So, here we are at the beginning of the second month of 2023. In my opinion, January tends to be worst month of the year. It’s the darkest, coldest, most miserable time. So it’s nice that it’s passed.
I didn’t get as much done last month as I’d hoped, but considering where I was mentally this time last year? I will absolutely take a lazy January over a mentally broken one.
So, things that have happened since last I updated.
Raw V is officially in production and you can read it early access on my Patreon!
I’m intending February will be a little more productive.
I intend to have Raw V published somewhere in mid-late February. I’m feeling some pressure to get this done as while getting Monster Girl Inn III did help the overall state of my authorship, it’s clear that it wasn’t enough to sort of kickstart it back to full life. Which made enough sense, given it was the third book in a trilogy that is not all that popular. I need to get the next Raw novel out and hope that it breathes more life into my library.
I’ve been getting some work done on my cougar harem. It’s definitely weird to try and fit what I would normally make a longer series into a trilogy. That being said, I do now have a skeletal outline for the entire trilogy, the first piece of artwork, a rough idea of how I want the first book to go, and the first couple of chapters for the first book written. I’m still kind of flipflopping on how I want to handle it. I would like to get as much written as possible while finishing writing Raw, and then post the first book after Raw is finished. But I am very bad about waiting. Once a book is done, I want it out. And I think most of my readers do as well. The thing is, I’m not even sure if it makes more sense to wait at this point, or if I should just get it out. Data and numbers in this job are often complicated and even conflicting. That being said, I intend to take a little bit of time off between Raw V and Raw VI to get some work done on the cougar harem.
Other than that, the only other thing I have to update is my horror harem. At this point I feel like I should just shut the fuck up about it, because every time I open my mouth, it seems like reality is dead set on proving me wrong. The Sci-Fi/Horror harem did not work out for reasons that basically boil down to, every time I went to work on it, I kept feeling like I was not writing a harem. So I finally set it aside. I have shifted focus to my submarine horror harem. I have the cover art for it and it is the story and universe that is speaking most strongly to me.
I don’t want to talk about it TOO much, but it’s post-apocalyptic survival and, because some people seemed a little confused, for the record, the entire thing will not be taking place on a single submarine. It will have a lot of locations and situations. I really like what I’ve come up with so far for it, and I’ve gotten some written, and I feel like it has a lot of potential. I’ll speak more on it when I’ve made more progress. Really, I feel like if you liked the general vibe of A Warm Place or Haven, you will like this one. It’s just a bit grimmer.
Oh yeah, last thing, Like A Fine Wine is coming down at the end of the month. All of them are still 99 cents, including the Complete Collection, so if you want to grab it, do so. It’ll be going up on Smashwords and other outlets eventually, and the Complete Collection will also be available for free download directly from my website later.
That’s about all I’ve got for now. Now I’m going back to playing the Dead Space remake.