking it till I got the story going in the direction I wanted it to. 
          
          Because of the delay, I've decided to publish two chapters of It Lies Within before the 28th, so I can focus on editing the first chapter and get it entered into the ONC, and then another for WotW this weekend (fingers crossed!) 
          
          See you then. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/397402334-will-of-the-woods

Here's a book club, for anyone looking for one right now!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/401167092-%F0%9D%90%86%F0%9D%90%A8%F0%9D%90%A5%F0%9D%90%9D%F0%9D%90%9E%F0%9D%90%A7-%F0%9D%90%86%F0%9D%90%A5%F0%9D%90%B2%F0%9D%90%A9%F0%9D%90%A1%F0%9D%90%AC-%F0%9D%90%81%F0%9D%90%A8%F0%9D%90%A8%F0%9D%90%A4-%F0%9D%90%82%F0%9D%90%A5%F0%9D%90%AE%F0%9D%90%9B

Hi there! I’m a manager for an event hosted in the Dreamland Community Discord server called Write That Sentence. I just wanted to let you know that your book was used for this event where players are given the blurb of a book and try to guess its real first sentence. They’ll write what they think could be the opening line, and then everyone guesses which one is real.
          
          Only the first sentence of your story and its blurb are shared, and everything stays within the game.
          
          If you’d like to see what people came up with or just check it out, you’re more than welcome to join the server! I can provide the link, if you like. 
          
          No pressure at all — I just wanted to be transparent and let you know!
          
          - Cait
          

Happy Valentine's Day! 
          
          I hope you're all having a wonderful time with your loved ones today, or even just taking the time to express a little love for yourself!
          
          I'm here to wrap up the happenings this week, and let you know next weeks schedule. 
          
          On Friday, the next chapter of It Lies Within was uploaded, followed by a update on Chapter 3 of Will of the Woods. The chapters have certainly gotten shorter, and more to the point, so hopefully I avoid the drag I felt by Chapter 5 this time around. 
          
          Keep an eye out for updates on both It Lies Within and Will of the Woods next week. I'd love to say Eyes of Azyron would have something next week too, but I don't expect to be done with the portion I'm working on right now until sometime in March. 
          
          See you next week! 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/397402334-will-of-the-woods