Hey everyone!! <3
I hope everyone has had a wonderful couple of weeks! I decided to do the Month peak into June instead of doing previous weeks weekly, only because I have the new story out! And then…I kinda just lost last week. Sorry. T.T I’m trying!! I really am!!
Back to our regularly scheduled nonsense. Hehe.
Shall we start with our stats?
The Rogue Kings II
236,271 words
+ 20,008 words
It’s a bit slower because of all that I have been working on behind the scenes.
Edited Chapters: 52!!
I can’t believe I’m trying to edit this before I get it out. I know it creates a better experience outside of my shotty editing that I do in my read throughs. But man…it takes almost more time to edit it than it did to write it!!
We also have up to 70 chapters without any holes in them! Yay! Hahahahahahahahahahaha.
Silas’ POV is killing me. *throttles MC for being a dick*
Currently, on the apps, we are up to Chapter 27 posted!
Of course, with double chapter updates on Saturday AND Sunday.
Twisting Fate
Completely edited now!
I went through all 110 chapters!
Everything is now edited and updated on the Amazon ebook version.
I have not updated the app sites yet. Some of the sites make it terrible to update and it’s just such a time consuming pain in the butt.
I will…eventually….
Physical Proof has been ordered!! It will get here Tuesday. I will post photos. I will freak out. I will be excited.
And then I will pick out everything wrong and fix it all. From cover to content. HAHA.
Promises Forgotten
Yes? Yes?? My originally just straight romance book. Remember?
I actually reformatted it completely. Adding in extras that make it easier to read.
Originally I did all the formatting in Microsoft Word and it wasn’t bad. It worked. But now that I have my new software, I knew I could make it better. So I did. :)
It actually changed the page count. So I need to go in and check that everything is okay.
As well as the opacity of the photos/backgrounds. All that stuff. Once it’s good, it will go live on Amazon.
Substack
Updated my links
This actually includes a new link to my WhatsApp author page. It’s for I guess fans of books and reading. I will post the updates to stories and everything. Plus, I’ll be in there to talk as well. Haha. So if you would like, you can click the link or find it later on the main page.
MishanAngel’s WhatsApp Group Request Link
Also, I might shoot you a message before I add you. Just to make sure. There can be a lot of people trying to get that are bots or spam or something like that. Haha.
Writing side of things, I did a few difference references for scenes that I was writing or rewriting. I’ve been having fun really ironing out details that originally were just in my head and nowhere else. Having it come to life a little more is wonderful.
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I have been struggling though.
Honestly, it’s a bed of my own making.
Silas just pisses me off. HAHA.
A lot of my holes in The Rogue Kings II is Silas’ POV. Right now, what I want is to make you hate him. Like HATE him.
I think I have gone through how I feel about creating villains in my stories. While I usually do have an overarching villain, I tend to tread villain’s more as just…misguided. They are wanting to do something…achieve something by doing it the wrong way. A big one is protecting the ones we love. Wanting to make sure that they are safe. That one want can either create a hero or a villain depending on how they go about that.
*** Spoilers up to Chapter 27 ***
(looks to make sure that I don’t go past chapter 27 story and knows where that is)
If you don’t want spoilers, scroll down to the next little section.
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So, right now, we have Silas. He wanted to both not feel the pain but a big part of that was not feeling adequate enough to do is job. That he wasn’t strong enough. He lost his sister, again. In nearly the same way (he feels), not being able to protect her.
In his need for more strength, he crosses the line. Using magic to supplement that strength. Or what he thinks will give him strength.
It doesn’t work like that. There is always a cost to magic. As in Winter, the person using the magic is usually the one to get burned. In this case, it was Silas getting burned. The magic isn’t just giving him strength. It’s altering who he is. It’s bringing forth the Alpha in him. Taking away anything else…his emotions and his feelings. But not completely. Not yet.
It’s something that is a battle in himself. Especially with Eros stepping in and fighting it as well. It is getting harder though, and he is noticing it more and more taking over. He’s starting to pick out the voice as well. Still, he is choosing the strength, but now his mind is skewing in a different direction.
So we have an escalating matter with Silas. It getting harder and harder to fight. Things put in his path that he feels are escalating the issues. Still, his bond and Eros are fighting it. It being a constant flip back and forth of emotions.
On the flip side, Nate is dealing with these flip of emotions which his own struggles. Struggling with his new reality of not being able to walk or even be half the wolf he was. Trying to not lose hope in himself and then battling with Silas all the time. It’s heartbreaking.
*sigh*
Later on, Silas is harder to write. Because I know what I want to convey. The emotions I want my readers to feel when it comes to him. It’s just getting there and getting them across the page in words. It’s frustrating sometimes. Especially when dealing with a character that is limited in their feelings at the moment. So I’m having a time sitting down and writing.
Ending up doing a bunch of other things in the meantime. Haha. Which is okay. I have a buffer for a reason. But I need to dive deeper. I know I do. It’s just not easy. I’ll work through it.
I don’t really have much else at the moment. Mostly because I feel slightly stuck. I think the new proofs coming will shed some light and throw me back into the motivation. For now, I’m just bumbling around like a silly little goose. :)
A new expansion got announced for one of my favorite games, Rimworld. So, I might jump back into that for a little bit. :) Who knows.
Anyways. I’ll end this here.
I hope you guys have a wonderful week/weekend. Thank you so so much for your support. It means so much to me. I see you. I love the comments. I love the views. I love it all. So thank you.
<3
Mish