Abby Roberts
SFF writer and essayist you’ve never heard of. SocDem/progressive who enjoys Tolkien, the Middle Ages, and historical Christianities. She/Her. Header by beloved.moe.
Website: arobertswrites.com
Newsletter: buttondown.email/arobertswrite
- I know I eventually have to devote a large amount of time to making a PROPER author website & setting up a newsletter (if only for new release info) but. That's a lot rn & I don't wanna 😭
- Having done those things it is in fact a Lot of Work. I’ve been meaning to do another newsletter for weeks.
- Yes I’m going to use the kiss of peace to further collapse the boundary between romance and friendship in Monk WIP.
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- Look Ciarán is ace and bi and has a lot of Feelings.
- all in all a lovely weekend! spent an extra day in kansas city yesterday! but I v much enjoyed @westmoot.org and seeing all of my lovely internet friends. highlights include: talking to @jtauber.com about getting back into @digitaltolkien.com work, nearly getting
- decked by @arobertswrites.com's fist as she passionately said something about catholicism, eating tons of food with @queencelebrian.bsky.social, meeting the lovely @lorehouse.bsky.social , and—last but certainly not least—falling in love with the @kcstreetcar.org over and over
- It was great to talk transit with you!
- On one hand it would be funny if the Vatican excommunicates a bunch of people and launches a full on reconversion of the United Stares but on the other hand why can’t we be normal.
- *United States. I should go to bed.
- The twist at the end of Conclave should’ve been that the Benitez was from Chicago the whole time.
- It would’ve been even more surprising than what actually happened.
- Lawrence’s reaction is exactly the same tho.
- Getting caught up on Leo’s homily and attempting to not read it as vaguing the state of Catholicism in the U.S.
- I really really don’t want to assume that everyone revolves around us but the highest ranking Catholic in the U.S. is spouting heresy and if there’s one thing the Vatican comes down hard on it’s that.
- Yes send the Jesuits to argue with Vance. Make him feel bad about himself. If he wants to be Catholic so bad he should have The Guilt.
