Thank you to UpJourney for including my book Chronically Positive as a “Top Book on Happiness & Joy for 2019.” Check it out, here. 📚 Continue reading UpJourney Names ‘Chronically Positive’ a Top Book on Joy & Happiness for 2019
Thank you to New Reader Magazine for selecting me as the Featured Author for Volume 1, Issue 4. 📚 Check it out on pages 6-7. (Note: I gave this interview months ago and I thank God that I now love my new job & all my coworkers; I luckily don’t have to deal with those “horrible bosses” anymore! 😉) 🔗 https://www.newreadermagazine.com/download/nrm-issue-4. 📸 : @mattshuck 2012. *NOTE: The photo is … Continue reading New Reader Magazine Chooses Ashley As Featured Author
I was honored to received the Lion Key member award for helping two members into Lionism this December, presented to me by the District 14-B Governor and the Robinson Lions Club. Continue reading Ashley Receives Lion Key Award from Robinson Lions Club
The uber-popular social media site Wordables shared a quote by Ashley Boynes-Shuck recently, You can check it out below and find the original post on Wordables social media. Continue reading Wordables Quotes Ashley Boynes-Shuck
Two new “Fupping” lists have recognized my books To Exist and Sick Idiot this week. To Exist was chosen as one of 6 “Terrifying Apocalyptic Books to Read,” while Sick Idiot was named one of the top 30 “Books to Read While Traveling.” Continue reading Fupping Recognizes Ashley’s Books
The other day, I had the privilege to be on a nationwide conference call with actor Steve Carell and Values Partnerships discussing the film Beautiful Boy, and the memoirs Beautiful Boy and Tweak. We also discussed the stigma of addiction in the United States. My latest upper-YA fiction novel is in this realm. And as a patient advocate who has worked with chronic pain patients … Continue reading Conference Call with Steve Carell
I began writing my first Young Adult novel (my second fiction book) in the summer of 2017. In August 2018, I finished the first draft. The biggest problem? It was literally almost 140,000 words — long for even a sci-fi novel, let alone an upper-YA book that isn’t even in the sci-fi/fantasy realm. I hired an editor, and then had another one (and my husband) … Continue reading My Upper-YA Manuscript — And a Thank You, Too!
I was recently quoted in a Tonic article about magnesium intake. For those who aren’t familiar, Tonic is the health and wellness branch of VICE News. Check out the article, here. Continue reading Ashley Quoted in VICE News: Tonic Article
My tweet was on E! News Daily Pop yesterday. (I cropped my personal Twitter handle out on purpose, but it is on there!) The debate was on if Britney Spears deserved to be paid more than Céline Dion in Vegas. In short, yes. There are better technical singers than Britney regardless of the vocals, she puts on an amazing, FUN show full of nostalgia, and really is a living legend and … Continue reading Tweet on E! News Daily Pop
If you are a SiriusXM listener, you may have heard me on the radio on October 17, 2018, on Channel 121 SiriusXM Insight. (My favorite Sirius channel!) I was a guest on the Ken Coleman Show. Thanks to Ken for the opportunity to call in and have some of my questions answered! 📻 You can listen, here. Continue reading On the SiriusXM Insight Ken Coleman Show
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