https://AbbyGoldsmith.com Torth series is epic sci-fi, starts with Majority https://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mpwoncpow22aHappy 250th Independence Day, fellow Americans! I saw a beautiful fireworks display. Chapter 147 done. https://www.patreon.com/abbygoldsmith/posts/ch-147-five-torc-163002296?utm_medium=Patreon&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link05 Jul 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwoncpow22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mp7hdbigmk2rPublishing's Golden Era Is Dead | What Changed For Authors youtu.be/Vps9nJ4g4Rw (I know my content isn't niched down enough. But sometimes ya just gotta rant!) #writing #publishing #indieauthors #sff #bookindustry #authors #writers #writingcommunity #booksky 📚 https://youtu.be/Vps9nJ4g4Rw26 Jun 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7hdbigmk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3monu6vyvjk2bI'll be livestreaming today at this impromptu event for litRPG authors & readers! My panel is at 5:15pm CT/6:15pm ET. Friday June 19th. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYmkG_VKFbpEwMyJC4hJzLg Happy Juneteenth! #readers #authors #writers #litRPG #writing #royalroad #scribblehub #RRWritersGuild #webserials19 Jun 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3monu6vyvjk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mo6qdiyuos2qAt Lago Vista Brewing Company! #LagoVista #ATX #books #author #authorlife13 Jun 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6qdiyuos2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mo47rrjzm22fI can hear some of you sharpening your pitchforks for this one... The Truth About Hugo & Nebula Awards, from a reader/author. youtu.be/tdB7XMD1ffQ #Nebula #Hugo #Awards #Literary #SFF #SciFi #Fantasy #prose #fiction #writing #writers #books #readers #reading #nominees #winners #indie #authors 📚 https://youtu.be/tdB7XMD1ffQ12 Jun 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo47rrjzm22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mnfqaghlmc2wLITRPG Explained by A Reader & Author! Here are 5 of my favorites plus a few popular ones that I bounced off of. abbygoldsmith.com/litrpg/ youtu.be/TYou-3TDBvE #litrpg #fantasy #progressionfantasy #sff #reading #booktube #bookhaul #books #booksky 📚🦄🚀 https://abbygoldsmith.com/litrpg/03 Jun 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfqaghlmc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mn6nkm2mtk22I saw a huge and gorgeous double rainbow last evening! Chapter 142 posted. https://www.patreon.com/posts/142-slaugate-may-159766360?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link31 May 2026 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6nkm2mtk22https://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mmrchkfdvk2mWhy most writers are actually plantsers: youtu.be/7g9NAWFGs5A Architects vs Gardeners in Fantasy Writing #writing #plantsing #fiction #webseries #novels #storytelling #outlining #sff #fantasy #scifi #booksky https://youtu.be/7g9NAWFGs5A26 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrchkfdvk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mma3tjcrcc2yThe 'Slop' Epidemic Destroying Amazon's Book Market youtu.be/jPATgBuZdZ4 #AIslop #Amazon #books https://youtu.be/jPATgBuZdZ419 May 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma3tjcrcc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mlf5j7ev222hI have outwitted my squirrels, but it took some doing. Here's what I did: 1) a feeder with a spinning dome buff overhead, 2) hanging off a balcony, 3) dangling from a short bungee, 4) with a separate mesh for squirrels to get peanuts in shells: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYQCLXTZ09 May 2026 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf5j7ev222hhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3ml7xc22wes2hMy new video is about passion for your novel/series over the long haul, when the typical "just write!" advice doesn't cut it. Here are my secrets to staying motivated on long projects (2–20 years)! youtu.be/YQQskRiN_fU #writing #justwrite #amwriting #wip #writingcommunity #booksky #writers https://youtu.be/YQQskRiN_fU07 May 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7xc22wes2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mkvchxmxnc2qAgents Want Comp Titles. Do Readers Want Something Else? youtu.be/3CLAxcX8MtA Here's my little rant about comp titles. #comptitles #querying #pubtips #publishing #writers #writingcommunity #queryletters #querytracker #bookindustry #YouTube #AuthorTube #BookSky https://youtu.be/3CLAxcX8MtA02 May 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvchxmxnc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mkgsak347c2bCurrently #amreading "A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century" by Barbara W. Tuchman Gotta research the era that inspired #GameOfThrones and my own #wip! https://www.patreon.com/posts/137-blockade-apr-156627179?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=BlueSky&utm_content=join_link https://www.patreon.com/posts/137-blockade-apr-156627179?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link27 Apr 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgsak347c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mjxwaxjzic2qMy writing research has brought me to the extreme sport of Xpogo. https://youtube.com/shorts/JyqNvQ3F4lA21 Apr 2026 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxwaxjzic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mjvnvglytk2mSong of the Sea. Five stars, beautiful film. Cartoon Saloon is so underrated. #cartoonsaloon20 Apr 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvnvglytk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mjuuhdcgks2oWoodpecker at a homemade bird fountain on a balcony. https://www.patreon.com/posts/ch-136-underway-156033124?