About the Novel

I wrote Out of Orbit and instantly knew that it would be my first published novel. I had considered sending it away to see if I could at least get an agent, but a friend and fellow author Jayna Ostler told me about a site called lulu.com. Self-publishing? Would that work?

It was fast. I had control over my own cover (which I hand-painted). I owned the rights to my own novel. I couldn't believe in one night I went from Ashton the writer to Ashton the published author. 

Now comes the part that I'm also in charge of but which is a little difficult for me. Getting my work and my name out there. I have tumblr blogs. I have a facebook author page (https://www.facebook.com/ashtonwiddisonauthor). What I don't have is a huge list of people who want to give me a shot. So here goes nothing, Google universe.

The synopsis: Jude Carlisle just lost his father. And then he finds Leslie--falling from the sky like an angel thrown from heaven. When she shows up at his front porch, insisting on being called Pluto, Jude is pulled into her gravity. But is she on a steady path or will Pluto knock him out of orbit?

My book is available in two formats, paperback and eBook. The paperback is $11.99 and the eBook is $1.99. Here are the links to the sites where it is available:

eBook: 

lulu

Kindle

Nook

iBooks

Paperback:

lulu

Amazon

Barnes and Noble online

Some of these links allow you to read a sample of the book. Keep checking because in October (yay, my birth month!) I'm going to have some deals going on!

About the Author

Ashton Widdison was born in St. George, Utah, October 19th of 1992. Her childhood consisted of staying up late reading Harry Potter with the family, running around with her two little brothers, tagging along with her mom wherever she went, climbing up boulders amidst all the red dirt, and off-road driving in her dad's topless, door-less 1974 Ford Bronco (that blue beast made her clothes smell of exhaust all day). The Widdison family relocated the summer before her sophomore year in high school, trading the south for the north. She graduated from high school with almost a 4.0 (would've done it too if it hadn't been for the rotten subject of Algebra 2) and proceeded to attempt a semester at Utah State University. Despite high grades and a mind that's not too shabby, she didn't sign up for classes the following semester and has since not returned to school. Now she's working at a local grocery store and working on a second novel to self-publish through lulu.com. Her first novel, Out of Orbit, was well-received by her mom and dad and a handful of other family and friends. Her brothers don't engage an recreational reading very often. Her weaknesses include self-doubt, fear, and dessert that she probably shouldn't eat, but who are you to judge, back off and let her live. Her strengths include her sense of humor and her listening ears. The middle child of her family is married with a baby, and being an aunt is pretty rad. She lives with her parents, the youngest brother, and three dogs and two cats. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She focuses on writing Young Adult fiction. She dabbles in poetry, but her skills are limited to free verse. She can sing well in the shower, memorize lines from movies and songs, and dance like no one is watching (which doesn't guarantee she dances very well). Libra. Single. Doesn't know what long walks on the beach feel like as she's never been to a legitimate beach.