Mia Knight
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December Writing Update
🕑 Added 2024-12-06 16:30:04 +0000 UTCHey guys!
I wanted to give a writing update! For those who are new, I’m currently working on the prequel for Corrupt Idol under my pen name, Dinah Harper. I needed to take a breather from Roth and Jasmine to build up my emotional stamina for book 4. If you’re looking for snippets of book 4, you can find them under Collections> Bitter Sins Snippets. Once the prequel is published, I’ll be hopping right back into the Singed Series.
Updates about the prequel:
I’ve officially passed Corrupt Idol’s word count of 56k. I estimate this book will be around 75k words?
I have about a fourth of the book left to write
Still no title
I didn’t finish the book in November as I’d hoped. I wanted to stay under Corrupt Idol’s word count, but felt compelled to flesh out more than I intended. When I decided to write this book, I thought I could get away with showing salacious scenes that were referred to in Corrupt Idol and give glimpses of their home life and the deterioration of their relationship. But, it felt very incomplete. The emotional threads weren’t intact because I was skimming the surface of the characters and not digging deep enough to understand what made them tick. So, I decided to let the story do what it needed to, which has resulted in a longer and hopefully more well-rounded book.
I think this book is really going to get under people’s skin. It has mine. It’s honestly poked and prodded at some sensitive spots for me. I found myself avoiding certain scenes because I knew they were going to be quite disturbing.
I thought I was simply taking a break from Roth and Jasmine, but this book is actually helping me work through some childhood trauma I didn’t even know I still had. It’s brought up a lot of questions about right and wrong, religion, love, and other intriguing (and taboo) topics.
As always, the story challenges me, as do the characters. This story couldn’t be more different from the glitzy world that Roth and Jasmine inhabit, and yet, there’s a thread of Roth in Jesse and Violet in Jasmine. No surprise since the characters are an extension of me. I’m always a little worried about going back to a book I published years ago. I’m never sure I can tune into those characters or if I’ll be able to go back to that world. I’m pleasantly surprised to find that if that’s the story you’re meant to be writing, the characters will let you in.
I think I still need another week or two, but I said that last month. 🥴 So, I’ll just say that I’ll definitely let you know when the first draft is done! During the week that I’ll be letting this book sit before rewrites, I’ll be organizing my notes for book 4 in the Singed Series. While writing the prequel, I actually made up my mind about some things that happen at the beginning of book 4 that I was undecided about, which shows this break is doing me good.
I hope you’re enjoying the holidays! I’m with my sister at the moment and she’s super festive. When I’m by myself I don’t even decorate, so when I’m with family, I follow whatever traditions they have and reap the benefits. Lol. For Thanksgiving, she made homemade custard pie and other desserts and for Christmas, they have much more planned. I’ve been slowing down a bit, sleeping more, and enjoying myself. This is my first true winter. I’ve been embracing the cold, bundling up, and drinking endless hot tea and coffee.
*From Dec. 6-10, I’ll be posting every day. I upped the snippets from 500 words to 1k. After Dec. 10 we’ll go back to our normal 4x a week: Tues, Thurs, Sat, Sun. Just as a reminder, what you’re reading is the raw first draft. Contradictory details may be taken out or changed during revisions.
Thank you all for coming along this journey with me!
Comments
Mia Knight
So true! Yes, I'm usually annoyed by the holidays and just want to barrel through them but the weather and also being with my sister is forcing me to actually take it in and... I've been enjoying myself. Shocker. LOL.
Mia Knight
Thanks Karen! Corrupt Idol is VERY different from my Crime Lord and Singed Series. It's straight non con for the most part, which is why I put it under another name. The prequel is before all of that, so a lot more sweet... to begin with, anyway. Yes, I'm taking time to enjoy myself and writing more. I think that will make a world of difference. Thank you for your support!
karen adams
I’ve not read corrupt idols, I jumped straight in with gavin and Lyla then met Roth and jasmine ( WOW and i thought I had an issue with Gavin 😂 Roth takes it to a new level lol) but i absolutely loved them and couldn’t put it down so when i finish the book I’m reading currently I will then jump straight into corrupt idol but looking at the new snippet for the new one I think I’m going to enjoy this book just as much 😂. Glad you are spending time with your family during the holidays take as much time as you need, let yourself go and relax you deserve it and make sure you are giving yourself time to heal from working through your trauma. We knightly gang will always stay by you no matter how much time you need xxxx
Pooja Prashar
Great to hear you're with family and enjoying the festive season <3 time just passes so quickly so definitely worth cosying up - works always there!! 😭
