The Big Update, and Official Monthly Update
Added 2023-07-09 18:01:59 +0000 UTCWell, the end of June and beginning of July have been kind of messed up. I apologize for lack of updates. There have been a few things going on. I have some cool art coming up for Dragon Estate 3 that I plan to share.
At some point in June, Amazon decided to enforce a new question during the publishing process.
The question is this: "Does this book contain language, situations, or images inappropriate for children under 18 years of age? Example: Sexually explicit content or other explicit scenarios."
I struggled with this question at first, not because of the sexual content in my novels, but mainly the violence, language, or situations. Does this mean I have to write purely G-rated material with zero conflict or violence?
That rules out a lot of stuff. Unfortunately, if I don't answer this question, I am unable to publish - the process stops if you ignore the question. There's no advancing. So, if I do answer the question, I can't lie. If someone says the word "fuck", or there is a description of blood, or a zombie, or a monster, or a fist fight, I probably have to answer "yes".
If this were purely sexual, it would be less of a problem, but the vague language kind of makes it difficult.
So, in order to honor this question and Amazon's ToS, I have to make some changes to my writing. You may not notice any of them, honestly. Going forward, I will be writing more fade-to-black scenes.
I still want to write erotic scenes, and my solution to that is pretty simple: write a series that's classified as erotic. So, the FTB material is published as non-erotica, and the on-screen sexual material is published as erotica.
For now, that's my only solution.
Moving on.
Aftermath Falls 3 is complete, and with it, all of Aftermath Falls! I'll be packing a trilogy together sometime this week. Expect an Audiobook for each sometime in the future.
I'm working on Dragon Estate 3 right now and the rewrite of Daemonica. I'll reveal the title eventually.
I haven't figured out of the Daemonica rewrite will be FTB sex or on-screen yet. What are your thoughts?
I am also rewriting Arcane Desires, but this will be purely erotica. I'm excited to publish this one.
I have more material coming out this year that I'm pretty excited for. Here's a general schedule:
- Dragon Estate 3
- Aftermath Falls - The Complete Trilogy
- Daemonica Rewrite
- Arcane Desires Rewrite
- Untitled Dark Fantasy Slice of Life Romance
I am also working with a new author! He'll be releasing stuff eventually, and when he does, I'll post links to his material here! I'm assisting in developing the story and some other things.
Anyway, that's the major update for now.
Edit: Posting at least four chapters up in-progress material this month and lots of behind-the-scenes stuff to make up for the missing Patreon benefits from June.