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I have a happy announcement.







I am writing original slash erotica, and I am going to be paid for it.

A subscription yaoi site has branched into a new site, SL Publishing, and five of its authors--Alice Montrose, Becca Abbott, Delilah deSora, Heather Jan, and Octavia Atlas--have moved along with it. It will similarly function as a monthly/yearly subscription site. The authors are presently offering original yaoi stories at the rate of one to two chapters per month, per story. I have been invited to join them.

I am over the moon about this. I'm thrilled for those fanauthors who are successfully selling their original YA novels, but all I've ever wanted to write is filthy dirty lurid porn. This is exactly where I hoped to arrive one day, and HP fandom brought me here, bless you all. I don't anticipate wealth that's going to keep me in steak dinners as a result, but it's pay, not self-publishing, and it's the beginning of my paid writing credits.

No, of course I'm not giving up fanfiction. I haven't produced as many fics in the past year, and that's just a natural product of having given that fandom my all for several delightful years. Eventually you start to run out of fresh ideas for the same storyverse. If the ideas show up I'll run with them, but they're not coming as frequently as they did. Meanwhile, this concubine named Silvian has shown up in my head and wants his lewd multichapter tale told, one orgasm at a time, so, I have to listen to him. (I can hardly believe this is my first WIP, too. It's different, working with outlines like this!) And no, the website full of fanfiction is not going anywhere.

And like it says in my bio, it's fun to come up with character names again.

If any of you would like to read my first original slash smut since 2002, come over to SL Publishing. Subscriptions are monthly or yearly, and the site already has ten ongoing stories. The first two chapters of each story are free previews; further chapters will require a subscription.

How do we authors get paid? We get a percentage of the profit made from monthly and yearly subscriptions, each month. So, if you a) like what you read, b) want to read more, c) want to directly support my writing career and make me happy dance even more wildly--yes, please, subscribe!

What's the story, you say? Here's title, summary, and teaser:

Lord Bereshti's Concubines

Silvian is the favorite concubine of a wealthy lord. When a new, reluctant concubine is added to the collection, Silvian takes it upon himself to save the new one from his fears, with unplanned results.

Warnings/enticements: explicit sex, yaoi, strong language, dubious consent, bondage/punishment kink.


Teaser:

"Wine?" the Darleshan ambassador found himself echoing stupidly.

"Yes, wine." Lord Bereshti remained seated in his chair and gestured with his free hand; the ambassador could not take his eyes from what the man was doing with his not-free hand, and so could only assume there was wine to be had in that direction. "A pleasant, if youthful vintage. Sit. Do have some."

Youthful. Gods above, the youth wedged between Bereshti's knees was a mere boy. The not-free hand of Bereshti's circled one pale nipple, teasing and plucking at it as if he would remove it and pop it into his mouth like a sweet; the boy arched into the touch and moaned, lifting his head from where it was burrowed between the lord's burly thighs.

No--not a boy, the ambassador realized, as the beauty of that face was made plain. A chamthi-drinker. Still beardless, smooth-bodied, lilting-voiced. Chamthi had such properties, when consumed from a young age; no proper man would ever drink the tea pressed from it. Of course, the ambassador was far from his native Darlesh--the only place one could find proper men.

But coin knew no country, so one could not hide oneself in civilized Darlesh and forgo trade.


Two chapters are up; I'm working on the third. According to my outline there will be smut in every chapter. Everyone needs goals; that's mine. I will announce the posting of new chapters on livejournal/insanejournal.

I adore you all, whether this interests you or not. Thank you all for getting me here. &hearts
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Date: 2008-06-06 11:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scrtkpr.livejournal.com
That is so awesome! Congratulations! :D

Date: 2008-06-06 11:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I am in the stage of quietly happy, right now. It felt almost embarrassing to make this announcement--like there would never be a time that could capture how I felt, sharing this with all of you.

Date: 2008-06-06 11:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladysevsnape.livejournal.com
YAY! That is so awesome! If I had money I'd pay a subscription but I'm broke... *sigh*

Keep us updated! :D

Date: 2008-06-06 11:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I know not everyone can subscribe or will want to! ^_^ Check out the preview chapters for enticement, though, if you like.

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Date: 2008-06-06 11:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] violetisblue.livejournal.com
Wow! Congratulations! :-D

Date: 2008-06-06 11:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
Thank youuuuuuuu. ^_^

Date: 2008-06-06 11:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cluegirl.livejournal.com
It came through?! YAHOO!!!

I'm so glad you're going to get to run with this!
*Tackleglomps!*

Date: 2008-06-06 11:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
It did. I had mentioned that I had to wait for that original idea to hit--and it did, a week later. *smooches*

Date: 2008-06-06 11:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mosrael.livejournal.com
OMG YAY!!!

I can't wait; I love your writing. I haven't been tempted to read original yaoi that often, but this has my attention for sure. *does a little dance*

Date: 2008-06-06 11:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I really, really hope you like it; I hope everyone likes it! I know not everyone will want to make the jump from a storyverse we're all devoted to to a completely unfamiliar one, but I hope the promise of filth will at least tempt some people. :D

Date: 2008-06-06 11:24 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] capri-chan.livejournal.com
1. That is awesome. :D

2. Dammit, this WOULD happen just before going away for a week with limited internet access. I can't even read a little now because I'm supposed to be packing.

Date: 2008-06-06 11:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
It'll be waiting for you when you come back! And maybe I'll have another chapter by then (or at least close to it)!

