Jeff Abbott
@jeffabbott.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author. Out 7/7/26: JANUARY AND JULY, a thriller. Summer Reading Picks by GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE TODAY SHOW, O MAGAZINE, & USA TODAY. #1 Audible best-seller. Husband, father, Rice Owl, Arsenal, New Orleans Saints. Episcopalian.
a lovely review from Bookreporter - "It's another winner...Will [January & July's] combined efforts end with a massive victory ... It is this question that makes JANUARY AND JULY so much fun to read." www.bookreporter.com/reviews/janu...
January and July | Bookreporter.com
A disgraced intel officer anxious to redeem herself after a disastrous mission, January Holte vows to uncover the identity of a traitor who is selling her agency's secrets. The few clues she's found h...
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my coffee shop work went well. i just took a pen and a spiral notebook i've been filling with many thoughts & ideas & fragments and organized all that into better insights into plot and character
Jeff Abbott@jeffabbott.bsky.social · yesterdayWriting fuel
i haven't written/worked in a coffee shop in forever but i'm going to try and do so tomorrow morning, i need a change of scenery and maybe the hum of background noise i will miss having the corgi asleep on my feet i will miss having my much cheaper coffee but MUSE put me into a new gear
since to keep bluesky from being a liberal bubble we need to discuss sports more i'll contribute: i really like Arsenal's new blue kit and wished i'd asked for it for my birthday also in addition to sports we should talk about BOOKS. Make longform reading cool again. BOOKS AND SPORTS.
AGE OF GRIFT (one of a continuing series)
Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social · 2d agoTransportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit
Some betting app probably taking wagers on whether leprosy will surge in Florida
CAKE@thebandcake.bsky.social · 2d agoOnly MAGA allowed because freedom
i am now getting ai-slop inquiries from 'editors' and 'marketers' for books i did not write and also followups asking if i got their first slop email i'd like to imagine one day this would stop but hey i still get spam asking me to transfer money to overseas accounts, 20 years of that so
i'm convinced more than ever people like him are caught in a cultish bubble. he said this center's coming whether the residents like it or not after promising to 'listen'
Jessy Edwards@jessyedwards.bsky.social · 2d agoA video taken Saturday shows former NYC Mayor Eric Adams in sales pitch mode in Wisconsin Rapids, as he's heckled by residents opposed to the data center he's trying to sell them on. "My name is Eric Adams," he begins, as the boos begin to rain down. "You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts.
Now, there's a lot of ill-informed stuff going around about this guy, but let me tell you, he literally went to several meetings about this game and even went that extra mile and paid some attention. He did some top grade nodding, and possibly went "Uh-huh" a few times. Worth every cent.
PC Gamer@pcgamer.com · last wk.Despite its success, Electronic Arts rewarded some of those who made Battlefield 6 by laying them off. It's a different story for EA CEO Andrew Wilson.
Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
if you side with your daughter's abuser over your daughter there is something profoundly wrong with you at every level and i'd think people would rightly refuse to associate with you in any way
one historical element in JANUARY AND JULY's setting of Lethey, TX is that German settlers in Texas opposed the Confederacy. The Nueces Massacre was the murder of 37 German-Americans by Confederate forces as they attempted to flee Texas rather than be forced to fight against their adopted country
Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 5d agoAnother datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
If Gianni Infantino is ousted his last moment in front of the entire world will be that World Cup final, when he’s trying in vain to usher Donald Trump off the stage. Which is a fitting epitaph for his time at FIFA sucking up to money and power.
Football federations did more to stand up to Infantino and FIFA in a week than most Senate Republicans have stood up to Donald Trump in almost a decade.
we'd couldn't be so lucky for infantino to resign in shame
TSN@tsnofficial.bsky.social · 5d agoFIFA President Gianni Infantino has scrapped plans to sell stakes in the World Cup.
they have a strong stance against generative AI (I haven't tried it yet as a word processor but will look at it soon)
Adam Christopher@adamchristopher.me · 5d agoSo I wanted to use Ellipsus and Ellipsus is brilliant except they didn't have typewriter scrolling, and I mentioned it on their discord, and now three days later they have added typewriter scrolling, and now Ellipsus might be the perfect writing app? ellipsus.com
a lot of newspaper book coverage has been cut so delighted to see Rome (GA) News-Tribune having summer book reviews:
If I won the lottery I would hire an interior designer and just say “Columbo murderer” while waving my hand around my home office.
again ETTD Infantino must resign, if not, should be forced out, no confidence
Philippe Auclair@philippeauclair.bsky.social · 6d agoCONCACAF (41 federations) join Uefa to reject Gianni Infantino's proposal.
tech that did not suck: WordPerfect Word for Mac 5.1 WriteNow Nisus Writer the MORE outliner G3 Apple PowerBooks (Pismo) ThinkPads with the really good keyboard Eudora Mail (feel free to add to the list, I wish we could get back to tech that empowers us, not steals from us)
my interview with Authors on the Air's Pam Stack about the writing of JANUARY AND JULY: Spotify: shorturl.at/Ozh4o Apple Podcasts: shorturl.at/zSXho Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNU...
Jeff Abbott JANUARY AND JULY
YouTube video by Authors On The Air Global Radio Network
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I want companies that have profited from contracts with ICE to go out of business. I want companies that have gone all in on AI to go out of business. I want companies that cause nationwide diarrhea outbreaks to go out of business. I want companies that give money to fascists to go out of business.
i wrote this as a response to a friend but also this is sound vacation advice as to why you take more than one book to a resort
Jeff Abbott@jeffabbott.bsky.social · 2w agoyou need books to build a fort once our family vacay'd at beach resort & 'activities director' would regularly & try to get people lounging to play games, volleyball, etc i had my book & said NO HE KEPT ASKING ME my stepbrother told him 'let him read' next day i brought 4 books he stopped asking
