If I'm Going Back To Fanfic Writing... Will I...?

Ever go back to doing more Sakura/Tomoyo fics?
Never say never. I might be doing just that soon. We'll see.
Stay tuned for the latest (while you wait for the first of the Misty fics to filter in from Eros2Go's blog)!

Since We're Writing Up A Fresh Batch of Erotic Fanfics...

They'll appear here as well as over at Eros2Go's blog (starting every Sunday one week after this Sunday when the fanfic challenge starts).

And for the first time you'll see, yes, straight erotica fics from me.

Preparing for adult content

First thing to prepare? Mark the site as a mature reader only site.
Next up... writing up fresh new adult content.
Stay tuned.

So, In The End...

Did www.lulu.com ban all erotica? Yes.
Did www.lulu.com ban all titles in general? No.
So now what... do I use this site for some purpose?
I think for now we'll stick with posting fanfic erotica and go with that.
For now. Now I just need inspiration for something.

Will Sakura Blossoms Rise To Become The Next Full time Official Blog?

Well if www.lulu.com purges all erotica and yet lets me stay it's possible.
If www.lulu.com purges all my general audience reviews and yet lets me stay it's also quite possible.

So with that all said what's left? I guess I'll crank out an original epublication of some sort that has ZERO erotica and ZERO reviews... what's left? Original fiction writing is left.

So with that said what's left? I guess I can crank out a little epublication of original fiction just to keep myself in the loop and keep things running.
And this site will be the official site for those endeavours, so keep an eye here in the coming days as this will be the last fallback for keeping a foot in www.lulu.com if all else fails.

Oh a Graphics Assistant! A Graphics Assistant!

Not to mention a few prose erotica writers to tackle naughty fan fictions! If I had both I'd reconfigure this blog into an erotic fan fiction blog!

If anyone is interested in just being the blog's graphics assistant please post here, then I'd reconfigure the whole blog and make it more adult friendly!

Graphics Assistant Wanted

What if we tinkered with making a more adults only flavored fan fiction?
What if we had a Graphics Assistant to pull from cyberspace some visual aids to go with the erotic revisioning?
What if we did it during the summer once someone takes that Graphics Assistant job and make a new blogspot to host it on?
It's possible, now all we need is a graphics assistant.
Post here if you're interested in the position.

Post for a New Fan Fiction!

I'm seriously considering doing a brand new fan fiction, taking it in a direction I haven't gone before... but, just to make sure, I'd like to know that someone will be reading said fiction once I write it. So, to that end, would -- say a dozen readers please post on this post that they'd like to see a new fan fiction? That'd be nice (and encouraging enough for me to do it)!

At the halfway point (6 votes of confidence) I'll let you know what I'm planning to work on for my next fan fiction project (as I plan to get back to work on Azkaban over on the Harry Potter fan website).

Too bad...

I can't take all my fanfiction stuff and publish it for free with lulu.com.
I am not certain, but somehow I am sure there's gotta be something illegal about it even if it is for free (download).

If anyone knows differently please post here, thanks.

And Islands of Eros is... OFF!

Though by that I mean we're off and running, not canceled.

Now that the group is FINALLY listed on Yahoo! Groups listings (look for Islands of Eros on the Yahoo! Groups' search bar) hopefully we can start bringing in members and getting things off the ground.

The next posting on ErosIsles (the Adult Erotica RPG game) will be this weekend, starting with a several post look at the different island nations of Eros.

In the meantime I'm working on a first batch of reviews for Islands, I should have something up by the weekend.

Otherwise come on over and visit. We could use more members!
(Of course I don't need to remind you it's adults only, right? Right.)

Changeling Press' Xmas Gift To Me... a uniform across the board rejection notice

Yeah. Nothing says Christmas cheer like an across the board unified rejection on the basis that they don't publish Lesbian (Erotica)... yeah, all the weeks I've waited you would have thought THAT important detail could have been brought up sometime before the last week before Christmas. Somehow I should be more miffed at the bad timing of the company's notification, and yet I'm not.

Won't stop me from writing a commentary on it at the new site I got up and running (a Yahoo! Group dedicated to Erotica fiction, reviews, news & commentary and my work in progress Adults Only Erotica d20 System RPG called ErosIsles).

Come visit me at http://groups.yahoo.com/islandsoferos to check it out!

Oh well and a Few Words on Other Things

At least the first sender got a +1 from me.
Bleah.

Speaking of things best left unsaid for now, we are still waiting for word one on my submissions of Freelancers, Hentai Review Poppers (the series) and Home Schooled Witchcraft : Extra Lessons. Once again no word might be good, especially since it didn't take long for Just Happy To See Her to get shot down twice and all... still, when will I finally hear back about these titles?!?

Of course if Just Happy To See Her wasn't strong enough for these companies... brrr... wonder what kind of really really intense erotica they're running in their publications? Man... boggles the mind there. Whoa.

Don't forget to check out my MySpace page (Project Darke Raven) for my RPG To the d20 Power premiere this weekend! First review so far out of the starting gate is The Complete Book of Dwarves (AD&D 2nd Edition)... more on what comes after coming on that site, so stay tuned.

