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Thank you so much for posting your amazing audiobooks on youtube / new subscriber to your amazing canal / best wishes to you and your family

Thanks for the heads-up to AI voice!

Not bad A.I. or story. All mysteries should have a British like accent😊

I've read 16 Mrs raisin books and love them. I do not like the series as they changed her so much. In every book it describes what she looks like, she's constantly talking about her weight and her smoking. And her arthritis!

I love all the books but was also very disappointed with the tv show. I really like Ashley Jensen as an actress but I feel she just isn’t right as the Agatha I had fixed in my mind….or maybe even the Agatha other fans expected. Silly things like her hair colour being changed and the fact that she seems more scatty and less ‘professional’ than the book version. Tv Agatha is too frothy and a little too visually perfect (Hollywoodified as you say) if that makes sense. Just my opinion. Had I never read the books first, I probably would have loved the show for its own merits.

You are 100% right. Agatha Raisin was an unforgettable unique book character. In the tv series she is flattened enjoyable slapstick comedy fluff, but totally forgettable. Such a shame. Why did M.C.Beaton allow this travesty to her work? (I keep getting the feeling that the tv series was altered to be much more acceptable to MEN, whereas the literary series really spoke to women. Such a shame.) Note: Most of the positive tv reviews I read were written by men. I wonder if they even read the books. Thank you for your views.

I have never seen the series, but I’ve listened to several of the audiobooks in French and a couple in English. If you know French, I strongly recommend the French audiobooks because the narrator really brings out Agatha’s insecurities and neurotic nature. It’s very funny. On the other hand, Penelope Keith, who does the English audiobooks, does a much drier rendering of the character. I’m not sure how the author intended the character, but I first listened to the French audiobooks and when I listened to the stiffer English renderings, I found them lacking.

Hello Amelia, I completely agree on your points. I read the books first and have only seen the first series. I was disappointed that Agatha wasn’t the Agatha I had imagined. After watching a couple of episodes I decided to look upon it as a different piece of work and not an adaptation, as I believe it is too different. Now I can watch the series and enjoy it as the light hearted Sunday afternoon cozy mystery that it is. I can only imagine what Agatha would have to say about it!

Hello, Everyone! Here are the timestamps, just in case you’re curious about one particular part of the vlog more than the others. 👇🏻 00:17 | I’m writing a crime thriller short story 00:55 | Breaking my own writing rules and writing and editing the first draft as I go along. 05:00 | How I split my time between writing and editing. 05:40 | The steps I take to edit my first draft so it’s more polished and ready to read. 06:18 | Why I’m not worried about hitting my word count targets for this story. 06:36 | How many hours it has taken me to write and edit the first draft of a short story. 07:31 | An update on my thriller novella, missing. Thanks for watching!

Hello, Everyone! Here are the timestamps, just in case you’re curious about one particular part of the vlog more than the others. 👇🏻 00:29 | Rewriting my novella with editorial feedback. 01:44 | Why I’ve chosen to wait for beta reader feedback before I continue making any more editorial changes. 03:15 | A tool I use to send my books to my alpha and beta readers. 05:15 | A mini editing related book haul. 06:22 | My writing and editing plans for the week. 08:01 | Something I didn’t consider as I set my weekly targets. 10:04 | How I define a writing or editing draft. 11:18 | And, how I divide up my fourth draft checklist. Thanks for watching!

One book that you recommend to get started with crime/mystery/detective for beginners like me?

Hello, Everyone! Here are the timestamps, just in case you’re curious about one particular part of the vlog more than the others. 😃 4:23 | Where I’m at with the second edition of Smarter Goal Setting 4:45 | How I revise the second edition of a short non-fiction book 5:03 | Two tools that I use to edit my non-fiction books. 6:38 | My plans for a Hero’s Journey mini-series on my podcast. 8:58 | The final leg in my plot-related revisions for my novella. 9:48 | A Jack Reacher Novel that I love. I never thought I would find one. 11:34 | How I almost lost my engagement ring. 16:17 | A documentary I watched on the UK Police force so I could revise a couple of scenes in my crime thriller. 17:57 | Researching while revising a crime thriller novel. Thanks for Watching 👍🏻

Hello, Everyone! Here are the timestamps, just in case you’re curious about one particular part of the vlog more than the others. 😃 0:20 | An update on the progress of my crime thriller novella, Missing 3:35 | An idea I had for writing a crime thriller short story using Rory’s Story Cubes. 5:20 | Rory’s story cubes products that I used. 8:05 | The Rory’s Story Cube app which is available for iOS and Android. 8:56 | The images on the cubes I rolled and the possible interpretations. 10:28 | How I plan on using the cubes to write a crime thriller short story. 11:19 | A massive tea haul from an Australian tea company called Tea2. 18:17 | My podcasting plans for the week and the new video element of The Authorpeneur Podcast. 21:29 | It’s still jumper-wearing season and why it’s good to give yourself the day off occasionally. Thanks for Watching 👍🏻

Hello, Everyone! Here are the timestamps, just in case you’re curious about one particular part of the vlog more than the others. 😃 0:23 | How I write a short story. 0:30 | What is an easter egg? 3:09 | What I do before I start writing. 3:32 | Scene blocking or Scene Outlining and how I use this technique when I write. 6:21 | Creating a scene by scene outline in excel. 6:50 | How I edit my outline 9:12 | Value shifts and how I use this during the outline editing phase. 11:08 | How long it takes me to create a story world, create characters, and outline before I start writing. 12:44 | And how I write scenes. Thanks for watching. 👍🏻