guerrilla greenland

This is one of those “love ’em or loathe ’em” posts. I happen to love writing short stories, and I really appreciate the support of readers willing to take a chance on a short story – a 20-30 minute read – especially in these inflated times.

Not sure inflated works in that sentence, but prices sure are inflated at the moment.

Behind the Scenes is capped at 0.99. I will bundle the stories at a later date, which means a better deal for interested readers who are willing to wait.

But what’s so special about Behind the Scenes? Of course, I am the wrong person to ask, but I had a lot of fun writing this one. I know, I know, I say that all the time, and it’s true. But Behind the Scenes is set in an alternative timeline, where we meet Maratse and Kamiila Sorsuttartoq from the Guerrilla Greenland series. Petra pops up in the novellas from the series, and she’s… well she’s married, with two kids!

What?

Yeah, I know. Like I said… so much fun to write. And in an alternative time… anything goes!

But wait, Petra’s not in this one.

And it’s pretty much just another survival/hunt – i.e. being hunted – story set in winter in Greenland. Now, that might sound familiar. It’s what I do. But a lot of readers seem to like these kind of stories. If that’s you, then feel free to dive on in!

And that brings me to the point of this post (finally, sigh) Behind the Scenes comes out today, on Amazon (link), and in the Kindle Unlimited streaming programme.

You can read Behind the Scenes as a standalone short story, jump into the series of novellas beginning with Arctic State, or read the first of the Guerrilla Greenland shorts: Radio Free Will.

Chris

If you’ve read some of my books you’ll know that characters from one series often pop up in another, or even get their own series. Maratse started his “career” in The Ice Star. Petra started her career in Seven Graves, One Winter, and in a Maratse novella called Container. I can’t quite recall which came first. However, moving characters between series keeps things alive for me, and certainly some readers seem to enjoy it.

Writing different lengths of stories helps me to define the characters. For example, after 22 Maratse novellas I’ve got a pretty good idea of who he is. 🙂 Short stories help too. And, like ’em or loathe ’em, they really help me dial in to the character, in this case Kamiila Sorsuttartoq. Of course, I get myself into literary problems too.

Kamiila is from the alternative timeline in the Guerrilla Greenland series of novellas. I think she’s really cool. So, my problem is how do I transplant her into the “other” series? Or, do I even need to? It’s a bit like writing about Luui after writing the Dark Advent series. How do I “fix” the continuity issues?

The answer is not to worry about it, and to just let things happen.

They fix themselves.

As for Kamiila, she can stay in her current timeline, but I have an awful feeling – I mean, it’s a good feeling – she will probably have her own book sometime soon. She’s already got a series of short stories, and I’m figuring out who she really is along the way.

I’ll publish the stories at $0.99 and you can try them out, or wait until I bundle them at a later date. The first one: Radio Free Will, is already live. There will probably also be free short stories with Kamiila in the future.

Until then, I’ll try and figure out what happens next.

Chris

Go behind the scenes!

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