I’m grumpy.
So, I had what you could call a homeowner incident this week. The kitchen sink was backing up. It was a problem that’s happened on and off throughout the years. This time, it wasn’t having it, and it fucked up the dishwasher, too. Called out the plumbers. They informed me that the solution to this problem was going to require jackhammering my basement floor up and cost…somewhere in the low five figures. Given there wasn’t really much choice in the matter, we did it, and I got to try and sleep through literal jackhammering in my house for a few days. (Coincidentally, that’s why my early access of OOW6 faltered. Not enough sleep.)
Anyway, as annoying as this was, it kind of kicked my anxiety back up in a broader sense. And suddenly I found myself rethinking my decision to not do another serial fiction piece next year. Because before I was comfortable enough that I could afford to take some hits for the sake of my sanity. But now? I mean, this didn’t seriously fuck anything up, but it kinda felt like a near miss of an asteroid, you know? Yeah, no real damage was done, but…it fucking could’ve been. It could’ve been apocalyptic. And it could happen again, just as easily. And suddenly, the resources you’ve felt comfortable with for a few years now are not nearly so comforting.
Especially with the way my country is going right now, Jesus fucking Christ. Shit is SO expensive now. And it just keeps getting worse.
Anyway.
I’m settling on an idea right now. I feel a little more confident about being able to do this, because now I’ve had some practice. It’s going to be a bit smaller in scope, and definitely feature fewer love interests. I’m going to cap it at four, may just have three. It’s going to be rather different from everything else I’ve written. It’s going to be a sci-fi survival/horror. The classic story of the isolated, deep space research station that’s screwing around with technology beyond our understanding and suddenly, oh no! We’ve filled the corridors with alien beasts and lots of blood, and ninety nine percent of the staff are dead! Can you escape!? That plot. I’m kind of excited to experiment with it, actually. But admittedly it’ll be difficult to find a balance between the survival and the romance.
Let’s talk about projects in November.
PRIMAL LOVE AUDIO should be out this month.
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE | EPISODE 12 (the final episode) will begin early access sometime soon.
LAKESIDE COUGARS - THE COMPLETE TRILOGY is up on a long pre-order. It will drop on December 26th. If you’re wondering why I’m suddenly doing my first long pre-order and why it’s for this? Well…basically, it seemed like a good opportunity to experiment. I’ve never done a particularly long pre-order, so I’m curious to see what kind of results it might produce. Of course, in the natural Misty Vixen style, I’m doing it in such a way that it’s going to screw with the results. (Using an omnibus instead of a novel.) For the sake of transparency, there’s not going to be any bonus content. It will be 9.99$. Basically, you’d be buying it for your own enjoyment, or to support me. Which I will always appreciate.
OUR OWN WAY 6 (Early Access). I had hoped to be farther along with this, but October was also a bumpy month. The good news is that it’s still coming out relatively easily. Once Monday rolls around I’m intending to get right back on course. I’m going to go hard and try to get this finished this month, with a pre-order for mid or late November. The only thing that’s tripping me up is…I did not quite realize just how much ground I need to cover in this novel. I’m reluctant to cut corners, but to properly give it the space it needs to breathe, it might actually end up being the longest novel in the entire series. Which obviously takes longer to write.
PRIMAL LOVE II: Once I finish Our Own Way 6, I’ll hop right onto this. My goal is to get it up for pre-order and out before the end of the year. It will almost certainly be a late December release.
AFTER DARK - VETRA’S SECRET: Uh, yeah…sorry about this one. Sort of had to kick that can down the road. Part of the problem is that writing these scenes requires me to ‘feel it’ more than most other scenes. I’m going to try and get this one done this month.
That’s basically it. Sorry I wasn’t more productive. I’m hoping November is when I’ll really lock back in. The weather is turning very nice, I just need things to stop happening for a few weeks.