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Abbey ابي 🌻✨

@abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social

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Writer in music education publishing by day, writer of messy, magical girls all other times ✨ Ace/ND. 🇱🇧🇸🇾. She/هي. Free Palestine.

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Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 20d

Introducing my #agentsguide to UNVEIL THE STARS, my Arab folklore-inspired YA contemporary fantasy in which a Lebanese American teen with anxiety and OCD must navigate a perilous magical realm to save her sisters from the jinn 🧞✨

#amquerying soon 👀

An image of the moon against a pale sky filled with dark purple clouds limned in orange and white sparkle graphics. Text reads, "a guide to UNVEIL THE STARS, a YA contemporary fantasy, 99 k words."

An image of a blurred purple and orange sky. Text at the top of the image reads, “pitch and comps,” followed by, “Perpetually anxious, full-time disaster Leila Njeim lives by three rules: never look at the jinn, never speak to them, and never, ever draw their attention. But when the treacherous, shapeshifting spirits from her sitti’s tales steal her sisters, she’ll do whatever it takes—even strike a deal with a jinni—to save them.”

An image of the book cover for THE STARDUST THIEF by Chelsea Abdullah surrounded by the text, “inspired by Arab folklore,” “the power of stories/storytelling,” and “found family.”

An image of the film poster for SPIRITED AWAY by Hayao Miyazaki surrounded by the text, “reluctant hero in a hidden spirit world,” “overcoming deadly trials to save family,” and “manifestations of fear/anxiety.”

An image of the book cover for THE BURIED AND THE BOUND by Rochelle Hassan surrounded by the text, “Lebanese MC with a family secret,” “eerie, whimsical fairytale vibes,” and “dark entity threatening the veil between realms.”

An image of the book cover for IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED by Miranda Sun surrounded by the text, “magic, monsters, and mayhem,” “banter-fueled adventure/romance,” and “girl inherits ability to see spirits.”

An image of a blurred purple and orange sky. Text at the top reads, “what to expect.”

A 3x3 moodboard with images of New York City trees and buildings in the fall; a hand producing flames; a fountain with roses in the pool; a girl with dark hair; the quote, “We are living, breathing stories, made up of the tales others tell us and those we tell ourselves; light, dark, and the shadows in between”; a window at night with a cat on the sill; tall redwood trees; a dark-haired boy in a forest; and more New York City trees and buildings in the fall.

Text surrounding both sides of the 3x3 image moodboard reads: “banter, betrayal, and (gasp) secrets”; “an ace, neurodivergent MC with a magical sword? In this economy?”; “tight-knit Lebanese American family”; “swoony, golden retriever LI with forest magic”; “snarky jinn guide with a Heart of Gold”; “set in a magical Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and a hidden spirit realm inspired by Lebanon and Arab folklore”; “strike a bargain with the jinni outside your window, y/n?”; “ATLA-style elemental magic and shenanigans”; “the real villain is the OCD/anxiety we battled along the way.”

An image of a dark-haired girl and a dark-haired boy in a forest. Hand-drawn stars and hearts surround their heads. Text at the top of the image reads, "excerpt." The excerpts reads:

His eyes narrow, unimpressed. “While I’m grateful to you for dispatching the ghoul, which I certainly could’ve done myself—”
“Forgive me. I didn’t realize you were handling it so well.”
“—your presence here in my forest seems highly suspicious.”
I scoff, causing the vines to bite into the softness of my stomach. “Your forest?”
“Yes.” He erases the distance between us in a heartbeat, his warmth enveloping me like a sunbeam through trees: soft, unexpected, and a little dizzying. Irritation fans the flames in my cheeks. “My forest.”
“So, instead of thanking me like a normal person,” I say acidly, “you decided to, let me check my notes...knock me out and bind me to a tree.”
“I needed to make sure you weren’t about to take me out along with that ghoul.” His glance drops to my lips. Lingers there for a breath before dragging back up to meet my gaze. His mouth curves, wry with amusement. “I’m sure you understand.”

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Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 45m

Ahhh, thank you!! 🥰❤️

Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 47m

Thank youuuuuu 😭💖

Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 10h

So, SO excited for you, Nav!!! I’m cheering you on and can’t wait to see all the amazing things in store for you!! 💖✨

Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you soooo much, Charlotte!! 🥹💖

Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you, Ann 🥹💖

Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you so much!!! 😭🫶🏼

Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you so much, Rajani 😭💖

Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you so much!! 🥹🫶🏼

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Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 22h

Luna, SAME 🥹 I’m wishing you and your amazing stories all the best 💕

Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 22h

A silly little snippet from my #amquerying YA contemporary fantasy ✨ (if you like your characters on the disastrous and irreverent side, this book is for you)

An image of a snippet from UNVEIL THE STARS. Text reads:

I freeze. Make the mistake of looking up and into a pair of ice-blue eyes—inhuman eyes that shift in hue like a twilit sky—and three increasingly ridiculous thoughts occur to me:
1.     Oh, god, there’s a jinni in the coffee shop.
2.     Is nothing sacred anymore?
3.     This is how I die, without even getting to order my silly little latte as a treat.

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Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 22h

Yesssssss, let’s goooooo 🔥

Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 23h

Oh my gosh, this sounds SO incredible!!! And the initiative behind it 🥹 I genuinely cannot WAIT to buy and read this!! Massive congrats 💜🫶🏼✨

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Nov 19

A love letter to BTS, for fans by fans 💜

Happy to announce this joyful book I’ve been working on since 2022 with @featherfully.bsky.social & @majablanque.bsky.social Inspired by BTS’s music, Maja & I want to speak ourselves: the book is BDS-friendly & a portion of proceeds will go to Pal ARMYs.

Book announcement from pub weekly! Maja’s beautiful art of BTS roleplaying as Jin’s bodyguard on the top

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Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Omg, what a BABY 😍

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Abbey ابي 🌻✨ @abbeyfwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

So excited to participate in my first #RevPit #10Queries! Be sure to enter before 11:59pm (Eastern) tonight for a chance to win feedback on your query letter and first 5 pages from RevPit's amazing editors 💫

reviseresub.com/mini-events/...

#writingcommunity #amquerying