Abby Simpson
@abbyonbluesky.bsky.social
Published author. The Dragon and the Butterfly available NOW. History nerd, word nerd, nerd nerd. Opinions always mine, and they're spectacular.
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So excited to read this!
We love books with strong women.
We love books with strong men.
We love books that take everything you think you know and turn it on its head.
And swords. We love swords.
Be the We and preorder The Dragon and the Butterfly, out April 22nd, from @LostBoysPress. Link ⬇️
We love books with strong men.
We love books that take everything you think you know and turn it on its head.
And swords. We love swords.
Be the We and preorder The Dragon and the Butterfly, out April 22nd, from @LostBoysPress. Link ⬇️
February 8, 2024 at 6:14 PM
So excited to read this!
We love books with strong women.
We love books with strong men.
We love books that take everything you think you know and turn it on its head.
And swords. We love swords.
Be the We and preorder The Dragon and the Butterfly, out April 22nd, from @LostBoysPress. Link ⬇️
We love books with strong men.
We love books that take everything you think you know and turn it on its head.
And swords. We love swords.
Be the We and preorder The Dragon and the Butterfly, out April 22nd, from @LostBoysPress. Link ⬇️
February 8, 2024 at 5:50 PM
We love books with strong women.
We love books with strong men.
We love books that take everything you think you know and turn it on its head.
And swords. We love swords.
Be the We and preorder The Dragon and the Butterfly, out April 22nd, from @LostBoysPress. Link ⬇️
We love books with strong men.
We love books that take everything you think you know and turn it on its head.
And swords. We love swords.
Be the We and preorder The Dragon and the Butterfly, out April 22nd, from @LostBoysPress. Link ⬇️
The laundry room in my building is now closed indefinitely because one of the machines caught fire, and I'm sitting on an endless hold with my mobile phone provider: that's how I know it's my Monday.
November 14, 2023 at 10:00 PM
The laundry room in my building is now closed indefinitely because one of the machines caught fire, and I'm sitting on an endless hold with my mobile phone provider: that's how I know it's my Monday.
What is it about taking a full novel from my usual drafting format to a standard manuscript in Word that makes me fall in love with it even more?
November 6, 2023 at 5:51 PM
What is it about taking a full novel from my usual drafting format to a standard manuscript in Word that makes me fall in love with it even more?
NaNo Day 2: Hit the goal for day 1 on day 2 and it's fine. We're doing great!
November 3, 2023 at 3:16 PM
NaNo Day 2: Hit the goal for day 1 on day 2 and it's fine. We're doing great!
NaNo Day 1:
We have no word count. We spent yesterday evening majorly revising the end of my second novel because it's going to bleed into the third.
We're technically behind, but not really. Book 2 needed ch. 3 to be ch. 1, and the end needed one more death, as a treat.
We have no word count. We spent yesterday evening majorly revising the end of my second novel because it's going to bleed into the third.
We're technically behind, but not really. Book 2 needed ch. 3 to be ch. 1, and the end needed one more death, as a treat.
November 2, 2023 at 3:46 PM
NaNo Day 1:
We have no word count. We spent yesterday evening majorly revising the end of my second novel because it's going to bleed into the third.
We're technically behind, but not really. Book 2 needed ch. 3 to be ch. 1, and the end needed one more death, as a treat.
We have no word count. We spent yesterday evening majorly revising the end of my second novel because it's going to bleed into the third.
We're technically behind, but not really. Book 2 needed ch. 3 to be ch. 1, and the end needed one more death, as a treat.
Decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year but not officially.
I'm never getting to 50k, but also what if I did? That's the spirit I'm running with this month.
I'm never getting to 50k, but also what if I did? That's the spirit I'm running with this month.
November 1, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year but not officially.
I'm never getting to 50k, but also what if I did? That's the spirit I'm running with this month.
I'm never getting to 50k, but also what if I did? That's the spirit I'm running with this month.
Using all my socials today to question why we need the word 'shacket' in our lexicon. This is the hill I've chosen to die on this week.
October 27, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Using all my socials today to question why we need the word 'shacket' in our lexicon. This is the hill I've chosen to die on this week.
MY BOOK BABY HAS A DELIVERY DATE!! AND A GORGEOUS @dewiwrites.bsky.social MAP!!
I can't wait to share it all with you, specifically, who is reading this right now. Yes you.
I can't wait to share it all with you, specifically, who is reading this right now. Yes you.
October 25, 2023 at 4:53 PM
MY BOOK BABY HAS A DELIVERY DATE!! AND A GORGEOUS @dewiwrites.bsky.social MAP!!
I can't wait to share it all with you, specifically, who is reading this right now. Yes you.
