Quenby Olson
@quenbyolson.bsky.social
A mom and a dancer and a baker and a crocheter and a hiker and a teacher and possibly also an award-winning writer in there. When I have the time. Agent: Bibi Lewis
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And the new dragon scale gloves are now up in the shop! www.etsy.com/listing/4449...
January 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
And the new dragon scale gloves are now up in the shop! www.etsy.com/listing/4449...
And now, to finish off this less than stellar month... I am coming down with a cold.
January 31, 2026 at 11:52 AM
And now, to finish off this less than stellar month... I am coming down with a cold.
I have been doing Pilates every day for almost a month (it's an app, no big thing) because I am an old and joints like to hurt, and I have to admit it's helping.
Dagnabbit, now I have to keep this up.
Dagnabbit, now I have to keep this up.
January 30, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I have been doing Pilates every day for almost a month (it's an app, no big thing) because I am an old and joints like to hurt, and I have to admit it's helping.
Dagnabbit, now I have to keep this up.
Dagnabbit, now I have to keep this up.
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Well, um, I have a Bookbub deal going on this week, if you'd like to take a break with a short prequel novel to Fortune's Fool, in which Kyrra teams up with her mercenary friends to cause maximum chaos and take a little revenge in the process...
💙🪐📚 #BookSky
www.bookbub.com/books/smuggl...
💙🪐📚 #BookSky
www.bookbub.com/books/smuggl...
January 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Well, um, I have a Bookbub deal going on this week, if you'd like to take a break with a short prequel novel to Fortune's Fool, in which Kyrra teams up with her mercenary friends to cause maximum chaos and take a little revenge in the process...
💙🪐📚 #BookSky
www.bookbub.com/books/smuggl...
💙🪐📚 #BookSky
www.bookbub.com/books/smuggl...
I need you to know that one of the best things you can do for an author you love is to talk about their books.
This post popped up in r/cozyfantasy this week, and I had one of the best sales weeks I've had in a while. Likely because of this post.
If there's a book you love, shout about it.
This post popped up in r/cozyfantasy this week, and I had one of the best sales weeks I've had in a while. Likely because of this post.
If there's a book you love, shout about it.
January 29, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I need you to know that one of the best things you can do for an author you love is to talk about their books.
This post popped up in r/cozyfantasy this week, and I had one of the best sales weeks I've had in a while. Likely because of this post.
If there's a book you love, shout about it.
This post popped up in r/cozyfantasy this week, and I had one of the best sales weeks I've had in a while. Likely because of this post.
If there's a book you love, shout about it.
Second pair I've had to make of these with this yarn because the first pair sold in a hot minute.
January 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Second pair I've had to make of these with this yarn because the first pair sold in a hot minute.
My days, generally:
wake up
anxiety
tea
call/email reps
write for one hour
eat
unload/load dishwasher
crochet
acknowledge children and their needs
maybe eat?
chores
schoolwork with children
crochet
eat?
oh, water. right.
shower
anxiety spiral in shower
extra-curriculars
anxiety
eat
crochet
sleep
wake up
anxiety
tea
call/email reps
write for one hour
eat
unload/load dishwasher
crochet
acknowledge children and their needs
maybe eat?
chores
schoolwork with children
crochet
eat?
oh, water. right.
shower
anxiety spiral in shower
extra-curriculars
anxiety
eat
crochet
sleep
January 29, 2026 at 1:55 PM
My days, generally:
wake up
anxiety
tea
call/email reps
write for one hour
eat
unload/load dishwasher
crochet
acknowledge children and their needs
maybe eat?
chores
schoolwork with children
crochet
eat?
oh, water. right.
shower
anxiety spiral in shower
extra-curriculars
anxiety
eat
crochet
sleep
wake up
anxiety
tea
call/email reps
write for one hour
eat
unload/load dishwasher
crochet
acknowledge children and their needs
maybe eat?
chores
schoolwork with children
crochet
eat?
oh, water. right.
shower
anxiety spiral in shower
extra-curriculars
anxiety
eat
crochet
sleep
I've been working on making dragon scale gloves where the scales go past the thumb hole and down into the wrist and beyond, and I think I've finally got the pattern down pat.
One more pair after these, and I think I'll trust myself to write the pattern down.
One more pair after these, and I think I'll trust myself to write the pattern down.
January 28, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I've been working on making dragon scale gloves where the scales go past the thumb hole and down into the wrist and beyond, and I think I've finally got the pattern down pat.
One more pair after these, and I think I'll trust myself to write the pattern down.
One more pair after these, and I think I'll trust myself to write the pattern down.
Anyway, I'm nearly 60k through my next book (NO, not the cozy horror best friends fighting vampires one, that's still on submission) and this one is not cozy at all. Sorry, people.
January 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Anyway, I'm nearly 60k through my next book (NO, not the cozy horror best friends fighting vampires one, that's still on submission) and this one is not cozy at all. Sorry, people.
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Huzzah! Enchanting the Fae Queen is out in North America today, & I've written about it here: www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/01/ench...
I can't wait for you all to watch my mischievous fae queen and stoic, noble general spar their way through a lethal fae tournament to true love!
#romancelandia
I can't wait for you all to watch my mischievous fae queen and stoic, noble general spar their way through a lethal fae tournament to true love!
#romancelandia
January 27, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Huzzah! Enchanting the Fae Queen is out in North America today, & I've written about it here: www.stephanieburgis.com/2026/01/ench...
I can't wait for you all to watch my mischievous fae queen and stoic, noble general spar their way through a lethal fae tournament to true love!
#romancelandia
I can't wait for you all to watch my mischievous fae queen and stoic, noble general spar their way through a lethal fae tournament to true love!
