For those interested in reading my content on Wattpad, I’ve updated my latest dark fantasy tale, The Van Helsing Paradox, to match the print version! Are you curious about a femme fatale flapper who hunts things that go bump in the night? Why not try it now!
As an added feature, this specific release also features dates at the top of every chapter. It’s my hope that it will enable readers to get better situated! 😉
After a bit of encouragement, I’ve decided to make a few chapters from my latest dark fantasy manuscript, The Van Helsing Resurgence, available early on Wattpad! I’ve also submitted it for consideration in the 2019 Wattys. So let’s see how that turns out?
This story takes off where The Van Helsing Paradox leaves off. A world where space and time has been shattered by a group of scientists, in the hopes of altering the course of history. Clara and an echo from her past are sent to Earth to investigate the case of a soul being corrupted against its will.
Before you read, be sure to remember, that while the Roaring Twenties are long gone, a heroine’s work is never done.
Clara is back!
Ghoul Hunters, a coda to The Grand Project has been revised and updated on both Google Docs and Wattpad. This is the first major revision of this chapter since they were consolidated into one work for an overall review. The Google Docs version allows for both comments and change proposals so readers are encouraged to use these capabilities.
The Grand is a Gothic Horror novel with a Grand Hotel as a backdrop during the Roaring Twenties and focuses on victims of the hotel’s guests. Ever wondered what would happen in a hotel that caters to Things That Go Bump in the Night?
Journey through the River of Belief has been updated on Wattpad and Google Docs. This completes the review of the Grand‘s core chapters and leaves the coda next!
As with previous reviews, this process is aimed to tighten up the writing so that it reads better. Once done with this initial run through, more review cycles will be done before getting the work professionally edited.
The Google Docs version of this chapter will allow you to propose corrections and leave comments. Feel free to make use of this collaborative tool!
The Grand is a Gothic Horror novel using a Grand Hotel as a backdrop during the Roaring Twenties focusing on victims of the hotel’s guests. Ever wondered what happens in a hotel catering to Things That Go Bump in the Night?
Ethereal Nights has been revised and updated on both Google Docs and Wattpad. This is the first major revision of this chapter since The Grand has been consolidated for an overall review. The Google Docs version allows for both comments and change proposals so readers are encouraged to use these capabilities.
The Grand is a Gothic Horror novel using a Grand Hotel as a backdrop during the Roaring Twenties focusing on victims of the hotel’s guests. Ever wondered what happens in a hotel catering to Things That Go Bump in the Night?
Upon doing a review of Ethereal Nights, I decided to split the story into two chapters. Part of Ethereal Nights was designed to precede the chapter, but at the time I felt it would ruin the surprise.
By moving the troublesome story to The Cheshire Cat’s Grin I hope it will be better placed within the overall work. A review has been done on the remaining chapter elements to keep the surprise intact.
While the above links are for Google Docs, you may also access these chapters through Wattpad.
Enjoy!
For the past several months, I have been doing an initial review of The Grand. It has been a long process, marred by delays as other projects and commitments crop up. Tonight, I managed to complete my review of The Van Helsing Paradox, available on Wattpad and brings my overall review completion to 71% of the manuscript.
This chapter like the novel strays from the style used in The Portrait. In my previous work chapters were small. Designed to be quick reads, chapters within The Portrait are on average 3 pages of single-spaced writing.
The Van Helsing Paradox stands alone as 16% of the overall manuscript and is made up of over 10,000 words. This chapter also features a lot of dialogue, which was not prevalent in The Portrait.
The review process has remained the same. For now, I have 2907 separate corrections applied to the manuscript. These vary in scope and includes single word changes, to spacing corrections and the addition of new paragraphs.
In other words, there are 41 modifications done for each percent or 1.5 pages. This seems like a lot, but this improves dramatically when I do my second review, followed by a third and so on. I follow an iterative review process then introduce a pause to gain a change in perspective.
Stay tuned! There are still 3 chapters and a lexicon left.