Date: 2008-06-06 11:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] persephone-blue.livejournal.com
Original smut? I knew it would only be a matter of time.

Date: 2008-06-06 11:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I used to write it before fanfiction, but my writing skills needed improvement. I think in the past five years they have. :D

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Date: 2008-06-06 11:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] painless-j.livejournal.com
Oh wow, this is great news! Congrats! But don't leave our pretty (and not) boys! They need their good writers too :) Who will write Albus Severus/Albus/Severus or a really fucking-tastic Harry/Scorpius or Draco/Albus Severus??

The teaser is very intriguing. I'll check it out later, when I'm feeling adventurous :)

Date: 2008-06-06 11:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I love our boys. There will be no leaving them. ^_^ Just have to let the plotbunnies arrive as they will!

Date: 2008-06-06 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cesario.livejournal.com
*g* I am extraordinarily pleased for you. heartiest congratulations.

Date: 2008-06-07 12:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! Couldn't have done it without fandom, couldn't have. Literally--that's how I came to the attention of the people involved in the site.

Date: 2008-06-06 11:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dbassassin.livejournal.com
Congratulations! That's absolutely freakin' awesome!

Date: 2008-06-07 12:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I am really, really happy. Quietly happy, right now, 'cos it's so big.

Date: 2008-06-07 12:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spare-change.livejournal.com
Congratulations! I'm so happy for you, and I'm excited for your work to find a larger audience than us HP fans! ♥

Date: 2008-06-07 12:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
Oh, let's get realistic--it may get a smaller audience than the HP fans, because the HP has the virtue of being HP! But, this is all mine (legally, because no author writes in a vacuum--there's influences of everything I've ever read in the stories I write, honestly), and I'm happy to be giving it a go.

Date: 2008-06-07 12:07 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] chimbleysweep
Oh, so happy (and so envious!) for you!

Date: 2008-06-07 12:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I am darned happy. ^_^

Date: 2008-06-07 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] proserpina-kore.livejournal.com
I am so pleased for you - and for us :-) The world needs more beautifully written smut and you are just the one to do it.

::runs to slpublishing::

Date: 2008-06-07 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
Oh, gosh, I so hope you like it! *turboblushes*

Date: 2008-06-07 12:41 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kaiz.livejournal.com
EPIC SQUEE! :-)

Date: 2008-06-07 12:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
YOU GET IT DON'T YOU? :D

Date: 2008-06-07 12:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pennswoods.livejournal.com
Wow! This is so cool!!!!

*feels very proud to know a professional erotic author*

Date: 2008-06-07 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
YES. See? I am prestigious and ever'thing! *giggles*

Date: 2008-06-07 12:57 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lauriegilbert.livejournal.com
*hugs you tightly* Congrats my dear!!! I am extremely happy for you <3

Date: 2008-06-07 01:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
*weeps a little on you* Oops, sorry, didn't mean to get you soggy. ^_^

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Date: 2008-06-07 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nehalenia.livejournal.com
That's wonderful!!! Congratulations! I had no idea such sites existed, and I'm delighted to know they do! Yay filthy dirty lurid porn! Woot!

Date: 2008-06-07 01:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I'm very glad for sites like this--instant gratification is one of the best things for porn to survive. :D

Date: 2008-06-07 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angiepen.livejournal.com
Congrats, hon, and good luck! :D

Angie

Date: 2008-06-07 01:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
Thank you! As long as the writing bug stays with me, I'm good. :D

Date: 2008-06-07 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gmth.livejournal.com
OMG YAY! That is so cool! I'm thrilled for you! *hugs* :-)

Date: 2008-06-07 01:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
It is almost scary-anticlimactic unbelievable, at this point. I can't believe how simply content I am at this moment.

Date: 2008-06-07 01:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterthunder.livejournal.com
Oooh, how exciting! Congratulations!

Date: 2008-06-07 01:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I am so happy, thank you!

Date: 2008-06-07 01:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hpstrangelove.livejournal.com
Wow - this is great, and your story sound wonderful; I'll subscribe just to have your story, but some of the others look good. You know I've always said that anything you write is awesome, and this looks like more of the same.!

Date: 2008-06-07 01:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
There are some talented authors on that site--even the summaries alone make me say, "Wow," for some of them!

(And thank you! :D )

Date: 2008-06-07 01:25 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] gossymer.livejournal.com
HAHAHAHAHA, so much pwnage in this post, especially, I'm thrilled for those fanauthors who are successfully selling their original YA novels, but all I've ever wanted to write is filthy dirty lurid porn.

Congratulations btw :) And sometimes you just need a bit of distraction for a while for the HP plot bunnied to return ^_^

Date: 2008-06-07 01:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I just don't have YA scrambling to get out, you know? That would take, like plot-without-porn 'n' stuff! :D

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Date: 2008-06-07 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] figliaperduta.livejournal.com
Go tell [livejournal.com profile] orig_slavefics, they'd drink it up. And congrats!

Me=jealous.

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Date: 2008-06-07 01:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmere.livejournal.com
WOW, congrats! I'm so happy for you, and you definitely deserve it. ♥

Date: 2008-06-07 01:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
I don't feel deserving but I feel darned HAPPY. :D

\o/

Date: 2008-06-07 01:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] myrafur.livejournal.com
Fuck yes! I actually did this icon gesture!

I'm pleased as punch, and so proud of you! ♥

Re: \o/

Date: 2008-06-07 01:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amanuensis1.livejournal.com
HEE! Did you really? *loves*

Re: \o/

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