@AMLKoski
Hey guys,
So there was a pretty big family emergency on my end. I wont be doing any updates for A Little Left to Give next week. Ill be lenient on the A Handful of Daffodils rewrite cause there are like 28 drafts so its but yah. Im gunna need a week until things are better.
Thanks
They way I’ve been here since late 2016/early 2017 is insane. From tatum, to bam, to lace and others along the way. I reread “a cold wind blows” once a quarter i swear because it’s my favorite one in the forgotten series. I just wanted to say that I’m proud of you, and how far you’ve come and continue to do so is inspiring. I love it here and never want to leave.
Just wanted to let you know that you are appreciated.
@NerdStatusGalore i want to thank you for being with me for so long! Like thats an incredible amount of time! Im glad you've stuck aroud it means a lot that you have
We are now entrenched in the new changes for A Handful of Daffodils rewrite! Menza's pov doesnt change too much but Brochan's had an entire overhaul!
Surprise updates for A Handful of Daffodils!
Im so excited because the last one updated is where the major changes from Brochan's pov happens! So we start to see the tone and direction shift from him that changes the outcome of the story!
Your writing is truly astonishing. It always shocks me how immersed I get every time I read a book. It's like watching a movie and the camera work being so well executed that you dont even notice it and forget it's a movie on a screen.
One thing I absolutely love is how realistic the depth of each persons thought process and personality are. They aren't 2D cliche characters. It feels like they have free will in this book you've written and brought to life.
I've seen some readers be frustrated at how a character lashes out, or how they respond to trauma, how they react to certain things. But it's exactly why I love your writing. People aren't perfect. People react rashly sometimes. People are an ass without realising it. They need to work through things slowly.
It wouldn't be the same or feel as alive otherwise. It brings so much emotion and let's you empathise and sympathise with them so much more.
I read the 3rd book of the Forgotten series a few years ago, and I think I remember posting something similar to this on your board saying i'll be sure to read the rest of them. I'm just now getting to it, and I've finished the first 2 books in the past week.
I'm about to reread the 3rd book, and even though i dont remember anything from it, I'm sure i'll love it just as much, and i'm sure your writing and storytelling will once again amaze me just as it did those few years ago.
Lots of love, a new avid reader
@HoeWasTaken thank you so much! I am so glad you have such an indepth analysis of the characters because you are absolutely correct! Humans are irrational and trauma makes us even more so. How we react is very much subject to what we go through. There will never be a perfect victim, a perfect abuse survivor, a perfect trauma victim. We are humans and our brains are fallible and trauma makes it so so much worse. Thank you so much for joining me on your reading journey again. Im so pleased to have you!
New update for A Little Left to Give and A Handful of Daffodils rewrite!
Two surprise updates for the A Handful of Daffodils rewrite have been posted
I want to make something very, very, VERY clear here. I do not care if this makes me lose followers, I absolutely do not.
I am Canadian, yes. But I do not, in anyway shape or form, want to hear any praise towards Trump on my page or my stories. You will get blocked. Without pause.
You will get blocked.
You cannot be a fan of my stories, reading about the Old Ways, hating them, and then be a supporter for the very PEOPLE I BASED IT ON.
I based the Old Ways on male supremacist, religious extremist, political ideologies that are found in Conservative, Republican, right wing, and religious ideology. Full stop and period.
Everything I have written about the Old Ways has either been done or attempted by those ideologies. The Omegas themselves are based on SLAVERY! The laws I wrote about them shown in AHoD are the very laws that BANNED SLAVERY. The insideous subjugation of females within the Old Ways are taken from real world ideologies that can be found in and have been found in ALL FIRST WORLD COUNTIES.
The atrocities in my books have been based on REAL LIFE IDEOLOGIES. One of which is now in power in the US. So no. No one gets a pass. You read my books and loved them but you want to say you supported the same ideologies I wrote into my books with your full chest and still be welcome here?
No.
Get the fuck out of my community.
@skyazure_ I had too. I was absolutely gobsmacked that I had some people commenting in disagreement for my original post. I was like did you not READ my books? I wanted to make it very very clear that people who vote or support the horrible ideologies in real life, that I based my books on absolutely do not have a place in my community. Full stop and period. Blocked and deleted because I am not entertaining that. They basically support or voted for the Old Ways. And I mean this world wide as well. Like ANY right wing ideology is the basis. They are all the same. It doesnt matter if one speaks German or French or whatever language, they are all bad and those who support them do not belong here. Also, I hope you are doing okay. My stomach has been churning nonstop since the election. I have really dear friends in the US and I know that they are taking it hard. Hell, Ive cried with them over this. This was a blow, a hard blow and it was unfair. so fucking unfair.
I really appreciate you making this so clear. Due to your book content I never even imagined you could support the right wing but many of them like to consume media without thinking about what it actually means and you’re not allowing them to do that here. Thank you!
-signed as a Black woman living in the US
Im not going to give a quick heads up about an update today. Today is not that day. I may be Canadian but I am seeing the projected win for the US election results and seeing that step towards fascism and I'm heartbroken.
Im heartbroken for my American sister.
Im heartbroken for my African American brothers and sisters.
Im heartbroken for my American LGBTQ+ siblings.
Im simply heartbroken.
I know it is a projected win but I can't understand how Americans hated women, mix raced, BLACK women so much, that they voted for a felon.
Im in disbelief and I am utterly heartbroken.
@pammarkland81 listen. Im not going to debate with you. Im not. In fact, Im at the place where people like you are getting blocked.
New update for the A Handful of Daffodils rewrite!
Also the A Little Left to Give update will not be posted on Wednesday.
I apologize but I was re-reading the section that comes up and realized something a bit major needs to be reworked to make it more cohesive. I don't think I can get it done in a clear way before Wednesday so Im going to pause that update so I can get the issue wirked out properly so I'm not scrambling.
Once again, I apologize but I don't want another situation like with AHoD, so I would much rather miss an update and get it worked out now rather than sitting on it and then needing the book rewritten.
Cheers!
Anna
Thank you for being so transparent - I’m sure I’m not alone in that I love the communication
