Stacey Abrams, Romance Novelist

[sugarbear]

Did we know this?!?


Under the pen name, Selena Montgomery

[just]

What am I doing with my time and my life? I can't find time to do laundry, let alone write novels and you know - change the fucking country.

She's amazing.

[4speedy]

It was not “not known”, let’s put it that way.  It wasn’t widely promoted but not kept secret, either.  There were a few “romance writers for Georgia” type Facebook pages where they would host readings or give away books in order to fundraise for get out the vote organizations.  I think Abrams even read at one.  But I never saw it mentioned on any national news outlets.

[atexan]

She talked about it on an episode of Hysteria a little while back.

[aprilsails]

It’s definitely been discussed during a couple of her late night talk show guest spots. I’ve also seen it mentioned here before. She’s awesome.

[Susie]

I knew about it, I thought from a discussion here? But I don't think it's widely known.

[womet]

Her IG profile mentions it.

[sporklemotion]

I knew this, but am wondering if anyone has read her stuff?

[Pilsy]

Jan 6, 2021 14:59:48 GMT -5 sporklemotion said:

I knew this, but am wondering if anyone has read her stuff?

I will now. 

I want her to take all my money, and I hope I live long enough to see her elected POTUS. 

[wawa]

When a fellow CEPer posted about this on FB a few months ago I ran out and bought 4 of her books.
She's fully identified in the book descriptions on amazon. it's not like it's a secret.

They're not my usual cup of tea (I like my romance historical - preferably with kilts involved), but they're very enjoyable brain candy and I wanted to support her.

[smock]

Ha ha, this is definitely known in Romancelandia! A group of romance writers raised half a million dollars for the Georgia runoff. Here's a piece about it:

www.vogue.com/article/romance-writers-georgia-election

And here's a Stacey Abrams tweet about Romancing the Runoff:

[okla]

Jan 6, 2021 14:59:48 GMT -5 sporklemotion said:

I knew this, but am wondering if anyone has read her stuff?

I bought one of her books when I found out in November (I’m a librarian and it got a lot of play in our groups that she was a romance novelist.) Haven’t read it yet but will report back! Everything she does is awesome, so I bet it’s good!

[sugarbear]

sporklemotion, I just downloaded a couple on my Kindle, so I'll get back to you once I've read them!

[seeyalater52]

Jan 6, 2021 14:59:48 GMT -5 sporklemotion said:

I knew this, but am wondering if anyone has read her stuff?

My friend read one of her books for research! She read me some passages. We are both gay and therefore not qualified to comment on the content but it wasn’t as bad as some hetero romance I’ve read! 😂

[5kcandlesinthewind]

My favorite tweet from this morning about Georgia, haha.
(From Natasha Rothwell: Stacey Abrams' greatest romance novel is called "Georgia." In it, the protagonist fucks the Republican Party to death.)

[sporklemotion]

Thanks for the reviews! I read lots of romances during lockdown because I couldn’t handle much else, but didn’t get to hers. I am curious, though.

[underwaterrhymes]

She’s also a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan. If I didn’t already love her, that would have sealed the deal.