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link19 Apr 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuuhdcgks2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mjpxdci5tk24Power Progression and why it does well on Royal Road! #powerfantasies #RoyalRoad #litRPG #fantasy #indieauthors #writers #writingcommunity #genres #tropes #webserial #bookseries #scifi #indiebooks #booksky17 Apr 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpxdci5tk24https://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mjbevxyfck2vLictor or Lictaur? They're mundanes entrusted with high tier special enchanted tools, obedient to mages, in a world where minotaurs and leonids and other weird fantasy races will exist. https://www.patreon.com/posts/135-charmed-12-155398298?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link12 Apr 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjbevxyfck2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mj6h55bulc26Daydreaming is a superpower for writers. It can help you outline a story skeleton OR pants a novel, in a way. It's great for turbocharging your excitement for the story, too. Do you #daydream every day? #writers youtu.be/3BlEBqFZcbw #authortube #sff https://youtu.be/3BlEBqFZcbw10 Apr 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6h55bulc26https://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mitvzsrgws2xFinancial Literacy for Authors, Artists, Creatives! youtu.be/By2O9bX-NJM It's real basic stuff, but why not say what needs to be said? #DontQuitYourDayJob #AndWhy #financial #literacy #Creatives #Artists #Authors #Writers #BookSky https://youtu.be/By2O9bX-NJM06 Apr 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitvzsrgws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3miro3lzsys2zI'm such a plantser. Working on a medieval fantasy with a MC who is allergic to horses, ale, bread, cats... He doesn't do well with peasant mobs, either. #amwriting #wip #fantasy #sff #novels #books #AuthorsOfX #allergies https://www.patreon.com/posts/ch-134-invisible-154865619?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link05 Apr 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3miro3lzsys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3miammb32ws2yCurrently reading: Book 2 of the #Beyonders trilogy by Brandon Mull. Very enjoyable epic fantasy! It has the whimsy of #Oz with elements of modern isekai. #Fantasy #EpicFantasy #amreading https://www.patreon.com/posts/chapter-133-mar-154278739?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link30 Mar 2026 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3miammb32ws2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mhozm7cefk2uWhy couldn't I have thought of the tighter plot version BEFORE I wrote 360,000 words? Discovery drafting is a trip. I finally have decent ideas about how to tighten up my current #wip and cut some of the fat, but it would entail a major rewrite. I'm plowing ahead for now. #amwriting23 Mar 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhozm7cefk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mho2opwghc2aI’ll be here on Tuesday! Boerne, TX #ATX #Boerne #books22 Mar 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mho2opwghc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mhbcx4gluc2cQuick video to say I loved "12 Miles Below" and highly recommend this book series! youtu.be/89--C_S7zRM #books #booktube #bookreview #scifantasy #sff #bookaholic #readers #booksky #litrpg #progressionfantasy #epicfantasy #frozenrealm #greatreads #bookseries https://youtu.be/89--C_S7zRM17 Mar 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbcx4gluc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mh4emc2sfs2k"We are an empire of peace and enlightenment. We leave people free to swear citizenship. But if you refuse to surrender, your kingdom will be shown no mercy. Your people will be decimated and destroyed down to the smallest child." https://www.patreon.com/posts/chapter-131-153105119?utm_medium=clipboard&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link https://www.patreon.com/posts/chapter-131-153105119?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link15 Mar 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4emc2sfs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mf5qkozj322oAre We Heading Into A POST-LITERATE SOCIETY? youtu.be/ToDT7t_Kseg My latest #AuthorTube video, about literacy and the reading public. #Literacy #Books #BookSky 📚 #Reading #BookTube #YouTube #Literature #Read #WhoReads #WhyRead #SuggestMeABook https://youtu.be/ToDT7t_Kseg18 Feb 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5qkozj322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3merrxf4rck2mBeautiful mountain town in Utah! At the LTUE writers conference. #LTUE #Writers #SFF14 Feb 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3merrxf4rck2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mdnpcjqkrc2pSanta Monica sunset!30 Jan 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnpcjqkrc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/abbybabble.bsky.social/post/3mdcamxq7322pA lordling risks everything to master forgotten wisdom, defending his homeland against an invasion of decadent wizards. #wip #sff #fantasy #magitech #wizards #amwriting #writers #bookSky 📚 https://www.patreon.com/posts/magitechnocracy-149126991?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link26 Jan 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:g7opjxulo44v6pgs2zwancba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdcamxq7322p