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CP Ashton - querying FIREFLY x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
@cpashton.bsky.social
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Author #AmQuerying a sky island, elemental magic fantasy FIREFLY
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Fairy tale anthology out NOW! https://books2read.com/NotYourEverAfter
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cpashton.bsky.social
A little birdie delivered #bookmail to a #littlefreelibrary in #Denver! Find Not Your Ever After and If Only You Had Stayed near #WashPark! Tag me if you find it, leave a review on Amazon/Goodreads, and let everyone know where you drop it off next!

Happy reading!💙📚

#fantasy #fairytale #indieauthor
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
IT'S HERE! Five fairy tale retellings like you've never read before. 4.7 stars on Goodreads

Be daring - grab your paperback or ebook today
books2read.com/NotYourEverA...

#indieauthor #fantasy #fairytale #anthology #beautyandthebeast #cinderella #redridinghood #shortstory #novella #booksky #booktok
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
Em-dashers rejoice! Patch coming for Windows 11. I've never been more excited for a Windows update.

#emdash #indieauthor #writingcommunity 💙🖊️
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October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
#ARC reviews! Just look at this #Goodreads page! *chef's kiss*

Hit that "want to read" button! If you received an ARC, we'd love to hear from you! goodreads.com/book/show/241977105-not-your-ever-after

paperback coming soon!
books2read.com/NotYourEverAfter

❤️Happy reading!

📚💙 #fantasy #indieauthor
Goodreads page for Not your ever after, shows a 4.71 star rating
October 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
Decorating for #Halloween while sending out #ARCs for Not Your Ever After! It's #fall, and what better time is there to cozy up with a new book?

Who's reading out there today?

Missing yours? Check for spam from Bookfunnel, and let me know if you don't see it! 💙📚🖊️

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
🥀 a gender-swapped Beauty and the Beast
✨ a fairy tale crossover Frog Prince
☣️ a high-tech Red Riding Hood
🥿 a heisty Cinderella
🗡️ a dark fae Hansel and Gretel

This is Not Your Ever After

🚨Last chance! Get your #ARC
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#writingcommunity #fantasy #scifi #fairytale 💙📚🖊️
October 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
instagram.com/booked4adventures brings a #heisty #Cinderella to Not Your Ever After: An Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales.

snag your ARC right here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale #Cinderella #heist #romance #beautyandthebeast #redridinghood 📚💙
Ashes & Alibis Ash Whitaker This damn wig was starting to itch. I could feel the sweat collecting under it from the midday heat and had to resist the urge to scratch at my head. Or better yet, rip the thing off. The impulse that was becoming difficult to ignore as I waited for my target to leave her ridiculously long lunch. featured in not your ever after coming November 6
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
Who wouldn't love a modern #BeautyAndTheBeast #retelling with a gender-swap? That's what www.instagram.com/debbielynnwr... brings to Not Your Ever After: An Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales.

#ARC copies go out soon! Don't miss yours.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#fantasy #scifi #indieauthor📚💙🖊️
image reads by any other name debbie lynn At least I’d have time to study the flowers. After all, I’d risked everything to do so—my family, my career, my future. The letter my dad had written to me felt like fire in my pocket. I pulled it out and unfolded it once more. It had only been in my possession for two days, but it was worn and wrinkled from the dozens of times I had read it. featured in Not Your Ever After coming November 6
September 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
This one's for @coppercoinediting.bsky.social 💙📚 🖊️
buzz/woody meme. buzz lightyear, labeled as "me" says "em-dashes everywhere". Woody is labeled as "my editor" he looks scared.
September 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
@hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social brings whimsy, romance, and adventure to Not Your Ever After: an #Anthology of Crooked #FairyTales in the form of a #FrogPrince and #12DancingPrincesses crossover!

Sign up for your copy now! #ARC copies go out the week of October 6th.
docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/...
💙📚
Image reads Clever Hana Maren Godfrey “Your cloak, Sister,” Leonora whispered in the moonlight. She smoothed the invisible fabric over Berenice’s petite frame, blotting the girl from view under its ephemeral gauze. “Hold it closed, here.” The child balled her fists around the seams, securing the two halves of the cloak together, and lowered her freckled face beneath the billowing hood. It was as though the night had eaten her. Yet Leonora could sense Berenice there, feel her younger sibling’s warmth as she turned to follow their unseen sisters into the wood. Featured in not your ever after coming November 6
September 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
Sign up to be an #ARC reviewer and join our mailing list NOW if you'd like to read the first bit of my high-tech #RedRidingHood! The newsletter with this exclusive sneak peek goes out tomorrow!

Click/share below!
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#writingcommunity #indieauthor #fantasy #scifi 💙📚🖊️
Mugatu from zoolander says "fairy tale retellings. so hot right now"
September 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
It's that time of year again! *laughing* *crying*

Real talk, I paused querying a while back and have committed to trimming down the word count and finding those perfect comps that are going to set the stage for what this story really is. I'm getting there and plan to be back to @amquerying soon! 📚🖊️
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September 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
Something ✨crooked✨ this way comes.

@ghostinherpen.bsky.social brings us a twisted #HanselAndGretel origin story with dark magic and darker secrets to Not Your Ever After, an Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales.

docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/...

#fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale 📚💙🖊️
Image is white text over a black background. It reads "all that glitters is not gold, charlie morgan" "Her mother always said the fae were dangerous, wicked things. But Eira had never seen a fae, and as far as she was aware, they only existed in bedtime stories. Tucked between thick pages and dried ink, the biggest threat they posed was heavy eyelids, hungry for sleep." "featured in not your ever after" "coming November 6th"
September 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
🥿 a heisty Cinderella
🥀 a gender-swapped Beauty and the Beast
✨ a fairy tale crossover Frog Prince
🗡️ a dark fae Hansel and Gretel
☣️ a high-tech Red Riding Hood

What more could you want?

Snag your #ARC! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#writingcommunity #sff #fantasy #scifi #fairytale 💙📚🖊️
Graphic shows the elegant black front cover of Not your ever after, an anthology of crooked fairy tales and reads "coming nov. 6th' 'In this collection, beloved stories are reborn with fantastical twists and fierce imagination. Uncover wicked magic, cunning heroines, and secrets lurking beneath the surface of every enchanted world. Be warned, this is Not Your Ever After." "sign up for a free advance copy and help spread the word!"
September 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
Plotter, a pantser, or something in between?

The best analogy I've heard for me is the headlight method. Like driving at night, I don't need to see everything for miles. I only need to know what's right in front of me.

#writingcommunity #indieauthor #fantasy #scifi #sff #author 📚 🖊️
September 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
Uncover wicked magic, cunning heroines, and secrets lurking beneath the surface of every enchanted world. This is Not Your Ever After.

ARC sign-up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale #Cinderella #heist #romance #beautyandthebeast #redridinghood 📚💙
distracted boyfriend meme. girlfriend says "waiting an extra month for the release date", boyfriend says "you: future arc reader", other woman has been replaced with the elegant black book cover of Not Your Ever After: An Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales and says "Getting your free advance review copy early
September 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
You'll get a little sweet something as a side-plot sometimes, but messiness is so much more fun. 😅 I'm a sucker for a broken character or a deliciously juicy shouting match.

#indieauthor #writingcommunity 📚 🖊️ #writing #romance #fantasy #scifi #sff #romantasy
pawn stars meme says "readers love romances right now" and the bottom says "best i can do is a messy divorce"
September 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
Here's an excerpt from the opening of "Code RED," my high-tech, near-future #RedRidingHood #novella.

Get your #ARC, including this story and four other #indieauthor #fairytale #retellings now! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/...

#writingcommunity #scifi #fantasy #sff #booksky #writesky 💙📚🖊️
image is text over a sparkly black background. it reads "code red, c. p. ashton" "Scarlet scowled at the objectively punchable face of Logan O’Connell—all twelve of them. The entire wall was lined with televisions, and Logan was on every single one as he prepared to hold an emergency press conference. She was far too hungover and not nearly caffeinated enough to deal with his bullshit this morning." "featured in not your ever after" "coming November 6th"
September 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
Not Your Ever After is coming November 6th! But if you like writing honest reviews, you could snag your copy early!

ARC sign-ups are live right here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale #Cinderella #heist #romance #beautyandthebeast #redridinghood 📚💙
Graphic shows the black cover of not your ever after, an anthology of crooked fairy tales, and says be warned, this is not your ever after. Featured retellings: Cinderella, beauty and the beast, the frog prince, hansel and Gretel, red riding hood. ARC sign ups are live!
September 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
cpashton.bsky.social
Isn't it just the worst to get through the whole draft, addressing comment after comment, only to realize you left yourself something like this WAY at the beginning? 🤦 Oh, those pesky plot holes. #fantasy and #scifi worldbuilding is no joke.

Pantser life.

#writingcommunity #indieauthor
unstable structure meme reads "my 'completed' manuscript" and the arrow at the unstable support reads "note to self: fix this plot hole later"
September 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
We have a release date! I can't wait to reveal it THIS WEEK. PLUS, signups for ✨advanced review copies✨!

Be the first to get the link + an exclusive sneak peek: notyoureverafter.carrd.co

#fantasy #scifi #indieauthor #fairytale #retellings #anthology #shortstories #novellas #shortreads #ARCs 💙📚✏️
Image shows a book cover - black with distant lights and white typography that says Not Your Ever After, an anthology of crooked fairy tales. Text to the side reads Coming this fall. featuring five daring and imaginative fairy tale retellings. cinderella, hansel and gretel, beauty and the beast, frog prince, red riding hood. join our mailing list for exclusive sneak peeks.
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
When my writing group starts talking about attending a conference together next year, and I'm really excited, but all I can imagine is...

#writingcommunity #indieauthor
steve buschemi dressed as a teenager meme. reads "me showing up to a writer's conference: hello, fellow professionals"
August 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
...when you finish the last silly joke for your fun little #scifi Red Riding Hood novella and have to list ☣️ bioterrorism in the content warnings.😬

Does it help if I promise it's really ACTUALLY pretty light and fun? Just high stakes? notyoureverafter.carrd.co

#writingcommunity #indieauthor 💙 📚
barbenheimer meme barbie side is labeled "my characters" oppenheimer side is labeled "my plot"
August 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
#writingcommunity, I am a sucker for friendly banter. Not "comedy," but give me jokes and laughter amidst the life-and-death stakes of an epic adventure. Those moments of light and friendship in darkness...*chef's kiss*

What's the best fantasy/sci-fi banter you've read? I need to add to my TBR💙 📚
Fry from futurama says "books with banter and adventure, shut up and take my money"
August 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
cpashton.bsky.social
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
welp, here we go #writingcommunity #indieauthor
serious opponent says "the writing community posting thoughtful social media content", opponent in pink jumpsuit says "me realizing memes are my personality"
August 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM