anderlandbooks

anderlandbooks, 4 minutes ago to random German

#phantastikprompts 23.5.:
Was würdest du im Zweifel eher ändern, das Ende, auf das deine Geschichte hinläuft, oder den Weg, den die Figuren nehmen? Warum?

Pantser hier. Also definitiv das Ende. Für #Alsterdiamanten hatte ich was anderes im Kopf, aber Leander und Sophie haben sich durchgesetzt.
Tja.

anderlandbooks, 8 minutes ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 323 — What's a piece of advice for writers that you listened to and are glad for?

I believe it was Marion Zimmer Bradley who said something like writing is 10% talent and 90% practice (or 20% and 80%?).

Anyway, I remembered that. And though I felt I sucked when I started, I kept on writing for fun, and now people who have never met me give my stories 4-5 stars.

anderlandbooks, 23 hours ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 322 — What piece of advice, as an author, did you once receive but hadn’t followed? Looking back on it now, you might wish that you had.

Don't switch POV in a scene.
Cocky young me thought, pffff, I can do that, who cares!
It took me weeks later on to fix the issue after I realized what that does to the reader.

anderlandbooks, 23 hours ago to random German

#TimeTravelAuthors May 21: Do you expect the reader to understand the mechanics of your story's time travel?

The... mechanics? Uhm, no. The logic, yes, but not the rest. I would have a hard time explaining it too.

#JulesNVera
#TimeCurves

anderlandbooks, 23 hours ago to random German

#writerscoffeeclub May 22. (amended) If someone were to write your biography, who would you want to write it?

I don't want anyone to do that. Besides, my life is rather boring (which is a good thing if you compare it to the lives of my characters 🤣)

anderlandbooks, 23 hours ago to random German

#phantastikprompts 22.5.
Was ist das ungewöhnlichste oder auch lustigste Schimpfwort, das in deiner Geschichte vorkommt? Wie bist du darauf gekommen?

Huh. Ich fürchte, diesbezüglich war ich in dieser Geschichte super unkreativ.

Sollte ich mal für die nächste im Hinterkopf behalten!

anderlandbooks, 1 day ago to random German

#writerscoffeeclub May 21. Do you format as you write or do that at the end?

The minute I know that something will be longer than just a scene, I do basic formatting. I'm writing in word, and it simply makes it easier to navigate the document if I've got headers, parts, and so on.
However, I do the final formatting for ebook, PB and HC only once I'm done. They differ too much, so it's 3 different docs in the end.

I final formatted #OdysseyToThePromisedLand yesterday!

anderlandbooks, 1 day ago to random German

#wordweavers May 21. Do you consider how your MC’s appearance may contribute to stereotypes?

Never paid much attention to that, tbh. But I never describe in much detail in the first place, leaving a lot to the readers' imagination.
That's simply because I don't enjoy reading lengthy descriptions myself.

anderlandbooks, 1 day ago to random German

#phantastikprompts 21.05.:
Hast du eine von dir geträumte Szene eingebaut oder hat dich eine Szene schon mal in den Traum verfolgt? Wenn ja, was passiert darin?

Eine Menge meiner Geschichten beruhen auf Träumen. Sie sind allerdings der erste Anstoß, auf dem dann das Ganze aufgebaut wird. So entstand #IrrfahrtInsGelobteLand auch durch einen Traum, der die Grundlage für die Flucht bei Laodikea war.
Dass ich Träume in bereits existierende Storys einbaue, ist bislang noch nie passiert.

anderlandbooks, 2 days ago to random German

#writerscoffeeclub May 20: When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?

Had to think about this. My first reaction was - did I ever decide I wanted to be a writer?

But I do remember the day I first wanted to write a story for real, and even where I was - roughly ten meters from where I'm sitting right now, at my parents' house. I was 12. I hated the story I had just read. Mom said - well, do better.
I said, ok.
Then I went upstairs and started to write. Haven't truly stopped ever since.

anderlandbooks, 4 days ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 319 — MC POV: Where did you grow up? What was your childhood like there?

Katja: I grew up in Mainz! A lovely town at the Rhine - it's so beautiful there! My father taught me how to swim and told me stories from his travels, and the house was always filled with sweet smells of spices and foreign goods. But then he died, and my uncle had to take me in, and that was less nice...
But I still love Mainz!

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 4 days ago to random German

So, the family has voted. This is the favorite for the cover of #OdysseyToThePromisedLand

Any thoughts?
#writingcommunity #pennedpossibilities #phantastikprompts #wordweavers ##writerscoffeeclub

anderlandbooks, 4 days ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 318 — What do you need in your writing space to help you stay focused?

