21 June 2026 Mid-year updates! Whoops! It's been a while since the last newsletter. Things have been pretty quiet for the last few months, so I haven't really had anything to update. I did have an idea for a sequel to the Tea Novel, so I've been working on that. I'm up to about 18K words, with an opening that I kind of like, but am having a bit of trouble figuring out the middle. As I've been saying recently, "I'm trying to write another book but it's not moving." lol At any rate, here's the...
24 days ago • 2 min read
4 March 2026 Happy Read an Ebook Week! I should probably more on the ball with all this stuff, but better late than never right? Which is why you're receiving this mid-week newsletter to say that all my ebooks are discounted over at Smashwords until 7 March! I set everything at 50% off, which means that if the original price was $0.99, it's currently free. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/natanna Clicking the link will take you directly to my profile so you don't have to search for...
4 months ago • 1 min read
26 November 2025 It's November! Once again, happy Thanksgiving to the Americans and Happy Book Sales to everyone else, because I can't be bothered to segregate my mailing list by location. It's probably a little early since you're still having turkey, but I have just had my first mince pie of the season. The Absolution books are on sale at $0.99 from Black Friday to Cyber Monday (28 Nov - 1 Dec). Click on the graphics to get to the sales page! OR click the black button below to get too ALL...
8 months ago • 2 min read
4 September 2025 I'm up for an award(s) Well, not me, but my little press, Teaspoon Publishing, which consists of me. :P So, actually, me! And technically not actually me, but things related to me are also on other lists: A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic is on the short list for best book cover design! And the Malaysian Writers Society is on the short list for Social Impact in Literature. VOTE NOW Thanks :) anna Check out Anna's Books The Absolution Series Honour (#0.5) Amok (#1) The Tale of the...
10 months ago • 1 min read
23 May 2025 Prices schmices If you've been following book news lately, you'll have heard that Amazon KDP is reducing their royalties for paperbacks sold under $9.99. Three of my books are caught under this: The Painted Hall Collection ($6.99) Coexist ($6.99) Dongeng ($8.99) Amazon has notified me that I'll be earning 0 on these books if I don't adjust the price by their deadline of 10 June... :( Since I have to adjust the prices anyway, I'm planning on doing a complete price restructuring as...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
4 February 2024 Happy Birthday, everybody! According to tradition, the 7th day of Chinese New Year is everybody's birthday. Which... is just an excuse for me to send another sporadic newsletter because I skipped all the other big days. But hey, here's your excuse to eat more cake. Or have a party. Chinese New Year decorations at Armenian Park, Penang, along with random passersby. Looking for Beta Readers As part of my glacial revamping efforts, I've been working on a new story that I'd like...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
28 November 2024 What are you thankful for? Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving tonight, before heading into that weird sales holiday of Black Friday to Cyber Monday. Here in Malaysia, we're equal-opportunity celebrationists (celebrants? holidayers? people who celebrate stuff), which usually means that we'll celebrate ANYTHING that gives us time off, has great food, and/or comes with discounts. (Side note: this year's big holiday kerfuffle was WHY IS HALLOWEEN TAKING OVER DEEPAVALI? Where...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
26 October 2024 New books and a giveaway Hey there Reader! Can you believe it's the end of October? I can't. Time is... weird. My head is still somewhere in, idk, August or something. Anyway, here's your (irregularly) scheduled email about Anna-related bookish stuff! The Books and Bonfires Giveaway just started yesterday and will run until November 3rd. It's a little too hot (and wet) for those of us in Malaysia to get cosy by a fire, but no matter where you are, you can discover amazing new...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
6 August 2024 See you in Glasgow! Hello! I'm writing to you from KLIA while waiting for my (delayed) flight to Heathrow. Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon for our Futures starts on Thursday until Monday, so if you happen to be there, do come say hi! Sales! In conjunction with this and Malaysia's Merdeka Day on 31 August, I've put two ebooks on sale. Amok will be only USD0.99 and A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic will be USD2.99 until 31 August 2024! Get Amok Get A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic If you're at...
almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
