Who is Miss Abigail?

Abigail Grotke
Takoma Park, MD
email: missabigail at missabigail dot com
twitter: @DearMissAbigail

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Miss Abigail has a collection of over 1,000 classic advice books, spanning from 1822 to 1978 and covering a variety of topics, from love and romance to etiquette and charm. The collection sparked the idea for this site, then a book, Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage, which has inspired an off-broadway production of the same name!

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14th, 2012

I had big plans for a post today about love, but my main computer went into the shop last night and I am typing on the iPad, which I admit I am not very speedy at doing! So instead of a big post here, I thought I would share snippets of love advice and other…  >>Read the Rest…

Adventures in e-book publishing: one author’s experience

February 11th, 2012

Last fall I decided to jump on the ebook wagon and convert Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage to electronic format. Little did I know how confusing that process might be, and frustrating at times. But ultimately I was successful, and now my book is available for your Kindle, your iPad, and your Nook (please go buy…  >>Read the Rest…

Miss Abigail {the show} is heading on the road!

December 6th, 2011

If you’re in Rochester, Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Norwell, or Palm Beach ~ you’re in for a treat. I just received the schedule for the touring show of Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage, the play inspired by my book: 1/19 – 1/29/12: Downstairs Cabaret, Rochester, NY downstairscabaret.com 2/3 – 2/4/2012: The Broward Center for the…  >>Read the Rest…

Takoma Park Authors’s Book Sale This Saturday, 5-7pm!

December 5th, 2011

I’ll be at this event on Saturday, in my home town of Takoma Park, Maryland. Stop on by to pick up a signed copy of the book! And if you don’t want a book, you can just have some cheesecake and stop by to chat. Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3rd Annual Takoma Park Authors’…  >>Read the Rest…

Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage – coming soon to… Armenia?

October 13th, 2011

I’ve just learned, by way of a hard-to-read royalties statement from the publisher who took over my book after the original publisher went out of business, that the foreign/translation rights have been bought up by an Armenian publisher called Gruppo Editoriale Armenia. Their website has no mention of it (that I can tell – I…  >>Read the Rest…

Recent Acquisitions: Speech and Personality Books

July 5th, 2011

I was in Austin, Texas, for the long, hot, weekend and was mostly spending time with family, so I got only a few moments of shopping in at the amazing Uncommon Objects. I could have spent hours there! But due to my uncanny ability to focus and look for and find advice books in high-pressure situations…  >>Read the Rest…

What’s on my bookshelf?

June 20th, 2011

I cleaned up my office this weekend, so that means things have been straightened enough to take some not-so-embarrasing photos of the bookshelves. I like to do this every so often to remind myself of how I organized things at any given time, and how the collection has grown. The current shelves are a bit…  >>Read the Rest…

Miss Abigail meets Miss Abigail – Sunday June 5

June 4th, 2011

Just a reminder, I’ll be doing a “talk back” after the Sunday, June 5th 3pm show (that’s tomorrow!) of Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage. I’ll be speaking about my book collection, the website, and the book that inspired the show. Discount tickets for Miss Abigail fans are available here. Hope to see you…  >>Read the Rest…

Special Ticket Offer for the June 5th Show!

May 23rd, 2011

Friends and fans of Miss Abigail are welcome to this special ticket offer, good for the June 5th performance, when I’ll be hopping up onstage after the show and talking about this website, my book, and what I do with those 1,000 or so books in my office. Joyce Dewitt will have taken over by…  >>Read the Rest…

Miss Abigail at Miss Abigail’s Guide June 5!

May 16th, 2011

Hey, New Yorkers! I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be doing a “talk back” after the Sunday, June 5th 3pm show of Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage. I’ll be speaking about my book collection, the website, and the book that inspired the show. Tickets are available at the show’s website. I’m also…  >>Read the Rest…