Anna’s Comments (group member since Oct 30, 2014)

Anna’s comments from the Net Work Book Club group.

February’s blog takes a look at two more authors’ reasons for writing. Writing takes up an awful lot of time so why do they do it?

There’s also a poem by a Goodreads member and it sure will make you think. Are we all sometimes guilty of this? Can we change? Does giving an orange, banana or choccie bar help? You be the judge.

I’m also asking you to share on the blog your favourite stress reducers.

The link takes you to a place to ponder and share:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And where can you find a ‘love that never died’? Hide in Time is a time travel romance about someone who regrets having misjudged the man she loved. Ouch!



0.99 until 2nd February in US and UK or FREE on Kindle Unlimited

I can never think of a resolution that I’m likely to remember beyond the first few days. Failure! But I offer you one which will make you think hard, and three which are easy peasy.

There’s also three more answers from authors to the question ‘Why do you write?’ Drop in to

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

and see what they have to say – what drives them?

No ebooks on sale but



PAPERBACK is on Amazon in the US for $4.29 Makes a good present perhaps? I reduced the price and Amazon, the readers' friend, has reduced it even further.

I wish you a happy and healthy new year.

I hope you’ll take a look at the answers to the question “Why do you write?” Three authors have responded. It’s a bit like saying “What makes you tick?” Let’s see what goes on in their heads!

And, as the heading says, there’s a gift for you – a free world-wide gift of an ebook so long as you get to it between 5th and 9th December.

Here’s the link to the blog:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

★MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE★

And for those who don’t celebrate Christmas – I hope you will have a wonderful time as we run up to yet another new year – happy holidays!

November’s blog post has something for everyone.

There’s something for readers – want to choose an Indie author for me to interview?

Something for authors – want to have a mini interview?

Something for everyone – fancy writing a drabble and posting it in the comments? Go ahead, have fun. A drabble is a very short story – exactly one hundred words, no less, no more.

You’ll find the blog here: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And the cat’s been crying again. Ignored apparently.



What's magical? The cat is not what you think.

Latest blog: 52 things to do once in your life - you may be surprised – they’re not quite what I expected. Take a look here:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And you’ll find news of a greatly reduced PAPERBACK. If you think this world is getting stranger by the day, wait til you see what Chester had to put up with.




US$10.45 to $6.99;
£8.95 to £5.99
€8.95 to €6.99
Ca$ 12.95 to Ca$ 9.99
Au$ 17.52 to Au$13.99

These prices are a very few cents more than Amazon permits me to sell it for and they will remain until the end of October.

Please visit the blog for your Handy Hint, Sage Saying and Stress Reducer and you’ll be very welcome to leave some chatter in the comments box.

Hide in Time is a time-travel romance.

On your death bed, they say it's not the things you've done that you regret most, but the things you've left undone.

In 1814 Laura misjudges the man she loves and storms off from him only to discover that she's made a terrible mistake. She longs to put it right but finds herself in the 21st century and unable to do so. Or can she?

Laura risks her life to restore happiness to the man she has so badly misjudged and in doing so she frees herself from the destructive regret lingering in her new life. And throughout, love patiently waits for her.

Now 99c/99p until 2nd September

Free on Kindle Unlimited

Something to dip into - a collection of five short stories:

★Deep in the World of the Dead – Former Army soldier, Ben, tries to settle into civilian life and moves to a new town to audition as a Big Band trumpet player. But when his housing arrangements fall through, he learns how easy it is to become homeless through no fault of his own. Dark clouds sometimes have a silver lining and none shine brighter than those with romance attached.
★Judge Not – You know what they say about assumptions. A holidaymaker in Italy makes the mistake of misjudging and is humbled when, at last, she discovers the truth. Love comes in different guises.
★Angela – Angels come in all shapes and sizes, and some of us have entertained them unaware. As the poet says, “God moves in a mysterious way”.
★A Wonderful World – The loss of a loved one can lead to loneliness, but new doors stand open.
★One Stolen Kiss – Set in 1814 England, this is a prelude to the Dark Moon Trilogy. Daniel, a key figure in the smuggling community, becomes aware of a young girl who will change his life.



FREE until 21st June Just click on the book cover and you'll be whizzed away to where you can pick it up.

Of course, it's always free if you have Kindle Unlimited.

