Mundie Source was founded on June 11, 2008, about a week after Ashley read City of Bones and two days after she read City of Ashes. When the idea was conceptualized, she thought of a place for fans to find information about the books and to get all of the most recent news, since there was so little about these incredible books on the internet. Shortly after the website went live, Cassandra Clare added the link to her signature on the Google Group, which helped to bring nearly three hundred hits per day to the website.
Since then, Mundie Source has been named as the official Mortal Instruments fan site. Now that The Mortal Instruments is coming to a close with City of Fallen Angels, Ashley has added all-new pages for the upcoming Infernal Devices pages and looks forward to the new fans, as well as old, who continue to make Mundie Source a successful endeavor.
About Ashley
Ashley is a college student and aspiring Young Adult author from New Jersey. She was introduced to The Mortal Instruments by her sorority sister, Amy, after they were at Applebee's discussing some of Cassandra Clare's other work. She picked up the books shortly after that dinner and, even more shortly after that, Mundie Source was born. MS is not her first website by any means. Ashley started a Harry Potter RPG when she was 12 years old because she was frustrated with the writing quality of several others, but she eventually found a home at another RPG, so hers came to a close. After that, she ran a website to host her own graphics, music, and writing on for four years until Facebook and MySpace came along and that site sputtered to an end.
When she isn't digging through Cassandra Clare's novels for more information for MS, Ashley can usually be found reading another book or working on the revisions of her first novel, In Due Time, which she finished in May of 2009. Aside from writing and reading, she also likes to watch the VlogBrothers on YouTube and stalk Maureen Johnson on Twitter.
If you want to e-mail her with general questions or comments about the site, you can reach her at Ashley@MundieSource.Net. She can also be found and contacted on Twitter.
Content Contributors
Mundie Source thrives to be for the fans, by the fans. Because of this, we are currently offering the opportunity to become Content Contributors. The job of a Content Contributor is to take a specific portion of the books and go through it with a fine-toothed comb for any and all information that can be posted on the site. This is the perfect opportunity for people who want to be involved in some way but can't make their own website, fan art, etc.
To become a Content Contributor, you can send an e-mail to Contributors@MundieSource.net telling us a little bit about yourself and your favorite parts about TMI. The point of this is to get a feel for how you write so that we don't have to worry about editing every single thing you submit.
If you aren't interested in becoming a Content Contributor, anyone can contribute news, interviews, or other TMI or TID related information to Mundie Source. Just send an e-mail to Submissions@MundieSource.Net with "News Submission" in the subject line! You will be credited for the link or news if/when we post it on the main page.
As always, thank you for visiting Mundie Source and we hope that you will come back often!
Old Layouts
- The first layout featured Clary (Kelly Sweet) at the center with Simon (Gregory Smith) and Jace (Alex Pettyfer) on either side of her. In the background is New York City. The color scheme was inspired by the then-recently released cover for City of Glass.
- The second layout featured Clary (Emma Roberts) and Jace (Alex Pettyfer) at the center with the two people they needed most on either side of them. For Clary, it is Simon and Luke. For Jace, it is Alec and Isabelle. In the background is the back drop for Bones and Ashes, New York City. The colors were inspired by the cool blue for winter.
Ashley is a college student and aspiring Young Adult author from New Jersey. She was introduced to The Mortal Instruments by her sorority sister, Amy, after they were at Applebee's discussing some of Cassandra Clare's other work. She picked up the books shortly after that dinner and, even more shortly after that, Mundie Source was born. MS is not her first website by any means. Ashley started a Harry Potter RPG when she was 12 years old because she was frustrated with the writing quality of several others, but she eventually found a home at another RPG, so hers came to a close. After that, she ran a website to host her own graphics, music, and writing on for four years until Facebook and MySpace came along and that site sputtered to an end.
- The second layout featured Clary (Emma Roberts) and Jace (Alex Pettyfer) at the center with the two people they needed most on either side of them. For Clary, it is Simon and Luke. For Jace, it is Alec and Isabelle. In the background is the back drop for Bones and Ashes, New York City. The colors were inspired by the cool blue for winter.
