About the Author

A. Nicole (Ash) Ruffin is a writer, a voracious reader, and a nerd of all trades. She has been published virtually nowhere, but is happy to dispense dubious writing advice on her blog all the same. When she’s not angsting about the writing process, you can typically find her procrastinating on Twitter or Tumblr. Or, y’know…actually writing, for once.

Ashley graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in English more years ago than she’d like to admit, and seems to always be in the process of writing her “first” novel (even when it’s really her tenth). She hopes that, despite the overt sarcasm, this hastily written third-person bio conveys at least a small degree of competence and/or proficiency in the fine art of word-wielding.

She is, despite everything, an optimist.