More of an Instagram Person? I'm over There, too.

While a glossary of terms from Agatha Christie novels may not lend itself easily to visuals, I know that some people prefer Instagram and browse on their phones. To connect with Christie fans there, I do have an Instagram account at kategingoldauthor, if you want to check it out.

I try to have different content on my different social platforms, but there is a little overlap. Every month on my website, I post one history article and one article on the writing life. I've been writing and posting those for more years than I care to admit, starting with Kate's Brief History and Tips for Authors. Now both types of articles get posted on Agatha Annotated.

On Instagram, I've been sharing photos from our trip to England and Scotland last year when we attended the International Agatha Christie Festival. There were A LOT of photos, but I think it's time to move on. What to do next that is visual and fun has been perplexing me a little. I have some ideas, though, so you'll be the first to know!

On Facebook, I share writing-related and Agatha-related news, as well as my latest blog posts. It's probably my favorite platform, which no doubt says something about when I first started using the Internet! From a marketing standpoint, I know I should be doing videos, which are not my strong point. After all, I am a writer, not a videographer or actor! Still, I have some thoughts and I'm trying to expand my comfort zone.

In case you were wondering, no, I do not do TikTok. I know there is something called "BookTok," but I seriously wonder how many Agatha Christie readers are there. I am also not an X user, although I do have an account and the International Agatha Christie Festival first contacted me there. It's just not for me.

There are so many ways to reach people these days! And authors are expected to be brilliant on all of the platforms, which is a pretty high bar. I'd love to hear from other authors on how they are handling all this social media marketing. Also, I'd love to know how readers prefer to connect with writers. Comment on any and all of my platforms to let me know!

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What is Agatha Annotated?

This website is the home of the Agatha Christie database as annotated by Kate Gingold, hence the name Agatha Annotated.

It's a rich glossary of

nearly 1900 terms
over 200 illustrations
347 French phrases

Kate found them while reading Agatha Christie novels, and wrote them, along with definitions curated from years of research, into this database.

Currently the first 11 Christie books, those she wrote in the 1920s, are annotated here.

Anybody can be a member and gain access to this rich glossary. Visit the Community page to learn the details.

We took the 1920s terms and published a book, Agatha Annotated: Investigating the Books of the 1920s, now available on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle format.

Kate will be adding to the database and members get the new terms and definitions first before the second volume is printed, plus members can comment and ask questions about the terms and Kate and other members can reply.

We hope you enjoy. Click around the pages to learn more.

Kate Gingold

... has been a huge fan of the works of Agatha Christie her entire adult life. Christie's vivid descriptions of picturesque English life in the early-to-mid twentieth century fascinated Kate, but many of the people and places were unfamiliar to her. A writer herself, as well as a researcher and historian with several local history books to her credit, Kate began a list of these strange words and set out to define them. Now, Christie fans like you and all those who come after will be able to fully enjoy the richness of Agatha Christie novels with their own copy of Agatha Annotated.

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