Abbie! I've been following your channel for over a year now and I squealed when I heard that you are releasing another Westess book! I cannot wait to read it and have it on my shelf some day! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it for the Livestream but I am here now and the rewatch was wonderful! Thank you for being an awesome author and inspiring so many creatives!
OMG THANKS FOR SUCH AN AMAZING STREAM. I WAS SO LATE BUT I CAME JUST IN TIME TO HEAR THE NEWS. You're a huge inspiration Abbie, and I personally found benefit from your beautiful videos. I've been working on a book since I was ten (three years ago) and finally it's looking good. It's called a Jem Called Emerald and after watching one of your latest videos, I realised that my character was wayyy to perfect and now she's got flaws that a LOT of people find relatable and now I love my characters way moreee. Thank you so much!!!! Love you, and rock on.
I just started watching Abbie and I watched this live so after I went and got this book from the library and read in 2 days and I loved it!! Can't wait for the others
Ok the change in the song at 48:52 Your voice is so beautiful! You should release a separate video of the song not in the stream so I can find it more easily--- I'm applauding you through the screen, that song was amazing
Dear Abbie, I've just read 100 Days of Sunlight - a birthday gift from my sister. I never comment on anything but I have to say THANK YOU ❤ Your book really reminds me of a delightful, cheerful song and it was exactly what I needed in my life (we all need it). Reading the story was like 5 days (evenings) of joy and pleasure. Thank you for the inspiration and all your hard work. Please, keep making the world better.😊
I absolutely love 100 Days of Sunlight-I can't tell you how excited I am for the third book! And a book four and five?? OMG, this is more than I ever hoped for. YAY!!
A new book of this series? Oh my goodness, Abbie, I'm so excited for that! I am blind and this book represented me so well. I have just signed up for your waitlist as I did for your fantasy novel, and I hope this book with these five short stories will come soon and I guess a big deision they have to make is having a baby, so I hope they will have a baby, because I would love to see them as parents! Oh, my goodness, Tessa would be an incredibiel Mom! And Weston a fantastic dad!
You have such a sweet and beautiful voice, Abbie! Great live stream sorry I miss it! Congratulations on your 5 year anniversary! Thank you for sharing!
It would be awesome if Abbie voiced a future audiobook of my novel, but sadly she wouldn't be suitable, since I require a British female VA to read it, since all the characters speak in a British accent, especially with the protagonist.
I actually thought that the special announcment was that she was done with the first draft of the fantasy book or something, but hearing that another westess book is coming down the prep road was even more amazing! Thanks Abbie! Looking forward to reading it and having it on my bookshelf! Rock on!!
I just read 100 Days of Sunlight. My heart is so warm (there was def crying) and I'm immediately ordering Best Christmas Ever. Happy 5 years and thanks for all the writing inspiration!
Abbie you are amazing I have not been on this channel for one year! I still love your channel its the best!!!! Congratulations for the 5 year anniversary!
I started watching ur channel a couple weeks ago and your advice is the best seriously and i decided to order one hundred days of sunlight and it came in today, in its own anniversary! I already love it, keep up the good work ❤️
Yes!!!! The learning curve is real! As a screenwriter, I highlight and research the story and the dynamics of the characters. Adaptations are hard to do. Thanks for saying that
Yes, I am from Poland and I haven’t read your book yet! I thought that it was translated into lots of languages and it is suprising that only polish publisher reached out to you. Now I definitely have to read it! I saw some comments from polish readers and they are very positive! I am so happy for you ❤
Abbie, you are amazing, and you work so hard for us doing so many things. In this video, you look a little tired, so I just want to let you know that if you need a break or something, we understand. We don't want you to overwork yourself. Make sure you're taking care of your mental health. We ❤ u.
A 100 days of sunlight is definitely one of my favourite books, I keep recommending it to my close ones. I shared this book with my aunt, and she loved it. And now, I’m about to read it to my best friend. This book brightens my day every time I think about it, it’s a ray of sunshine and optimism in this world.
Congratulations Abbie...we are so happy for you. You are a marvelous person, a beacon to us new writers. Also, you create and post these amazing videos. Thanks so much. Amazing timbre and soulful lilt in your voice. Would love to see you publish your songs as I'm a big fan of yours in that area too. Ha ha ,the way I realate to Westess ( The fact that I'm a baby boomer) is the chasm in outlook that exists between Dennis the Menace and Mr Wilson, Ha ha the underpinning question, " Now why are these kids doing that?😄😃 Shine on Abbie you are a bright star in the firmament of writing and writers🙏🙏👏👏
Hey Abbie! I just watched this video and congrats on 5 years of your book. That is so awesome and proud of you, plus good luck on writing the new book in the series. Have a wonderful day and happy writing.
