Ashleigh Writes Books
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Ashleigh is a reclusive Pacific Northwest author with the charm of a chloroform-laced handkerchief and the bite of a poisoned quill. I don’t tell the whole story—I write tales where love gets messy and murder never wipes its feet. ashleighwritesbooks.com
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM HISTORY ashleighwritesbooks.substack.com/p/what-we-ha...
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM HISTORY
IS THAT WE DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY
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“I Am the Law”: Echoes of Absolutism from Versailles to Washington © 16 April 2025, Ashleigh Mitchell ashleighwritesbooks.substack.com/p/i-am-the-l...
“I Am the Law”:
Echoes of Absolutism from Versailles to Washington
© 16 April 2025, Ashleigh Mitchell
Introduction
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what we have learned from history is that we do not learn from history – Ashleigh writes books
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Ths is something I wish I had known about years ago.
The Safety Toolkit was created as a way to help compile and centralize some of the safety tools that are available to TTRPG space, more details at link. Thanks, @darringtonpress.bsky.social !
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The Safety Toolkit was created as a way to help compile and centralize some of the safety tools that are available to TTRPG space, more details at link. Thanks, @darringtonpress.bsky.social !
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Credits
TTRPG Safety Toolkit Credits The Creators of the Tools and Resources in the TTRPG Safety Toolkit are as follows: The TTRPG Safety Toolkit Quick Reference Guide and the guide to Using Safety Tools in ...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Ths is something I wish I had known about years ago.
The Safety Toolkit was created as a way to help compile and centralize some of the safety tools that are available to TTRPG space, more details at link. Thanks, @darringtonpress.bsky.social !
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Safety Toolkit was created as a way to help compile and centralize some of the safety tools that are available to TTRPG space, more details at link. Thanks, @darringtonpress.bsky.social !
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Gee, This sounds familiar. Wonder where I heard this before?
Oh, reich… I mean right.
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Oh, reich… I mean right.
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![Shows triangle marking system for prisoners in German concentration camps distinguished by form and colour of the marks. The table is divided into rows for basic prisoner colours (Grundfarben für Häftlinge), badges for reoffenders (Abzeichen für Rückfällige), prisoners in the punishment platoon (Häftlinge der Strafkompanie), badges for Jews (Abzeichen für Juden), and special marks (Besondere Abzeichen), as well as columns for various types of accusations: political prisoners (politisch), career criminals (Berufsverbrecher, [lit.: professional criminal]), emigrant(s), Jehovah's Witnesses (Bibelforscher [lit.: Bible researchers]), homosexuals (homosexuell), and antisocial persons (asozial). The special marks include "Jewish miscegenationists" (jüd[ische] Rasseschänder), female miscegenationists (Rasseschänderin), persons presenting a flight risk (fluchtverdächtigt), the prisoner's inmate ID number (Häftlingsnummer), identification of Polish and Czech prisoners (Pole, Tscheche) by a "P" or "T" in the triangle, Wehrmacht (German army) personnel (Wehrmacht Angehöriger) and celebrities (Häftling Ia). An example sleeve of a prisoner's dress is shown in the lower right section (Beispiel).
Jews were identified by an upright yellow triangle under the main classification triangle](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jum2zli5hvgjmxmmm52a5wq6/bafkreifcqzcutrefusa7qjlekf423zt2dykvjxpejmlj4eou4wxb2466yq@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Gee, This sounds familiar. Wonder where I heard this before?
Oh, reich… I mean right.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Oh, reich… I mean right.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Looking over old articles and books from the Forgotten Realms setting in D&D and realizing just how long I've been reading works by @erikscottdebie.bsky.social ... (it's one of my favorite settings, BTW.)
October 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Looking over old articles and books from the Forgotten Realms setting in D&D and realizing just how long I've been reading works by @erikscottdebie.bsky.social ... (it's one of my favorite settings, BTW.)
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Wow, I’ve never heard it articulated before as the freedom to read. That’s what I want! When I disagree with a position but want to know more, I go to a library. When I want to understand something I go to a library.
I want the freedom to read!
I want the freedom to read!
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Wow, I’ve never heard it articulated before as the freedom to read. That’s what I want! When I disagree with a position but want to know more, I go to a library. When I want to understand something I go to a library.
I want the freedom to read!
I want the freedom to read!
I just backed Daggerheart Class Packs on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dar...
Daggerheart Class Packs
Dive into Daggerheart characters with Class Packs, containing ALL the cards you need to play one of the 9 classes from level 1–10!
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October 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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September 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Something a friend sahred with me years ago, and I finally ot around to writing down to share with others.
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📻 Tarot by Radio: Divination in the Key of Soul – Ashleigh writes books ashleighwritesbooks.com/%f0%9f%93%bb...