#romancelandia
Anyway, what have I been up to? Writing (I'll update soon!), baking, teaching kids, ballet (I WAS IN THE NUTCRACKER!), crocheting, reading, etc.
And it snowed this weekend and I made a cardigan.
And it snowed this weekend and I made a cardigan.
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Anyway, what have I been up to? Writing (I'll update soon!), baking, teaching kids, ballet (I WAS IN THE NUTCRACKER!), crocheting, reading, etc.
And it snowed this weekend and I made a cardigan.
And it snowed this weekend and I made a cardigan.
So HEYYYY how have things been lately?
*anxieties*
*anxieties*
January 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM
So HEYYYY how have things been lately?
*anxieties*
*anxieties*
Anytime I panic that I'm not being creative enough with my marketing or spending enough time on it, I remember that these are the kind of posts that get the most sales and traction for me, and they take about 0.3 seconds of thought before I post them.
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Anytime I panic that I'm not being creative enough with my marketing or spending enough time on it, I remember that these are the kind of posts that get the most sales and traction for me, and they take about 0.3 seconds of thought before I post them.
Just found out that both my girls won a teacher-nominated dance scholarship that will pay for their first few months of ballet tuition this fall and I am in tears.
August 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just found out that both my girls won a teacher-nominated dance scholarship that will pay for their first few months of ballet tuition this fall and I am in tears.
I am currently prepping for homeschooling four kids next week, shifting one kid over to an online charter school (so paperwork, transcripts, evaluation reports, etc.), while also trying to keep the house from falling into chaos, take care of myself, etc.
Every word written in there is a win.
Every word written in there is a win.
August 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I am currently prepping for homeschooling four kids next week, shifting one kid over to an online charter school (so paperwork, transcripts, evaluation reports, etc.), while also trying to keep the house from falling into chaos, take care of myself, etc.
Every word written in there is a win.
Every word written in there is a win.
Me: I am a paragon of homeschooling moms. My children are little geniuses! They are going to conquer the world with the skills and intelligence they gained under my tutelage!
My 14yo: Do rats lay eggs?
My 14yo: Do rats lay eggs?
August 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Me: I am a paragon of homeschooling moms. My children are little geniuses! They are going to conquer the world with the skills and intelligence they gained under my tutelage!
My 14yo: Do rats lay eggs?
My 14yo: Do rats lay eggs?
I have no where I HAVE to be today, for the first day in weeks.
I think some coffee shop writing might be in order.
I think some coffee shop writing might be in order.
August 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I have no where I HAVE to be today, for the first day in weeks.
I think some coffee shop writing might be in order.
I think some coffee shop writing might be in order.
Yes, this is the rom-com that I speed-wrote something like 30k words of in a few weeks, and have already added several more thousand words in the last few days. You might be getting a rom-com from me next year!
Reading over an unfinished wip I set aside in June because I thought it was terrible, and it's actually decent? Like, maybe even good? What is this sorcery?
August 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yes, this is the rom-com that I speed-wrote something like 30k words of in a few weeks, and have already added several more thousand words in the last few days. You might be getting a rom-com from me next year!
Reading over an unfinished wip I set aside in June because I thought it was terrible, and it's actually decent? Like, maybe even good? What is this sorcery?
August 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Reading over an unfinished wip I set aside in June because I thought it was terrible, and it's actually decent? Like, maybe even good? What is this sorcery?
My 14yo and my 12yo have begged their dad to teach them how to play bass, and this fills me with so much glee.
August 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
My 14yo and my 12yo have begged their dad to teach them how to play bass, and this fills me with so much glee.
Mildly frustrated by the fact that I put aside the story I wanted to write because I thought it wasn't the story that I should be writing (the sequel to a book currently on submission) and opened up the first story today and wrote over 4k words.
Dagnabbit, I guess I have to finish it now.
Dagnabbit, I guess I have to finish it now.
August 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Mildly frustrated by the fact that I put aside the story I wanted to write because I thought it wasn't the story that I should be writing (the sequel to a book currently on submission) and opened up the first story today and wrote over 4k words.
Dagnabbit, I guess I have to finish it now.
Dagnabbit, I guess I have to finish it now.
And it's finished! 1773 words. The most I've written in a day in weeks and weeks!
Woke up to a short story idea, and it feels wonderful. I've had trouble getting some words on the page lately, but this feels cozy and fun!
August 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
And it's finished! 1773 words. The most I've written in a day in weeks and weeks!
Woke up to a short story idea, and it feels wonderful. I've had trouble getting some words on the page lately, but this feels cozy and fun!
August 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Woke up to a short story idea, and it feels wonderful. I've had trouble getting some words on the page lately, but this feels cozy and fun!
Started listening to the Series of Unfortunate Events audiobooks with my kids and WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THEY ARE NARRATED BY TIM CURRY???
THE Tim Curry.
They are fabulous and I HIGHLY recommend!!!
THE Tim Curry.
They are fabulous and I HIGHLY recommend!!!
August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Started listening to the Series of Unfortunate Events audiobooks with my kids and WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THEY ARE NARRATED BY TIM CURRY???
THE Tim Curry.
They are fabulous and I HIGHLY recommend!!!
THE Tim Curry.
They are fabulous and I HIGHLY recommend!!!
I think one of the harder parts of having a book out on submission - having come from self-publishing - is the wait. If I had decided to publish this book on my own (and I still might if there aren't any bites) it would likely be up for pre-order already. There'd be a cover. It would be ready to go.
August 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I think one of the harder parts of having a book out on submission - having come from self-publishing - is the wait. If I had decided to publish this book on my own (and I still might if there aren't any bites) it would likely be up for pre-order already. There'd be a cover. It would be ready to go.