#lincoln's novels

[lincolnchristie]

*sigh* *grumbles* My friends are making me write this post. Because I need to "promote my work."

So, hello, hi! This is my poetry collection! I'm not generally a poetry writer, but I penned something in a fit of rage several years ago, and over the years I found myself returning to the idea of poetry written from the point of view of supervillains. Next thing I knew, I had an entire collection.

I'm quite proud of this work, and although it's a far cry from my usual fare, I hope that some of you will consider taking a look. And thank you again to all the friends who supported me (and applied a judicious red pen when necessary) in getting this into the world.

It's poetry night at the asylum, and the inmates all have something to say… A poetry collection on anger, gender, trauma, mental illness, prejudice, and rebellion spoken through the lens of characters who may or may not be familiar, Manifesto of a Blossoming Supervillain is raw, evocative, sometimes vicious, and possibly poised to take over the city.

You can buy it from various places such as Nook, Apple Books, and Kobi, here. You can also buy the e-pub directly from my Payhip here.

Theoretically you can also get it in paperback but for some reason I can't figure out how to - actually you don't care about that IT'S IN PAPERBACK SOON I PROMISE.

[lincolnchristie]

Okay so I love talking about my novels and NOW I CAN and while most stuff will be going on Patreon, I feel it's only fair to give people in general a little bit of fun info too, so I wanted to share the summaries for my various in-progress novels.

These are all in varying stages of completion. Pestilence is, as previously mentioned, with my content editors, and the draft of A Masque of Shadows is being shared on Patreon chapter by chapter.

I have two standalones that are currently with beta readers so I can get feedback for revisions. They are:

Brand of a Witch

The mysterious Riders of the Roc are attacking, leaving none alive. A member of the High Coven has died. And Callahan is having nightmares. When she's offered a chance to join the competition for the open spot on the High Coven, she accepts in the hopes of finding answers to the strange events plaguing her. But she's not the only young hopeful on the journey, and as reality begins to slip through her fingers, she might not even make it to her destination alive.

Callahan's traumatic past, the present, and the future are all about to collide - and destroy magic itself if she doesn't unravel the truth in time.

Netherworld

When Kara's mother died, her mom Billy slipped into depression and Kara had to become the parent in the family. But when a terrible accident sends Kara into a coma, she wakes up in the world of Billy's unfinished final novel. Facing a world losing its magic and on the brink of war, Kara and Billy have to find a way to communicate if they're going to get Kara through the terrifying realm of the merfolk alive - and get her home.

These novels are fully outlined but not yet written:

Dreamscape

When Channing went to bed, it was another ordinary day. Then she woke up in the morning - and her parents didn't. When she learns four of her classmates have the same issue, they discover their parents were far more than they seemed. The world we go into when we sleep is in danger, but the Dreamscape is ruled not by physics but by the mind, and the mind is a dangerous and slippery creature...

Channing and her newfound friends will have to confront their deepest fears, their runaway nightmares, and their wildest imaginings if they hope to control the Dreamscape and stop the man who betrayed their parents - and hopes to bend everyone's mind to his will.

Pack

Dante's spycraft helped her king to win the war that bathed their country in blood, but it cost her everything. Now in the king's personal guard, she watches his spoiled children grow up and prays one of them will be mature enough to rule. When a bloody coup massacres the royal family, Dante finds herself with the lone surviving royal heir as her charge. If she has a hope of getting the baby princeling and the massacre's sole survivor Anya to the safety of the queen's family in the north, Dante will have to lead her charges across the frozen wastes cursed to be caught in the grip of a forever winter. They'll need a guide, and a protector from the predators that roam this land, and Dante knows just the person.

Unfortunately, that person is the woman she abandoned for her duty all those years ago.

The Leitmotif Trilogy

Mutants don't live long. Skinner's lucky to have made it all the way to eighteen, and she's proud to be a member of the elite strike force that aids people in secret. She's a hero, and if her fire powers are getting more unstable every day, if her ice baths are increasing and she's coughing up smoke... that's just the price she has to pay. She's more worried about her best friend Lauren, who's starting to sleepwalk and talk to people who aren't there.

Then a mission goes wrong, and Skinner meets other mutants. Mutants with more than one power. Mutants who have made it into adulthood. Mutants who tell her that everything she knows is a lie.

And, finally, a novel series that is 50% worldbuilding, 40% vibes, and 10% setup...

Mortal Leviathans

When the plague took the human population from 8 billion to ten million, the dragons saw their opportunity and emerged from the shadows. For two hundred years, they've ruled in a tentative peace made of petty squabbles over territory and uneasy alliances. Some view them as gods. Some as tyrants. But all bow to their rule.

Until a girl is born. A girl with a human mother and a dragon father.

The key to a new age or the harbinger of total war, a deadbeat aunt and an outcast dragon must team up and gather allies as they race to get their orphaned young charge across the hostile remains of the United States to the sanctuary of her father's clan - and everyone, dragon and human both, must decide once and for all where they stand.

I hope these summaries are intriguing! I'm excited to share more about them (hopefully) soon on Patreon.

And yes. There will be dragonfucking in Mortal Leviathans. So much dragonfucking. Because I'm not a coward.

[lincolnchristie]

A more detailed list of what projects I'm currently working on and what stage they're at! Since I like making lists.

Pestilence is the first in a four-book series and is currently with my beta/sensitivity readers. The entire series is outlined but I'm not starting on the next book until this one is finalized and out the door.

Two standalone fantasy novels are with beta readers. I already know they'll both need heavy revisions (help).

A Masque of Shadows is fully outlined and I'm posting pretty much in real time on Patreon, although I try to stay a few chapters ahead.

I've also just embarked on a massive collaborative project. I'm super excited about it, and I hope that soon I'll be able to start sharing real-time updates with the Fancy Jackals.

I finally cracked the code on the plot of a standalone urban fantasy that's been giving me fits and has been extremely uncooperative, so I'm at last able to create a proper outline.

Not going into detail here since this is my professional tumblr but the current fanfic WIP count is nine fics with plot and two PWPs. No, I'm fine, really, hahahahahaha...

help

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My plan is to alternate publishing standalone novels with novels that are in a series, so MoS and these three standalones will be published in between the Horsemen Quartet installments.

I'm not sure which of those standalones will be the next posted chapter by chapter on Patreon, or if it'll be another book entirely, we'll see how we look when MoS is finished!

*looks at this list* Why do I do this to myself...

[lincolnchristie]

*waves hand in the air like a beauty queen* Just Hello.*

Welcome to my professional tumblr. I’m Lincoln, and I’m a fantasy/science fiction author. I’m fond of murder mysteries, powers that come with a price, and mythology.

Most of you will probably know me already, actually, as tumblr user @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels. *jazz hands* Surprise, ‘tis I!

For a long time I resisted the idea of self-publishing. I didn’t want to start from the ground-up in building an audience because I’m not great at this whole social media thing and I hated that idea. However, I finally grew too frustrated with how the traditional publishing world treats its authors and said screw it. We’re gonna try doing this on my own.

And, uh, I’ve come to realize, I actually do have an audience. My lovely fanfiction readers.

My hope is that, since you all enjoy my fanfiction, you’ll want to check out my original writing, too. I will say up front that there are some differences such as a darker tone, heavier subjects, romance is not the main plot, etc. But, if you like my more plot-centric and serious fanfics, then I think you’ll like these original works of mine. I like to play around with themes and worlds similar to the ones found in those stories.

*vibrates with excitement* Which is why I'm launching my Patreon!!!

I have also, shocker of shockers to myself more than anyone, written a poetry collection. It's titled Manifesto of a Blossoming Supervillain and you can purchase it here on my website (I have a website!!!) in e-book with paperback coming in the next few days.

But my Patreon is where I'll be posting, chapter by chapter, my fantasy murder mystery novel A Masque of Shadows.

When the controversial regent of the city-state of Serenissima is murdered on the first night of Masquerade, Captain Matthias has to sort through spurned lovers, murderous family members, and scheming nobles to prevent war from breaking out. It's Murder on the Orient Express meets Game of Thrones starring a very tired autistic bisexual who's just trying to get through the holiday season.

What can I say, I want to see if you all can solve the mystery in real time. ;)

My Patreon is also where you'll get lots of sneak peak info about my other novels such as character art and playlists, worldbuilding info, deleted and bonus scenes, character backstory, and director's commentary.

The first novel that I plan to release in full is Pestilence, the first in my Horsemen Quartet:

When four women raised in a dead world come back to life, they find they're no longer entirely human... and the undead are no longer the worst threat they have to face in the wasteland.

It's currently with my sensitivity and beta readers, and the hope is to publish it in September (because I'm a masochist, I guess).

You also get pictures of my cats, Mr. Fluffernutter and Cuddlebug!

(They like to sit in the window and judge people.)

The audience I’ve built up with my fanfiction was rather like falling asleep. It happened slowly, and then all at once. I’m still blown away every day by the number of people who’ve read and enjoyed my stories on Ao3. I hope, if you are one of those people, that you will consider supporting me and join my Patreon to support my original work. These stories are near and dear to my heart, and I deeply love the characters in them. I hope that you all will, too.

*no I could not resist a MsScribe reference, sorry not sorry