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

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

I've sneaked a sort of Father Brown into all of my books. Couldn't resist it. And quite a few people say he's their favourite character. He's not a super sleuth though, just very aware.

Theodore - House of Cards (UK) was a favourite here too.

Alex wrote: "Anna Faversham wrote: "Thanks again, Marie. A useful confirmation. I've acquired numbers 1-6 through Goodreads chatter but I didn't know number 7. Nor do I care about number 7!

I am not trying to ..."

Thanks Alex! You are wonderful. However, I do have crime in my books, historical crime, great big gangs doing unspeakable things, and murders galore, as you suggest Miss Alyssa! But the gangs go around unhindered mostly and don't give a damn. It's poor ol' Lieutenant Thorsen fighting against all the odds because that's how it was in some parts of the UK.

But I fancy writing a Father Brown, a Midsomer Murder, or even better an Endeavour or a Morse. Now that would be an achievement. I could be the new Agatha Christie. Excuse me, I'm off to dream.

Alex, I've copied and pasted your guidance, for when I finally finish my historical stint. Even then, I know what I must write and it isn't a Morse. These stories get in your head and bash around until you let them out. Anyone else feel like that sometimes? I've told mine it's got to wait. Wip has priority.

Thanks again, Marie. A useful confirmation. I've acquired numbers 1-6 through Goodreads chatter but I didn't know number 7. Nor do I care about number 7!

I am not trying to write a best seller. I am enjoying writing what I would like to read. I thought, when I started writing, that I should read some books from the NYT best seller lists. After my second, abandoned, book, I gave up wasting my time.

The trouble is, I'd also like to write crime thrillers or detective stories but I wouldn't have a clue where to begin. Apart from a murder, of course.

Yes, thanks Marie. Phew! I shall not miss anything then. I had imagined (silly me) that there would be a talk about algorithms and more algorithms and I'd be sitting with pen and paper and marking down something that would be useful. Not a lot, but a little, and as I've said, every little helps.

Thanks Marie and Alex. But also to Carole for her wise words.

Thank you, Alex. You are most probably right! Due diligence in checking him out is sensible. I nearly always ignore such things too. The delete button is pressed almost instantly. Yet this one had me wondering because I like mathematics and the way the computers figure out what I might like (yes, I can see how they do this bit!). Algorithms are fiendishly clever stuff and if we can find out more about them, then it might be to our advantage.

I changed the way I advertise because of something in another group or thread. I'm at the stage of 'every little helps'.

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If you are able to register I do hope you will report back! I can't attend, sob, sob. I did so want to explode.

Groovy's book Cause She's a Good Girl is a book I've been able to recommend to a dozen or so GR friends and I recommend it here. I could feel it tugging at my emotions right from the start.

Short review posted because the carefully constructed one I was doing each time I read a bit more has gone missing. Big piece of pink paper - how can this happen? I'm so cross with myself.

Soldier On, Aislinn!

Marie!

If you're not going to tell the world, I will.

Marie is #1, #2, #4, #5, #6, 7 and 8 in her genre.

Steven wrote: "Anna and Kay give me a few days. I have to review a friends book this weekend. He needs iTunes reviews, then I'll get to reading your work."

There's absolutely no rush, Steven. I am just so grateful you want to read it at all.

Steven wrote: "Anna Faversham wrote: "Hi Steven, how can I resist!

Would you count time travel as fantasy? The theme of the book is 'they say that on your death bed it's the things you haven't done that you reg..."

Thank you so much. It's set in England, so you'll be transported in time and place. Some of the incidents are based on truth, particularly the historical incidents.

Hi Steven, how can I resist!

Would you count time travel as fantasy? The theme of the book is 'they say that on your death bed it's the things you haven't done that you regret most'. Main character goes back in time to set something right.

Here's the US Amazon link.

https://www.amazon.com/Hide-Time-Anna...

It's on Kindle Unlimited and it's not erotic. Bit more of an adventure really.

Thank you for your consideration.

Hello Norma and welcome. I think you'll like it here, everyone is very friendly.

Awesome indeed. I've just checked your .com site and it's the #1 free.

Definitely party time.

You will tell us, I hope, Marie, when your BookBub promotion hits? And then we want a blow-by-blow account of how it went and..., and, and...!

Party time.

When I started writing the series, Poldark had sunk almost to obscurity. Then wow! It became a TV series. I won't read books which are like a current wip, but I couldn't miss out on the TV series, could I? That would be taking things too far!

Yeah! When I read that Poldark comment, I wanted to say thank you a thousand times over - but who to?

Here’s an excerpt from Under a Dark Star which is currently 0.99 until midnight on 19th April. So hurry :-)

“However,” said Daniel clasping his chin, “coming from the mainland, I doubt you could become one of them. You’d be an outsider. And if you are to challenge wreckers rather than smugglers, you are directly threatening men who clearly have no regard for taking lives. Your life will mean nothing to them.”
Karl stared at Daniel. “A ship lured onto the rocks, smashed, looted. Crew and passengers desperately struggling to the safety of the shore. Throats slit. I hear the sea ran red.”
Lucy shuddered.
Daniel glanced at his wife, her big brown eyes now staring at him; she’d been listening to every word. He looked at the parson and read his mind. Why had Karl crudely spilt the lurid details of this atrocity in front of her? Why was he always so dramatic? Then a pinpoint of light, like a star on a dark night, flashed into his blue eyes. Leaning forward he whispered, “You’ve come for more than information.”
Karl grinned. “If you and I put our energies and strengths together, we’d be a formidable force.”

And here’s what a reviewer said on Amazon UK

“I loved all the period detail (think Poldark!) and the stories of the smugglers, all totally believable and fascinating. It is an exciting story which grips you right to the end, which leaves you wanting more.”

Hi Katherine and Steve. Yes, this is a good place to learn and to find help with stuff.

Good to have some info from someone who knows how it all works.

Guess who's making the most money?