Quenby Olson
@quenbyolson.bsky.social
A mom and a dancer and a baker and a crocheter and a hiker and a teacher and possibly also an award-winning writer in there. When I have the time. Agent: Bibi Lewis
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Anytime I panic that I'm not being creative enough with my marketing or spending enough time on it, I remember that these are the kind of posts that get the most sales and traction for me, and they take about 0.3 seconds of thought before I post them.
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Anytime I panic that I'm not being creative enough with my marketing or spending enough time on it, I remember that these are the kind of posts that get the most sales and traction for me, and they take about 0.3 seconds of thought before I post them.
Just found out that both my girls won a teacher-nominated dance scholarship that will pay for their first few months of ballet tuition this fall and I am in tears.
August 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just found out that both my girls won a teacher-nominated dance scholarship that will pay for their first few months of ballet tuition this fall and I am in tears.
I am currently prepping for homeschooling four kids next week, shifting one kid over to an online charter school (so paperwork, transcripts, evaluation reports, etc.), while also trying to keep the house from falling into chaos, take care of myself, etc.
Every word written in there is a win.
Every word written in there is a win.
August 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I am currently prepping for homeschooling four kids next week, shifting one kid over to an online charter school (so paperwork, transcripts, evaluation reports, etc.), while also trying to keep the house from falling into chaos, take care of myself, etc.
Every word written in there is a win.
Every word written in there is a win.
Me: I am a paragon of homeschooling moms. My children are little geniuses! They are going to conquer the world with the skills and intelligence they gained under my tutelage!
My 14yo: Do rats lay eggs?
My 14yo: Do rats lay eggs?
August 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Me: I am a paragon of homeschooling moms. My children are little geniuses! They are going to conquer the world with the skills and intelligence they gained under my tutelage!
My 14yo: Do rats lay eggs?
My 14yo: Do rats lay eggs?
I have no where I HAVE to be today, for the first day in weeks.
I think some coffee shop writing might be in order.
I think some coffee shop writing might be in order.
August 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I have no where I HAVE to be today, for the first day in weeks.
I think some coffee shop writing might be in order.
I think some coffee shop writing might be in order.
Yes, this is the rom-com that I speed-wrote something like 30k words of in a few weeks, and have already added several more thousand words in the last few days. You might be getting a rom-com from me next year!
Reading over an unfinished wip I set aside in June because I thought it was terrible, and it's actually decent? Like, maybe even good? What is this sorcery?
August 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yes, this is the rom-com that I speed-wrote something like 30k words of in a few weeks, and have already added several more thousand words in the last few days. You might be getting a rom-com from me next year!
Reading over an unfinished wip I set aside in June because I thought it was terrible, and it's actually decent? Like, maybe even good? What is this sorcery?
August 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Reading over an unfinished wip I set aside in June because I thought it was terrible, and it's actually decent? Like, maybe even good? What is this sorcery?
My 14yo and my 12yo have begged their dad to teach them how to play bass, and this fills me with so much glee.
August 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
My 14yo and my 12yo have begged their dad to teach them how to play bass, and this fills me with so much glee.
Mildly frustrated by the fact that I put aside the story I wanted to write because I thought it wasn't the story that I should be writing (the sequel to a book currently on submission) and opened up the first story today and wrote over 4k words.
Dagnabbit, I guess I have to finish it now.
Dagnabbit, I guess I have to finish it now.
August 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Mildly frustrated by the fact that I put aside the story I wanted to write because I thought it wasn't the story that I should be writing (the sequel to a book currently on submission) and opened up the first story today and wrote over 4k words.
Dagnabbit, I guess I have to finish it now.
Dagnabbit, I guess I have to finish it now.
And it's finished! 1773 words. The most I've written in a day in weeks and weeks!
Woke up to a short story idea, and it feels wonderful. I've had trouble getting some words on the page lately, but this feels cozy and fun!
August 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
And it's finished! 1773 words. The most I've written in a day in weeks and weeks!
Woke up to a short story idea, and it feels wonderful. I've had trouble getting some words on the page lately, but this feels cozy and fun!
August 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Woke up to a short story idea, and it feels wonderful. I've had trouble getting some words on the page lately, but this feels cozy and fun!
Started listening to the Series of Unfortunate Events audiobooks with my kids and WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THEY ARE NARRATED BY TIM CURRY???
THE Tim Curry.
They are fabulous and I HIGHLY recommend!!!
THE Tim Curry.
They are fabulous and I HIGHLY recommend!!!
August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Started listening to the Series of Unfortunate Events audiobooks with my kids and WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THEY ARE NARRATED BY TIM CURRY???
THE Tim Curry.
They are fabulous and I HIGHLY recommend!!!
THE Tim Curry.
They are fabulous and I HIGHLY recommend!!!
I think one of the harder parts of having a book out on submission - having come from self-publishing - is the wait. If I had decided to publish this book on my own (and I still might if there aren't any bites) it would likely be up for pre-order already. There'd be a cover. It would be ready to go.
August 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I think one of the harder parts of having a book out on submission - having come from self-publishing - is the wait. If I had decided to publish this book on my own (and I still might if there aren't any bites) it would likely be up for pre-order already. There'd be a cover. It would be ready to go.
So we're still working our rears off to make sure my kids keep up with their ballet training. We're not as behind as we were! But fall classes are starting soon and pointe shoes are being run through faster than ever.
IN RELATED NEWS I have an Etsy shop with cute dragons and books.
IN RELATED NEWS I have an Etsy shop with cute dragons and books.
