C. J. Valles
  • Home
  • Young Adult Fiction
    • Buy The Ever Series >
      • About The Ever Series
    • Buy Darkly Dreaming Forever >
      • About The Darkly Dreaming Series & Alessa James
  • Adult Fiction (18+)
  • Dystopian
  • Blog
  • Coming Soon
  • About C. J.
  • FAQ

Entering the Dystopian Realm

11/10/2016

Comments

 
So I kinda disappeared off the face of the Earth for a while there (again). That tends to happen after I publish a book, for better or worse. After publishing the College Girl spin-off (James) in June (and another book in May, which  was published under a pen name), I decided to go back to my roots of paranormal-ish romance. That said, I've been in a weird space, floating in and out of a project that I've come to love dearly, but I've had to take several breaks from it since I started it in February of this year. (Pssst: Right now, the first several unedited, rough chapters are up on Wattpad under the user name CJValles. You can find it here: ) WARNING: The story up on Wattpad contains profanity and violence (and potential sexual content) to a degree that it is not appropriate for younger/sensitive readers.

While I'm looking forward to publishing that story, the book market has changed a lot since I first published For Ever in February of 2012. It's a lot harder to gain traction as an indie, and the market is pretty saturated in most genres I publish in. I know I will continue writing as long as I'm able, but I have to find a new lodestar to guide me. I want to go back to why I really started writing, which is simple: I wanted to write stories that meant something to me. That means not trying to figure out what is going to sell and not worrying if someone out there might be offended. My stories all contain copious disclaimers when they contain potentially objectionable content -- and as a general rule, my characters are misfits.

If you're brave and enjoy dystopian themed stories, then check out Unremarkable on Wattpad. ... Or wait until it's published in its entirety!

Until next time!
Comments

    C. J.

    Author of ten novels

    Old Blogger Posts

    Archives

    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    November 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015

    Categories

    All
    18+
    College Girl
    New Adult Romance
    Spin Off
    Spin-off
    Stand Alone
    Stand-alone
    Summer Reads

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly