Just a quick update from me to you!

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Now, onto the news:

If you don’t know, I’ve been hard at work on my latest project, The Tales of Sinner Sharpe: Dark Waters, which you can read snippets of and progress posts about first on my newsletter.

I’m incredibly excited about it.

I’ve started using Scrivner of all things to work on it! Never thought I’d touch a writing software but what can I say, years of toiling over The Dark World series has changed my mind. With every subsequent book, I’d find myself having to rifle through previous books to remember things.

If I’d had used Scrivner or something like it, I would’ve probably finished the series much faster.

Ah well! I’m 29 now — I was…younger then.

I’m at the very beginning with it despite having it on the back burner for some odd years (just check back through this blog for posts referencing it). And it is absolutely transforming into something I’m super proud of.

With age, a bit more attention to detail, and only honing my writing skills, I’m really excited to see how this shapes up!

What’s Coming in 2022…

No idea.

No seriously, though I don’t have a publication date for DRACULA: Book 6 of The Dark World series, I’m sure it’s releasing next year.

Be sure to be on the lookout for that and the cover reveal! Which I’ll be revealing in my newsletter before the blog (and the website).

I can’t wait to finally release it and close a chapter in my life and move forward to new things!

One thing I can say about trying so many different things these past two years in terms of writing (Patreon, anyone?) is that I’m definitely not a short story writer, nor do I have any more aspirations of writing in other genres. I’m an epic dark fantasy writer. That’s perfectly fine with me. Trying to do too many things at once (as I was attempting to do with Patreon) diluted my process of writing, I feel. I take a while to develop characters, my flow while writing, and all my plot points. Churning our chapters weekly or what have you, kills that desire to write something I’d honestly publish just for the sake of…appeasing a few paying subscribers.

Like I said in a Twitter post a year or so ago, I’d rather my subscribers (and whoever supports me) buy my books instead rather than pay me monthly for some half-assed writing chock to the brim with typos, errors, and–worst of all–lack of care. Not that I don’t care about everything I write, but I definitely learned that I prefer long-form prose that can really stretch into something…coherent (plot-wise.)

Disclaimer: I am not saying there’s anything wrong with short stories or novellas. It’s just not for me.

With that said, I’m off to enjoy my New Year’s and actually relax this weekend before the real work begins (Graduate School anyone?). I hope you do the same!

What have you learned about yourself recently?

With Blood and Love,

S.C. Parris