Gute Nacht, Freunde.
No writing. Lots of self-care.
For funsies: I got a spam email selling marketing services with utterly inane AI-written praise:
"...a wolf-shifter story that breaks away from the typical alpha wolf trope while still delivering suspense, romance, and a strong sense of family loyalty."
(It's all sound bites from my Amazon stuff, slapped together with no sense.)
So I had a good laugh, at least.
Gute Nacht, Freunde.
No writing, but I played some more with descriptions and a cover.
Still frustrating, but for some reason, more people are downloading Wolves 1. (Yes, it's free.)
I can only hope they like it enough to read more books in the series.
New tagline:
If you like low spice but high stakes, I invite you to dive in!
#WordWeavers 3/20 How much romance is in your story?
Depends on the series.
Dragons: subplot, very little spice
Winds & Pillars: subplot, some spice
Wolves: equal with the adventure plot, no spice
SF: subplot, very spicy
I mean, the Wolves are basically Urban Fantasy, so the romance part is stronger in them than in my other series. They do get their happy ending.
I sometimes call them Romantasy, but there's always a big adventure going on, as well.
#PennedPossibilities 962 — If there was ever going to be a film or a series based upon your WIP, what do you imagine the soundtrack would be like? What genre?
For the longest time, I wanted Apocalyptica to create the sound track for my fantasy stories.
Or John Williams, now that would be beyond cool.
One can dream, right?
Truth is, I'd love to see a Scandinavian producer create a series of mini-series for my Wolves. I think that would work very well.
#PennedPossibilities 956 — With whom is your SC’s most important relationship?
Heather's most important relationship is with Lucky, of course, her mate.
In A Wolf's Love, Heather has become a side character, since Timothy turned into one of the two MCs.
Still working out some snags of the current plot that I have (like for the next two or three chapters) before I can write more on that.
But there already are nine Wolf books you can enjoy, and book 1 is free!
#WordWeavers 3/10 Antagonist POV: Imagine you achieved your goal. What’s next?
Derek: "Once I get the pack back, things will return to order.
"The females will go back to where they belong, the house and the kitchen, raising the pups, submitting to their mates. The males will hunt and submit to me.
"I'll finally be able to live in the mansion, with plenty of females serving me. And maybe, I'll pick a nice, sweet mate for myself."
A Wolf's Love, Wolves 10
#PennedPossibilities 950 — Can your MC swim? If not, why not? If so, how did they learn?
Moon can't swim. She never had a chance to learn, she was locked up in the Owl House in Holy City.
Ellie can swim. She grew up near Wilmington which has lots of bodies of water to learn in.
Timothy, on the other hand, cannot. I mean, he can paddle in a pool, if he has to, but the pack doesn't have a lot of pools. And the river is too shallow to swim in.
#WordWeavers 3/3: Introduce your MC without telling us their age, gender, job, and who they are to others (e.g. friend, parent etc.).
My MC is the child of a powerful parent. They suffered under him, and are now a little lost being on their own, despite having a modicum of power themselves.
They are kind, helpful and painfully aware of the awkwardness in working with the person who killed their father.
A Wolf's Love, Wolves of the South 10
Derek: I should have killed that wimp called Lucky. Without him, Heather would have submitted, mated Timothy, and I would still be Aleister's Lieutenant.
Well, I'll take care of those upstarts and return the pack to its full tradition and glory!
A Wolf's Love, Wolves of the South 10
#WritersCoffeeClub 3/1, What is the fundamental goal you seek to achieve with your current WIP?
First of all, I want to finish it.
Then it's going to be part of my series, and I hope readers will enjoy it. I also hope that it'll sell quite a few copies and increase the revenue the series brings in.
My Wolf Shifters *are* my best-selling series, after all.
In addition, I want to show people that wolves can live without alphas and that packs are families.
Hannah Steenbock