I read your book! It was amazing! Can't wait to read the rest of the series! It will be awesome! Also, loved the original song! Hope it gets published someday! Maybe it'll be at the end of the movie, if 100 Days of Sunlight ever gets made into a movie! I'd love to see it! It will be so magical and beautiful! Thank you for being an awesome, amazing writer! And for keeping the writing dream alive for all of us here in RU-vid! Stay awesome! 😊✌️
I am shocked and absolutely THRILLED by the translation into Polish!!!!!!!!! I am learning Polish and will totally get this copy to read in my favorite language!!!!!!! I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS on your first book's anniversary. You are an inspiration to so many. I wrote a "single-act" short story for a friend only to be challenged to write more. Because of that challenge, the story "exploded" & took on a much wider life as an historical novel spanning flashbacks back multiple centuries in a leap-frog threaded style with a mystery undertone, all in one. The multi-page outline flowed as I drafted three chapters in a trial. Even if it gets to 250-300 pages, I had thought to write the book and the screenplay at the same time. Is that too crazy to do? I think in pictures; and you always say "show, don't tell." ... we'll see. As you translate your book into a screenplay, I WISH YOU EVERY SUCCESS. ... and yes, as a musician, your voice is also wonderful. If you cant direct your movie, at least ask to read the narration; your voice is perfect for that.
The waiting for the announcement definitely was worth it. To hear that the series is continuing? GREATER THAN GREAT! (Also I absolutely died when she read two of my comments and even mentioned my name 🤩)
Your enthusiasm is great -- especially the laugh as you announced book 3. As you said, enthusiasm is our best tool for writing and for marketing our books. Thanks.
#askabbie ( I would also love some advice from y’all in the comment section ) I put the same comment in your previous video but a little late so I’m not sure if you have seen it so here it goes. I know you talk a lot about characters needing a great fear and misbelief but I’m not exactly sure how to write that because my character is just a normal person who likes his life and the inciting incident is the thing that pushes him outside of his comfort zone and causes him to have a great fear and his misbelief is not the thing that is holding him back from achieving his goal and even his great fear Isn’t really that great at all and in my opinion not big enough to cause him to change as a result of his journey so in that case how can he grow? Also I love your videos so much they help me more than you could imagine.❤❤❤
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! I'm so so late. 100 days of sunlight is my fav book!!! I read the fist one in one siting.😄 I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!! I have both of them. WESTESS! WESTESS! WESTESS!!!!!!! Abbie you helped my writeing so much thank you!!!😘
this was my favorite book, like ever, and i finished it within an hour, and now im sad. reading the second one but probably will also finish it in an hour 😭 (do u have any recommendations for similar books to fill this gaping whole in my heart)
I intend to publish my book next year in 2025. I want to eventually turn it into an audiobook, as well as have it translated into Japanese, among others. I would want a British female VA to voice a hypothetical Audiobook, since all the characters in the novel, including and especially the protagonist, speak in a British accent.
Hey Abbie, that stream was amazing I feel bad for missing it live. Book 3 sounds very interesting and I absolutely loved that ukulele song, your singing voice is enchanting.
I'm thinking that for any giveaways in the future, maybe Abbie could DM the winner a code before the winner emails their address. That way, someone who was on the Live can't email Abbie and say they're the winner.
can your characters insiding incident happen before chapter on?, like being attacked and that has happened 3 weeks prior to the first page. and no there is no prologue.
also are Tessa and Weston getting married!!?? that's what my sister recons is the big thing in there romance life. i hope she is not right though (i feel like they have to stay gf and bf for ever)
I don't read romances, but I liked your channel when I heard about the book last year, so I tried it.} Then I bought the Christmas book. I love the series so far, and I'm looking forward to a third book. I did my first novel for the 2023 NaNoWriMo. If possible, I'd like see it made as a movie by Kyoto Animation. Maybe someday I'll see you in the cinema.
Hey Abby! greetings from Chile, quick question, im working in a horror story right now (my first story), so far is going well but i wanted to ask you something, is it better to write the entire thing first then fix chapter by chapter or write a chapter, read it, fix it and then go to the next one?
I have a question about traditional publishing, I know you self published so this is more for anyone in the comments who may have an answer, but does anyone know whether I should say in my query letter that I have an Authortube channel, even if I only have a couple hundred subscribers?
Amazing voice, song, books, announcement, everything. I love your writing and Tesswess making a comeback has filled my heart with joy! Btw if you want you can send me over an accapella and backing from your song and I can mix it, maybe add some drums and make it like a proper song. I would love to do that. It’s Jack O’Brien from that one live training, the one who got a book inspired by 100 days. So if you want to collab on that song then you have my email!
