NOTUM: Study Of A Nightwalker ✔️

⟨ Author's Note ⟩

Hello from the other side-eee!

After three years, several bouts of laziness, a few bouts of self doubt and one account deletion later, NOTUM finally stands completed! And it'll be remembered forever as my first and only pansted work. Looking back to when I had absolutely no idea what this book was about, this one has come a long way. And I'm proud of its journey!

NOTUM was my first full-fledged novella. It was also the one I had pantsed so much that the edited end product (which you've just read) has no semblance to what I had started with haha. Since its conception in November 2017, NOTUM, first published as Study of a Nightwalker has undergone a lot of major changes. These include:

°] Neil used to be Alan, a blond software engineer from Massachusetts. But then I realized I knew John Snow about the USA, so I shifted the story's settings a bit eastward to a land I was more familiar with, Germany! (I was taught a bit of German in school so it helped.)

°] Bill used to be Beelzebub AKA Bill Jebediah before I decided he could use a more grounded and human evilness. Phil used to be Mephisto'Phil'es. Levi Nathan used to be Leviathan, and we even had a Sadie Anton at some point. The werewolf was a hellhound.

°] The second draft of the story was of Phil being an evil butler and the ghosts of the victims taking their revenge on him.

I'd love to know your feedback on NOTUM, dear reader. This was my first novel, and I'm sure that it's not exactly ready for publishing. Do feel free to comment away.

°) Who was your favorite character? Whom did you hate?

°) Were there scenes that left you unsatisfied or glaring plot holes?

°) Were there grammatical errors?

°) Was the pacing of the novel satisfactory?

°) What's your favourite brand of chocolate? I love Lindt.

Your feed back is deeply appreciated. It would help me greatly to grow as an author and improve further. If I were able to make you cry or laugh with a particular chapter, it's the greatest honor I can have. 😄

|Acknowledgements|

I can't thank my parents enough for nudging me onto the path of an author when I first wrote a story.

I thank my late grandfather, for all the rich stories he had told me as a child. He was a gifted storyteller and orator, with a voice that could capture the attention of a restless child like me for hours together.

I would've never reached here without friends who had supported me through those periods when NOTUM barely had reads and I wanted to click that delete button. My confidence in writing wouldn't have improved without their criticisms and suggestions. And most of all, the fun comments and the countless PMS exchanged between us had kept writer's block at bay.

I'd like like to thank the following people. Please check their works out. They're gifted authors; and I'm sure if you liked NOTUM, you'd love their books too.

DianaTheThird my dearest pal, who was one of my first friends on Wattpad, one of my first partners in crime on this website when it came to spamming each other with comments. NOTUM wouldn't have survived for this long without her cheerful encouragement.

Jyvur_Entropy, made of sugar, spice and everything nice. Her lovely suggestions made my work interesting .

AuthorJMColes, my good friend and editor. The terror of the typos, guardian of good grammar, and a kind dragoness underneath all the fire.

Cynaris for her critical eye and helping me with the German aspects.

HiddenUnknown123 for being a chocoholic sis, and for all the joy-filled comments and PMs.

Jan-vi-come-have-fun for her love and support throughout this book.

orphicfragments for the lovely cover you had designed for this one.

|Upcoming works|

Now to finish not one, but two works that I had started in 2018, I'll be publishing Evermaiden shortly. It's a wolf-shifter, pan-asian fantasy romance, and the MC's a rogue cub.

Thank you, readers, once again for giving NOTUM a chance. 😇

Have a lovely day ahead!

Covers

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| Achievements |

🏅️ First place - Mystery/Thriller
The Constellations Awards.

🏅First place - Paranormal
The Millennial Awards.