February's Hentai Review Poppers

Just got New Bondage Fairies Book One and will be ordering again...
If this is any indication of my overall feeling for the series I see a high score for the whole series. What score, however, you'll have to wait to February to see (of course if you've seen this series you should have a good idea what kind of score it deserves).

First of the BookMooch books arrives.

After mailing out a dozen books (and packing up another dozen to go next week), the first of the books arrive! That means it's time to start preparing positive feedback and... score?

I am about to plunge into the scoring system for positive feedback but here's my first inclinations for positive feedback points.

Points for first books of the year cycle.
+5 for first book of the year sent in
+4 for second book of the year sent in
+3, +2 and +1 for third fourth and fifth books sent in (in that order).

Points for time taken to arrive.
+3 for arrival within 10 days
+2 for arrival within 11 to 20 days
+1 for arrival within 21 to 31 days

Extra Effort Points +2

No points will be negative points... why should they, all my gripes and complaints are with the US Postal Service, not individual people!

Speaking of something I will have no gripes about... (look one post above this one).

Strike Two for "Just Happy To See Her"

It hasn't been that long since I sent out "Just Happy To See Her" to the second publisher, and already I got back a rejection notice.
Well now I'm moving on to the third publisher (final for now until more sites and possible publishers come to my attention) and I'll need some time to set that up (get the submission ready to send in). Well, I guess at this rate "Just Happy To See Her" won't make it out of 2007 before using up all it's submission possibilities (sad to say but most likely true).

At least the other proses (Freelancers, the Hentai Review Poppers series and HSWC : Extra Lessons) are still holding on (with no word yet as to their progress). I don't know if this is a good thing or not, but if I were an optimist I'd say it's a good thing (yeah, that'd be nice).

For a change of pace in terms of my writing why not come on over to see my discussion on paper RPGing in this video game world over at www.animeboredom.co.uk, and the first week of my weekly RPG articles/reviews over at my MySpace page (starting this weekend exclusively for my MySpace page - Project Darke Raven).

Until then it's back to the old waiting game to see which prose novel submission gets an e-mail about it next. Stay tuned.

A Reference Book Darkly

Right now I'm tinkering with an Unofficial Guide to All Things Ravenloft.
To that end I'm getting back in touch with the dread domain, and looking for all things Ravenloft. To help me out in this venture sign up over at BookMooch.com and become an active trader (I already have a full wish list of Ravenloft stuff that I'm looking for), submit stuff and maybe it'll get mailed to me.

Oh, I put a bunch of stuff for trade as well. Mailing's going to be a little slow with the tight budget and all but I'll get everyone's packages to them ASAP! Promise!

HSWC : Extra Lessons Now Looking For Publisher

Just sent out Extra Lessons for it's search for a publisher.
Of course it'll probably won't be until the new year when first word begins to come in on the title, but as updates come in on the search for a publisher be here (and HSWC's website) for updates.

With stories focused on Rebecca/Ariel, Duske/Dawne and Anna/Candice I hope it finds it's mark (and a publisher) quickly. I'd like to see it released during the first year run of HSWC the adult comic at least.

Now let's see if I can come up with a new idea before the end of the year for another book to submit to publishers!

Hentai Review Poppers 2007 Edition Finished

OK, for the most part it's finished. With the exception of the Best Hentai of 2007 Awards all reveiws are now done.

Of course I am still looking for a publisher for the series, but at least I have two books put to bed (for the most part) when I start publishing (whenever that will be). Stay tuned for updates as they come in.

In For The Long Long Haul

Upwards of a year it seems.
The second publisher may have a first notice turnabout of 1 to 2 months, but once your past the initial "courtship" phase and engaged to possibly "marry" it's a long "courtship". Anywhere between 2 months to an entire year (and this isn't saying whether that is in addition to the 1-2 months you already waited to move onto this next phase of the courtship).

I hope initial acceptance means a better than good chance of publication. It would kind of blow if you wait over a year just to find out they're rejecting you.

In the meantime still no word on Freelancers. Hopefully that is a good sign.

Updates as they become available.

Quick as a Flash...

And "Just Happy To See Her" is out again looking for a new publisher.
This is Publisher #2 (of 3 to date).
Not to say I am becoming a wee bit concerned but... I am becoming a wee bit concerned. Still, it is the second of three possible publishers so I do have a little wiggle room left with "Just Happy To See Her" right now.

I won't give up though, I'll just find other people to publish with sticking to my guns of getting all these books published. Just you wait and see.

Now working on both HSWC : Extra Lessons and a Pocket Passions video game book of Nintendo DS slash PSP reviews. That, however, might be harder to find a publisher for since I only have marks for Adult Erotica publishers at this moment. I need to dig about and find a video game book publisher for Pocket Passions.

Reminds me to also work on a Wii book somewhere down the line.

In the meantime we're once again doing the waiting game for word from the publishers. Brief recap...

Freelancers - No word from first publisher.
Hentai Review Poppers - No word from first publisher
Home Schooled Witchcraft : Extra Lessons - Work in progress
Just Happy To See Her - Moved on to second publisher

Keep an eye here for new updates.