Ashley Lima
Bio
I think about writing more than I write, but call myself a writer as opposed to a thinker.
Stories (170/0)
Townies
Townie (noun): an individual who has grown up and spent most of their life on Cape Cod. "What the fuck are you looking at?" Kenny yelled, blaring on the horn of his beat-up station wagon as a white, pristine, clean BMW X5 pulled out in front of him, cutting him off at the airport rotary. Kenny flipped the driver the bird before proceeding to ride his ass.
By Ashley Lima9 months ago in Chapters
- Top Story - August 2023
MidsommarTop Story - August 2023
Ari Aster does it again. Skip the popcorn because you'll want to vomit at 1 hour, 1 minute, 37 seconds in. Watch in horror as this Midsommer night's terror takes viewers on a psychedelic journey, with an all-included burning bear.
By Ashley Lima9 months ago in Critique
The Handmaid's Tale - A Comparative Analysis
TW: mentions of rape, misogyny, and violence. You have countries where women have never had rights. You have other countries where [women] had them and they’re being taken away. What you can say about every totalitarian government, whatever their reason of being they say they have, or whatever their ideology, one thing they always do is roll back women’s rights. Every single one of them. Margaret Atwood (2019)
By Ashley Lima9 months ago in BookClub
Bottle Trees and Broken Dreams - Synopsis and Character Sheets
I haven't talked about my book in a few months, and I feel like talking about it might get me motivated to finally finish my edits. I'm very close to the finish line, and I'm almost ready to start querying for agents. I'm also fortunate enough that there have been a number of you curious to learn more about the actual content of the book, so that's what I'm bringing to the table this evening.
By Ashley Lima10 months ago in Writers
100 Stories on Vocal
This story, when posted, will be number 100, and I'd like to celebrate my time on Vocal somehow, someway. I want to highlight some of my favorite Vocal creators, talk about my statistics and earnings, and discuss some of my most-read and least-read works.
By Ashley Lima10 months ago in Writers
- Top Story - August 2023
How To Spot AI Poetry Top Story - August 2023
I wrote an article called How To Spot AI about 4 weeks ago, and I realized that I focused only on nonfiction writing. With AI continuing to incorporate itself into everyday life and mingling suspiciously undetected in the fiction and poetry communities, I've decided to follow up with tips and tricks on how to detect AI poetry.
By Ashley Lima10 months ago in 01