Annette V Hart's Blog: The ramblings of Annette Hart, page 5

A disaster...

I faced a disaster this week. I needed to check a detail I had put in a story I had started but not finished... but could not find the manuscript! I have looked through every piece of paper, every nook and cranny twice and still can't find it. Even worse, I had started typing it up onto computer but only got to page 11! I now have to face rewriting it completely while knowing I had some good scenes in there.

My only, feint, hope is that I took it to my mum's to work on and left it there - but I can't check until she gets home from New Zealand!

The thought of all that work done for nothing...

Reworking an 'old friend'...

I haven't written at all over Christmas, and a couple of weeks before, and have lost the thread/oomph for my new story. I needed to get back into the writing habit before starting work on it again so I decided to read through, adding and changing as I go, an older story. It's actually another of my Athlandia series - one I like but can't decide if it quite works or not. I will have to be brave and put it to the public test with family and friends!

New Year's Resolution...

I have decided on a belated New Year's Resolution: I will make a bigger effort to buy and read at least a couple of books each year by lesser known Goodreads authors. I will make the effort to hunt down books that I really liked the sound of but didn't win a copy in a giveaway.

And, of course, I should review it...

New e-book & discount offer...

My 3rd book in the Athlandia series, "Love and Restitution", is finally available now as an e-book, joining the others, (starting on Smashwords but elsewhere soon). It's nice to have them all as a complete set of both paperbacks and e-books.

Smashwords are offering a 10% discount until 06/01/13 using the code PX94T.

Christmas is coming!...

End of November and my house is filled with paper snowflakes, advent candles and calendars, and the odd poinsettia. It must be time to get serious with the Christmas shopping!

Slow Sales...

Things are going a bit slow at the moment. I have been busy with work and family, so not able to get out, and I can't afford major advertising. Thank goodness for Goodreads! All I can do is offer giveaways and special offers for Christmas online...

Half term break!

I haven't written anything over half term! With the children home, we've been just too busy with Hallowe'en, fireworks, day trips to London and the cinema. Fortunately, I found a visit to the Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at the Tate inspirational.

Back to work today - although I have lots of plans for Christmas crafts up my sleeves!

Hooray! Finally my muddle sorted...

It has taken some time but finally the muddle with Amazon has been sorted and my paperback pages have re-appeared... in time for the Christmas rush, ha ha!!!

Amazon muddle...

I can't believe Amazon have still not solved the problem of my disappearing pages! How can my paperback pages go missing and how can it take weeks for them to sort it - even if they have to create new ones? I wonder if this has happened to anyone else - and I hope it doesn't cost me sales, especially in the run up to Christmas!

Amazon confusion...

A couple of weeks ago, the Amazon pages for 2 of my books (paperback versions) disappeared! Amazon are looking into it but taking along time, even with page addresses, ISBNs, etc. I just get a daily 'touching base' email message! My kindle and Amazon.uk pages are fine (US readers can buy through Amazon.uk, looking for US suppliers). A strange one...