Hey, there!
So, last post, I dropped a big teaser. And now, it’s time for the scoop!
I’ve been working on a new series, something outside of Barrow City world. Welcome to… Arcanum!
Arcanum, like Barrow City, is a fictional city of my own design. It exists in a completely separate world from Barrow City, but I think you’ll recognize my hand in things all the same.
Arcanum isn’t like other cities. Weird things happen here, more than they happen in most other places. People see things, hear things. Sure, that happens everywhere, but in Arcanum, it all just seems more… real.
And it is.
Arcanum, you see, is secretly the home of a Nexus, a giant ball of energy that makes any magick performed in Arcanum much stronger, and that draws magickal creatures of all kinds to the city.
In this new series, you’ll meet the Nexus Guardians, a team of people with a twofold job: Protect Arcanum from the magickal creatures and other supernatural threats the Nexus draws to the city and protect the Nexus itself from those who would abuse its power.
Now here’s the other part of what makes this new series, The Nexus, different from what I’ve done before. It isn’t novels.
The thing is, I’m an unabashed TV fan, something I’m sure has come across in my writing before now. I’ve never had any desire to actually write for television, but that’s really my favorite way to consume stories. I love the long story of a full series, broken down into shorter (though still longer than a book or movie) season-long arcs, then broken down yet again into individual episodes.
I’ve long wanted to do a book series formatted basically like a TV show, and while I’ve had plans for one in BC World for a while now (which will be coming later,) I got around to it first with this.
The Nexus is a series of novella-length books, which I’m just going right ahead and calling “episodes,” grouped into a “season” of nine installments. The plan right now is to do five seasons of nine episodes each.
Season One, titled Unseen World, is almost done. I have episodes 1-8 more or less complete, and the season finale is underway now. The plan is to release the first episode, Arcanum City Secrets in June, then release one episode every other month from there until the season is finished.
Keep an eye on the site (or even better, sign up for the newsletter!) for more about this series, the first episode, and updates on the publication schedule.
Thanks for visiting! I’ll see you in Arcanum soon!!