Sunday Whoever

This month’s Whoever has been with the site since we published her first work in 2015. We love seeing her name in the submissions emails because there is always something quirky and intriguing. If you haven’t checked out her back catalogue have a look at Ashlie Allan’s page. You’ll be glad you did.

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Congratulations, the team at Literally Stories wants to know a lot more about you.  You may have seen in the weekend roundups that we are introducing a new feature for one Sunday in each month. Our Get To Know the Authors feature is a writer interview to give you the opportunity to let us into your deepest darkest secrets – Oh, apparently I can’t ask you that – so follows a list of questions. If you don’t wish to take part please let us know and then we will assume your secrets are very deep and very very dark because after all, what writer doesn’t want to talk about their craft!?

– What topic(s) would you not take on?
– What in your opinion is the best line you’ve written?
– Would you write what you would consider shite for money?
– Will you ever go Woke with your writing and use pronoun / non-descript characters and explore sensitive issues in an understanding and sensitive way?
– Type something surprising.
– Do you see something different in a mirror that others don’t when they look at you?
– The future – Bleak or hopeful?
– What would you like to like as you hate that you hate it?
– Records? Tapes? Or CDs?And…
-Do you regret having a certain item published?
-Are Ducks only happy when it rains?

The LS team.–

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Ashlie’s responses:

– What topic(s) would you not take on?

Anything political.

– What in your opinion is the best line you’ve written?

Out of my published work, one of my favorite lines is from my poem called “Blonde Tea” The line is: “I fell asleep on black hair and woke up inside a blonde teapot. I was served to the earth unsweetened, every ounce of me disgusting.”

– Would you write what you would consider shite for money?

I would try but it’d be hard. If it’s way out of my interest, I struggle to fake it to make it.

– Will you ever go Woke with your writing and use pronoun / non-descript characters and explore sensitive issues in an understanding and sensitive way?

As of now, my writing hasn’t had any Woke themes. I have lots of material from over the years that I’ve been editing and adding onto, but maybe my newer work might be more experimental.

– Type something surprising.

I have a house bantam rooster that loves Hot Cheetos.

Do you see something different in a mirror that others don’t when they look at you?

Yes. I see someone that can’t breathe well but giggles at it when others notice. Others probably just see me out of breath and believe it’s from the high of a fun moment, but it’s not funny for me. Well, sometimes it is.

– The future – Bleak or hopeful?

Both. I’m always up and down on that ha.

– What would you like to like as you hate that you hate it?

I Wish I liked mornings more. Could never get into watching the sun come up with excitement to start the day that early.

– Records? Tapes? Or CDs?And…

I miss the smell of VCR tapes. I used to clean my old CD’S non-stop with alcohol so they’d stop skipping.

-Do you regret having a certain item published?

Not really. I like looking back on where I was back when a certain story/poem was published. I do regret some of my editing skills however. Working on that.

-Are Ducks only happy when it rains?

I wonder if ducks are ever happy.