So, since it’s been a while since I gave any updates about anything, I thought I’d share some exciting news. Yesterday, I got the cover design for my upcoming 2^nd novel Supernatualis Mortem and I must say that I’m quite pleased with it. So I’ve told the publisher to go ahead and finalize it as the cover.

But that’s not even the most exciting part.

The most exciting part is the fact that I turn 30 at the start of June and if everything goes right, by that time I’ll have 2 books published! That’s right, according to my production coordinator at the publisher, Supernatualis Mortem could be ready within a month or two! So if you hear a high-pitched girly manly squeal of delight in the time between now and June, you’ll know that it’s time to get your copy of future New York Times bestseller, one of the summer’s must reads, and future basis for the upcoming cult classic horror flick: Supernatualis Mortem!

I cannot express how excited I am that, after nearly 12 weeks of waiting, I finally got an answer about publishers wanting to publish my work. And I’m overjoyed to announce that they’ve offered me a deal to publish Supernaturalis Mortem! I still need to gather up $7500 to go forward with the publication, but this is it folks: my first big break! Hopefully, by this time next year, you’ll be able to see me on a dust jacket as you clamour to buy your own copy of my second novel! Have a look yourselves and see what they had to say.

Seriously, I’m so excited! I can’t stop smiling, and probably won’t until Sunday night! If anyone is curious, I’m still writing The Visagar Chronicles; I’m trying for a chapter a month release schedule (no set day on when I put up Ch.4, it’s just whenever I finish it). So if you check for a new chapter every 10 days or so, there should be a new one within every 3 checks (if I stay on schedule).

Well, I’ve finally finished Supernaturalis Mortem, and am now in the process of workshopping it and L&L to get them set for being (re)sent out for publication. I’ll let you all know how that goes as things develop, but I’ll probably be not posting any new writings for a while (goal is to start new stuff around the start of 2022, but we all know how good at deadlines I am). When I come back, I’ll be working on the sequel to The Kanta Chronicles (which is now available in audiobook format on Audible and iTunes, so take a listen and let me know what you think). If you’d like to speed up the process and get that sequel written faster, please donate to my Patreon so that I can start taking more time off work to write and not lose any money.

Ok, so I know that with the world in quarantine, all the free time on our hands, that people might think I’ve been writing like crazy. Oh how wrong you are! As I work an essential job at my local grocery store, my free time has actually gotten less as some of my coworkers are unable/unwilling to work, leaving more for those of us who do. But I am still writing when I can; but as always my process is slow at best and sub-glacial at worst. I’ve posted the next few chapters to Supernaturalis Mortem to FictionPress (link below) for those who wish to see how that story is coming along.

As for the publishing status of Lucifer & Lilith and The Kanta Chronicles Ihave some news. With regards to The Kanta Chronicles, I made an error with regards to properly responding to authentication email around Christmas and have currently lost my ability to print new copies for the time being. I’m trying to get everything back to the way it was, but am still waiting on a few things from the people who helped me publish in the first place (but again with the quarantine, this might take awhile). But if this affects the online merchants like Chapters/Indigo, I don’t know (hopefully it hasn’t, but as I don’t know of anyone who actually has bought a copy that wasn’t from me, I can’t say). As for Lucifer & Lilith, I’m still waiting to hear back from the publishers I sent it out to back in September. I’m still very optimistic about L&L‘s chances of being picked up by someone, and will let the world know when it happens; but again, this whole pandemic situation may make this timetable much longer than initially hoped for back in September.

Stay safe everyone. Hopefully this will all end soon and the world can go back to something that resembles the old normal. In the meantime, I’ll keep writing when I can and post batches of chapters once a few have collected.

https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3228234/1/SUPERNATURALIS-MORTEM

So I know that I’m extremely notorious for not updating this as much as I should (and I’m very sorry about that) but hopefully that will change this coming year (one resolution that I have is to be more active with my writing than I’ve been in the past). But, like this title says, I’ve posted the first few chapters to fictionpress. I’ve taken a page from George R.R. Martin and named the chapters after the character’s whose POV it is from. Let me know what you think of this style and the story in general. Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season!

So, I’ve been working on the next book while I wait to hear back from literary agencies to help publish L&L. Here’s a sneak peek at what you can expect in my new story: Supernaturalis Mortem!

My sickness had finally caught up with me. As I crawled to the shrine of my goddess at the junction of the three roads, my lifeblood flows out through my fingers and onto the gravel. The great goddess, my goddess, Hecate had kept her promise; she’d kept me safe in the shadows all these years. And for that, I’d eternally be in her debt, should she ever need my services in the next life.

For sixteen years Hecate has protected me and my killings. For sixteen years have I wandered the world and killed indiscriminately. And for sixteen years, all Hecate has required of me for her protection is that whenever I come across anything dealing with the worship of her that I stop and offer a sacrifice of flesh, blood and bone. I think that the body of my final victim and myself, at the same altar that our covenant was first forged, would be proof enough that I have not ever faltered in my worship.

As I raise my bloody hand to the statuette of Hecate in the shrine, my dying eyes play the same trick on me they did all those years ago. For once my hand touched the image of my goddess, I could have sworn it looked upon me with a look both pleased and saddened. “O, goddess of the hidden,” I say. “My soul is yours, a-a-a-a final pay…ment for your protection.”

My strength has finally fled my dying body, as I fall to the ground. My last words, nigh, my last breath a praise to Hecate, my great goddess.

Well, after a few months (mostly spent not doing what I’m supposed to be doing) I’ve finally finished going through Lucifer & Lilith and have it ready to send to publishers! So over the next few weeks I’m going to try and shop around until I find someone who loves the story as much as I do and is willing to publish it for the world to fall in love with it. So wish me luck! And then once I’ve found someone to publish L&L, I’m going to start writing out the plot for my next story, which I’ll hopefully start writing by the summer (but I make no promises as work dramatically picks up then). Hopefully, Lucifer & Lilith will be on shelves sooner than we can hope.

PS If anyone has a good name for L&L that’s short, isn’t just their names and fits the story, please let me know, as I feel the current title is too wordy.