Welcome to Story of Ash

Mostly the same, but maybe also different

Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash

Hello, friends.

I have been wanting to update my Substack for several months now but kept putting it off for various reasons.

While I adore and will miss my cheeky little nod of dark academia with In A Brown Study, I was definitely feeling the “oh fuck, I boxed myself in”. Especially once my queer dark academia WIP went onto the back burner and now it’s trapped under Imposter Syndrome and Shiny Idea Syndrome.

So it feels time for a change.

Why Story of Ash

Well, my name is Ash Story. So, I just switched it around, lolsob. And honestly, what is blogging and newslettering if not telling people our stories anyways. Yes?

I wish I had a cool reason or a more interesting title, but honestly I think the simpler the better. The more me I will feel. And more space to be all of me. Because Multitudes.

What to Expect

Honestly, much of the same. But more.

I adore writing my Ten Things posts about my week. I love sharing my thoughts and feels about whatever happens to be on my mind, or what I watched recently. I have missed writing books reviews in long form and am looking forward to doing that again. And just having a space to ramble.

I have realized I do not enjoy monthly wrap-ups — writing them, that is; I love reading them. In the future I might try a different format, because I do like tracking the media I consume and it’s fun to share with folks. Maybe a quarterly wrap up type thing. Assuming I remember at the end of March to do this.

Lastly

As much as I am not always optimistic about the future of social media, I am still using my Instagram, but am also over on Bluesky now, if either of those strike your fancy.

And if you are a book person, I am over on StoryGraph to track and review my reads.

I hope you stick around, but if this is no longer your jam, I understand.