Abby Elissa's Writings

 Hey, y'all!  I hope you've enjoyed this blog tour so far! These girls' posts are so beautiful and hopeful! I didn't realize how inspiring it would be to see so many people sharing what hope is to them!     Well - now it's my turn! Here goes!     Since I was little, my favorite Bible verse has been Isaiah 43:1.     (Feel free to download this image and the one below! You can use them as phone wallpapers - that's what I plan on doing with them!)     The wonderful, encouraging verse that comes right after this one, about God being with you through deep waters, seems to be quoted a lot more. But that wasn't the verse that I clung to for years. It was this one. Where God said that He had called me by name .    What hope could ever be greater than knowing that the God of the universe has called you by name?      When I think of hope and beauty and wonder...     O ne of my favorite classic heroines comes...

It's time for Day 6!! Ellen at Ellen's Musings has written such a beautiful post for today. Her blog is always so inspiring, and this is one of my favorite posts by her. I hope you find it as amazing as I did! Click the image below to see her post!

Can you believe we've already made it to day 5? It seems like just a few days ago when this whole idea started. For our fifth stop, jump over to Emma Starr's lovely blog, Seven Billion Smiles! Seeing all these hopeful posts from these amazing girls...it's just so inspiring! Click the image below to read Emma's post!

Welcome to day four! Today, Brooklyn from Five Shekels gives us a wonderful reminder of Where our hope is. If we remember that, what storm can defeat us? Click on the image below to read her post!

Day Three, here we come! Katja at Little Blossoms for Jesus has written a perfectly beautiful post for today! 💙 And don't you just love the snippet of that song that she shared? Click on the image below to read her post!

For Day Two, jump over to see Brooklyne Elysse over at Showers of Blessings! She's written a beautiful post that rings so true and is so important - well, I won't spoil it for you. 😊 The image below will take you to the post!

To start off this blog tour, SawyerMarie over at Sundrop Girls wrote up an amazing  and encouraging post! That Bible verse and song...they're just wonderful! Click on the image below to go to her post!

 Hey, y'all!  Short post today, but I had something I wanted to share with y'all! 💙      My amazing friend SawyerMarie had an idea...and we worked together on it until it turned into something awesome: a week-long blog tour! We're calling it "7 Days of Hope."      As you might guess from the name, this blog tour’s purpose is to help give hope - even when everything seems dark - and to point our readers to Jesus, the Giver of Hope.     It runs from Sunday, Aug. 16 to Saturday, Aug. 22. We have five wonderful bloggers who are helping us with this (listed below).     Are y'all looking forward to this? I know I am! Blog Tour Stops! Day 1 - Aug. 16 - SawyerMarie at Sundrop Girls Day 2 - Aug. 17 - Brooklyne Elysse at Showers of Blessings Day 3 - Aug. 18 - Katja at Little Blossoms for Jesu s Day 4 - Aug. 19 - Brooklyn at Five Sheckels Day 5 - Aug. 20 - Emma at Seven Billion Smiles Day 6 - Aug. 21 - Ellen at Ellen's Musings Day 7 - Au...

Hey, y'all!  So, I know it's later than I meant for it to be, but here's the first character interview! Today I'll be talking with Briannon, my main character (and my favorite character - yes, I play favorites). Here we go! Abby: Hi, Briannon! Welcome to my blog! How do you like it? Briannon: *laughs* It looks good, I suppose! I've never really seen any blogs. Abby: True...well, why don't you start off by introducing yourself? Briannon: Alright...here's what you wrote about me:      Seventeen-year-old Briannon should be living in Zayvia's castle with her family of nobility. Instead, she's been living with a peasant family since she was twelve. She's left ruling to her uncle and sister - that's the way it's always been, even if it's wrong. But som e things are impossible to ignore. When an opportunity to defend her land and revolt against her uncle's twisted ways arises, she dives in headfirst. And that's how she ends up being ...

Hey, y'all! I'm back!      So, I know I've been gone for almost two weeks, but that's because I was on vacation. And then I was recuperating from vacation. 😊 I'll include some pictures down below, but, in short...it was awesome. We went to the Southwest and visited four different states. And now I'm in love with Arizona...💙 💙     Also - exciting news! I finished the first read-through of my novel, and it shouldn't need too much work before I send it to my alpha readers! That'll be so nerve-racking and exciting at the same time. 😬 I'm hoping I can send it out by the end of the week! 😁     (Side note - I'm planning to start on those character interviews tomorrow, so let me know if you have any more questions for my characters!)     And, now, onto the photos! Nevada California The really neat thing about the Pacific Ocean is that these mountains (or big rocky hills, whatever you want to call them 😃 ) are just on the other side of the road ...