JMYaga

REBOOT IN PROGRESS
          	
          	Here is what’s currently going on with the Mortal Masquerade.
          	
          	This series was always an experiment - it was my first foray into long form fiction and I went in (pseudonym in place) with the intention of learning from the inevitable rookie mistakes. As it turned out I learned a lot, the series universe exploded far beyond anything I initially imagined and I found a ton of interconnected stories to tell around around what had started as a niche, pervy and slightly problematic premise. Thank-you to everyone who has given me feedback in various ways, with @innerfyre being especially generous with their time.
          	
          	The last novel ‘No Exemption for Actors’ rounded out Phase One of the story, as it were - the same events described from different perspectives. I loved writing this one, it’s Debs’ story as much as it is Rafe’s and I found a few more to tell along the way. I have chapters drafted for two more novels - Chris’s story and a new Lexie novel to kick off Phase 2 - but then I had another idea.
          	
          	The plan now is that, in 2022, The Mortal Masquerade will reboot as an audiobook project. This will be a separate canon to the 1PV novels, though I plan to freely redeploy material used in the books. It is being written in omniscient 3PV across time and dimensions, I hope to have a teaser extract recorded and produced before the New Year (I already have theme music!).
          	
          	As for the other 1PV books - I may post them up unfinished on Wattpad, which will become my open workshop area. Please let me know below if this is of interest. 
          	
          	Thanks again for all support so far, I look forward to seeing where this goes.

JMYaga

Thank-you, hope your new year’s going well too!
          	  
          	  I’m planning to release the series on podcast platforms and YouTube, content rules allowing. 
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Evan_Binley

@JMYaga  Happy New Year!  I hope the festive season treated you well and that the year ahead is productive and wonderful for you.
          	  
          	  I'm sorry that I missed this announcement at the time it was made.  December ended up being a very busy month with Christmas and New Year plans being very disrupted due to COVID 19.   
          	  
          	  I absolutely love the cover to the Wonder Emporium and I'm looking forward to reading that and Only Child when I get back into some kind of routine!  All the best with the audiobooks.   Will you be making them available on a platform somewhere?
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Bhangoo

Hi Jackie, I an currently reading your book Love Me To The End, that was recommended to me by InnerFyre.
          I am having trouble leaving comments on Chapter 10, I will continue to read the rest of the book, and leave comments on chapters that will let me, the ones that won’t I apologise, I don’t know why it won’t let me.
          Thank you ❤️

Bhangoo

Thank you, I will  start The Hungry Garden later tonight.❤️
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JMYaga

@Bhangoo many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!  The next book in the series is The Hungry Garden, find it on my profile. Thank-you so much for all the nice words! :)
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Bhangoo

Hi Jackie, just finished your book, Love Me To The End, I apologise for not leaving comments from chapter 10  to 16, for some reason WP won’t allow me.
            I wanted to tell you how much I loved reading your book, the writing, and the characters are amazing, every chapter felt so real, I could visualise every death play.
            The ending took me by surprise, I was a little heartbroken, and sad after reading the last chapter.
            I really  enjoyed reading about Lexi, Maise, and Chris, I am so grateful to InnerFyre for recommending your book to me.
            Thank you for writing such a brilliant book.❤️
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JMYaga

REBOOT IN PROGRESS
          
          Here is what’s currently going on with the Mortal Masquerade.
          
          This series was always an experiment - it was my first foray into long form fiction and I went in (pseudonym in place) with the intention of learning from the inevitable rookie mistakes. As it turned out I learned a lot, the series universe exploded far beyond anything I initially imagined and I found a ton of interconnected stories to tell around around what had started as a niche, pervy and slightly problematic premise. Thank-you to everyone who has given me feedback in various ways, with @innerfyre being especially generous with their time.
          
          The last novel ‘No Exemption for Actors’ rounded out Phase One of the story, as it were - the same events described from different perspectives. I loved writing this one, it’s Debs’ story as much as it is Rafe’s and I found a few more to tell along the way. I have chapters drafted for two more novels - Chris’s story and a new Lexie novel to kick off Phase 2 - but then I had another idea.
          
          The plan now is that, in 2022, The Mortal Masquerade will reboot as an audiobook project. This will be a separate canon to the 1PV novels, though I plan to freely redeploy material used in the books. It is being written in omniscient 3PV across time and dimensions, I hope to have a teaser extract recorded and produced before the New Year (I already have theme music!).
          
          As for the other 1PV books - I may post them up unfinished on Wattpad, which will become my open workshop area. Please let me know below if this is of interest. 
          
          Thanks again for all support so far, I look forward to seeing where this goes.

JMYaga

Thank-you, hope your new year’s going well too!
            
            I’m planning to release the series on podcast platforms and YouTube, content rules allowing. 
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Evan_Binley

@JMYaga  Happy New Year!  I hope the festive season treated you well and that the year ahead is productive and wonderful for you.
            
            I'm sorry that I missed this announcement at the time it was made.  December ended up being a very busy month with Christmas and New Year plans being very disrupted due to COVID 19.   
            
            I absolutely love the cover to the Wonder Emporium and I'm looking forward to reading that and Only Child when I get back into some kind of routine!  All the best with the audiobooks.   Will you be making them available on a platform somewhere?
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JMYaga

With No Exemption For Actors now complete, I'm turning my attention back to the series' original protagonist Lexie. The novel I currently have in progress will finish up the Lexie trilogy and possibly the Mortal Masquerade series as a whole - I have a map now that will allow me to tell all the various stories I have in mind for post-mortal Ketherton, but there's every chance some new branch will develop over the course of this WIP to send me right back down the rabbit hole.
          
          For new readers I have created "Welcome to Ketherton", a brief overview of the series and the order the books should be read in. I'll be adding to this presently with character lists and other tidbits, possibly including concept art.
          
          Many thanks to everyone who's engaged with the series so far, your comments make it all worthwhile!

JMYaga

The latest Mortal Masquerade novella No Exemption for Actors is currently in progress on my profile. Taking place over the same time period as the first two novels (Love Me to the End and The Hungry Garden), this one follows an actor, writer and director called Rafe, as he builds a new life around post-mortal Ketherton and the Mortal Masquerade while waiting for his wife, a Paula Maxa-influenced scream queen. Along the way he meets a full cast of old and new characters including a surrealist performance artist, a former lady wrestler and a tech geek with a unique approach to collecting action figures.
          
          I know where this is going and am posting it as I write roughly three chapters ahead, so reserve the right to make retroedits if something interesting develops I hadn’t planned.

Evan_Binley

Thank you for following me!  Your life and career sound fun-filled and fascinating!  And your books look cool  :-)

JMYaga

@InnerFyre I started out with Love Me To The End, moving on to Hungry Garden as a sequel (which I think is better - I wrote LMTTE basically to see if I could). After that they all started overlapping and intersecting, basically it depends on who's POV you want. 
            Many thanks for your interest! :)
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Evan_Binley

@JMYaga   Thank you!  I'm happy to read yours too, they sound like my sort of thing.   However, COVID is sucking up all my time at the moment so I need to wait until the pandemic is over and life is a bit more normal.   Assuming that happens , which one should I read first?   They look like they're quite interconnected, which sounds fun  :-)
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JMYaga

@InnerFyre thank-you, look forward to reading your stuff! :)
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bosandaros

Hello and thank you so much for voting and for adding my story to your reading list! I really appreciate it. :)

bosandaros

@JMYaga Thanks for following back and for reading my short story back in December! I hope you have a fantastic 2021. :)
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JMYaga

You are very welcome, you had me at “they’ve doggy paddled across the Atlantic Ocean!”. :)
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