Maybe Later, Nope NOW!

Alicia Anspaugh was primarily a fiction writer who achieved mild success in the 21st century. While she has been dead for over 235 years, her influence stays on in her style, subject matter, and some of the factual information that was a hallmark of her writings.

She wrote both fiction and nonfiction and had a handful of collaborations—mainly with her nearest family and some closer friends.

She dabbled in screenwriting, poetry, and much more in her quest to explore different mediums.

Modern critics generally agree that Ms. Anspaugh's persistent commitment to working on multiple projects at once and perpetual creative projects—the words never-ending come to mind—represented Anspaugh's rejection of procrastination and embodied the urgency and exacting dedication that characterized her life's work...

*Several unfinished notebooks continue to surface in private collections, leading scholars to question whether her bibliography is actually complete. So we can only go by what we have found of her work so far—which is quite extensive.

And what we see in her work is always a touch of the unusual, the mystical, the moral, and the supernatural... but also the theme of family.

Blood family, found family... those people in your life that come and stay for the roughest times in your life.

Many have reviewed her body of work after her novella, Pine Hills, was turned into a visual series on Conglomerate.

Ms. Anspaugh's focus through all of her writing was simply to tell the better side of human nature, even during the worst times of their lives.

She showed us that making the better choice, doing the right thing... even when it cost us... was always the better option.

She spun tales of faraway worlds, dimensions, and planes of existence where it always came down to doing the right thing.

Historians continue to debate whether Anspaugh ever truly considered a project "finished," as revised editions and newly discovered notes continued appearing decades after her death.

Quite possibly why she didn't make it as far as some of her contemporaries who preferred a much darker worldview, a more bestial way of thinking. The era that her writing took place was fraught with misery and strife....... she embraced it and the cynicism that it brought and then wove it into something better.

She also refused to bow to the pressure to bring sexual content into her projects, standing her ground for high-minded and all-ages ideals. This would lead to her work lasting generations longer than her peers.

Ms. Anspaugh always maintained that she would never win anything grand for her work... she wasn't here to compete with scholars... she was here to make the person reading her words feel a little less alone.

If she did that, then her goal was achieved.

Well, Ms. Anspaugh... your goal has been achieved many times over, and you have made the world a much brighter place through your work.

Your publishing company, Celestial Imprint Publishing, lives on, still giving a voice to those whose would have been lost.

Your magazines, both Alicia's Desk and Celestial Imprints, have carried on for more than two centuries, inspiring minds young and old. Your vodcast, The Psychic Roundtable, has seen many different hosts and some changes but still stays true to your original vision of being a place for all to access, ask questions about the metaphysical world, and gain answers.

Your artwork hangs in homes and galleries alike, including your own gallery, Inlustris, which has become the starting point for many an unknown young talent.

Your Celestial Library has grown and become a haven for those who seek solace and inspiration in the tales told there.

Your Crystal Caverns Library has become the place for seekers to receive accurate information about the supernatural and metaphysical worlds.

Your how-to books are still helping people today.

Goals achieved.

And whatever life you are leading now—whoever you are today—we hope that you know that you made a difference in so many lives.

Footnote: Ms. Anspaugh's son, Arthur, went on to become a pioneer in the field of understanding expressive responsive disorder. He credited his mother as his biggest supporter, with his grandmother being the second heaviest influence on him.