Announcing: SL Publishing Group and my original erotica (!!!)

[amanuensis1]

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

Comments

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

APPLAUSE! Congratulations to you.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :D

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

OMG HONEY CONGRATULATIONS! You are so much deserving of this, ten times over. I want to buy your story in print omg you must let me know when this becomes possible. *SQUEEEE*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

STILL using this icon, babe. ^_^ I don't know if it'll show up in hard copy print ever, to be honest, but I'll post updates so if people only want to read it when it's complete they'll have the opportunity.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I am so filled with squee. ^_^

[herbmcsidhe.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Once finances settle out somewhat, I'll look into getting a subscription, as your stories have always entertained me in ways unique and surprising.

(I was digging through old list archives and came across "A Spell To Turn Tigers To Butter" and "Ten Zillion Points From Gryffindor" and "Droit Du Seigneur" all of which are among my favorites; but I cannot locate the sequel to Droit Du Seigneur, which saddens me. and I'm still a fan of FBF!Lucius...)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

http://www.amanuensis1.com/faitaccompli.html <=Should be there! :D

You are SO sweet. You're one of the first people I remember having as an lj friend, and you've always been a dear.

[winter]

Congratulations :)

(And um. The graphics (I assume) you linked are signed with a dodgy certificate that's making my Firefox scream about security violations. Perhaps something you'd like to bring to the publishers' attention?)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I run into those all the time, so I guess I hadn't paid much attention to it--I just click "Don't show certificate, please load" and go on my merry way. If they are giving people trouble I will call it to the attention of the managers!

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

Many, many congratulations!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Thank you amazingly!

[iscaris.livejournal.com]

YAY you!

I've been spending time working on original projects this year too, and it has been a total blast. Congrats on your foray into original slash fic and all the best with your story, which I'm going to check out when I get back tonight :)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, nifty, I want to learn about your projects! And I so hope you like the smut. :D

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Yay for you :D YAY!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I am very darned happy. :D

[oddishly.livejournal.com]

That is unbelievably awesome. Congratulations!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! ^_^

[sra-danvers.livejournal.com]

I love your work, and I'm sure that it will be wonderful like the others fics you had write.
I'm a great fangirl, in fact I don't read original fiction, but you can be sure that I will read your original work.

Congratulations for this.

MARTA

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

You sweetheart, thank you so much! I hope you take a look and find you like it! :D

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's so great! They couldn't have picked a better writer, really - congratulations! Yay for remaining love for the fanfic! And double-yay for the teaser... I'll definitely have to look at that site (as soon as I've figured out why it triggers my laptop security).

And heh - remember I told you a year ago I'd dreamed picking up an erotica collection of yours in the bookstore? Step closer to that :).

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one who's mentioned dodgy interaction with security on the site--I remember seeing it when I first signed in but I see those all the time so I didn't think much of it. I might let the managers know.

And--oh, dear one, THANK you!

[parlophone.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'm so happy that you'll be paid for your writing.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It doesn't even matter what the amount is, you know? Just that someone said, "We think you're good enough." Yowza. And THANK you!

[slashbluegreen.livejournal.com]

Woooot! I'm a happy subscriber to SL Publishing. Lots of lovely hot original slash, with my fav authors. I'm looking forward to many more chapters of your story!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Did you really subscribe?? Oh, you sweetheart, thank you! You inspire me to get writing even faster. :D *hugs*

*also giggles over your icon*

[matitablu.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations! Heh, that's pretty much what happened to me with porn comics, lol!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Is it?? Oh, that's so cool! And thank you so much!

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

I'm really happy for you. You totally deserve it.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*hugs you* And I know you mean it even if I have a hard time believing it, and...oh, just, you. *smooches*

[sophinisba]

Congratulations!! I'm so happy for you!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

You dear, thank you!

[idlerat.livejournal.com]

YAYYAAYAYAY!!! Congratulations - I hope it goes great & you make lots of money! You deserve that and more.

FB: Bereshti is a great crazy made-up name. :)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Money's not so important as just the everything of it, yanno?

--When I was first writing original porn, years ago, I couldn't do anything with the story until I had the protagonist's name. And I would spend hours coming up with something perfect. Now I have a (relatively) large storyverse to populate, and now that there's Google, I find I want to run the names through Google to make sure they aren't already too distinct in someone else's fiction or reality! This is NEW! :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hannelore/]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! That's awesome awesome awesome, congratulations!!!!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

You sweetheart, thank you so much! *hugs*

[mybrokenlocket.livejournal.com]

That's so great! Let the filthy dirty lurid porn commence.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

With your approval, YES! :D

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

Congratulations that's such wonderful news. And great news for us too, we get to read another of your brilliant stories. Off to check it out.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I so hope you like it, thank you so much!

[bookshop.livejournal.com]

BEST ANNOUNCEMENT ON MY FLIST EVER OMFG I LOVE YOU LOVE YOU *RUNS OFF TO READ SMUTS YAYYYYYYY*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

You bring tears of joy to my eyes, you know? No, really, I'm tearin' up a little over here. *smooches*

I so hope you like it!

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Many congratulations!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Aw, you sweetheart, thank you!

[scoradh.livejournal.com]

Dude, that is so awesome! *♥ on you*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I am so happy, thank you so much! *hearts back*

[maryfic.livejournal.com]

Oh, gods, yes, yes, yes, subscribtion NOW, please. :) I can't wait to read the first two chapters.

Congratulations, dear!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I so hope you like! You are so sweet! ^_^

[rfachir.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*sporfles at icon*

Thank you so much!