Dito (rhymes w/ Cheetoh) Abbott

If you felt a disturbance in the Force, it's because as of ten minutes ago, "Debunked" is enrolled in KDP Select. At 20Books Vegas conference, way more experienced fantasy authors told me KU was the mamajamma. So, here...we...go! amazon.com/Debunked-Terra…

I like how, when someone has brown eyes, their driver's license says: "Eyes: BRO", like a best friend hyping you up over how beautiful those eyes are. "Eyes? BRO, you don't even KNOW."

I'm treating writing like a job, maybe for the first time ever. And by that, I mean I spend a lot of time at the refrigerator gossiping about Brenda from Accounting.

Stumbled across the greatest Free Little (it's bigger on the inside) Library ever today in Hamner Springs.

Checked my author dashboard and was delighted that a 10 year old and 44 year old both enjoyed Debunked. Crossed 140,000 words on Book 2 today. Rounding third base and ready to slide into the basket for a touchdown. Did I sports right? Flying V! Knuckle Puck!

Need some underrated fantasy gems on your TBR? Of course you do! I had so much fun treasure hunting through my shelves for some lesser known favorites. What fantasy books/series do you think get less love than they should? Give us some recommendations in the comments! 🔗🔽

4,072 words in a day, a new best! 4thewords keeps track of all words I write and keep. Most software only counts keepers. But I tru a lot of words to find ones that stay. All the words count. That realization transformed writing for me. I stopped feeling inadequate.

I'm definitely not the fastest, best, or most consistent reviewer, yet this community has incredibly blessed me time and time again. As reviewers, when an author reaches out and asks if we'd be interested in checking out their work, we all hope to enjoy the read. Luckily for me,…

These are the notes from my last brainstorming session with my wife (and I left key plot points out). I’m not worried about spoilers. If you can figure out what’s happening in Books 2 & 3, you win, cause I sure don’t know.

Did I just add another animal companion? Yes. Do I know where this is going yet? Not entirely. Did it just add more complexity to a moderately complex story? No one asked you, brain. Just write the words.

Talked with my cover designer about Book 2 art today. Boy, that's a cool sentence to type. Then I spent an hour touching up Drog, because he might(?) make an appearance. We've got a long way to go, but it's a start.

Ten years ago, I wrote: 100% of chimichangas are ordered because people want to say the word "chimichanga". This has never been more true than it is today.

Me, at the start of every writing session: "Ugh, this is getting too complicated. No more POVs." Me, five minutes later: "This washer woman's story MUST be told!"

not having it anymore

Raptor in the Australia Museum. Were in charge of posing an exhibit, I would make raptors look as inept as possible, too. Referencing clutz raptors is one of my Writing Side Quests. Did Garrillus the Unread lose money investing in a clutz raptor racing league? Why, yes he did.

Reader art! I love seeing how my characters look in other people’s minds. Nikos is writing and illustrating his own book, too, when he isn’t busy making my day. Cheers!

Making audiobooks is hard work and expensive. I recorded my entire first book and haven't edited a second of it because the process burnt me out. But holy smokes, I'm sick of AI. No thanks, ACX. Maybe someday as a cheap version AFTER I release a human one.

Somewhere out there, a guy named Scam Likely is getting really frustrated about no one taking his calls.

Stoked with how these posters came out! Poster Ninja did a fantastic job. As an experiment, comped heavy card stock and synthetic metallic paper. Ended up liking them both for different reasons (metallic paper has smoooooooth color gradient, card stock feels lovely in fingers).

In USA for the first time in a year. Here for 2 weeks before heading back to NZ, so hitting important stuff. 1. Carnitas tortas. 2. Barro’s Italian sausage pizza This was number one flavor I imagined on ocean passages 3. My sister’s neighbor built a Mad Max-style hotrod. Yeah.

I don't care if this post gets the usual two likes, I'll still say it.... I put everything into making ECCC this week have my best booth ever. I spent countless hours to finish The Tortured Kingdom (my new book) on time. I only had 40 days to write over 200 pages, coordinate…