anderlandbooks

anderlandbooks, 8 days ago (edited 8 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, 8 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.

ericjwrites, 8 days ago to random

Thanks Amazon for warning me to watch my reviews. However, it would be nice to know which review got me the warning in the first place. Kinda like "You screwed up, but we're not going to tell you how so you can feel bad for yourself." I suspect one review that I did, but since they won't say which one, I'm kinda on a limb what I said set the author off.

anderlandbooks, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to random German

#phantastikprompts 15.05.: Kommt in deiner Geschichte ein Liebesbrief vor? (Oder eine andere besondere Zuneigungsbekundung?) Teile bitte einen Ausschnitt!

Weder Max noch Katja können lesen. Barbarossa konnte übrigens auch nicht lesen (zumindest meinen Quellen nach).
Also finden alle Zuneigungsbekundungen mündlich statt. Die Briefe, die Katjas Bewerber an den Zunftmeister richten, haben wenig mit Zuneigung zu tun.

Kleines Beispiel angeheftet.

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 9 days ago to random German

#fantasyleserprompts 14.05.:
Gibt es eine Buchgestaltung, die Dir besonders in Erinnerung geblieben ist? Warum?

Nein. Mir bleiben eher die Geschichten als die Bilder in Erinnerung.

anderlandbooks, 9 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, 9 days ago (edited 9 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, 9 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.

anderlandbooks, 10 days ago to random German

#TimeTravelAuthors 13: How did you come up with the rules of time travel?

Some I had already made up in my backstory in my teens.

The biggest chunk, however, was based on some personal logic and then a lot of calculations. I wanted a certain situation for Jules to live in, and the rest is based on that.

#JulesNVera
#TimeCurves

anderlandbooks, 10 days ago to random German

#wordweavers May 14. What role do other writers have in your writing life?

Inspiration, help, encouragement, understanding, critique, beta reading - and yes! They also provide me with a ton of wonderful stories to read and relax my brain!

anderlandbooks, 10 days ago to random German

#phantastikprompts 14.05.:
Ist es dir wichtig, keine Logiklöcher offenzulassen (Warum?), oder darf es ruhig mal etwas ungenau / unerklärlich bleiben? (z.B. Wann?)

Ich muss nicht alles erklären. Das habe ich relativ früh gelernt. Klar sollten keine brennenden Fragen offen bleiben, aber manches überlasse ich der Fantasie/dem Geschmack der Leser.

Kann Susanna in #DieMaskenVonFlorenz in den Schatten lesen oder hat Gianni recht? Ich kenne die Antwort für meinen Geschmack.

anderlandbooks, 10 days ago to random German

#writerscoffeeclub May 14. Do you have a sense of how much plot you need for how long a manuscript?

Quite some experience meanwhile. But tbh - I don't care. I want to tell my story, not hit a certain word count.

anderlandbooks, 10 days ago to random German

#fantasyleserprompts am 13.05.:
Wie entscheidest Du, ob Du ein Buch kaufst / welches Buch Du kaufst? (Cover, Reinlesen, Empfehlung...)

Cover ist tatsächlich nicht so wichtig, Hauptsache, ich kann den Titel lesen.
Klappentext ist super wichtig, ob ich das Buch aufmache. Und dann lese ich rein, ob der Stil mir gefällt.

Ich höre nicht mehr auf Empfehlungen, tbh. Geschmäcker sind halt anders. Und hochgelobte Bücher waren zu oft gar nicht meins

anderlandbooks, 10 days ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 314 — Has your MC ever felt as though they were reborn in the mental / emotional sense?

Katja, no.

But Max, the most important SC, certainly experiences that in Hungary.

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 12 days ago to random German

#phantastikprompts 12.5.: "Teile je ein Zitat deiner Haupt- und deiner Antagonistenfigur (oder einer Nebenfigur), das für sie absolut typisch ist.

Katja:

„Ich denke, es ist kein großes Geheimnis, dass ich überhaupt nicht hier sein will. Ich sage das nur nicht laut, weil der Händler, seine Frau, Gunild und all die, die würden sich darüber nur aufregen. Es ändert nichts. Ich will nicht hier sein. Ich wünschte, er hätte mich zu Hause gelassen.“

#IrrfahrtInsGelobteLand

anderlandbooks, 12 days ago to random German

#wordweavers May 12. Who is the best friend in your story?

Although it does not start out this way, Max will become Katja's best friend. They go through so much together, and they always have each other's back (although Max doesn't know that Katja has his until much later...)

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 12 days ago to random German

#writerscoffeeclub May 12. How do you market your work?

Definitely not well enough.

Until last summer, I didn't have to do much for my German books except for a free sale now and then. But in June, AI popped, and Amazon changed the algorithm, and since then... ⤵️
The English books were always harder. So far, I've done social media (tiktok, IG, FB, X, Bluesky), but my following isn't big enough. I do free promos. I did Amazon Ads. I hired someone, which helped a little.

I need to get better.

anderlandbooks, 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to Humor German

#fantasyleserprompts 11.05
Magst Du auch #Phantastik mit absurdem #Humor (Prachtett, Adams, Anthony...)? Warum (nicht)?

Absolut! Ich bin erklärter Sir Pterry Fan! Douglas Adams hat mich leider nie so gepackt, aber prinzipiell liebe ich Geschichten, die sich selbst nicht immer so ernst nehmen, und gerade deshalb eindrucksvoll auf Dinge hinweisen können.

anderlandbooks, 12 days ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 312 — Is your MC or SC a leader, a follower, or something in between?

Both Max and Katja are young and not so-called "natural" leaders. They don't mind following. But if push comes to shove, they can and will lead.

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 13 days ago to random German

#pennedpossibilities 311 — What is a memory that makes your SC swell with pride?

In this case, I'll take Rudolph. And being who he is, this memory would be for him the moment he "took the cross" aka signed up for the pilgrimage/crusade.

What can I say. Children of their time.

#OdysseyToThePromisedLand

anderlandbooks, 13 days ago to random German

#TimeTravelAuthors May 11: Saturday excerpt: eye

I have way too many eye rolls in this book, but, oh well, it's not through edits yet.

#JulesNVera
##TimeCurves