So, here we finally are. At the end of everything and the final part. There are a couple of things that I want to say before I finally put the matter to rest and be done with the Blood Curse-series as a whole.
First of all and by definite foremost, I want to thank every single person who has read through both stories and enjoyed them. It was a long road, with many re-writes and edits for me to bring the tales to the point that they are. A lot of time was spend at polishing the both of them, more than I’m comfortable to admit. Neither story could have been made without your support and reading through all the comments on them, managed to warm my heart. Again, a massive thanks to each and every one of you. It honestly wouldn't have been possible without your support.
Second, I think I do owe you all a little explanation as to what happened, which is quite the story in and of itself. As you know, the final chapter of BCB was released on March 16th 2015. That was a long, long road already. Mainly because I started BCB somewhere in October of 2012. When it was ‘done’ in my eyes, it was only half the story that it is now, I added to it, took parts away and overall just made the story great.
When the ending was closing by, I still felt that there was something missing, something that gave a conclusion to the story but kept the possibility open for a possible sequel. Hence why I wrote both chapter 52 and 53 somewhere in the period of August 2014. Nearly two whole years later, I was still writing the tale.
Now, when BCB was over and finished, I thought both long and hard on whether or not I wanted to write a sequel to it. In the end, I buckled down to the fact that I would. But life kinda managed to kick me in the guts and it would take me up to January 2016 to even start writing the sequel. I had to re-write the story-flow at least once before I was to my liking. BCH got off with a bumpy start to say the least...
But while I was writing it, both energy and effort were a long ways away. I didn’t wanted to continue writing the story and eventually just hung up the coat. I edited the chapters and published them as they are now. Originally, there were only 18 chapters, which you all have read and enjoyed as well. It was only somewhere the end of May 2016 that I thought long and hard. I didn’t wanted to write the entire story, as I was just done with, but on the other end I wanted to write a conclusion to it.
I went through the story-flow and picked the moment where the final act would begin and decided to write from there. Which happened to be chapter 115. Are they rushed and not up to par with the rest of the story? Yes, that they are and I’m not the one who’s going to deny it. I just wanted to have an ending to the story and just be done with it, which I am now.
The Blood Curse-series is done now for me, with a stellar first entry and a, not-so-up-to-par sequel as everybody would have hoped. I can’t make it better than it is, and with how it went down (with me actually writing an entire original story just to not write BCH), the answers were clear to me. It’s a shame that it came to end on such a low note though. But it's the final nail in the series coffin.
Nonetheless, I want to thank each and every last one of you again for having taken the time and read through either one or both of the stories. There are no other words that I know I want to speak, other than it has been a blast to write the tales, even if I lost the will 1/10th in the sequel... The story is now definitely over, it’s done, it’s wrapped up and given an ending of which I am happy.
What the future might hold? Hell if I know, but I’ll be looking at things to get inspiration for stories of grandeur and madness. Because after all, it’s how I always managed to write my tales.
The last and truly final chapter will hold the chapters that are missing and, this is where I’m going to leave it be. Have a good one on ya!