Alright, I'm back...ish. I think where I go wrong everytime is I try and treat writing smut for the foundry as a job when really it's just a fun hobby. I always try and set up a concrete schedule and figure out exactly when every chapter of everything I post should be done and ready to go up when really I should be writing when I feel like writing. I had a ton of fun in October of last year when I launched this blog and posted 7 chapters across 5 different series as well as 2 one-shots! It was so much fun and the only reason I stopped is because I finished off Harem King.
Whenever I finish a series, especially something as big as Harem King, I always kind of feel like I need a break. Unfortunately that break was over 7 months long. THEN when I tried to get back into writing, I did it because I wanted to launch a Patreon page and turn this fun hobby into an a draining business. That was the wrong thing to do!
I'll be honest, I don't know how consistently I'll post, or for how long I'll be able to keep it up, but for now I'm gonna really try and just have fun with it.
So, what can we expect from you? That's a good question! I'm not really sure, honestly. I want to work more on my Dark Fantasy series, but, and I think this is part of the reason I always get burnt out, the Dark Fantasy series is extremely draining to work on. It's much more story-driven than anything else I do and each chapter is slowly becoming longer and longer as I delve deeper into this little world I'm trying to create. So, as you may be able to tell from these first two chapters I've posted (The Jade Manor and Operation Impulse) I'm trying to create a more diverse cast of stories to write for!
I think a lot of the reason why I kind of stopped writing for the Foundry last year was because without Harem King all I had was Operation Impulse (which got zero attention) and my 3 Dark Fantasy Stories. I wasn't really invested in Operation Impulse at the time, so that left me with Alorna, Cecilia, and Beatrix with not much room for anything else. Trying to keep a solid schedule ONLY writing for those three was stressful and I didn't manage to finish even one Chapter before I took a break.
I really want to post a chapter for The Jade Manor every Monday, as I'm really enjoying writing it. I think it's the perfect mix of story and smut, where one doesn't outweigh the other. I also think, with Chapter 2 of Impulse out, that Operation Impulse is shaping up to be that same mixture that I really enjoy. I don't intend on giving up on Dark Fantasy, in fact I'm working on the next chapter for The Madame "Princess Training" now.
What do you see for the future of Dark Fantasy? Originally I intended them to all connect at the end of their series through Cecilia's story. I won't go into too much detail about it, as I'm not sure if I'm going to stick with the story line I have laid out for her or come up with a new ending yet. But, basically, Cecilia's entire goal is to spark a holy war between the demons she serves and the Gods who reign over the Mortal Realm.
This would of course involve Alorna and Beatrix who, as Crime Bosses, have invested interest in the Mortal Realm. Alorna would end up allying with Cecilia, with promises of her dreams of a cozy retirement coming true. Beatrix however, would be against both of them, trying and ultimately failing to convince Alorna to put a stop to the foolishness.
HOWEVER I've decided that I want Beatrix's story to be much more light hearted and not have anything to do with the end of the world. Her next chapter will include a cameo from another Crime Boss, who is on his way to meet with Alorna in her next chapter, so The Madame Chapter 2 "Princess Training" HAS TO come out before Alorna Chapter 5 "Top Brass"
So really, I don't have many plans for the future. I don't really like planning too much cause it kills my enthusiasm. Winging it has always been my style!
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December 10, 2019
Welcome to The Jade Manor
The Jade Manor is meant to be a light-hearted harem story. It is in no way meant to replace Harem King, as I don't feel the need to replace that story, but it will be taking up the role of the story with a male MC.
I'm not quite sure how long The Jade Manor will end up being, just like I don't know exactly how long any of my stories will end up being (Except Tbosk's Adventure which is completely mapped out), but my original intention was a girl for each job Colton has to do, with the exception of Smithing. Rokkaku Inu, "The Ronin", takes care of the guard duty! So all that's left is handy(wo)man, groundskeeper, messenger, errand girl, and chef!
Plans for the rest of the harem? A few! Just from looking at the list of jobs to be filled, you can see that Colton's harem will be just a touch larger than Bennett's. While Bennett, the OG Harem King, "only" had 4 girls in his stable, Colton will, at the very least, have 6! That's 2 whole girls more than his predecessor!
On top of Roe, I intend to have much more playful women than our current stern and bloodthirsty Ronin. Namely Kitsune! Now, I don't want it to come off that I'm ONLY using Japanese or Japanese inspired themes within this series, so the Kitsune won't be our chapter 2 addition! In fact, they may not come until chapter 4, but no later than that. What job would the be doing? Well, it's not certain just yet, as I have to figure out exactly who else will be in it, but right now I've got my eye on Messenger or Errand Girl for our tricky little fox.
One of the biggest differences between Harem King and The Jade Manor's first chapter is diversity. The cast of HK was diverse from the very start, despite there only being 3 characters in the first chapter. The first we meet, (In Chapter 0) is Melval, the curvy, flirty succubus. While Kay's personality and Mel's personality sort of meld together in later chapters, in her debut, she's unique. Kay is a textbook milf with dangerous curves. At first she's light, playful, and excitable, but once she joins the Harem she becomes an insatiable flirt. Finally there's Anne Miller, who's a cold hearted bitch that learns to love Bennett along with us.
In the Jade Manor we have the goofy bandits, who meet a quick end. Then there's Roe, our center piece, a curvy Samurai with a deadly personality. While she DOES have the missing arm and eye, her body is still very much textbook curvy older woman. And so is Azura, the Lady of the Manor. She's a curvy woman as well, who may OR MAY NOT be a witch with a similar deadly presence as the Ronin. While Azura is much much more playful than our Samurai, their personalities are still extremely similar and their presence identically terrifying to Colton.
So, while I intend to include more diversity in the form of body types (as well as at least one character of darker skin tone), for now I simply have these two. You can definitely expect, however, a short, small framed woman when the Kitsune makes herself known!
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