~ Author in the Making ~

Heyoo! I'm an up and coming author writing a series titled The Suit Syndicate series!!

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📌 Welcome to the Suit Syndicate Series! ♠️♥️♣️♦️

Heyoo!! I'm Angelina, an aspiring author currently working on a mafia-themed fiction series called the Suit Syndicate Series (thus the title of this post...) A four book (as of my plans right now at least, haha) series filled with drama, danger, secrets, and laughs of course. 💥🖤

✨ What to expect from this blog: 🃏 Updates on my writing progress 🖋️ Character deep-dives & behind-the-scenes thoughts 📖 Quotes, snippets, and maybe even some teasers 💭 Occasional ramblings about some themes, my progress, or just author randomness

As I wrote in a previous post- here's the description of book 1/the series:

-In this world, every deal of cards comes with a price. A world where loyalty is a weapon and betrayal is just a normal Tuesday. Ace Lucente plays this game like his life depends on it - because it does.

This story's a mafia themed book about loyalty, the battle with your own conscience, manipulation, love, and the line drawn between worlds.

There's action, there's shadows, THERE'S DRAMA!

And this is only the beginning.-

Feel free to explore, ask questions, or just hang out while I build this world one chapter at a time. Thanks for stopping by! 💌🖤

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I thought I'd share a bit into what I was thinking length-wise for book 1. It's probably going to be around 40 chapters (maybe slightly longer), and include an epilogue (which I'm quite excited for!).

As of right now (I'm writing this post a few days in advance), I'm on chapter 33, and 80% of my word count estimate. There are still a good chunk of things that need to happen in this book before it's finished, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being more than 40 chapters.

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So, coming back to this-- It's going to be 46 chapters, plus the epilogue. As of now, that's just the most recent update!!

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I've been asked a few times what genres I write, so I figured I'd just make a post on it and explain more in depth the answer to that.

First, the Suit Syndicate Series (which is what I post about here like 95-99% of the time) is a historical fiction crime thriller (it has a romantic subplot, and there's also some mystery and dark drama elements).

I also write science fiction in this other novel (and potentially??? series) that I write as a side project called Synthetic Freedom. (I have written an entire draft of this novel before though. The first draft was more fantasical sci-fi, where as this is more like dystopian sci-fi.

I also write fantasy!! It's one of my favorite genres, and I have plans for some fantastical projects for the future.

Hopefully this answers the question!!!! :)

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I thought I'd talk a little bit about the epilogue, since I've been pretty mysterious about it, even to some of my alpha-readers. (Some of them don't even know about it so if you're reading this now hehe surprise!! there's gonna be an epilogue!)

I've actually already written the epilogue, and I know how the final chapter prior to the epilogue is going to end. I know the major points that will happen leading up to this as well, but some things are left up to the characters and the moment.

Anyways, back to talking about the epilogue. It, as of now, will *not* be the length of a full chapter, probably about 50% to 75% ish of what a full chapter might be. It'll set everything up for book two!

And, I just want to say in advance: prepare yourselves.

EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE :)

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I thought I'd share a bit into what I was thinking length-wise for book 1. It's probably going to be around 40 chapters (maybe slightly longer), and include an epilogue (which I'm quite excited for!).

As of right now (I'm writing this post a few days in advance), I'm on chapter 33, and 80% of my word count estimate. There are still a good chunk of things that need to happen in this book before it's finished, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being more than 40 chapters.

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Hey everyone! I figured I would make a post explaining more about the series and what to expect in terms of how many books are going to be in it. Note: This is not the order I am positive they're going to be published in. (I'll explain more what I mean afterward.)

The series is called The Suit Syndicate Series.

The main part of the series will consist of four books. Each is named in relation to one of the card suits because I'm a sucker for metaphors :) There will also be (as of right now, this could change.) three side books. I am not sure if these will be novels or novellas, this might change depending the book. One will follow Ace's wife, Naomi in her life when she was growing up, and also some points in the main series from her perspective. Similarly, there will also be a book following Vincent and his rise to who he is in the main series. Finally, there will also be one about Arty! Similarly to the previous two, it will show some of his life growing up and his POV to some things in the main series.

