I’ve been writing. Yesterday I put down 12,000 words. Not in edits either, that’s all new content on Swordmaster Dasan 3. But listen, I need to talk to you all before you get too excited -
The new Swordmaster Dasan book is split into two parts. Together, they complete this section of Kyo and Loki’s story, but there’s enough time between the two parts that I want to format it like I did Duncan. Part One, then Part Two included in the same file. The problem is that a whole ton of people were super pissed off by that. I’m still not entirely sure whhhyyyy??? I charged for one book, gave two and was initially roasted in reviews for it, which perplexes me.
The thought of packaging them separately did occur to me, but that presents a small quality issue and I can’t have that. Part one could be it’s own story, as could part two, but there are character elements that make both better if read as one.
So that’s how that story is going to be delivered, just a heads up :)
In the Playing with Tigers series, Loki is a secondary but very important character to the plot, and in that series there were a few comments made about him that I felt were worth exploring.
The first was that Kura would always allow Loki, and only Loki, any time off that he requested because there had been an incident in the past where he challenged her for her job, won, became the first Headmaster in Sahrketh history, gave himself the week off, came back, then promptly resigned and took his previous job back before he shared any of the responsibility that came with the promotion. That week that he fought so hard for is now part one of this story.
The other comment was made by Loki himself in the second Playing with Tigers book, when he claimed that he alone was the reason why the Sahrketh were no longer welcome in Settra, which had previously been a sister nation. That’s now part two. Again, both parts will be packaged together as one overall story.
That’s about it for that book, although I have one more thing to say about the series before I call it quits for today.
The timeline for all stories that include Loki goes like this -
(Anything with ‘*’ at the end is available for free at Smashwords.com in multiple formats. I’ll include links but make sure your adult settings on the site are allowing you to view mature content. Also fair warning - I think those are the original documents and they may be a unedited, but the story is the same. More typos and amateur errors, but at least free lol.)
Swordmaster Dasan 2 - Backbreaking*
Swordmaster Dasan 3 - Part One: A Prince Among Men & Part Two: The Lion’s Crown (Publication date TBD)
Playing with Tigers
Playing with Tigers 2
Swordmaster Dasan - Yunan Holiday*
Manuscript - Title Pending (Publication date TBD)
Playing with Tigers 3 (Publication date TBD)
Swordmaster Dasan 4 (Publication date TBD)
Yeah I know I have him in a lot. What can I say? I like him. He’s a fun one because he’s so dynamic, but it meant starting off with this kinky dom named Localem in Playing with Tigers, then writing the prequel series explaining how he got to be so interested in BDSM. Now I’m working on three books with him at completely different stages of his life and honestly it’s a lot of fun. I get to work on him still finding himself in the early Swordmaster Dasan books, then work on him in his competent but very overconfident prime in the Playing with Tigers series, and I get to wrap it up with a book where you see him from two varying perspectives.
Then we work our way into Playing with Tigers 3. Now, I know a lot of people that read the Swordmaster Dasan series have little or no interest in Playing with Tigers, and I get it. Those books are menage books and they’re fairly long, they’re not everyone’s cup of tea. But, the third Playing with Tigers book features more than a few situations with Loki and Kyo that cannot go unmentioned. I can’t simply write the last planned Swordmaster Dasan book without readers knowing what happened between them both in PWT3. I can recap in the fourth book, and intend to do so, but it wouldn’t be fair to not offer the option to experience it with the characters.
What I’ve been thinking is that I’ll release a free story to let readers enjoy the portions of Playing with Tigers 3 that only have to do with Loki and Kyo. If I do it right, then it should have only very few spoilers for the end of the book these scenes are pulled from, and hopefully it will pack a similar punch to the full story.
It would make the Swordmaster Dasan book series look like this -
Swordmaster Dasan*
Swordmaster Dasan 2*
Swordmaster Dasan 3 (Release TBD)
Swordmaster Dasan -Yunan Holiday*
Swordmaster Dasan 3.5 <-this would be the new free accompanying story
Swordmaster Dasan 4 (Release TBD)
I know it’s all over the place. I appreciate the people that have followed me on Facebook and commented on my blog more than they could possibly know, for every review and comment of praise or even condemnation, Thank You. You took the time to look for me, and I hope I don’t let you down!
S K Hart
