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Early release: Group Project, Part 2

And here's the little thing I did tonight, a sequel to last week's Group Project Part 1. (Obviously, I guess.) :) Same forewarning as last time - hope you enjoy!

Commission: In Aww

While last month left me a little behind on some of my commissions, I did manage to at least squeak one out. (The rest are coming soon, and I have a week off in two weeks to get me caught up on February's too.) 

The attached is a nifty little piece that kind of caught me by surprise - it's a little out of my wheelhouse in some ways, but I found the quirk of it rather tickled my fantasy, being a fantasy that yes, is about sex, but is also very specific to a situation. I hope you enjoy.&nbs...

Group Project, part 1

Thanks for the patience and many kind words during this past week, everybody. I am back home now and getting back into writing. I have a few commissions to go to in the very near future, but I wanted to first just churn out something for the sake of churning something out, and here's what came out. It's a little dark (not violent dark, but definitely deserves the HM tag), but hey, sometimes we write from dark places. It's definitely got potential for additional chapters, but we'll see when time ...

Brief hiatus

Just wanted to pass on that my father passed away this morning, so for those expecting drafts from me, you'll have to give me until next week. Sorry for the delay, but rest assured there's more to come.

Addressing the Issue

Here's a little piece I wrote for a patron recently. Up front, my apologies to anyone from the region portrayed. It's not my most flattering caricature of Indiana, but rest assured it's informed by years of experience. :) Enjoy!

My New Girlfriend, conclusion

And here it is, the final chapter of My New Girlfriend. I look forward to the inevitable slew of emails about plot holes and errors, but hopefully it's soun enough to satisfy. Enjoy!

My New Girlfriend, Ch 10

Attached is the early release of the penultimate chapter of My New Girlfriend. I'll be uploading this to the EMCSA this weekend for worldwide consumption. The final chapter is already written, but still needs a little polishing that I'll be doing later today.  For this week, that's just for you guys, so you get to know how it all ends while the rest of the world has to wonder and wait.

Tomorrow will mark the one-year anniversary of my patreon launch, and I'm flattered and grateful and hum...

Belated Merry Christmas

I hope everybody's having a good close-out to 2016 with any holidays and celebrations they partake in. I wrote a nice little Christmas post for a patron earlier this month that I meant to post on/before the holiday, but then shit hit the fan around my household (we spent Christmas day in the hospital, yaaay) and I've been playing catch-up ever since.

Anyway, I rather liked how this one turned out - a little bit in the similar theme to pieces like The Friend Zone, while still having some good s...

My New Girlfriend, Chapter 9

Here's the only slightly early release for Chapter 9 of My New Girlfriend. I'll be trying to get back to at least a chapter a week until it's done. Enjoy!

Good Neighbors

Sorry it's been so long since I posted folks - I just started a new job last week and it's hella stressful and draining. I know, boohoo, poor me. Anyway, here's a commissioned piece I wrote for a patron this past week. I rather like how it turned out, personally. Hopefully you do too. It's intended to be the start of a new series (monthly), so stay tuned if you find it to your liking.

I'll be posting Chapter 9 of My New Girlfriend later today (an "early" release, if not by much), and later in ...

My New Girlfriend, Ch. 8

And here it is, the latest chapter of My New Girlfriend. I think we're getting near to an ending here finally, but don't think that means the fun is over yet.  Still at least a few chapters to go.

Aside, I've just started a new job (beginning Monday) - I'm going to do my best to finish this up before the holidays, but just know the next few weeks may be tricky for me. If I don't get it done before Christmas, then rest assured I'll be finishing it up while I'm hiding from family back home....

Commission: Mentorship

And here's a newly commissioned work I hope you'll like called Mentorship. A woman wakes up one day with the power to read minds, but she's got a lot to learn about her gift. Enjoy!

My New Girlfriend, Ch. 7

And here it is, chapter 7, in which Drew does a little compare/contrast with his two special ladies. Enjoy!

Oops

All righty, so it looks like my submission for entries last week never went through for some reason, and the assumption on my end was that it did but just too late to make the 11/12 update. So as a result, I didn't re-submit, and thus there's no new updates this week either. 

Rest assured, it doesn't mean I've gotten lazy. I'll have My New Girlfriend chapter 7 up soon (tomorrow, I hope), along with a new commission and hopefully a brand new stand-alone. More to come!

Oops, thanks, and a little somethin' for ya

Howdy folks. First off, I finished My New Girlfriend Chapter 6 at like 2 in the morning Friday into Saturday. I submitted that, Chapter 5, and Jealousy to the EMCSA immediately thereafter, but it was too late for Simon (the guy who maintains the site out of the goodness of his heart) so it'll all go live next week, along with whatever I write in the interim. So... oops.

Second, in what scientists are calling the second-most baffling incident in events of the past week, somehow I still got a wh...

Jealousy, early release

Hey there party people. Fresh new story for y'all - would've had it out yesterday but I got caught up in the election madness. (I'm an American, and we just had a doozy of a vote.) Anyway, here it is, and I hope you like!

