Robyn Abbott's Blog

Writers! I’ve got something for you coming in my newsletter TOMORROW: a guide on writing clever characters in downloadable PDF! This is one of the bookish delights I’ve been working on for you guys & I’ve got more writing resources coming your way. Link is in profile to subscribe. 🌌

Also coming in the newsletter is CRAB & THE BLUE GOD advanced copy details and a very detailed answer to the question: where do you get your ideas from?

Heyyyy! It's ARC season once again!

Readers who like gritty, dark fantasy filled with morally grey characters, found family, and Richard Swan-esque spook can sign up for an advanced reader copy here.

THE PENITENT is a standalone, so no prior reading is necessary!

🌌 Robyn

I've got a new post up on the current publishing/writing chaos that is this era of my life:

Read it here.

Includes aethetics for CRAB & THE BLUE GOD, my current library loans, and updates on several upcoming projects!

You guys.

✧ 222 days since I published my first book and today marks 100 ratings on Goodreads ✧

Writing in the digital era is such a feral, surprising, and continually-evolving thing, but for now, ratings and reviews are a huge part of how people find and decide to interact with new worlds.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read, rate, review, or mention these books to a friend. These stories are finding new readers every day and you are a part of that.

xx Robyn xx

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If you're looking to hide in some fiction tonight, there's over 100 free books at this link:

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You're welcome party people.

<3

Robyn

For my writer pals ↠ the books I read immediately before finishing my first novel:

Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
↠ Removed all the pressure I had put on myself about what art is and what I needed to do to create it

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
↠ Every page is like a portal into the flow state

(And I didn’t even finish The Artist’s Way, I was too inspired to do anything but write.)

I wrote my first novel, a 100,000-word fantasy in 10 days between catering shifts. It wasn’t anywhere near perfect, but 5 years later, I’ve got a bestselling indie-published novel released and my next release is on deck.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲.

A gritty fantasy that starts where most epic fantasies conclude: the end of a long war.

🌙 Gothic vibes
🗝️ Found family
🗡️ Morally-grey af
🧹 Witch hunt energy
🏹 Small town hysteria

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