BELIEF #1
The most compelling stories are the ones that come from your soul. Whether fiction, memoir, or something in between, truth hits harder than trends. We honor storytelling that dares to disrupt, awaken, and heal.
BELIEF #2
Every writer deserves full creative control, and the freedom to show up exactly as they are. We are a collective sanctuary for originality. We support one another, and we rise together.
BELIEF #3
Publishing can be intimate, expansive, and deeply human. Our community is built on connection. We uplift writers with nervous system-informed support, fierce integrity, and a commitment to making art that lasts.
HI. I'MÂ SASHAÂ
Author & founder of DragonsQuill Publishing LLC.
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By bridging the art of storytelling with the science of strategy, I help authors uncover their authentic voice and rise above the noise of trends and industry expectations.
With a background in creative writing, communications, and mass marketing, I empower writers to craft stories that captivate and connect—supported by a publishing approach that feels aligned, intentional, and true to who they are.
When I’m not deep in a manuscript or helping others unlock creative breakthroughs, you’ll find me camping with my family, hiking forest trails or cooking some new recipe I've found on Pinterest.
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The deep forests of the Pacific Northwest and the warm, golden sun of Southern California both hold pieces of my soul however, my life has been a series of unexpected turns and quiet awakenings. Through it all though, I've been taught one lasting truth: home isn’t four walls—it’s where your people are at, to never say never, because that’s usually when the magic happens—and above all else, to go with the flow.
I'm so glad you're here - your voice was never meant to be drowned out by someone else’s echo.
The Founding Story
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Writing has always been more than a craft for me. It’s been a lifeline. A mirror. A way of making sense of life’s hardest moments. I turned to the page in grief, in growth, and in all the in-between places where words were the only anchor.
But for the past several years, something unsettling has been happening in the publishing world:
Writers with soul-baring, genre-defying, truth-heavy stories are being reshaped, watered down, or told they aren’t “marketable” enough.Â
Manuscripts are edited to fit trends, specific tropes, pacing formulas, word count ceilings. Debut authors are told to “pick a lane,” even when their stories naturally straddle multiple genres (which readers often love). Raw, real voices get softened, especially when they explore grief, trauma, cultural identity, abuse, or anything deemed “too niche” or “too uncomfortable.”
With a background in mass communication and media, I know a thing or two about marketability.
And here’s the truth: It doesn’t have to be one-size-fits-all. It just has to resonate.Â
Most big houses don’t market like that anymore. They rely on formulas. Trends. Repeatable blueprints that flatten originality in favor of familiarity. It’s not wrong. It’s just not the only way.
At DragonsQuill, we do it differently.Â
We don’t try to fit your story into a mold, because it shouldn’t fit.
And we don’t shout into the void. Instead we whisper to the right readers, with clarity and intention.
Because we’re not just a publishing house. We’re a co-creative—a new publishing model where art and impact live side by side.
Where your voice matters. And your readers are already waiting.
“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.”Â
— Anaïs Nin, diarist, novelist, and pioneer of psychological storytelling
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”Â
— Haruki Murakami, bestselling author, literary outsider, and surrealist truth-teller
“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”Â
— Franz Kafka, boundary-pushing visionary and reluctant literary icon
