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Savana Woodward's avatar

Woohooo!!! Exciting Ashley!💞💕

Lindsey's avatar

Congrats on the rebrand (from a fellow former ancient Egypt nerd)! Love the intention behind this and can’t wait to keep reading 🫶

Ashley A. Hackett's avatar

Thanks Lindsey!! (I knew I’d find my fellow ancient Egypt people.) I’m so glad you like the new direction, I’m really excited about it!

Erin Coyne's avatar

This is amazing! I am totally obsessed with your rebrand and love that you pulled back the curtain to tell us why! The 2003 vibes are immaculate. So looking forward to reading more of your work!

Ashley A. Hackett's avatar

hahah thanks so much Erin!! I’m so glad, & I’m looking forward to it too!

Dylan Michael Julian's avatar

SO excited for this!! And what a great reminder that so much of "growing up" is just returning to (or finally embracing) who we were as kids.

Ashley A. Hackett's avatar

thanks, Dylan! yes, the inner child piece was definitely an inspiration for this change. at the end of the day, we’re just having fun on the internet!

Dylan Michael Julian's avatar

Period!!

Lisa Cottrell's avatar

I love the rebrand, Ashley! Coincidentally, my writing group did a warm up activity last night where we got to rant for two full minutes, then rave for two full minutes, on topics we're obsessed/knowledgable/passionate about and it felt so good! It got me thinking about your post from yesterday and how we can drill down to see what really riles us up, then follow that in our writing. That said, the topic I ranted about is the subject of an upcoming post for May, and the topic I raved about was Substack!

Ashley A. Hackett's avatar

oh my goddd we are on the same wavelength, Lisa!! that’s such a good idea for a writing group activity, too. looking forward to your upcoming “rant” post—and if you ever want to be interviewed for the DEEPLY/INVESTED series, let me know!

Lisa Cottrell's avatar

If you're still interested after reading the post, I'd be happy to!

Ariane Elizabeth Scholl's avatar

Huge congrats! Love the new vibes! I also went through a deep ancient Egypt hyper fixation haha

Ashley A. Hackett's avatar

thank you!!! honestly, i’m not sure who DIDN’T go through an ancient egypt hyperfixation…an early 2000s rite of passage

Andrea Paterson's avatar

LOVE ALL OF IT! As one hyper fixated person to another…. lol