My New Girlfriend, Chapter 5

I've never really delved much into the mystery genre before, and while this isn't exactly that, it's proving an interesting challenge trying to decide how fast and how to advance the narrative and drop clues. I feel in part like it may be too fast, but then, I also have a lot of other stories competing for my attention. Likewise, as I often feel when I'm DMing, I wonder if the clues and hooks that seem so obvious to me will be to my players, too. If you have thoughts, feel free to share - I'm ge...

The Tenant

Here's a little piece I wrote for a patron last month entitled, "The Tenant." I hope you enjoy.

The Curio Shoppe

Here's a little holiday something I threw together. It feels like there's always a slew of stories where somebody puts on a costume and then turns into the costume, so this is a (very) slight twist on that theme that's every bit as cliche but hopefully still fun. Enjoy, and happy Halloween!

Commission: The Illusionist, Ch. 2

And here's a copy for you of a second installment of last month's story, The Illusionist. This one gets out a bit out of my usual wheelhouse and continues that theme of deceiving rather than outright coercing. I'll have another one for y'all later on this week. Enjoy!

My New Girlfriend Ch. 4, early release

First off, thanks to a helpful suggestion from one of y'all, I'll henceforth be releasing the drafts in pdf form, in addition to doc and txt files.  Hopefully this makes reading a little easier on those of you who like a nice fixed format.

Also, more importantly, here's the white hot draft of MNG Ch. 4. There has been a lot of questioning and wondering about how Courtney came to be under Drew's influence, and heretofore he's mostly been in a zone of either not quite believing it for hims...

My New Girlfriend, early release

First off, welcome aboard to all my new patrons - lots of new faces around here, so to speak. Glad to have you, and if you have feedback and suggestions, let me know. To re-issue an old disclaimer, I do most of my editing on Fridays so I can have things pretty in time to submit them to the EMCSA, so my early releases are sometimes a little rough around the edges. When there's a significant revision (added scenes, plot shifts) that occurs between posting the early release and the public release, ...

IT Management Log

Here's another short commission I did recently - it was a fun and deceptively simple prompt, and I liked what I was able to do with it. I really like some of the great stories on the archives with the post-by-post format, and while this one is a bit more rushed than I'd like as a reader, I still had some fun. Hope you enjoy.

A word on commissions

From time to time I get folks writing to ask me about whether I also do freelance commissions, and the answer is Yes, I sure do. Some folks want continuations of stories I've begun; some take inspiration from what I've written and adapt to their tastes; some folks have their own totally unique scenario. Come one, come all.

If you're ever interested in commissioning a piece from me, here's what you need to know:

- Material: If I think I can do a decent or better job of writing what...

The Roommate Agreement

This was a piece commissioned by a patron a few weeks back. In it, a lousy living situation is rectified when they sit down to hammer out a roommate agreement that everyone can abide by.

As an aside, I used to work in college student housing, and let me tell you, I saw some seriously ugly roommate conflicts start over some amazingly petty shit. I'll never forget the time a young woman stormed into my office demanding we kick her roomie out of campus housing immediately because - I shit you not...

My New Girlfriend, Chapter Two

Thanks for the feedback on the story - pleased and surprised you enjoyed it. Here's a continuation. By no means a conclusion, but I don't think this is the kind of tale that rushes to an end point, so we'll see where it goes as it develops. More to come.

My New Girlfriend, Part One - early release

Not really sure what the heck this is and only some vague notions as to what it'll be, but I liked the basic question it asked. Many MC stories revolve around a guy taking his girlfriend/wife and turning her into his obedient little sex toy. But what if a guy didn't do that - what if a guy went looking for love, but his new girlfriend just came that way?

Criticisms are as always welcomed - I don't know if I'm ultra-devoted to this piece, so please let me know what you think, if it's worth con...

Early releases, "The Tease" and "Technically Not A Story"

Two early releases here. The first is on a familiar theme, the old "girl likes to tease boys but then starts taking it to extremes" schtick. I think it turned out pretty fun, especially if you know a tease or two.

The second, "Technically Not A Story," isn't as hot, but if you appreciate incredibly dry literary humor, then this might be for you. Either way, it's yours to love or hate or ignore as you please. Enjoy!

Also: Sorry if you got spammed with updates. I originally posted thes...

BYMTWD part 2&3, early release

Here's the final section of Bring Your Master To Work Day, the story that wouldn't die because I was born without the part of your brain that regulates brevity. I don't love it, but I like it OK - and who doesn't like a whole office full of sexy submissive coworkers, eh?

***SPOILER ALERTS BELOW***
This chapter's going to be touched up some between now and public release - I think it has some tone issues throughout. I kept vacillating between having Megan, the protagonist, turning in...

Commission, "The Illusionist"

Howdy, gang - just wanted to share a piece I wrote for last month's monthly commission drawing winner called "The Illusionist" - had a lot of fun writing it, and I think it turned out pretty all right. More to come!