Month: July 2024

Ann Whynot > 2024 > July
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.writes

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

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/annwhynotwriter

 

 

 

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.