Hi Orinoco, here's the link to the book in Spain:

https://www.amazon.es/dp/B08BKTF6R9

However, the discount isn't available, so sorry.

Writers write, some better than others. Even Charles Dickens wrote some duds though, so the Internet says. However, I am absolutely sure that my big flop is a bigger flop than Dickens’ flops.

Please rescue it - the hero’s having a hard time, they’re all out to get him and the heroine’s 12,000 miles away and being kept in the dark. Only you can save them from oblivion.



Immortality: This is Probably a Novel. You are invited into a mystery: intriguing, exciting, deadly.
0.99 in the UK and US until 5th May 2021. Free on Kindle Unlimited.

Can you guess which of Dickens’ books were flops? Take a look at my blog post for May:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And you might also like to take a look at best selling author Josh Grant’s youtube video which tells you more, and you get to see a waffling woman too. He bills it as ‘the least professional talk show on the Internet’. I’ve already been told it’s funny - not quite what I was aiming for :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3CXm...

Winter’s nearly over (in the northern hemisphere at least) and let’s hope the lockdowns will soon be over too.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

The above link takes you to my blog with its usual sage saying, jolly joke, handy hint, bargain book and yet another bright idea (please don’t groan too loudly, well not so that I can hear). A plan to brighten the place up...



0.99 through till 3rd March US/UK or FREE on KU
I’d love to know who wrote the latest review: “A beautifully written, imaginative, supernatural and definitely unique story! ...Well paced story with wonderful characters and full of suspense and romance, too!” A big thank you to that person.

Feel good factor? Want some? Do a quick flick over to the blog:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

And please go ahead and add your ideas, the world needs you!

And to thank you, there’s a bargain at the bottom of the page:



It's a feel good book designed to bring a smile to your face and it's an escape route - a world away from all that's happening now.

It’s free on Kindle Unlimited or for a short time it's only 0.99 if you have access to Kindle Countdown Deals, or nothing at all if you don't want either of those options! Decisions, decisions..

If I could send you the emoji for showing me laughing, I would.

How do you make God laugh? I've a feeling I made him laugh a lot when I packed my bag and went to look after a puppy too young to go into kennels. I had such plans...

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Please take a look - despite the virus, various lockdowns, the US election, and the dark nights this really is a wonderful world.

And if you go there quickly you'll see that a time travel romance Hide in Time is reduced to 0.99 until 9th November. Or, of course, if you are a Kindle Unlimited member it's FREE!)

Immortality: This is Probably a Novel 0.99 in UK and US from Monday 10th August until Sunday 16th. Also available free on Kindle Unlimited.

Chester, a successful investigative reporter, is in fear of his life. He takes refuge in New Zealand, twelve thousand miles from Kate, the woman he cannot forget.

His quiet life is interrupted when a stranger knocks on his door and takes him to the world’s best kept secret – Hell. He is certain this cannot be true and looks for answers to why he is being subjected to endless mysterious occurrences. These life changing answers are a long time coming.

Powerful, moving, thought provoking.

FREE on Kindle Unlimited
0.99 in US and UK
2.99 (down from 3.99) in Canada

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I don’t write children’s stories and some of you may have children at home who’ve run out of good books to read. Here then is something from Carole P. Roman, an award winning author, whose first big book of silly jokes lives on my bookshelf for all visiting children. This is her second book and it looks like it is also going to get that best selling flag from Amazon.

Immortality: This Is Probably a Novel

It's for you to decide, of course.

Let me warn you, you aren’t going to like Chester; he’s not sure he likes himself. Having achieved his burning ambition to become a successful investigative reporter he is forced to hide from others who also don’t like him; in fact, they want to kill him.

Living off the grid in New Zealand, his quiet life is shattered when a stranger knocks on his door and takes him to the gates of Hell and back. He holds onto his sanity through the hope of returning to the only girl he has ever loved.

You are invited into this mystery: intriguing, exciting and deadly.

I hope you will accept the invitation and tiptoe into Chester’s strange life.

£2.25/$3.25 or similar prices around the world. Also on Kindle Unlimited

Thanks, Greg. That's a handy list.

It's good to have some eyes keeping a look out, so thanks to those who do.

We made a good team in that other group - I've forgotten what it's called now. Just occasionally someone else would say something!

Oh don't encourage me to be noisy - I can do that too!

I'm here, Orinoco, I just mostly keep quiet! Happy new year to you and everyone else too, of course.