I’m concerned that the phrase ‘Well, (insert month here) didn’t go as expected’, is going to become a strong part of my vocabulary. If it hasn’t already. Unfortunately, I lost a fair amount of time to real life stuff happening.
Here’s what I managed to achieve in September.
Now, as for what’s coming up in October, (fingers crossed)…
AFTER DARK - VETRA’S SECRET should be released sometime this month.
Those are the things for sure. Now to talk about a few other things…
Last month, I said that I needed to wait to see how Primal Love did before determining which project I worked on next: Primal Love II or Our Own Way 6. Well, time has passed, and I now know how Primal Love did. Um…not very well, unfortunately. I was really hoping that I was going to be the one who broke out in mono-romance, but it was not to be. Unfortunately, it didn’t even do well among the other authors who have tried this. Like, man, I’m feeling…kind of ashamed? I tried pretty hard on this one and it was largely met with indifference. So…that’s been kind of hard to endure. It’s actually made me reconsider future plans for mono-romance. I’ll need more time for the dust to settle, but I’m thinking now maybe my next non-harem attempt will be that awkward territory between mono and harem where it’s a guy and two girls. I dunno, we’ll see. Ultimately what this means is that Our Own Way 6 is coming. It’s going to be intense, at least for an Our Own Way novel. If I manage to get my shit back together and luck is with me, I might be able to at least get the pre-order up before November, but that seems unlikely, so expect OOW6 probably in mid-to-late November.
I’ve officially commissioned a nude wallpaper for Lakeside Cougars, and yes, you will get to see Kate.
I’ve decided to try and put a little more distance between my older, non-harem erotic works and my modern harem (and other RFM) titles. One of the main ways I’m doing this is changing some cover art. I’m going to be re-covering A Warm Place. I’ll wait to update the actual novels until I have all of them, but I’ll be releasing the nude art versions as I get them. I’m hoping to have this done before the end of the year, but we’ll see. I’ll also be re-covering Monster Girl Inn.
As we head into 2026, I’ll likely slow down the After Dark shorts, mostly because it’s not like I’m sitting on a huge stack of ideas. I’ve got about half a dozen more for Our Own Way (and I’m sure more will come), but I’ve just got two for Lakeside Cougars, one for A Warm Place, and nothing else at the moment. After Dark was mostly created as a passion project, so it’s not something I want to necessarily go looking for ideas for, but instead let the ideas come to me.
The year’s coming to a close. It’s looking like I’ve got two more novels in me for 2025. (Technically three, if you count the final Down the Rabbit Hole Collection). It’ll be Our Own Way 6 and Primal Love II. If I’m very lucky, I’ll manage to get both of them out before 2026. Besides After Dark and a couple of secret projects I’m working on, that’ll be it for the year. But that’s probably for the best for me. Hopefully I’ll have a better handle on things and better news to report the next time we do this.