It’s time for another Week in the Life video 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!?
When Hearts Leap, the 9th collection in the Short Stories Series, boasts four women’s fiction short stories. Please give it a read and let me know what you think with some stars! It would make my ink-filled heart really happy!
The collection you see me edit with ferocity is the Secrets In The Sand, collection 10 in the Short Story Series. This cosy mystery series goes live 24 August 2025, and I have a bit of editing I want to get through.
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.
In the meantime, look out for the box set of my Unknown Series, currently available in single books through Amazon and Amazon KU. With it the bonus scenes in the single books as their own collection of short stories! Both are available 17 August 2025. Also, remember to grab your free short story. Follow the link at the top of this blog post.
That’s it for today.
Cheers!
Anne
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