Anna Sapsford-Francis

Edinburgh-based fantasy author. Likes: sassy heroines, big dresses, dark and terrible powers. Dislikes: downer endings.

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

My first book is out now on #Amazon!

It's a dark (not too dark!) fantasy novel about a girl who is turning into a monster and has to solve a murder before her time runs out.

https://t.co/pJWU5FmU1J

#amwritingfantasy #darkfantasy #books #booklovers #WritingLife #reading #indie

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

@TomJubert Awesome! I've been on a roguelike kick, so I'll have to check them out!

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

@TomJubert Really enjoyed the Procedural Narrative panel! Did you remember which procedural game you were thinking of at the end?

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

Looking forward to Creating Narrative in Procedural Worlds with @emshort and @tanyaxshort! @TheWritersGuild https://t.co/LeE3n455se

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

Soul-Eater is £0.99 on https://t.co/HrBds3SrrL until 27th April!

It's a dark-ish fantasy mystery with a no-nonsense heroine and a thoughtful hero.

Big dresses will be worn. Rooftops will be climbed. Murders will be murdered.

https://t.co/UALAoOV5gc

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[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

Elska is turning into a monster. She escaped the soul-eater in the forest, but now he's in her home in the guise of someone she knows. But Elska won't let herself be terrorised again. It takes a monster to fight a monster. #WMPitch #YA #F #H #R

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

The battle is lost. The heroine is dead. The story isn't over.

Elska should have died in the forest. The first victim of a creature of ancient and terrible evil. That's how the story was meant to go.

Sometimes the story has to change.
#WMPitch #YA #F #H #R

[Caroline @carolinenwigg]

#WMPitch
SOPHIE MCKENZIE x DIVERGENT

Somebody saves Max’s life but there’s a cost...
To become a spy for them.

15yo Max must push himself to breaking point if he wants to pass the initiation, but how will he cope when he finds out that his duties involve killing others?

#YA #C

[T.A. Wilderspin | Updates @tesscatiful]

There's an old saying on the island of Tenemere:
In your first life, you make mistakes. In your second, you answer for them.

Well, Julianna's may have started an uprising. And now it's knocking on her door.

#WMPITCH #YA #F #OWN #LGBT #MH

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

The first victim of an ancient monster discovers that only she has the power to kill him.

#WMPitch #YA #F #H #R

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

I'll be pitching today for WMPitch. All retweets greatly appreciated! But please save likes for agents :)

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

@kperezagent @MealsForTheNHS @Deliveroo What a great cause! Glad to have an extra excuse to donate.

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

After 18-hour shifts trying to save our lives from COVID-19, NHS Hospital Staff are faced with canteens that shut at 5pm. Help @MealsForTheNHS get food to wards, today. https://t.co/Z0NDeM6Wt4 #FeedTheNHS

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

Was innocently buying groceries when I had a breakthrough for my second book.

It's so awkward when you accidentally plan the death of an empire and get misty-eyed over the fruit and veg.

#writerslife #amwritingfantasy

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

He wondered at that connection. It cut through clouds and storms and tethered her to his heart. He reached for it with his mind and touched its sickly light. It was dying, just like her.
#1lineWed #amwritingfantasy

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

The last chapter is finally ready! Special thanks go to the contractor in the stairwell who started whistling atonally during the poignant bits. I couldn't have done it without you!
#writerslife #amwritingfantasy

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

@Moss_Whelan Congratulations! That's fantastic news!

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

@Moss_Whelan @katehavas It's the final-final scene. I had one in place for ages. Then I completely changed the denouement, which changed the MC's character arc, which made the final scene extremely odd.

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

@katehavas Best advice ever! 😄

[Anna Sapsford-Francis @ASFwriter]

I have officially been working on my last scene for a week. I now have seven versions.

My options are:
a) Pit them against each other in gladiatorial combat.
b) Cut the scene and consequences be damned.
c) Print them out and make a tiny bonfire.
#writerslife #amwritingfantasy