So, first the good news. I have some things that got released!
OUR OWN WAY 4
PAPERBACK (Coming Soon…)
RAW - THE COMPLETE SERIES AUDIOBOOK
GOBLIN GIRLS DO IT BETTER II AUDIOBOOK
BENEATH THE ASHES 2 AUDIOBOOK (May 6th)
Also, I am officially teasing one of my two secret projects.
Yep. This is happening again, and this time I’m actually going to put my name on it. I don’t really want to say much, as it’s more of a Lara thing than a me thing, and she’s the one in control. What I can say is that there’s a good chance we’ll get more information either this month or next month. If you are paying particularly close attention, there is a detail in this picture that could give some insight as to what it’s going to be. But yes, all I can say for now is that we are collaborating, it is haremlit, and it should be out sometime in the summer. But given the whimsy of life that is subject to change.
Okay, now we talk about the bad news.
I definitely overworked myself. At the beginning of the year I was looking at a mountain of novels to get written and so I set a really brutal pace, essentially trying to work on three or sometimes four books at the same time. And it…has not worked out. Obviously.
I had a really bad time during the end of April and had to kind of just fuck off and get my shit back together. I’m still kind of doing that right now. It’s pretty obvious to me that I’m burned out, but I can’t really relax, I’ve got too much to do. That being said, I am going to tone things down a little bit and only work on two novels simultaneously instead of three or four. Consequently, this has caused me to reassess my plan. Part of the problem is that unfinished series can really bother me. I should’ve learned my lesson from the last time this happened with Monster Girl Inn, and I suppose I did learn my lesson, because this time I didn’t really choose this situation, my hand was sort of forced.
Whatever. Anyway, here is a bullet point list of information that should sum things up nicely.
BENEATH THE ASHES 3: This is my main focus. This one will likely have a June release. I am intending to begin posting chapters for it to my Patreon on May 13th. BTA2 audio is set for May 6th. Based on the data presented so far, I’d say you should expect BTA3’s audio sometime in August, but audiobook producing is very potentially chaotic, so don’t quote me on that. After that, it’ll be done. Sometime in the future, at Royal Guard’s discretion, The Complete Trilogy for eBook and audio will drop. It will have no bonus content, as I opted not to write any. And that’ll be it for Beneath the Ashes.
LAKESIDE COUGARS: So, this is Project #2 I’ll be working on alongside BTA3. I unfortunately had to basically bail on it for most of April, so I’m nowhere near where I should be. Unfortunately, this means I will definitely not make the June 1st release date. I’m going to go ahead and just push it back to July 1st. I will probably make it, but this is exactly the reason I have always hated trying to put release dates to things. I’m just too unreliable thanks to my mental health problems and complete lack of motivation. And I won’t be able to make it first priority until I deal with Goblin Girls Do It Better.
GOBLIN GIRLS DO IT BETTER: So it’s become clear to me that I need to prioritize wrapping up this as well as Beneath the Ashes. As soon as BTA3 is done, I’m going to get right to work on Goblin Girls III. I’ve got an idea of how I want this to go and it’ll be a nice way to cap off the trilogy. If I’m really lucky, I can get it out in June, but there’s a decent chance it’ll be July. Then it’ll be done. Once Goblin Girls is done, I will shift my focus to Lakeside Cougars.
OUR OWN WAY: So, the good news is that I’m now positive there will be a book six for this series, and more books are on the table. The most recent launch went well (it managed to crack the Top 1000 for a little bit and hit #1 Bestseller status in Men’s Adventure, always nice), and I’m getting the impression that Our Own Way is a series with some longevity, financially speaking. I’m always reluctant to start going on about business and finances, because it always has such a sour taste and I know people get grumpy when an author abandons a series due to poor sales, which is understandable. But Our Own Way is earning pretty solidly. My impression is that it’s a slower burn earner, in that it earns less on a week-to-week basis, but earns more consistently, which is kind of a big deal. All in all, this boils down to good news if you like the series! At minimum there will be two more books. Also, at some point in the not too distant future, I’m going to write at least one bonus short set between Our Own Way 4 & 5, probably two, maybe even three. The final thing I want to say is that unfortunately, it’ll be a while before OOW5 comes out. I was very distracted while writing OOW4 and it was not a good experience, so I want to be in a better, clearer space before I tackle it.
SECRET PROJECT #1: This is the smaller one. I’ve done my part for it, but I’m just a small part of the overall project. Still can’t talk about it and so far I haven’t heard very much about the behind the scenes besides the fact that they’re still putting it together. Regardless, it’s out of my hands and I’ll make a big announcement about it whenever I get the green light to do so. I can’t imagine it’ll be more than a month or two longer, but that is very much a guess with only a bit of insight. I am very much not at the helm of this, I just showed up, did my job, and fucked off.
SECRET PROJECT #2: So this is my collab with Lara X. Lust. I would say it’s the biggest project we’ve done together. As of now, I have more or less completed my contributions to the project, and it is now in Lara’s hands. I would say she is at the helm of this one, I’m just assisting. I’m not sure when it will come out and as I said above, I’m reluctant to say very much, since she’s the one who will be making all the decisions and I don’t want to speak for her. Naturally, I’ll talk about it more when I can. I’m thinking people will enjoy it a lot.
And I think that’s everything. I’m going to go try and clear my head before firing things back up next Monday.