I plan to share more titles of later books as I make more progress on them.

Feel free to comment or send me any questions/asks!

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I don't know what's been in the air these past couple of days, but I have been writing so much. Not complaining though, but I've totally been in the zone!! I'm 80% of the way to my word count estimate/goal for this draft. Though, I'm pretty sure the book will be more than that, I'm still very excited. :)

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Along with writing, I've also been doing like soooo much reading, haha. I'm up to 62 books this year so far :))

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Writing has been going really well these past few days. Finished a chapter two days ago, trucking away on the next ones. Very excited!!

To any of my fellow writers, how's your writing going?

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I'm having a lot of fun with the chapter I'm currently finishing up because I'm writing a flashback in a style that I don't normally write it in. It's going pretty good so far!!

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The Suit Syndicate sounds like such a cool concept. what inspired the series? do you have a favorite character to write?

Thank you so much!

It wasn't really one thing that inspired the series, but more of a *series* of things. (Wow that was a bad pun LOL)

A few years ago I kinda had this idea of a mafia guy in the back of my head that would go on these missions/adventures/whatever and have to battle between his conscience and surrounding expectations. I didn't have a name for him, didn't know much of his story, but over time that changed, and I created this world for this mafia guy. The mafia guy is Ace, and this series is his story!

So, to the second part of your question, it's hard to pick just one favorite character to write, but if I had to choose, I think that these would be my top 5 in no particular order:

Ace (pretty obvious choice, he's the mc lol)

Arty (he has a lot of contrast to other characters and he's such a sweet bean)

Sebastian (he's so fun and sassy I love writing him lmao)

Naomi (she's so gentle and kind and i love her sm)

Vincent (even though he's an awful person, getting into his mind to see how he'd react to situations is so cool)

Thanks for your question!!! <3

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What's your favorite part about your story? Somthing that you always enjoy writing

That's such a tricky question tbh, because I find it changes depending my mood, but here's what I seem to say every time:

The dynamics between certain characters (Like Ace and Vincent, or Naomi and her brothers for example).

All the different worlds that characters come from!

The tension and DRAMA!!!!! :)

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hiii! i love the aesthetic of your book, its just what im interested in! where are you going to post it when you finish, and about how long would it be?

That's so kinddd!!!! Thank you so much :)

Once I'm done, the goal is to get it published somehow. I'm not dead-set on any particular way, traditional or self or something else.

As for a timeline, I am not sure, and I don't want to make any formal commitment, but I can give you guesses an estimates. The current draft will be done in probably about two months. After that I will write another draft, and that should be done by the end of the year. I will go through and make lots of edits and in the end I am hoping to publish this book in 2027. No promises, and I will make a more formal update when it gets closer, but that's what I'm thinking right now.

Also i want to apologize for my inactivity recently!! I have been soo busy (and pretty locked in on writing) that I haven't been very good about talking to you guys...

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when did you start realizing that you truly wanted to be an author?

That's honestly a pretty tricky question... hmmmm.... I've always been writing something, it's been a hobby I've had since forever. However, I think that what made me really realize I wanted to be an author was when I was partway through my current draft, maybe like 20 chapters in, and just sorta like reaffirmed like yeah I could do this. I could absolutely write books!

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im pretty sure this draft is gonna go longer than my plan, characters keep doing stuff that wasnt originally planned, so i dont think itll be finished in only ten more chapters but thats okay by meeeee

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Betrayal chapter is always extra delicious

Agreed!!! So fun to write, I'm always giggling behind my screen.

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hey everyone!! if you guys have any questions or things you'd like to see me talk about in terms of my books or writing in general please feel free to ask or comment! i'm always happy to answer. you can also dm me, but it might take me a little longer to answer, i'm not always the fastest at answering those, i will admit....