📻 Tarot by Radio: Divination in the Key of Soul – Ashleigh writes books
and spins tales
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July 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Something a friend sahred with me years ago, and I finally ot around to writing down to share with others.
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Tell me, #booksky - this isn't a sign that I have a book problem, is it? That isn't a ral thing, is it? Someone told me I have "too many books". I think they are the one with a problem. A literacy problem. Should I send them a reading 🌈?
July 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Tell me, #booksky - this isn't a sign that I have a book problem, is it? That isn't a ral thing, is it? Someone told me I have "too many books". I think they are the one with a problem. A literacy problem. Should I send them a reading 🌈?
#20TBRbookchallenge
💙📚
Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers.
💙📚
Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers.
July 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#20TBRbookchallenge
💙📚
Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers.
💙📚
Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers.
Had lunch Monday with my Navy brother who lives across the Sound in Bremerton. Got some feedback on an important scene from "Unseen" that's been giving me grief, from the grandaughter of someone who didn't make it out of the camps. The persepctive helped.
July 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Had lunch Monday with my Navy brother who lives across the Sound in Bremerton. Got some feedback on an important scene from "Unseen" that's been giving me grief, from the grandaughter of someone who didn't make it out of the camps. The persepctive helped.
To anyone who was following my main account @ashmcsidhe - I had to delete it because I lost access to the email account for it and created a new account with the same username. But lost all followers. Just FYI.
July 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
To anyone who was following my main account @ashmcsidhe - I had to delete it because I lost access to the email account for it and created a new account with the same username. But lost all followers. Just FYI.
Back in revision this week: two stories from a year or so ago which were initially written as backstory for two of the main characters in the murder book. One is how they met. The other is why one was such a Grade AAA bitch at the time. Two broken people who find love and help each other heal.
June 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Back in revision this week: two stories from a year or so ago which were initially written as backstory for two of the main characters in the murder book. One is how they met. The other is why one was such a Grade AAA bitch at the time. Two broken people who find love and help each other heal.
Beloved Soouse and I spent a few wonderful days away from home visiting with friends in the Portland area, for whom we performed their Handfasting some 35 years ago. It's wonderful when the magic holds that long. I got to share some drafts of my writing with them, which was a bonus for me. 1/4
June 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Beloved Soouse and I spent a few wonderful days away from home visiting with friends in the Portland area, for whom we performed their Handfasting some 35 years ago. It's wonderful when the magic holds that long. I got to share some drafts of my writing with them, which was a bonus for me. 1/4
Tom Gauld on how to focus on writing your book – cultural cartoon | #booksky
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Tom Gauld on how to focus on writing your book – cultural cartoon
Switch off, head out, tune in …
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June 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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While this post has generated some likes, it has yet to generate an actual response. As I have never undergone said ceremony myself, my family having been separated from its Jewish ancestry some generations back, still wanting appropriate eyes to see it.
Seeking a sensitivity/beta reader for a short story scene featuring a Bat Mitzvah. It weaves Jewish traditions and survivor experiences; I want to ensure authenticity & respect. If you have cultural insight or sensitivity reading experience, I'd love your input! DMs open.
#booksky #betareaders
#booksky #betareaders
June 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
While this post has generated some likes, it has yet to generate an actual response. As I have never undergone said ceremony myself, my family having been separated from its Jewish ancestry some generations back, still wanting appropriate eyes to see it.
I'll be out of towm for a few days and likely not posting much until after the first. (So watch, I'll probably be doing a marathon posting while on the trip, like the last time I went anywhere! 😅)
#roadtrip
#roadtrip
May 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'll be out of towm for a few days and likely not posting much until after the first. (So watch, I'll probably be doing a marathon posting while on the trip, like the last time I went anywhere! 😅)
#roadtrip
#roadtrip
Seeking a sensitivity/beta reader for a short story scene featuring a Bat Mitzvah. It weaves Jewish traditions and survivor experiences; I want to ensure authenticity & respect. If you have cultural insight or sensitivity reading experience, I'd love your input! DMs open.
#booksky #betareaders
#booksky #betareaders
May 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Seeking a sensitivity/beta reader for a short story scene featuring a Bat Mitzvah. It weaves Jewish traditions and survivor experiences; I want to ensure authenticity & respect. If you have cultural insight or sensitivity reading experience, I'd love your input! DMs open.
#booksky #betareaders
#booksky #betareaders
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The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
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Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night
Director Phoebe Kemp said: "Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us"
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May 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
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See my surprised face? Yeah, me neither. Anyone who knows anyone who has actually received gender affirming care knows this.
The Utah Report shows exactly what the people commissioning it didn’t want to see, that gender affirming care works.
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This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
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May 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
See my surprised face? Yeah, me neither. Anyone who knows anyone who has actually received gender affirming care knows this.