manyeyedhydra
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Update 3rd Jul '22
🕑 Added 2022-07-03 22:26:56 +0000 UTCAnd we're through that odd admin month (mostly).
I still haven't generated a cover for A Succubus for Saint Patrick's Day I'm happy with, but other than that I have 6 manuscripts that are roughly ready to go. I'll give them a quick once over on my kindle and check them with a couple of previewers. One of the annoying aspects of the app Amazon gives out to format manuscripts is it follows this annoying modern web design philosophy of "why would you want to do that?" whenever you try to micromanage some display aspects. Want to rename the contents page or format the list differently to the default. Nope, Kindle Create say fuck you.
Annoying, but it is what it is.
I'm away next weekend, so I'm aiming for "A Succubus for Christmas" to go live the following weekend (Fri 15th). I want to upload it before then so I have a "coming soon" page I can hype as the first few days are normally critical to get a new book near the top of searches. After that I'm planning to release the other 5 in two-week intervals.
That's the ebook stuff, though, and I want to move away from that and back to "House of Hellish Harlots".
Once I got the afterwords and major proofreads out of the way I went back to the Huntress 2 scenario. That's suffering a bit from a stop-start approach that's taken it off the boil. Normally, I tend to put scenarios like that on hiatus until I can pick the threads back up again. I think I'm just about past that as I was able to chip away and add a scene here and there over the past few days. Now I just need to write the Good End sex scene and the Bad End scene. It's still a bit of a mess. The original idea for the huntress was a big drunken survivalist oni hunter. She was just a bit too cliched. As Huntress Diana seems to have been fairly well received, I think people were hoping to see more harlots from that hunting lodge, so I'm planning to change and clean up a messy first draft when I come to type it up.
Despite this scenario being a little messy, I will add it to the list of options. I'll put the poll up Tuesday. Monday will be seeing whether I can get enough of Energy Bunny written to feel safe adding her as well. The plan is to give patrons a choice of 6 or 7 harlots and then implement the top 3 for July's HoHH release.
As usual, thanks for the support and interest.
- manyeyedhydra
Comments
Many-Eyed Hydra
Party-girl succubus could work. Would probably be a decent fit.
Totally random thought: “drunken huntress” made me think it might be fun to have a “party girl” harlot who incorporates liquor or coke or whatever into her scenario, tempting the player to do lines off her chest or shots running down her stomach. I know the caterpillar girl kind of does that, but this could be more cynical/devious, and maybe more than a one-off choice. Anyway, just a thought and no reply needed. (Also, I don’t totally know the drunken oni reference, so maybe that’s kind of what you’re already imagining.)
Many-Eyed Hydra
The idea was there. The execution wasn't. I was trying to have her speak broken English with a Russian accent. It wasn't really working. Also, I think I had a really good idea with Huntress Diana and should probably pursue that further. The 'wrestling' faction is mainly about physical contests. The huntresses are a sub-group within it. If sometime in the future I get enough ideas I might split them into separate factions.
TheYounger
Can't say I'm opposed to introducing a big drunken oni to the House. Maybe the wrestling faction would be a better fit for her.
Many-Eyed Hydra
I've thought about it, but I think it would be pretty bad for business. I'd either have to set the highest tier to be worth the value of all the books or make it a temporary thing. I'm also concerned about being 'all-in' on Patreon as my main revenue source given they have a history of banning creators overnight. Sales/reviews on amazon are also fairly important as they push books up the search results Having my books show up on the 1st page for a search on "succubus" helps new readers find me who otherwise wouldn't. Patreon seems better for continuous content. Unfortunately, HoHH is not the best game idea for that, but works fine enough with me being able to put out monthly releases featuring new sexy harlots. I think it's pretty good for new short stories as well. Hoping to release some new ones again soon.
rareitor
About the books, how would it affect your "business", so to speak, to make copies available, or access to them, a perk here on Patreon? Say a higher support tier, for example.