Like others said - solitude/not being interrupted, and a certain kind of quiet. I can write with noise canceling earphones on a full train. I'm having more trouble when I'm sitting in the beautiful sunroom, and someone next to me keeps talking to me at random intervals.

Oh, and time.

anderlandbooks, 5 days ago to random German

#writerscoffeeclub May 17. Other than writing, what's your go-to creative outlet?

Music, esp. singing and dancing, and drawing.

I'm not good at any of these, but I love all of them, and they relax me.

anderlandbooks, 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago) to random German

#phantastikprompts 17.5.
Wie bist du auf den Titel deiner Geschichte gekommen und was findest du wichtig bei der Wahl eines guten Titels?

Eine Idee entsteht meist beim Schreiben, ein Arbeitstitel. Der wird verfeinert so dass er kurz, eingängig und dennoch repräsentativ ist. Am Ende wird der mit meinen Betas gecheckt und überprüft, ob er verfügbar ist.

#IrrfahrtInsGelobteLand hieß erst nur 'Ins Gelobte Land', was ich besser fand, aber leider auch schon jemand vor mir.

Titel sollen neugierig 1/

anderlandbooks, 5 days ago to random German

#fantasyleserprompts 16.05.:
Wie lange brauchst Du ungefähr für ein (richtig dickes) Buch?

Ich denke einen Tag. Und damit meine ich die Dicke von bis zu 200k Wörter.

Für 80k brauche ich ungefähr einen halben. Ich habe schon immer schnell gelesen. Irgendwann habe ich gemerkt, dass ich mir Seiten ansehe und mein Hirn die Schlüsselwörter rauspickt.

Toll zum Entspannen, Mist bei schwierigen, fachlichen Texten.

anderlandbooks, 5 days ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 317 — What clothing materials or outfits feel the most comfortable to your villain?

There's no true villain in #OdysseyToThePromisedLand, but if we take Brother Johannes, he most enjoys wearing his full Templar regalia.

anderlandbooks, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random German

So, I'm traveling a lot over Pentecost and will have time on the train. I can't quite decide which project to tackle first.

Whadda you think?

Final check of the translation of #OdysseyToThePromisedLand so that it gets done?
Start translating #TheMindOnFire?
Edit #TimeCurves in which those books will feature?
Or screw it and just read the books of the author I rediscovered on Patreon yesterday?

#writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #TimeTravelAuthors #phantastikprompts #pennedpossibilities

anderlandbooks, 6 days ago to random German

#writerscoffeeclub May 16: What's your target audience? Why?

People like me, I guess. Because I always write for myself first.

So, people that love to read, don't like too much blood and gore, like some romance and don't mind sex, enjoy a happy ending or something akin, like strong female characters, don't like the alpha male crap or anything akin, like fantasy and history, don't mind people not being hetero, and enjoy if not the strongest and broodiest of 'em all gets the girl.

anderlandbooks, 6 days ago to random German

#phantastikprompts 16.05.: Was ist die ungewöhnlichste Art, auf die dir Inspiration für eine Figur gekommen ist? Was für eine Figur ist es geworden?

Das ist vielleicht nicht ungewöhnlich per se, aber dieser Typ hier, der so gar nichts mit meiner Geschichte zu tun hat - weder vom setting, noch plot, noch Charakter - hat mich irgendwie zu Noel und damit zu #VonElfenUndWoelfen inspiriert.
Tja. Noel ist so gar nicht Inuyasha. Und übrigens auch nicht wie Legolas, aber war auch nicht die Inspiration.

anderlandbooks, 6 days ago to random German

#wordweavers May 16: If your characters were in a museum, how would they act?

Depends on the type, I suppose. But everything that is further advanced than their knowledge in 1149 would have both Max and Katja gaping.
If it's technology of some kind, make sure to watch Max because he would so try to get into the exhibitions.

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 6 days ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 316 — Does your MC or SC have a hard time connecting with others?

Nope, quite the opposite. Katja is a sweet, empathic girl and people tend to want to take care of her in one way or the other. She's trusting too.

Max is a little less trusting (ok, a lot), but he easily makes friends. That they don't know his bitterest, darkest secret is another thing altogether.

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 7 days ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 315

What smells remind your MC of their childhood?

The smell of spices, foreign goods, and the like. Katja's father was a merchant.

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 7 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to random German

#wordweavers May 15
Who are your book's most and least gullible characters?

Hah! Apart from the little children, I'd say Katja is the most gullible and Max is the least.

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 7 days ago to random German

#writerscoffeeclub May 15

Have you ever attended a writer's fair / festival to promote your work? Would you?

No. And... I don't know. Maybe, if I ever have enough time.