Next Novel: Untitled in the Untitled Series

DemonspawnYou don’t get much better than that. 🙂 The next novel will take place in the supernatural world where most of my other books have taken place. I don’t have a title for it, or the series itself, but who needs those things? This is definitely going to be a challenge, as I’ve never tried something like this before. Here are some quick brainstorm notes, not in any particular order, about the new novel.

  • It will have the four major characters from my other world novels (Alex, Victoria, Kevin, Jack). So, you have a half-demon,  a vampire, a witch, and a cursed human, respectively. This will be fun. 🙂
  • Existing side characters will also show up (just for an example, Alex’s girlfriend, Jack’s daughter, etc.)
  • There really is no “main character” in this novel. This isn’t Alex’s novel, or Kevin’s, or anyone else’s. I’m not gonna do anything crazy and do word counts, but all the characters will have equal time.
  • Believe it or not, I have a lot of this novel in my head already. I’m pretty excited. Some of the scenes, some of the interactions, I’m looking forward to it.
  • Alex will be making the jump from first person to third person. Demonspawn was written entirely from Alex’s perspective, but that will have to change for this novel. I’ve seen the “mixed” approach done before, a novel with a mix of first and third person. I don’t like this approach, as it gives the impression the character written in first person is the main character. This isn’t the case here, so we’ll be watching Alex from the all-seeing perspective of the third person narrator.
  • This is my first real sequel or series novel. The others, despite sharing events and characters, could really be read standalone. I certainly won’t drop readers into an abyss on this one. I’ll give a refresher on who the characters are. But I also don’t want to spend chapters doing so. This is a “series” novel :), so I’m hoping at least one of the other novels were read first.
  • I will have to keep my own novels close to me, to remind myself on little details about my own characters. 🙂 Victoria, Kevin, and Jack are pretty fresh in my head, but Alex was created two years ago. I know there are parts of him I’ve forgotten.
  • Little trivia on Jack Kursed and his character: Jack wasn’t meant to have his own novel. He was meant to be a side character in the novel A Witch To Live, but that novel was filling up with content, and it was my wife’s suggestion that he should have his own novel. I went that route, and it was awesome. Jack has become so much more than a side character, and he will have a lot of things to say and do in this new novel.