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Intentions for Week of Feb. 18
🕑 Added 2019-02-18 15:56:30 +0000 UTCSo here's my Intentions for the week of February 18. (Disclaimer: Intentions are not commitments. Between life, health, the muse, being driven nuts, alien invasion, receiving my Star Sapphire ring, or other unforeseen events, things may go differently. But here's what I'm striving for!)
- Commissioned Work: there's work to be completed and submitted in the 'Command Performance' tier, and that's got to be a primary responsibility. That's an actual commitment, involving cash. You understand how it is.
- Medium Article: I've got a Medium article at 99% which I really want to put out there this week, early in the week.
- SFW Vignette/s: Another Patreon thing. I want to make sure lower tier folks have good stuff to read and get value for their (very appreciated!) pledges.
- NSFW Vignette/s: And that doesn't change the need for higher tier stuff, obviously.
- Siren: I want to get Siren's first chapter or two up here on Patreon -- preferably before the Medium Article hits, since a Patreon exclusive is a good thing.
- CHYOA: Obviously, I'm still working on CHYOA, and there's stuff that needs doing there!
- Edit Pass on "The Lady of Briarwood Manor:" Finally, it's time to get Briarwood Manor in a place where it can be re-editioned and start being available for sale again.
I'll put the CHYOA stuff into its own bullet points, because 'why not?'
- The Luthor Agenda: We're at a point with the Master Plan branch (Luthor, Lenity, now Lois Lane) and the Side-Plan 2 branch (Superman, Lori) where we need movement on the Justice League branch (Watchtower, Aquaman/Mera) and Side-Plan 2 itself. Expect a flurry of chapters all at once when it happens, since some chapters bounce over to other chapters. (Intra-branch links will also be going up as soon as they're certain to not disrupt the 'arms' of each branch.)
- The Seductive Spider-Harem: We're actually close to the end of the 'main' branch on Issue #2, with perhaps only one scene and an epilogue left. However, there are at least two 'diversions' which need to go into place as well -- in particular, the Peter/Mary Jane "empowerment" sex scene and the Peter/Gwen scene that's implied. On the one hand, these are side pieces. On the other, this is also where most of Peter's relationship to various other Harem members gets explored, so they're not optional. This is one of the strengths of CHYOA.
- Wet Dreams: I need to get the next couple of chapters done and posted -- this is my biggest 'contributing to another story' thing out there right now -- and it's also my biggest likes/comments stuff right now, so it needs to be given some attention, dagnabbit.
- Collaborative Project A (science fiction): Under wraps but hopefully fun. Depends on what other folks manage in the next few days.
- Collaborative Project B (light/humorous superhero): The same.
- Wonder Woman: Oathbound: A very high priority project with low priority work being done on it, so we'll see. I really want to get the next chapters out, but I also want to get them right.
Finally, future project work that won't likely see development this week unless my brain goes spung:
- Eight Days: My first solo Choose Your Own Adventure game (and dry run for a potential H-visual novel) is something I really want to push and get out there, but it takes a lot of energy to get it right and there's lots of initial branch work that should be done before it gets initial publication. This likely isn't the week for that.
- Ovyah Discovered: My Spider-Gwen and Arrowverse branches are sitting quiet, which is sad. They're not likely to change any time soon.
- Untitled Body-Sharing Succubus Project: That... pretty much explains it, doesn't it? Anyway, it's on the radar but not on approach.
Finally? A few behind the scenes tidbits that need to be worked on:
- Editorial Work and Prep: Mentioned above, but reinforced. There's editing and other prepwork that goes into things. Professional pieces also need covers, and those take time or money (or both).
- Research: I do a lot of research when I write smut. Like, a lot. There's a reason I make references to early 80's Iron Man storylines and the like. Likewise -- I mentioned a collaborative SF project above? That's got anatomy, genetics, hibernation/cold sleep, sociological, information technology, geophysics, and 'nature of tidal locked planet' bookmarks saved out, right now. And I don't know that we're going to do tidal locked planet stuff. And it's not a hard SF project. And I'm not lead on it. I may be crazy.
- Financial/Accounting: "Kimberly Dale" isn't just cheerful and weird. "Kimberly Dale" is also the spiritual manifestation of the the smut peddling business with me at the center, and that spirit needs attention from her shrine maiden. Writing's more than hammering on a keyboard and smut's more than hammering on a keyboard one-handed. There's details to take care of. This includes potential advertising and marketing opportunities and activities, because knowing is half the battle, and marketing is how people... um... know you exist.
- My Life: Oh, yeah. I also have a life. A partner, a cat, a sick automobile... you know how it is.
So that's what the Week looks like, in a very rough nutshell. As always, this is an exhibition, this is not a competition, so under Lettermanian rules: please. No wagering.
