Year: 2024

Ann Whynot > 2024
Website Update

Website Update

Just a heads up, I really, really want to overhaul my website and make the navigation easier on mobile (currently you must scroll to the bottom of the page to find the menus). However, with limited time until my surgery, I have decided to commit my hours to my book. The actual blog posts are still viewable on mobile, the social media links at the top have been updated, I’ve been syncing to my Goodreads and some of my longer Facebook posts. That will have to be enough until into the New Year. My apologies. <3

Book Progress Update!

Book Progress Update!

I’ve learned a valuable lesson on this day. Never hop into a “math fight” on the internet. Just solve it in your head and walk away. 😁

An update about book progress:

I also broke out my whiteboard and made a plan of attack for the week. I’m doing a complete read-through, and to be blunt, adding more romance into Part 1 of my romance novel. And sexy times. I got a lovely Christmas card last year from a reader (you know who you are!) wishing for more steam in my next book. I actually happen to agree.

Part 2 is still a bit of a mess. Chaotic, perhaps. See, I wrote most of it while going through a major change in my psych meds, and while the content is good, the grammar, spelling, and other quirks of an old dictation system in Google docs means huge parts can only be deciphered by me. I use Office now as my main writing tool and its dictation system I find excellent. This is good, because after January’s surgery on my right arm/shoulder I will have need of it.

And circling back to cards, last year some readers sent me splendiferous cards. If you’ve done so again and I haven’t thanked you, it’s because you may not know that Canada had no mail for a month. Our first delivery of backlog starts today, I think. I’m also not comfortable handing out my address anymore, but sometime this year I will get a P.O. box which I would be happy to share. (I love exchanging mail with people).

Take care, all! Xx Ann ❤️

Instagram, Threads and Facebook updates!

Instagram, Threads and Facebook updates!

I just wanted to let you know that I am back up and running after some difficulty. For brevity’s sake, I will leave my links here before I remember how I got the pretty icons back at the top of the page. Speaking of page, this entire website is being revamped because it is impossible to navigate on mobile. I’ll be rolling out changes slowly since I am trying to meet a deadline with my WIP, and  a week trying to fight for my social accounts–and losing–was not something I needed.

Here is where you can find me:

Instagram: http://instagram.com/ann.whynot

Threads: http://threads.net/ann.whynot

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567121078126

 

 

 

The Hack-ening

The Hack-ening

On July 9th, 2024, I was hacked. I have lost access to the Instagram I got to almost 900 followers (small potatoes for some, but huge for me as an emerging indie writer). I also lost my professional Facebook account, which included access to almost 600 followers and a reader group of 100. Here’s the thing: it’s not about the numbers. These were my people, my book besties, my mentors, my friends. And I want it all back!

Facebook says it can’t help me. Not even many people reporting the impersonator has them convinced that anything going on violates community standards. They said it can take up to a YEAR to fully investigate. Well I don’t have a year; I have a book that I want to get out before 2025. It’s not a Smartypants Romance book; this time I’m flying in a different direction, but I really wanted to bring it to the people on those accounts above, the people who have probably forgotten me after such a long time between books. I wanted them to read it, and I wanted them to enjoy it. Simple, right?

Not if you get hacked.

I have tried EVERYTHING.

And now I attempt to go scorched social media. Please visit here for the foreseeable future; I will try to keep things up to date as I move ahead with this ragged mess of a career. If you need to get in touch for professional or other reasons, ann@annwhynot.com is the way to contact me.

Thank goodness for that book bestie/reader support system, because you have all been wonderful. I deeply apologize for the Hacker reaching out to you via me, but trust me, I am stating it here: I AM NOT INVOLVED IN CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAMS.