About Anna.
I'm a freelance writer, editor & multi-media creator based in Derry, Northern Ireland. Folks pay me for everything from videography & illustration to ghostwriting & storytelling ← It's that last one I love the most! 
In '23, I combined my powers into one service & created the Complete Book-finishing Package. I get to edit manuscripts; offer storytelling suggestions; enhance with ghostwriting; illustrate, if needs be; design covers; & even create kickass videos to promote the book launch. 
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I'm basically a silent writing partner, for first-time authors, who enjoys subtracting stress from the process of finishing & publishing their future bestselling books.
It's fun. I enjoy trying to ethically game the Amazon categories system to get my clients' books on the bestseller list! 🤫
Before this, I trained in peak performance coaching at the Flow Research Collective – & mentored students on the Building a Second Brain course (for digital productivity).
In 2020, I cofounded EdTech startup
PracticeNow with some friends (but it didn't work out 
).
In 2018, I won The
Thinking Woman's Writing Award – & started my freelance creator business for the first time.
But honestly, all that's just the surface BS that goes on Instagram!
Underneath my first class creative writing degree & a couple accolades, beats the filthy, rotten heart of a recovering procrastinator. 
THE TRUTH IS
I'm Inconsistent.
Sure, I ship work for freelance clients. On spec. On time. Overdelivering, with a touch of flair, at every turn.
But if I'm honest, I've also done my share of dire McJobs in years past (cleaner, admin, call centre agent). Killing time to make ends meet. 
And even now, when it comes to shipping non-commercial projects of my heart's desire?
I drop the ball. I don't show up for myself.
And, for so many of my creative friends, I hear the same story. Somehow, our secret art that matters most to us — gets left till last!
What's that about?!
Why is it easier to ghostwrite a client's project (or take an agency gig) than write that nonfiction book we have inside us, or publish the novel of our dreams?
Honestly, I think this question - of how to reconcile our deepest dreams with waking life - is the one that matters most of all!
My Future Sci-Fi Novel (the Book Cover)? Made with Midjourney AI 2022.
I Don't Have Answers.
But I do have a plan. A way to live the questions. & it's working.
I wake at 5am to write in bed. Keyboard clacking away in the dark. I get into flow state before my procrastinatey brain can wake enough to raise objections. 
I quit sh*t jobs to write full-time & make these books. By ghostwriting & editing other authors' books, I work up to writing my own.
As I design & publish the most beautiful covers I can conceive of, I get ready to publish my own.
By devising AI-enhanced social media campaigns to promote author books, I see the way I'll strategise my own.
Project by project, I bring the two worlds together. The world of make-ends-meet and the world of live-that-dream. They are slowly braiding into one.
And I'm enjoying myself. 
So what's next??
My Future Fantasy Novel (the Book Cover)? Made with Midjourney AI 2022.
I WANT TO MASTER AI ART & VIDEO TO...
Bring Author Stories to Life
Using my understanding of creative flow states, I'm fit for long hours of focused work.
In the wee early hours right up till noon, I do my writing & designing.
In the afternoons, I explore new creative technologies. My goal is bring my clients' books to life with AI-enhanced book trailers, animations & marketing vids that capture the imagination & broadcast stories to the world. ✨ 🌎
The great challenge to every creator has always been finding time for our most meaningful work.
But, with AI-enhanced workflows, we have that chance we always dreamed of – to animate the stories of our imagination in a wildly productive way.
Procrastination is a goner.
The AI art community is vibrant & resourceful. Every day I'm learning something new from fellow travellers – & I can't wait to see what's next.
...& Make More Videos About Indie Book Publishing & AI-enhanced Story Art
As well as my book publishing service (editing; designing; marketing; the works), I'm also working on free content for my newsletter.
I'm interested in exploring how AI can serve us to expand creative capacity, not steal our jobs. 😉 And I use the medium of book publishing & promotion as my context for exploration.
Studios will fire artists, due to AI 😔 but artists will rise up & become their own studios, due to AI, also. 🦾
So, if you wanna either be part of the future of beautiful physical books, ebooks & video trailers, or just wanna explore the enhancement potential of AI magic in an applied indie-publishing setting, I invite you to join the newsletter. 
THE THING TO DO IS..
Live the Questions
I have no idea what's next in this crazy, exponential world – but I'm grateful to be here.
It's possible we landed here for a reason & each of us has something we came here to do – or maybe that's just what it feels like. 
But that feeling is something we can follow. Edge away from confusion, from self-deception. Navigate towards calling.
Try to circumambulate more closely towards what it feels like we're here to do.
If books & storytelling are part of that, for you, maybe I can assist.
Let's see where our questions take us. 
How Can I Help?
Thanks for reading my story! 
If you're passionate about publishling a quality book & AI book trailers, join the newsletter for free insights.
If you're struggling to finish (or even start) your book, message me below. Maybe I can advise.
I'm friendly, & I did train as a coach, after all. 🤷♀️ So, ask a question or just say hi.
I actively seek more creative friends & hang out on LinkedIn quite a bit, so send me a connection request.
Fyi here are some raw experiments I'm working on:
- A shop (for creator/AI merch possibly)
- Some affiliate links of my fave gear for artists & writers (I use this page for social ‘links in bio’)
- AI video page in the works
- Will blog more experiments as I go!
What about you??
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