Unicorns, and vampire-style Kelpies, and a lot of hijinks.
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In addition, I’m working on a new serial story that falls along the lines of My Little Pony meets Twilight. There is a heavy romance lean, but it’s also family saga, and follows an incredibly dysfunctional but very loving family of shifters as they try to navigate romance, danger, and family squabbles while keeping their existence secret.
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This will probably not be surprising, but I’m writing a new series about a family of shifter witches called Brighton Vale. Tell our readers what else you’re working on. If a story has sci-fi AND shifters or animal aliens, then I’m going to be hooked immediately. So long as you throw in a happily ever after to go with it. It’s a pretty simple recipe to keep me happy as a reader. I’m not sure I could choose between those two. It was definitely a new experience for me. But that’s a good thing, right? At times it felt like I was writing several stories at the same time, or several versions of the same book. First, it was a lot harder than I expected, more challenging. So much surprised me about this process I’m not sure where to start. What surprised you about writing an interactive story? I’m fond of Gabby and Lily as well, but as an animal lover, Lucifer was my favorite from page one. (paws down?) I love writing animals, and if they’re sassy and highly food motivated, even better. I thought it would be a fun theme to write, in particular in a format where the reader has choices, and I really did enjoy it a lot.ĭid you have a favorite NPC while you were writing the game? The closest I came were the demons in my Dogs of War series, but they’re a very different manifestation of the idea. You know, despite all the aliens, shifters, mythical creatures and speculative elements I’ve worked with, I’d never done an angels and demons romance before. But there is always a speculative element, a romantic element, and lots of fun critters.īrimstone Manor contains a really classic dichotomy for the romance interests: Angel or Demon!? What drew you to writing a supernatural romance? So you could say I diversify a lot, I suppose. I have a lot of series published, from Fey worlds to Space Opera, and more recently I’ve been writing shifters and stories with animal characters, which have always been a staple in my books. I write across a broad selection of genres, but I cut my teeth on romance, and most of my work has strong romantic plot elements. This is your first foray into interactive fiction, but definitely not your first publication! Tell me all about your other work. You can play the first three chapters for free, today.
I sat down with Frances to talk about her work and this latest Heart’s Choice game.īrimstone Manor releases this Thursday, February 10th. The short length means it's over before you know it, so at least it doesn't drag.Lose your heart to an angel or a demon and join the battle between chaos and order! Will you fly with the angels or cast a dark spell alongside the demon lord? Brimstone Manor is a 168,000-word interactive supernatural romance novel by Frances Pauli, part of our Heart’s Choice line of interactive romance novels. Despite generally being chaotic when I play games, I found my character clocked at a perpetual neutral because I tried my best to navigate around the most egregiously nonsense options. Choices are rather pigeonholed into stat archetypes which would be fine if any of them were reasonable but most result in or stem from the protagonist acting very stupid against your will. Surprised they didn't remark about how we need to close down libraries while they were at it.
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They spend most of the first chapter going on about how spooky this house is simply because it's run down or how their employer wrote a letter, like normal people don't live in dilapidated houses or some people just can't afford nor know how to email others. It's all so toothless and bland.Īside from how unromantic it is, the protagonist is a little too "well defined" for my tastes. Sure, "blonde", "twee", or "wears a suit" can be significant traits when there's nothing else behind it. Their sole qualities are whatever is required to keep the plot moving, same as the absurd "dates." The idea of romancing a demon dad sounds great but you never get to see him be a dad or even really a demon for that matter. You never get to know any of the romance interests because there is nothing to know. You're at your job for less than 24 hours, hardly unpacked, barely two chapters in, and the narrative treats it as if you've been there for six months. I don't think I've ever played/read IF that has been in such a rush to be over.
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