Veronica Purcell's Blog, page 3

Rethinking Works In Progress Homes

 

I've moved my female protagonist stories to Tapas as the editor is a lot better than Wattpad's, and I can schedule bulk chapters easily.

To make the ad-hoc updating easier for me, I've unpublished all from Wattpad. With the exception of Death Oath for the time being,  these stories are exclusive to Tapas until I'm ready to self publish them.

Seriphyn Knight From Pesti's Perspective

This year Seriphyn Knight Chronicles will be documenting Pesti's perspective within Apocalypse City and Hell's Labyrinth. This will be book number three in the series. Pesti's recount is from the time from when he was kidnapped to being reunited with Famine in a hematite prison cell. Originally I had intended to write it as a side standalone, but it's integral to the main outline so it's included in the main mix.

Points of Note

☆ Pesti isn't gay, so unfortunately there won't be BL moments from his...

New Year Resolutions - More BL Story Experiences 2021

I've been giving Death Oath attention this month, as was the declared plan earlier.  
Looking at Webnovel's trends for romances makes me more determined to write as many BL stories as possible. So, I'll continue to complete TLAM and then Clumsy Mr.President. Of course, both only on TapRead whilst they're in progress.
I'll review the completion rate of others; likely resume Original Music Makes: Hotaka Music Club book with a focus on the Saski-Duran-Miwa love triangle.



Both books will be released as...

Death Oath: For My Husband's Life I Fight

 

Yukiko Asura was revered by all of Snow Peak Mountain as the fair lotus blossom maiden. It was widely known that the heart of this amicable, gentle, and stolid daughter to the First Peak Lord Master of the Five Grand Houses belonged to his first disciple and respected warrior, Raiden Mizua. 

Her dream of being a doting wife to Raiden came to a traumatic stop when blood-thirsty demons invaded their world on their wedding day. In one day, blood tainted the pure grounds of their home.

Yukiko was lef...

2021 - 2024 In Progress Line-Up Plan

With the scrapping of The Magikah and HarmonyX due to readership test failures, I've updated the in-progress planned list below:

First Wave 20-21

To Like A-ManClumsy Mr. PresidentSiren’s Scourge (Pt.1)

These three will likely carry through all of 2021 with TapRead their online platform of choice since it's the only place where the stories are read.

Second Wave 21-22

DragoniethSiren’s Scourge (Pt.2)Everything Comes to Null

Completed in this order for 2022

Third Wave 22-24

Death Oath: For My Husband’s Lif...

The Magikah - TapRead Contest Entry

I entered into TapRead's contest with an urban fantasy that revolves around a young woman/witch and her feline comrade who is a spirit of justice.

My expectations for achieving a rank, let alone win, in his contest is low. Since it hasn't done well in readership. I never really know how these things will go. 

Regardless, this story is another WIP to add to the portfolio as I've always wanted to deliver a fantasy series with a badass female protagonist who is more than capable of saving the world a...

To Like A-Man: Next to Paperback Release

 Now that The Fourth Zaldizko is out of the way, my focus for story completion is To Like A-Man.  A boys love (BL) story set in an ICT corporate environment.  The relationship focus is a love triangle, which threatens to impact an organization's surety.  

I had originally intended for the story to be a light-hearted BL comedy, but when I began adding in the want/need elements for Adam a gritty development began to take shape.

I'll be working on a new TapRead cover to support the dramatic undertone...

The Fourth Zaldizko Paperback is Set for 11.11.20

 

Finally.  The Fourth Zaldizko is set to go for sales on 11.11.2020.  I finished uploading and digitally proofreading the Amazon version for the day.  Ebook version is also set for release on the day.

The TapRead version is also updated and ready for Book-3 that I'll start next year after I release To Like A-Man paperback. 

Update to Publishing Strategy

 Continuing from my The Fourth Zaldizko publishing antics. I'm still working through the paperback manuscript.  Whilst that is being prepared, I've unlisted the episode ebooks from Kobo and other sources that isn't Google Play.  They weren't generating sales interest, so decided to pull the plug on them. 

The digital media landscape is constantly changing at a fast pace. So I'm having to try to keep up with the tide of changes and ways on how I can achieve sales interest. 

This is my publishing st...

The Fourth Zaldizko Paperback

 

This is the upcoming paperback cover for the second book of the Seriphyn Knight Chronicles saga. After this book, I'm going to be taking a break from writing online and continue Everything Comes to Null offline. 
Writing online is making me not like my works. That's the last thing I want. But I don't want to quit my story. It'll hurt my heart. So I'll write offline and hope that when I publish my story someone will be around to read it.
My quest for readers for this story is not an easy one.  I h...