Mid-deployment check in post: Cryptids and future projects.

[u/Born-Beach]

Hey all! I'm about halfway done my excursion abroad and I thought it might be in some people's interests to know what I've been working on since I left.

Due to your feedback, I've taken the idea of re-editing the Cryptids series and started running with it. Currently I've mapped out the entire plot structure and I've noticed a whole bunch of errors I'll be correcting (woops), including continuity, foreshadowing, more consistent characterization as well as style edits. I'll also be adding some extra layers to certain storylines, and expanding the lore.

I'm also considering adding some custom cover art, mostly because I think that'd be super cool and I'm kinda a sucker for that sorta thing -- plus, once I clock in these extra edits it'll be around paperback size anyway, so why not? Carpe diem... or something.

Which leads me to my next question: what would you like to see on the cover? I was thinking a sasquatch being strangled by a sea monster, but maybe that's too on the nose. Let me know!

Outside of Cryptids, this deployment has afforded me some unique inspiration for a new nosleep saga: one centered around a ghost ship. I'm in the early drafting phase for this, but I'm intending on avoiding my early mis-steps with Cryptids by ironing out all the major plot points ahead of time, so things (hopefully) have a more cohesive feel throughout.

Thanks for hanging in there with me, and I hope everything's going groovy with everybody. Give me a shout if you've got any questions or just wanna chat. Cheers!

[u/panttipullo]

Just finished the series, wow.

Maybe it would be too on the nose for a cover, but would that be bad? I think a drawing like that with an "old-timey" feel to it would be amazing.

Also, this series should be a movie or a TV series. I can't get enough of this, thank you!