Two years and two days later, Sex Slaves and Warlords is now live.

36,000 out 150,000 New-Written Words

It is only 36,000 words (and there’s 3000 more in alternate scene content, on the website). However, it is just the first chunk of over 150,000 words I’ve written. The other chunks will follow (I’m hoping to release one book a month, for the next 4 months or so).

Did I need 2 years to write 150k words? Gods no. A good chunk of that was cleaning after the Great Amazon Book Blocking that killed two out three books and ended a series. Those books, in their uncensored and too-hot-for-Bezos entirety, are here and will remain here. I have no beef with Amazon over this. They have boundaries and I crossed them. In a (small) way it has been good for my writing — I now know where the line is. Instead of self-censoring, I can just put the super racy stuff on the website as alternate scenes.

Why did I write 150k words just to put out 30k for the first book? Well, because the books are better when I can manage them all as a single project. Things that happen in one book might need changes made in an earlier one. Ideas at the start may not be as interesting as ideas that emerge later — and would require re-writing.

The cost though, is that it takes a long time.

Also, its not done at 150k. I took stock at that point and figured nope; this thing is going to top out at 300k! I figured waiting till 2026 was a dumb idea and that I should start getting these books out without precious about them. Halfway through, there’s nothing much I think that will change. Not a good enough reason to keep these to myself.

Sharing it With Fellow Hyperboreans

Keeping it to myself is exactly how this has felt. So much has happened on Hyperborea! I have to fill you in on this.

As you may remember, Gerard picked a big fight. There’s been consequences, but he had a point. Dura is now at war with the Deep Ones (I’ve working towards this since 2021).

There’s other factions Gerard has to deal with. Shemite city-state of Starka is not pleased and they are moving to check Dura’s power. Their poweful ally, Marna, a city on the coastline of Shem, is getting involved. There is also the Hataduri farming garrison - a prelude, if unchecked, to further colonization. Last of course, there is are the Wakers of Azathoth:

Enjoy the read and thank you for coming with me on this journey. It has been wild!

Alice