“When
are you getting back to the Succubus Summoning series?”
I get
asked this question a lot. Rather than
continue to reply to individual comments and emails I’ll answer it here.
First,
some history. A while back, when I was
only writing the short horror-porn one-shots, I wrote a little HarryPotter-esque parody where two students at a college for warlocks summoned
succubi for some “adult entertainment” and it went horribly wrong. In a rare twist for me, that story ended with
one of the protagonists still alive and facing an uncertain fate at the pussies
of two sexy succubi. Rather than leave
it to the imagination of the reader, I returned to that story and wrote some
follow-up chapters, which then became a series, and then a book.
I
started a sequel (Succubus Summoning 201) and posted a few chapters online
before putting it on hiatus while I untangled some of the plot developments in
my head. Back then I planned to write
the whole thing as a novel, which would have the advantage of allowing me to go
back and fix any obvious screw-ups if I changed my mind on the story. Unfortunately this resulted in Succubus
Summoning constantly sitting on the backburner because my novel-writing
discipline is abject to say the least.
Last
year I figured out where I wanted the plot to go and brought it back off hiatus
with the addition of some new chapters.
I thought the monthly schedule would give me the push to keep the thing
going until completion.
And then
A Succubus for Remembrance got in the way.
Or rather that and the stories for the forthcoming collection (which I originally planned to put out first, but couldn’t finish in time for its
release date). Originally I was hoping
to work on both simultaneously, but then time pressure started, deadlines
loomed, and Succubus Summoning 201 had to go back on the backburner. That’s the problem with naming collections
after certain days of the year – they have to be out by that date. Unfortunately I still have a full-time job
eating up my day and I don’t write quickly enough to be able to work on both.
(really
I should favour Succubus Summoning, as it sells more than the collections, but
I’m a little stupid at these things)
Anyway,
to cut a long story short:
I
haven’t lost interest in the series, or enthusiasm. I’m not going to abandon it. As soon as I’m done with the next collection
I intend going back to Succubus Summoning and working on that until the current
arc (201) is finished (there will be future arcs). After that there are some new Jackson in
HRPG-World sections I want to write.
I’ll keep working on short stories (my ideas file grows at the rate of two new
ideas for every story completed!), but I’m going to wait until I’ve built up a
nice stockpile again before I put out another collection as writing specifically
for a collection seems to slow me down more than just writing the short
stories/chapters that feel like fun to write at the time.
I’m far
more productive when I fully embrace ChaosWriting, but that does occasionally
fuck up deadlines and the orderly production of new series chapters.
Apologies
for the delays for fans of the series.
With a bit of luck Phil and his succubi’s adventures will restart
Mar/Apr.
You certainly know how to keep an audience waiting. That being said can't wait!
ReplyDeleteI stopped checking your site everyday for new stories since you take forever to post new ones but then I remember that other people take 15 times longer to post new stuff and I take a deep breath and relax.
ReplyDeletelol it would be nice if the series called Emerald Forest was continued. But we'll never know, atleast we can look forward to more Succubus Summoning (which was one of two series that started my interest in the lovely succubus!)
Hehe, true. This story line got me into the whole succubus - monster girl genre. It's a bit of a gateway drug story if you please.
DeleteMy girlfriends was like... huh?
How many chapters do you think Succubus Summoning 201 will be composed of?
ReplyDeleteAlso we will get to see Cerulea in SS208 right? I remember you mentioning here (http://manyeyedhydra.blogspot.com/2013/07/52-books-june.html), that we'd get to see Cerulea and Phil get it on in SS208, which is great because we finally get to see Phil's succubi have fun with him again.
ReplyDeleteYep, in a new guise (with awkward period slang I need to read up on)
Delete"Awkward period slang". So is her guise from 70s, 60s, what?
DeleteSuccubus Summoning is becoming the Song of Ice and Fire of erotic horror. Maybe we'll get an HBO adaptation!
ReplyDeleteMight be too much sex for them :)
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