It’s time for another Week in the Lifevideo from me.
Updating my Short Stories is ongoing. Secrets In The Sand is the 10th collection of short stories and consists of cosies set at the coast! It’s quirky. It’s cute. And I love it!
I hope to give my serials attention from next week, so hopefully you’ll see that in the weekly vlogs. So much to write and so little time!!! Plus of course, the energy thing that is actually more intense.
That’s it for today.
Cheers! Anne
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It’s time for another Week in the Lifevideo from me.
This week I focused on editing, editing, editing! My goodness!
The writing bit is fun. Okay, not exactly fun, but not exactly torture. Then there’s editing. This is a unique type of torture for me. It usually accompanies a lot of cringing during the first reading and subsequent rereadings of the blog post, short story, chapter, scene, or whatever I worked on. Then it’s the ‘you know what, that’s not too shitty’ phase.
Then the rewrite starts. This part I particularly detest. It’s also here where I kinda just forget I ever wrote that and leave it saved in Drive. But then, I’m pulled back to what I wrote because of the initial idea I had. Because, yes, my ideas hound me! And that’s usually where I straighten my spine, look myself in the mirror and remind myself why I’m doing this.
Hence, the week that passed…
I’m updating my Short Stories series as it is now on Amazon.
The original series was a single short story. Now it’s building into collections. I’ve updated two of the current collections with additional short stories. Notebooks, the 7th collection in the Short Stories Series, was updated with a second sci-fi short story. And boasts 3 stars on Amazon! Isn’t that wonderful!?
My serials are currently being horribly neglected. And for that, I’m truly sorry. But as soon as I can get ‘me head out of me arse‘ and get this done, you’ll have serials to enjoy again! But thank you for your patience.
It’s time for another Week in the Lifevideo from me.
Last week was all about tax prep. I’m happy to report that my 2025 taxes are officially out of the way. Cue small victory dance. And yes—believe it or not—I’ve already started prepping for 2026. I know. Unbelievable.
I also hinted last week at some changes coming to my Short Stories series. Well, I’ve continued working on that. I’m planning a proper round of blog posts and emails to share the details, especially about the shifts in my collections currently available through Amazon KU.
Speaking of which—I’ve been dabbling a lot more in the Amazon ecosphere. It’s massive, obviously, with a mind-blowing number of readers, but goodness, the bureaucracy can really get to you. Still, it is what it is, and here we are.
If I’m honest, I’ve been feeling a bit blah lately. Not sure exactly why, but my energy has been low, and my productivity has taken a bit of a knock. I guess sometimes that just happens—and that’s okay too.
Remember to grab your free short story. Follow the link at the top of this blogpost.
That’s it for today.
Cheers! Anne
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It’s time for another Week in the Life video from me.
Last week’s focus on taxes and other admin tasks kinda derailed my focus. I ended up doing too little writing and editing and way too much manuscript reformatting. Yes, a necessary task, but not something I wanted to do. It’s still on going.
In the near future I will be giving the changes to the Short Stories Series through to you. I think you’ll like it.
That’s it for today.
Cheers!
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It’s time for another Week in the Life video from me.
TAXES TAXES TAXES!
I spend most of my week and weekend compiling our records for tax purposes. The new season opens 21 July 2025 for those living in my part of the world.
Next on the to-do is getting my 3rd term planning done which I started yesterday. I’m a weak planner. It’s a odd concept for me because I don’t know how to handle it when life happens. I suppose, we keep trying, right?
That’s it for today.
Cheers!
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It’s time for another Week in the Life video from me.
This week was admin-heavy—and somehow, nothing actually got wrapped up. Don’t you just hate that?
But hey, a few wins worth celebrating: 📬 The newsletter went out 🔍 My latest short story, Secrets In The Sand, kicked off on the #BlogAStory series 💬 And I finally faced the truth—my admin is behind.
I also connected with my BETA readers and critique partners this week. They are absolute gold. Even though the free version of the story isn’t perfectly polished yet, it’s solid. And these angels? They help take it to publishing level—especially when they read like both readers and editors. Magic.
For the rest of this week, I’m focusing on edits for Silver Murder and squeezing in some marketing for Secrets In The Sand’s pre-order on Amazon KU. Exciting stuff ahead!
That’s it for today.
Cheers!
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It’s time for another ‘Week in the life’ video from me.
If you’re on my newsletter list, you’re in for a treat this week. A brand new cozy mystery short story you’ll find there. It will then move to my #BlogAStory series on the blog and thereafter to KU! Subscribe below to not miss it!
Less than desired amounts of plotting happened, which is disappointing but here we are. Today is another day.
And then there’s a lot of writing that happened on Silver Murder! Somewhat offscreen because the urge hit me when we’re watching movies or driving or whatever obscure place you can think of. The editing of this cozy should happen this week and then I can finally continue the serial on the blog. Look out for the social media posts and the newsletter for announcements.
That’s it for today!
Cheers
**Please send me an email with your feedback at anne@annecwest.co.za. Comments vanish and get missed, hence emails.**
It’s time for another ‘Week in the life’ video from me.
Plotting plotting plotting! I did all of that on camera. And the actual writing off camera. Not sure why I did that, but here we are.
We had some internet outage since the weekend and everything had to wait. Especially updating this blog and fixing my website!!! So frustrating when the lovely things in life take a break.
That’s it for today!
Cheers
**Please send me an email with your feedback at anne@annecwest.co.za. Comments vanish and get missed, hence emails.**
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