I can't wait to share it all with you, specifically, who is reading this right now. Yes you.
I don't hate editing my work. I'm not great at it, but each edit is an improvement and THAT feeling is the best.
October 19, 2023 at 5:50 PM
I don't hate editing my work. I'm not great at it, but each edit is an improvement and THAT feeling is the best.
I constructed a dramatis personae for my historical novel's list of characters, and it was two pages single-spaced. Is that really bad? 😬
October 18, 2023 at 4:03 PM
I constructed a dramatis personae for my historical novel's list of characters, and it was two pages single-spaced. Is that really bad? 😬
Edinburgh's Royal Mile last month.
October 17, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Edinburgh's Royal Mile last month.
I have so much to edit in book 2, but that won't stop me from trying to knock out half of book 3 for NaNoWriMo.
Spent last night plotting heavily and getting very, very excited.
Spent last night plotting heavily and getting very, very excited.
October 13, 2023 at 4:15 PM
I have so much to edit in book 2, but that won't stop me from trying to knock out half of book 3 for NaNoWriMo.
Spent last night plotting heavily and getting very, very excited.
Spent last night plotting heavily and getting very, very excited.
What would you name a helpful, friendly steward in 11th Century Normandy?
NOT William/Guillaume or Robert. My story has so many of those already, one more would actually topple an Empire.
NOT William/Guillaume or Robert. My story has so many of those already, one more would actually topple an Empire.
October 9, 2023 at 6:47 PM
What would you name a helpful, friendly steward in 11th Century Normandy?
NOT William/Guillaume or Robert. My story has so many of those already, one more would actually topple an Empire.
NOT William/Guillaume or Robert. My story has so many of those already, one more would actually topple an Empire.
I just found a Preptober checklist online that said 'Take a before selfie' as the first thing in the list, and I'm not trying to be a hater, but I need a better checklist if I'm actually going to prep for NaNoWriMo.
October 7, 2023 at 4:33 PM
I just found a Preptober checklist online that said 'Take a before selfie' as the first thing in the list, and I'm not trying to be a hater, but I need a better checklist if I'm actually going to prep for NaNoWriMo.
That feeling when your raise includes being bumped into 'better group benefits,' when you never used the full amount of benefits you had previously, so your entire 'cost of living' raise goes to paying premiums to an insurance company? It's not a good feeling.
October 5, 2023 at 6:40 PM
That feeling when your raise includes being bumped into 'better group benefits,' when you never used the full amount of benefits you had previously, so your entire 'cost of living' raise goes to paying premiums to an insurance company? It's not a good feeling.
So inspired to write thanks to this Scotland trip, I don't even know where to start.
September 23, 2023 at 8:24 PM
So inspired to write thanks to this Scotland trip, I don't even know where to start.
Packing and struggling to decide what and how many books to bring. E-reader doesn't make it easier; I can stare at a page for hours and read, but not a screen.
September 15, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Packing and struggling to decide what and how many books to bring. E-reader doesn't make it easier; I can stare at a page for hours and read, but not a screen.
Here's to Tuesdays that feel like Mondays, with an added chill in the air. Basically a horror prompt.
September 5, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Here's to Tuesdays that feel like Mondays, with an added chill in the air. Basically a horror prompt.
The eerily wonderful low light of morning paired with light rain and the scent of petrichor could only be made better if I was writing right now.
August 29, 2023 at 5:17 PM
The eerily wonderful low light of morning paired with light rain and the scent of petrichor could only be made better if I was writing right now.
That feeling when you have one chapter and an epilogue left to draft but your motivation is trapped inside your own head.
August 22, 2023 at 3:39 PM
That feeling when you have one chapter and an epilogue left to draft but your motivation is trapped inside your own head.
Writing is fun because in the span of thirty seconds you can write a sentence, read it back, mutter to yourself "I love this," then immediately second-guess and rewrite it.
August 10, 2023 at 7:58 PM
Writing is fun because in the span of thirty seconds you can write a sentence, read it back, mutter to yourself "I love this," then immediately second-guess and rewrite it.
Feeling unbelievably fortunate this morning. No particular reason, just riding it.
August 10, 2023 at 3:58 PM
Feeling unbelievably fortunate this morning. No particular reason, just riding it.
With pumpkin spice's early return prior to the start of pumpkin spice season, I'm craving a peppermint mocha.
August 8, 2023 at 4:56 PM
With pumpkin spice's early return prior to the start of pumpkin spice season, I'm craving a peppermint mocha.
Holiday Monday listening to history podcasts while staring at that blank page? Don't mind if I do.
August 7, 2023 at 4:27 PM
Holiday Monday listening to history podcasts while staring at that blank page? Don't mind if I do.