Ellis Van Wyk

chapter 30 of rotten parts is out! it took ages because I have had no motivation to write for a year. i suspect this will be the end of part one, which should set the book to be about 160k words (woah). hopefully the second part's plot threads will make some sense, and have been set up well, but I am extremely excited to get that going underway. might even change up the storytelling a little bit. 
          
          writing a slow new story in the background, planning out my severin quilby rewrite, and finishing up a short story for a Greykin Press anthology. 
          
          happy holidays, warm winters, and many cups of tea to ye
          
          ~ellis

my hopes are already pretty low, but did any horror stories win a watty this year? 

republished saturnalia in its fullness. it's a sort of sequel to severin quilby, but a lot more weird and freaky. takes its inspirations from stuff like midsommar and the wicker man, if any of ye who haven't read want to. 

after four years... i am finally able to see how to rewrite Severin Quilby (now Greyhound). i've always known it wasn't fully what it needed to be, essentially since i wrote it in two months and never edited it, but sitting here with not much to do, i have my answer (i think). i will try to write this new version to completion before i post it (it will be in a newer book version here while i hunt down ways to publish it), so this idea will be birthed into a viewable state sometime around April (i'm hoping. also juggling a short story submission and a new novel and a story i have to finish... aha...), but if you're around to see Greyhound become something beautiful (and oops, still tragic), i thank you for your patience in waiting ♥️

taking a moment to thank all the people who've read Lonesome Ghosts (or, Winn Peterson) in the last two years. i know i've been spotty and grumpy and taken down my stuff more times than i can count, but i'm grateful for everyone who's been a part of my stories ♥️

Greyhound (ie, Severin Quilby) is back on Wattpad while i very slowly edit it. working on a short story with a friend (stay tuned), a short story for an anthology (also stay tuned), and the rest of Rotten Parts (i suspect i am about halfway through, which would put it about 30-40k words over Lonesome Ghosts. happy working this Nanowrimo season!

thinking of republishing the draft for Severin Quilby (or Greyhound, as i want to rename it. would anyone want it back online while i slowly work on edits? 
          
          xx to everyone still reading, writing, and to those who've discovered my lil stories <3

*new chapter new chapter*
          i think i've finally broken through writer's block and depression block. i'm afraid to be excited. here's another Rotten Parts chapter :3
          https://www.wattpad.com/1467211420-rotten-parts-29-evan-present-day

publishing five chapters a day for the next five days of Rotten Parts until i catch back up to where i was (i don't want to assault anyone's notifications)!

(i'll preface this by saying i needed and appreciate all of the kind words levied at me with regards to my stay at wattpad, as well as managing my expectations with the site. i shall reply as soon as i can !)
          
          as i slowly emerge from my depressive cocoon, you may notice a few changes 'round these parts. for one, I've renamed a lot of my stories, permanently taken a few down, and tweaked my general profile. a quick guide to new titles
          The Ghost of Winn Peterson -> Lonesome Ghosts
          The Twenty-Seven Statues of Severin Quibly. -> Greyhound
          The Autobiography of Evan Hase -> Rotten Parts
          while i am quite fond of all the old titles, they're a bit clunky and repetitive. if you decide to follow my kofi link, you'll find all of the old books still as they were. i'm fond of keeping preservations of my drafts as they were when i finished them! 
          
          since Evan Hase was so rudely deleted, i'll be reuploading it and hopefully finishing it by the next NaNoWriMo. Severin Quilby is currently undergoing much-delayed edits and extensive additions to the draft. many thanks to Lorraine Tramain and Sfarda Gül for their assistance in this regard! 
          
          as a last announcement, my short story in the Greykin Press 'In the Neck of the Woods' was published last month! go peep out my instagram sometime next week to check out the book, as well as Greykin's site to support their amazing work!
          
          xx ellis