Happy August! ☾ Nox Author Update
Long time, no big updates!
Things have been a little difficult on my end due to attempting some job transitioning, so my publishing timelines have been delayed. I'm trying to push more into freelancing to give myself the opportunity to work on my own terms and avoid burnout.
Freelancing
With that in mind, if anyone is looking for assistance with SFF novel formatting (Vellum + Affinity Publisher 2), developmental editing, copy/line editing, proofreading, author website builds, and (I'm sure) much more, please keep me in mind as I start posting up listings on Fiverr and Upwork under my real name/through my publishing company, Stella Charta Press. Note that my hourly rate and package prices are still a work-in-progress.
I'll be sure to email out another update next month once everything's sorted! However, if you're interested now, I'd be happy to chat via email: admin@stellachartapress.com.
New Ways to Read
Since I've been off of Kindle Unlimited for nearly a full year now, and I've loved my readers having access to my books through Kobo+ due to its non-exclusivity, I'm going to be testing out Tapas!
For those of you who don't know, Tapas is an app + website similar to Webtoon for comics, but it also hosts serialized novels. The great part about it is that if I can get 100+ free subscribers, I'll get a cut of their ad revenue, which is amazing.
So if you've been looking to read THE THRITEENTH KEY or TRICK, and don't mind it being posted a chapter per week, then please subscribe to help support me without any cost to you! 🖤
TRICK will release every Thursday at 6AM PT.
THE THIRTEENTH KEY will release every Friday at 6AM PT.
Patreon + WIP Updates
Goodies for Ethereal Gold Members 🔖
As of June, I've started sending out physical rewards to my top-tier supporters! I've been doodling a lot for my Etsy side-shop to make stickers, homemade pins, bookmarks, and other bookish and geeky goods, so I decided to make something special to say thanks. For June, I mailed out a book-shaped sticker I drew to match my new cover for THE THIRTEENTH KEY, and for July, I chose to do a matching one up for TRICK.
If you want to get in on reading my works early and get some goodies for yourself, be sure to subscribe to my Ethereal Gold Tier!
THIS DARK EMBRACE (Achillean Urban Fantasy Novella)
TDE is almost complete! It'll be wrapping up on Patreon for both my Silver and Gold Tiers in the next couple of months with only 6 chapters remaining (30 in total). After it's wrapped up its serialization, I'll be taking the time to clean it up and prepare it for publishing in novella form at the end of this year or early next year.
Devyn Kinsley is a witch—a male witch—with little power in his matriarchal coven. In one of the last neutral-territory cities, filled with creatures that can offer him more, he’s managed to keep his head down in favor of living right by his family. The problem is that ever-present pressure to marry a girl from his coven to ensure he doesn’t fall prey to the temptation of binding himself to something far more vicious.
So when Devyn has a chance encounter with a mysterious, heroic stranger called Lonán, who Devyn assumes is a wizard, he falls head-over-heels, thinking that he’s found a way out of a loveless coven marriage. But Lonán may not be exactly who he seems…
You can read it on cara.ink and on Patreon before it's officially published.
Starry Silver Tier Serial TDE → ???
That being said, with only 6 chapters left for THIS DARK EMBRACE, I've been considering what to replace it with once it's completed. I believe I've settled on which WIP to start posting. However, I'm going to have to start updating some of my older outline of this piece and rework what I can before I make an official announcement. So stay tuned!
A TRIAL OF WRATH & RUIN (The Wild Hunt, Book #2)
A HUNT OF BLOOD & IRON's sequel is getting there, slowly but surely. As of now, there are 3 chapters posted up for Gold Tier supporters.
FAMILIAR
Finally, for those of you who aren't aware, I'm keeping the rest of FAMILIAR relatively quiet for now since I'm seriously considering traditionally publishing it. Whether or not that'll end up being the case later is up in the air, but I'm hoping to get my name out there a little more. I feel that this might be the only real way for me to do it, seeing how I'm not great in bigger social environments like social media or discord servers with 20+ people.
I've been conditioned to believe that my voice doesn't matter, so it's difficult to try to advocate for myself when it seems to have no weight on the outcome of book sales or attempts at making more writing friends.
We'll see what happens with FAMILIAR by the time it's done, but until then, I hope my life adjustments can at least help me spend less time in bed recovering and allow me to work more on what I love. 🖤