I know I've been quiet these past few months. The loss of my best friend really took a toll and for a while I had absolutely ZERO inspiration to write. Sean was my best friend for over 25 years, and his loss is a palpable presence every day I am awake.
I have slowly gotten back in to the swing of things. Patreon supporters will see I have been updating Grim Fairy Tails quite a bit lately. I am working on combining all the stories in to a single book release, which is good practice for Lapdancing Girlfriend when I go to tackle that aspect.
Right now I have no idea what's going to get released first...Good Girl Gone Badder (book 2 of my Good Girl Gone Bad series), What's in a Name, Grim Fairy Tales, the next chapter of Lapdancing Girlfriend, or the long-awaited next chapter of Annie Babysits the Kids. The chapter releases will be on Literotica, while the others are going to be Amazon releases. It's more of trying to build up steam on one story to sit down and write again.
I've also updated some images on the Patreon site. I still plan to do some illustration releases, the first looking to being Teddy's Time, which will be sort of a comic-book type release. I've opened a store on Renderotique (part of the CGBytes group including Renderotica), so that is where I will be publishing the book, as it is "too graphic" for Amazon. I will probably post all my illustrated books there once I figure out a pricing scheme...they cut for vendors on that site is a bit more than Amazon, so have to price accordingly to try and make up the difference.
I am also looking for an Editor for my book releases. I will post more on that later, but I am looking for somebody who has a solid grasp on English, is familiar with US American dialects and slang, and is willing to do more than just get a free copy of my stories. I've looked at professional editors and they will cost over $1000 per book, and considering my Good Girl Gone Bad publication did not even earn half of that, I would not be making any revenue...so looking for somebody who is willing to work cheap as well, LOL! Again, nothing to add yet, but I will be posting something soon to see if any fans want to take a stab at it before I try somebody probably from Literotica. I do not have much to offer, but will get you free access to ALL my Patreon shares as some compensation, and if the book does well, possibly some royalties included. Sean was my editor for Good Girl Gone Bad, and he was going to be my editor for all my books...he did an excellent job and this is the least of what he did in my life to cause me to feel his loss, but it is felt none the less...
So there you go, what I've been doing for the last 3 months wrapped up in to a few short paragraphs. As usual, always looking for your support...your posts, e-mails, and comments are what drive me to write, and right now, I could use a bit of incentive to get back in to the swing of things...
Welcome back! Any development would be interesting: I am looking forward to the new adventures of Katie (hoping to see Mike pushing her limts and, on the same time, a reluctant response...) or the long awaited continuation of Lapdancing Girlfriend. Even the concept behing "What's in a name" is inviting...
ReplyDeleteI cannot set your priorities, but only suggest to work on the story closer to the end. I believe that the "writer block" is just behind the corner.
I cannot help much on revision: not an English mother language, even less a speaker of American dialects. I can understand slang terms from the context. If no one else can help you, I could revise only limited pieces of a story, but not a long one.
At this point I'm about the same progress for each story, so it's more about what I feel like writing about at the time. For the last month it's been Grim Fair Tales, which I am doing an edit of for eventual publication. I will probably be adding a few more chapters to what I've already written, but when I hit that point I'll be back to GGGB2 to get it published first. I figure if I can get that series complete, I can then focus on something else full time...
DeleteHow are you? Hope you are well. The last news were about Grim Fair Tales that were close to publication. GGB2 should be the next... do you expect to find time in summer?
ReplyDeleteSorry, I do not want to bother you, but only to stay in touch and stories are the common topic for discussion.
Have so many things going on, it's hard to keep track sometimes. Last month I spent a lot of time looking for an editor and chose two fans who seem to be a good fit. Once I get something finished and hand it over to them, we'll see how it goes.
DeleteHave been working on the 3D graphics side of things lately trying to get my "name" and brand more prevalent...hoping to start doing conventions and art shows as soon as I can get everything needed up front and some inventory.
Not sure which is going to be the next release...Grim or GGGB2. I'm thinking GGGB2 just to keep the series moving along...but it's coming, slowly.
Summers are usually a good writing time for me...I'm not much of an outdoors person, so I'm hoping to find some time once things wind down here on other things...have graduations to go to, weddings, etc...all tapping in to my weekend writing times!