Anna’s Comments (group member since Mar 21, 2017)

Anna’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

Thank you! It means such a lot to have support.

I don't have any names, sorry, Alex. I've just read articles in newspapers or elsewhere and thought it a good idea. As I still don't have paperbacks (they're coming, really they are) I didn't think any more about it.

Try Googling - it's a good idea to get the first of a series into places like that - perhaps!

I've heard about this sort of thing. We have them here in the UK too, Alex. Sometimes they're in defunct red telephone boxes. My local train station has a little library collecting donations for Dogs for the Blind.

How nice to be asked!

A minute before midnight on 5th April will be the last chance to buy the three books in The Dark Moon Series for 0.99 each.


Our choices determine our future. A romantic thriller mystery.
"Like Poldark."


Follow Daniel and Karl into a dark world where all the conflict points to one cruel and ruthless man - the Dark Star.


Journey into one very dark, wounded heart. Lucy has survived hard times but by 1825 she finally has it all – until she makes a very bad decision.

Each is 0.99 until 5th April. Or, of course, they're FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

I know that feeling - well, that is the feeling of wanting to do something that isn't in the plan.

It would be much more sensible for me to write a sequel, or at least to write in the same genre, as my best-selling book, but no, Head says I have to write something completely different!

Different from your predicament but then don't these books send us all up different garden paths? The Ancient Greeks would have us believe their many gods are playing with us.

Many, many congratulations, Alex.

Write something? Oh how very kind. I'll have a go, though my mind is currently blank, er... er... Back later!

Hey, Alex! You're doing really well with this and it's just the beginning. Go for it, boy, and enjoy. (See, if I use the word 'boy', it rhymes.)

Babies! Oh my giddy aunt! No, no, no. Though I'm enjoying Lucy's little lad and I hope you will too.

I sometimes compare authors' lives to being similar to a roller coaster, you get going on a flat bit then up and up, then plummet down, then another little bump in sales, then... and so on. However, I think there's many an author who'd agree that yours is more true to life.

Hang on a minute... I've just looked at your sales of Songbird and you have a KCD on and you're up pretty high in the US charts and in the UK ones too. Enjoy the view!

Well done, Alex. You sound organized and successful!

And thanks Petra, Carmel, Alex, Amy and Erica.

I feel such a fool. I still haven't got mine in paperback. It's in the diary...

NEWS! GOOD NEWS TOO! Suitable for the 'Something Good...' thread.

BookBub are going to alert my followers. Apparently when they checked on Amazon before, the page count was not showing - just as you suggested, Aislinn.

Phew! I don't have that many followers, but every single one is valued.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts.

It just seems a waste. I was so pleased to think that my few followers would be alerted.

I guess they know their jobs. They're one of the best operated sites around.

The 'why me?' feeling has disappeared now!

It's better news than they gave me, Alex. They declined to tell my followers but gave no specific reason, just a 'read the instructions' type response. I can only think that they thought my Book 3 was part of a bundle. I read the email once, asked for clarification and haven't heard since.

Thank you, Julia!

Hard work this marketing, isn't it? I can't keep up, I feel like a rat, well maybe a guinea pig, running on one of those wheels in their cage.

Thanks, Alex. It's not advisable for me to ignore the family completely!

I'm sorry I don't belong to Twitter or FB. Just a time thing. Sorry.

I suppose it would help if, when I launch a new book, I put the cover and a link to buying it! Oh the stress...

Here it is:



#3 in The Dark Moon Series


Journey into a dark, wounded heart.

By 1825 Lucy has escaped from poverty and found true love married to a good man. Knowing Lieutenant Karl Thorsen still feels a hopeless passion for her, Lucy tries to help him find happiness with Elizabeth, a feisty young American. Then a charming and talented artist comes into their lives. Intrigued by him, Lucy does not see the signs of impending tragedy stealing towards them. She ignores all warnings and pays a high price for her folly. Can she free herself from the chains she’s forged and save her family?

It's 99p/99c until 15th April.

Also both One Dark Night #1 and Under a Dark Star #2 of The Dark Moon Series are in a Kindle Countdown Deal for 99p/c from 30th March.

Oh, Angel, thank you for letting us know. Thoughts and prayers for her family and you.

Marie Silk wrote: "Congratulations on the new book, Anna :)"

Thanks, Marie. Such a lot of work - good job I enjoy writing.

All the best with this, Eldon. Keep us informed, please.