August 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So we're still working our rears off to make sure my kids keep up with their ballet training. We're not as behind as we were! But fall classes are starting soon and pointe shoes are being run through faster than ever.
IN RELATED NEWS I have an Etsy shop with cute dragons and books.
IN RELATED NEWS I have an Etsy shop with cute dragons and books.
The hardest part about being an author is figuring out how to market your books in a social media post with a character limit.
Cake.
Baby Dragons.
Found Family.
Middle-aged main characters.
Bonnets.
And... done!
Cake.
Baby Dragons.
Found Family.
Middle-aged main characters.
Bonnets.
And... done!
August 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The hardest part about being an author is figuring out how to market your books in a social media post with a character limit.
Cake.
Baby Dragons.
Found Family.
Middle-aged main characters.
Bonnets.
And... done!
Cake.
Baby Dragons.
Found Family.
Middle-aged main characters.
Bonnets.
And... done!
A soft start to our school year today. Fitting, then, that the temperature dropped twenty degrees from yesterday, giving the day a cool, cloudy vibe. News, read alouds (picking up Inkheart where we left off) and math and spelling, just to get our brains ticking before we go full force in September.
August 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A soft start to our school year today. Fitting, then, that the temperature dropped twenty degrees from yesterday, giving the day a cool, cloudy vibe. News, read alouds (picking up Inkheart where we left off) and math and spelling, just to get our brains ticking before we go full force in September.
Headline: Cold case cracked after nearly 60 years!
My brain: Oh, so like from the 1930s? Or the '40s?
Article: Person missing since 1967...
My brain: RUDE.
My brain: Oh, so like from the 1930s? Or the '40s?
Article: Person missing since 1967...
My brain: RUDE.
August 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Headline: Cold case cracked after nearly 60 years!
My brain: Oh, so like from the 1930s? Or the '40s?
Article: Person missing since 1967...
My brain: RUDE.
My brain: Oh, so like from the 1930s? Or the '40s?
Article: Person missing since 1967...
My brain: RUDE.
It's interesting how I class myself as a pantser because I rarely put any notes or outlines down to paper. But I've spent the last couple weeks letting my new story kind of... percolate in my head, moving pieces around without really thinking about it, and that is a kind of outlining, really.
August 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's interesting how I class myself as a pantser because I rarely put any notes or outlines down to paper. But I've spent the last couple weeks letting my new story kind of... percolate in my head, moving pieces around without really thinking about it, and that is a kind of outlining, really.
The good thing about our hot water heater dying is that I'm spending more time hand washing dishes and heating up water for baths and less time thinking about the horrors.
August 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The good thing about our hot water heater dying is that I'm spending more time hand washing dishes and heating up water for baths and less time thinking about the horrors.
"Is there language teaching that we can do via chatgpt?" is one of the most awful sentences I have read lately (and that's without touching the whole other can of worms of people potentially taking on the burden of crippling student loan debt in exchange for being taught by chatgpt.)
Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
August 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"Is there language teaching that we can do via chatgpt?" is one of the most awful sentences I have read lately (and that's without touching the whole other can of worms of people potentially taking on the burden of crippling student loan debt in exchange for being taught by chatgpt.)
A reminder - while we fudge around with a hot water heater that may or may not need to be replaced - that I have an Etsy store! Cozy fantasy, crocheted dragons and dragon-related things, historical romance, and more! And all of it shipped directly from me!
August 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A reminder - while we fudge around with a hot water heater that may or may not need to be replaced - that I have an Etsy store! Cozy fantasy, crocheted dragons and dragon-related things, historical romance, and more! And all of it shipped directly from me!
A day may come when I remember my Scandinavian ancestry, when I forsake all distractions and properly apply liberal amounts of sunscreen, but it is not this day. This day, we (sun)burn!
August 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A day may come when I remember my Scandinavian ancestry, when I forsake all distractions and properly apply liberal amounts of sunscreen, but it is not this day. This day, we (sun)burn!
And sometimes writing a new story is writing the wrong story for a chapter or two before your brain figures out what the real first chapter should be.
August 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
And sometimes writing a new story is writing the wrong story for a chapter or two before your brain figures out what the real first chapter should be.
Being an adult is realizing I can just eat a half dozen deviled eggs and call it dinner.
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Being an adult is realizing I can just eat a half dozen deviled eggs and call it dinner.
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Whatcha all been reading folks?
My latest #SciFi #fantasy & #horror recs are The Ministry of Time, Tender is the Flesh, Rivers of London, Mickey7, and The Half Killed, the last a tight, haunting, eerie little indie beauty by @quenbyolson.bsky.social that I've only just discovered
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My latest #SciFi #fantasy & #horror recs are The Ministry of Time, Tender is the Flesh, Rivers of London, Mickey7, and The Half Killed, the last a tight, haunting, eerie little indie beauty by @quenbyolson.bsky.social that I've only just discovered
#BookSky 💙📚🪐🩸⚔️
August 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Whatcha all been reading folks?
My latest #SciFi #fantasy & #horror recs are The Ministry of Time, Tender is the Flesh, Rivers of London, Mickey7, and The Half Killed, the last a tight, haunting, eerie little indie beauty by @quenbyolson.bsky.social that I've only just discovered
#BookSky 💙📚🪐🩸⚔️
My latest #SciFi #fantasy & #horror recs are The Ministry of Time, Tender is the Flesh, Rivers of London, Mickey7, and The Half Killed, the last a tight, haunting, eerie little indie beauty by @quenbyolson.bsky.social that I've only just discovered
#BookSky 💙📚🪐🩸⚔️