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Hello readers,
We're at the end of another weekend and the temporary end of another story.
Jane Finds Herself - We'll start backwards this week. This was the end of Jane's visit to Riley's and the Sommers family. As she drives home with memories and a special assignment from Riley, I'd like to thank everyone whose been keeping up week after week. The views have only increased which is really nice for a story that almost wasn't continued. The next batch of chapters will see Jane at home and will hopefully help grow her as a character before Riley's visit. I won't go into too many details right now but I'm excited to post the next batch in September.
EP. 2 - Aftermath - Slow start to this one but the newly dubbed Science Club now know they all want to continue the use of The Heat. The next chapter sees Warren and Brittany experimenting with the formula while navigating the bounds of their new relationship. Views aren't great with this one, but that was a risk with this format. I'm not giving up on this series and want to see what happens to things when Episode 3 drops in late September.
What comes next?
As mentioned above, there's a new chapter of Aftermath on Wednesday. On Saturday, there will be a new story Trapped at a Sex Party. This was previously called Undercover, and follows Beth, a young reporter for a struggling newspaper who goes on her first gossip column assignment to what she thinks is a lavish party. When it is revealed to be a sex party, she's trapped with the man who brought her; a man with his own past and demons.
It is a 5-part story. If you all like the world and characters within, I could see it turn into a series but I'll wait to see what you readers think first.
That's pretty much it for now. Some stories I'm working currently (Jane Finds Herself chapters 11-15) are going well but others (The Great Camp) are kind of falling apart. Trying to decide what to do with that last one as I may have to pull it. I won't post anything I don't have confidence in and right now, it just doesn't work. Seeing what I can alter or maybe pivot to something else quickly.
Thanks for reading as always and feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments or via message.
-ghostwritten
Hello readers,
I’m a little late on the blog this week, sorry about that. Let’s start with the week that was.
This past week – We started on Wednesday with the second episode of the Science Club series, the follow-up to Snowed In, called Aftermath. So far, views are ok, not great. What I feared might happen with this writing format happened, with most of the previous readers dropping off/unaware of the continuation. That kind of sucks because Snowed In did really well and now I kind of regret this style choice.
That being said, I shall carry forward with the plan. Views are still well above my fail line, and it is only the first chapter of a 5-chapter episode. I’ll see how things progress and hope more people return to this series. This will NOT be an Ashley’s Education situation, it WILL continue with Episode 3.
After that, Saturday saw the next chapter of Jane Finds Herself. Response to this story has grown week by week since its return with chapter 6, so that makes me feel good. I’m glad it has found its audience, which means more chapters in the future. Let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see in the future. I will let you know I’ve already started work on the next batch of chapters for this one, but I won’t give hints.
This upcoming week – Wednesday sees chapter 2 of Aftermath, as the students gather in Linda’s classroom for a discussion about what happened at the fair. As things go on, ideas and concerns arise about the use of such a drug. Some want to market it while others want to horde it only for themselves.
On Saturday, the final chapter of Jane Finds Herself for this little story-arc will be released. It is the final night of Jane’s sleepover at Riley’s, what kinds of mischief will the two girls get up to? This is a longer chapter, so buckle up. I won’t go too much into detail on what happens, since chapter 9 just posted a day ago.
After that, Jane Finds Herself will go on hiatus for five weeks, replaced by Undercover, a story I still need a better name for. I like taking breaks from stories, I find it gives me a chance to reset and think about how the next batch of chapters will go. I can gather feedback from readers comments and messages, and tweak or change things if something isn’t working. It also gives me the opportunity to write something new and different, which can be a welcome breather.
And that’s it for this week’s update. Lots of things in the works and I’m happy you chosen to read my weird drivel. Thank you for your support.
-ghostwritten
Hello readers,
I've seen other writers do this, so I thought I'd try it. If you liked Snowed In, the continuation with those characters has started with EP. 2 Aftermath. A lot of people read the first one, so just wanted to shout out the next part of that storyline.
Thank you,
-ghostwritten
Hello readers,
Here's another week and another blog. Let's start with the week that was first.
