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Ashlyn Chase stopped by RJ after hours

If it weren't for positive thinking and belief in myself, I'd never have become a published author. In the beginning, no one believed in me but me. My husband thought this was another silly pipe dream. My daughter just rolled her eyes and asked that I not tell her friends. My mother-in-law begged me to take a pen name. I could have let that stop me. I didn't.

Most of us know we need to "think positive." Our thinking influences how we feel and in turn what decisions and actions we might lean toward.But what do you DO when you need positive thinking the most and so many negative(s) things come at you? Are you at the mercy of outside influences? Unless threatened, you're not.

There's something you don't know about me...

For one thing, looking at the glass half full rather than obsessing about the glass half empty and leaking. There's nothing like gratitude for what you have. When my husband gave me one year to get published, I panicked.

Me with my friend, Raven.

Get out, husbo. I want the driver's seat.

I knew it was impossible and I made sure he knew he was being unreasonable. But I made myself be grateful for that year. This is called "reframing." And I worked my tail off!

I read everything I could get my hands on to improve my craft. I wrote daily. I asked for brutal critiques and was grateful when I received them. I made revisions after revisions. On the very day the year was up, I received news that I had been offered a contract.

Back when I was young and color film hadn't been invented yet.

Me and Hubby standing in a tree....

It wasn't my first manuscript that sold. It was my second. The first one was a learning experience that I eventually realized wasn't strong enough.

So, as soon as I was a better writer, I forged ahead with a stronger story. I took what I had learned and found ways to amp up the drama, make the characters come alive, and add interesting twists.

My family (Awww...)

Me in my office where I spend most of my time.

There is nothing like that "Ha ha, I did it and you doubted me" feeling. By that time, my husband had reconsidered and become a fan so I never said it out loud, still… (I told you I could, I KNEW I COULD, and I DID!) Ha, ha.

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Coming from Total-Ebound

on September 29th

http://www.total-e-bound.com

Oh My God by Ashlyn Chase

The Greek God of wine, women, and party, falls off a balcony during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Now he has amnesia. All he knows is that they call him ‘Big D,' and he's a party animal who drinks too much and ought to give up alcohol for Lent.

Mandy and Brandy flashed Dionysus right before he fell. They're nice enough to take him to an AA meeting, and then back to their homes until he recovers his memory. Fortunately, they're not too nice to be naughty. They all agree that replacing a bad habit with a healthy one is the key to sobriety, and what could be healthier than sex? Will he come between friends before they know who he is? Will Zeus separate all of them, forever?

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Love Cuffs By Dalton Diaz , Ashlyn Chase
At thirty-eight, Hope Daniels is a Jersey cop with superhuman hearing and a controlling mother. And she's about to marry any sane woman's last choice of a groom. Right before she walks down the aisle, she hears distant screams. Figuring someone should be rescued, she bolts from her mother's vision of a royal wedding. But when she breaks down the door of a BDSM club, she's the one who winds up in handcuffs.

Dorian Markoff is intent on using a hypnotist to wipe the beautiful cop's mind of his — and his club's — existence. But the hypnotist is in Vegas so a mad romp ensues, involving lots of hot vanilla-ish sex that turns his BDSM lifestyle upside down.

Neither guesses what an adventure it will be to find the hypnotist, avoid one unintentionally snubbed Dominatrix, and explain it all to Hope's mother. All while falling in love.

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