A.K. Asher | Author

@akasher.bsky.social

Author • THE SECRET SHAPE OF WORSHIP • MM god x human monster romance • AVAILABLE NOW!👇🏼• No AI 🚫 https://akasher.com

I did it. It finally happened. I woke up today for the first time as a published author. 🖤🥹🖤😭🖤🥲🖤 I’m not able to celebrate this achievement with friends and family since they don’t know about my secret life as an author of very ġ å ŷ stories. So, will you all be my friends and family today? ☺️

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Instead of going to therapy, I wrote a book where a closeted church tŵíņk works through his religious trauma and s*x*al repression while getting railed by an Egyptian god. 10/10 would recommend. (But I probably still need therapy tho.)

Less than one week left to join the ARC team for my debut MM monster romance, THE SECRET SHAPE OF WORSHIP 🐺 Almost 100 readers have joined the team already, and I am just floored and overwhelmed and so excited by the response. Let’s get to an even hundred, what do you say? 😏

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My parents and my sister are both going thru divorces & BOTH preached at me when I told them I was gay. Meanwhile, I've been with my husband for 12 years and we're happier and happier together each day. So, I guess what I'm really trying to say is: F*ck Kim Davis, gay marriage is the best marriage.

How do you become an author? Simple… Stare into the abyss until you see claws and teeth and then entice them out with the promise of fame and money. There won't be any, but it's ok, because soon you'll be friends, poor but happy together forever. Follow along for more unhinged writing advice 🖤 🫶🏼🖤

Hot take: if a kid is too young to have conversations about gender, then they’re too young for you to tell them they’ll go to hēłł for not committing their life to your religion… But that’s just my opinion. 💅

Check out the cover of my debut MM monster romance! The book explores themes of faith deconstruction and self-discovery as Mina, a seminary student in the middle of a faith crisis, encounters Anubis, the flail-wielding, Egyptian god of the afterlife. Swipe for more… Link in bio to preorder!

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Since I have a book coming out soon, I guess I should be clear about this so you all know where I stand. *clears throat* Gen AI is theft, and if you use it to write your books, you’re not only cheating yourself, you’re stealing from those who have come before you. *shrinks back into writer hole*

Just finished doing text to speech as a final editing step for my novel and … wow … I mean I’ve heard writers talk about it before, but I had no idea just how helpful that would be! I caught things I would have never caught otherwise. 10/10 recommend it.

Want a free snippet of my book? I’ve started a newsletter which I’ve dubbed “THE PANTHEON” because it sounds cool & newsletters are lame. BUT they’re also incredibly valuable for indie writers. My posts will be short and infrequent, I promise, but I’d love to connect with you! Link in bio 🫶🏼

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The hardest part about being a writer is that you have to actually sit down and write. The hardest part about being a writer is also being constantly obligated to do things that are not writing. I don’t make the rules I just flail like a petulant child against them.

Listen 2025 is WILD and it’s totally ok to channel Ozzy Osborne and eat like 3 massive burritos in one day or drink a soup bowl full of coffee in one gulp. And you can even cry into it a little bit if that helps. No one will judge you. Well someone might but I won’t I promise. Hope this helps 🫶🏼

Seriously, you won't like it at all 😈🌶️ But in case you’re a degenerate like me, THE SECRET SHAPE OF WORSHIP, my debut MM god x human monster romance, is coming October 21st. It’s sweet and spicy and wild and you’re going to fall so hard for Mina and Anubis 🥹

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Readers... Do you like having an exhaustive content advisory list in the book itself or are you ok with the author including a link to a webpage with a list? I'm considering doing a link/URL purely for aesthetic purposes, but I'm totally fine to include a list if that's widely preferred.