The Beginning of The End by Judith Ashley

Hi, I’m Judith Ashley, author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, soul nourishing romantic women’s fiction with light paranormal elements. My stories show you what life could be like if you had a place like The Circle where you are unconditionally accepted, supported and loved. And where, with this support, you make choices to overcome the darkest nights of your life to choose love and light.

At midnight on May 1, 2011 Romancing The Genres (RTG) was born. Our last original content will go live at midnight, May 31, 2025. I’ve bittersweet feelings about moving forward in my life without RTG as a constant. And those bittersweet feelings are contrasted with a plethora of happy ones.

As you read blog posts this month you’ll learn what the Genre-istas and our most supportive guests are going to do in their futures. Do check out each one as some of us are doing ‘giveaways’ to commenters or people who sign up for our newsletters.

One thing on my list for the future is to figure out what to do with the time spent learning the technology of blogging, supporting our Genre-istas and guests and writing own blog posts. I’ve written over 150 posts these past 14 years!

Here’s what I’ll be up to:

~ relaunching my Judith Ashley blog

~ finishing two books (one non-fiction and one fiction) that I started and then Life intervened and … well, I stopped writing except for the most part blog posts

~ teaching through classes and more blog posts the concepts of Dr. William Glasser. I’ve been officially involved with the work of Dr. Glasser since August 1978 when I attended a Basic Intensive Week training, the first step towards Certification in the concepts of Reality Therapy, Choice Theory and their application in our lives.

I’ve been on The William Glasser Institute International teaching faculty since 1980. Currently, within the USA organization, I’m serving as Interim Vice President and President of the Northwest Region. I also chair several committees.

For those of you who have heard of or know about Dr. Glasser, you’ll see bits and pieces of his theory in my fiction books. My non-fiction Staying Sane in a Crazy World is a blending of the wisdom of The Serenity Prayer and Glasser. In these challenging times, Staying Sane provides you with your own Personal Staying Sane plan.

And looping back to my Judith Ashley blog, I wrote a series of blog posts about the ideas of Dr. Denis Waitley “Seeds of Greatness” and Dr. Glasser’s Reality Therapy. Seeing the congruency of their ideas and sharing them was a fascinating topic for me.

Last but not least I will continue to have my JudithAshley.net website. I love clicking on the link and seeing the Home Page. Not that the other pages aren’t good, they are. The images on the Home Page are awesome. Yes, I do like a bit (or a lot) of bling.

You can get the link to download a free copy of Staying Sane in a Crazy World by leaving your email address in comments (as well as any comment you’d like to share). By doing so, you are giving me permission to add you to my mailing list. At best my mailings are bi-monthly and at worst sporadic. Plus you can always “unsubscribe” if you’d prefer not to hear from me in the future.

You can find my books at your favorite e-book vendor as well as through my website www.JudithAshley.net and Windtree Press. Print books are available at Jan’s Paperbacks in Hillsboro, OR and Arte Soleil in Portland, OR. Their addresses are on my website. And be sure to ask your library if you’d prefer to read my books through that resource.

Learn more about Judith's The Sacred Women’s Circle series at JudithAshley.net

Check out Judith’s Windtree Press author page.

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