Jane Finds Herself had another good week, thank you everyone that gave chapter 7 and 8 (so far) a read. Feedback has been positive and people seem excited to see where things are going. That is a good sign for the future of the story, which I can pretty confidently say will continue post chapter 10 which is the end of the current story arc. So yeah, unless there's a monumental collapse the next two weeks, it means there will be ten more chapters on the way in the future. Why ten and not the usual five, you ask? You'll have to read chapter 10 to find out.
What have I been working on this week? More chapters of the working titled 'Undercover' story. I've just started the final chapter and I hope it finishes well. I will give a little context to what this thing is. The concept of the story came from a post in the forums via a story called Sex Party by Jo-Anne Wiley (please check out that story and give her some love *content warning though*). The forum discussion was about an image used for the story, but the story was about a murder at a sex party. It gave me the idea of what if someone someone infiltrated a party who wasn't supposed to be there and it turned out to be a sex party. That's kind of the basic premise at least. A young reporter on assignment to get into a lavish party gets more than she bargained for and has to adapt to the situation. While there, she gets dragged into a much bigger story. I hope that sounds interesting to some of you.
I've also been working on the Trails Tales story that I think I'm calling The Great Camp. It's still earlier than I would like it to be, I focused more on 'Undercover' this week than I planned. Basics are a group of friends go on a weekend long hike in the Adirondacks and find something that shouldn't exist. The story is written from the perspective of a man recounting the events in his mind years later, as he looks at an old photograph. My goal is there's little to no dialogue between the characters, as it is just a recollection in this man's mind. I need to devote more time to it so hopefully this week will have that.
So what's will you get this week, you ask? Well, Wednesdays are back on the menu with the start of Episode 2 - Aftermath, the follow-up of Snowed In. Chapter 1 sees the first day back after the events of Snowed In, as the students and Mrs. Linda deal with the aftermath of what happened. It is a little lighter of a chapter, as it follows and weaves around to the different characters throughout their morning classes.
After that, Jane Finds Herself chapter 9 on Saturday. What will happen to Jane following the events of the end of chapter 8? How mad is Riley and what might happen at the quarry? These and other things might happen in the upcoming chapter. I don't want to say too much to not spoil the events of the recent chapter.
That's about it for this week. I hope readers are excited for what's in story this upcoming week and whatever may lay ahead. As always, feel free to reach out through the usual channels if you want to give me some feedback. Thank you for all the support and reading this and my rambling stories.
-ghostwritten
Hello readers,
Kind of a light week again, but work is being done behind the curtain. Let’s start.
So yeah, it will be another single-story week this week, unfortunately. I was hoping to have the first chapter in Episode 2 of Science Club ready for Wednesday, but I want to polish it all up. The whole 5-chapter Episode is now complete, which is great. I hope you are looking forward to jumping back into the world of Madison High and the aftermath of the events from Snowed In.
Following that, on Saturday is chapter 8 of Jane Finds Herself. I have been pleasantly surprised by how well this run of chapters has done so far, and the latest chapter seems to continue that trend. If things continue this way with chapter 8, it will likely mean I’ll write more chapters in the future; probably after the new thing I’m working on is complete.
Speaking of, that new story I’m working on under the working title ‘Undercover’ is going well. I’ve finished the second chapter this week and will be starting the third today. I hope to have all 5 chapters done in a week or two, then polish it up before sending to my editor for his buffing pass.
The goal with this story is smaller chapters, reverting to 4k to 5k words per chapter. Recent story chapters have gone a bit long (looking at you, Ashley’s Education and Jane Finds Herself). It made writing multiple chapters each week difficult, so I’m trying to reduce some of that bloat. I know some of you might like the longer chapters, and you’ll be seeing a few in the upcoming weeks, but it just becomes unsustainable for me for long periods. If a story needs it, fine, but 8k to 9k word chapters plus a separate story chapter of something else (another 4k+ words) in one week burns me out.
I’m excited for some of the stuff I have upcoming, like the new story in the Trails Tales series. I think I should have the first chapter done by late next week, if things go well. I’m not quite sure how long it will be, maybe 2 or 3 chapters. I’m taking my time and doing my research on the area like I did on Trail Head. Beyond that, who knows.
I think I’ve covered everything going on this week. Thanks for reading and all your support,
-ghostwritten
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