Hello, everyone! 

Allow me to submit this month's entrance into the newsletter series. Know that this is one that shall not be slain.

...Because how would that even work?

Let us use an undetermined method of locomotion to move down the newsletter.

I was actually quite inspired this month, so I made a few extra memes. They'll be on the Discord server.

It is at the title says. I fully wrapped up the commissions queue that I opened last October. Instead of reopening right away, I intend to dedicate some time to making big progress on all the current exclusive series (those born of Prompt Polls). I am affectionately and stupidly calling this the "Exclusive-Series-Slaying Arc".

I intend to keep at it until I've significantly trimmed down the list of ongoing exclusive series. This will take an undetermined while, but I must be remorseless. I appreciate the understanding of everyone who wants to commission me - especially those seeking sequels for their previous commissions. I want to write your commissions too, but I must focus on this for now.

Here, have a visual representation of what I hope happens.

For those who might not have seen it, I talked about reorganizing my workflow structure HERE. The goal is to better progress on series by choosing a few to focus at a time.

I've made it official and updated the Workflow Central post to reflect that. Check it HERE. It is also linked at the main post of this page.

I still need to decide between Outsourced Bitch or Momo Is Built For It for the last slot of the Six Pool. I might make a poll to decide it, exclusive to Fighters and above.

Don't come crying at me. You know what you did. *points judgmentally at you*

We may or may not have one next month. I have not decided yet, so don't count on it yet. I gotta be mindful with these or I'll just end up overloading my queue again, so forgive me if I skip next month too. If we do have one, it'll probably be a free-for-all. The interracial theme will, of course, be allowed again.

Also, for those who might have missed it, I changed the Prompt Poll Rules document to prevent future stalemate scenarios. Also, the Prompt Showdown has been made an official segment of the Prompt Poll process. You can check it HERE. It is also linked at the main page's post.

*never stopped pointing judgmentally at you*

My apologies, everyone. This poll was supposed to happen last month, but I wanted to release Momo Is Built For It first, and I went wild on the word count for that one (I actually had to cut myself short, believe it or not). I also went wild on the word count for the last commission in my queue, Rukia Is A Weird Slut. I hope everyone is enjoying these two stories!

I'll be posting the Character Popularity Poll within the next couple of days. I'm curious to see who everyone's favorites are this time around.

I also mentioned previously that I might update some of the images and descriptions of the page to reflect this new 'arc' (maybe). This is something I intended to do only after the Character Popularity Poll, hence why I did nothing yet. But I might also not do anything.

My movements are simply impossible to predict.

I religiously avoid politics, religion, or anything of the sort here because the goal is pure, wholesome smut. If there is ever anything of the type, it is inside stories and it is for fetishization or plot purposes, never an actual statement.

This one time, I feel the need to bring the topic up since it directly affectes me/this page/this 'industry'. There's been a big push by payment processors to crack down on platforms/stores allowing hardcore adult content - even fictional content involving zero real people.

For those who did not know, Itch.io and Steam were massively affected, having to remove thousands of NSFW games from their platforms. The fact that even Steam was affected is scary, as they're a gigantic platform.

Most of you probably don't know this because it was so long ago and my page was so much smaller then, but I began in Patreon. Right as I started doing this full-time, Patreon cracked down on my page due to the nature of my 'darker' stories - I believe it was around when Welcomed Into A Depraved Futanari Family first came out. It was very scary for me because I had just made a big commitment to write smut full-time, so it could not have happened at a worse moment.

I ditched Patreon and switched to Subscribestar because I hated the idea of censoring myself from writing darker, more hardcore stuff. I was pretty scared at the time, and am very thankful to everyone who followed me over, and to everyone who's joined since then. This page grew a lot faster than I ever expected. In the end, I think it was convenient that it happened back then instead of later on, when I might have been too entrenched and used to Patreon.

That said, I worry that they'll eventually come for Subscribestar. If I'm honest, I have no idea what criteria they use to decide who to attack, as it's all very random. Every couple of years, Patreon gets more censor-y, but somehow Subscribestar's been immune. I don't know how that's possible and if it'll last, but I obviously hope it does. Any big platform switch comes with obvious risk - and guarantee - of losing tons of subscribers, so I'd really like to avoid that, and I don't even know what platform I'd go to at this point.

Nevertheless, that is the cost of doing business. Every industry has its quirks, and the good comes with the bad. Stores burn down, companies go bankrupt, and platforms shut down. In all of these cases, you pick up your stuff and figure something out moving forward. 

If anything ever does happen to Subscribestar, keep an eye on my Twitter/Discord/Hentai-Foundry and you'll find out what I figure out.

I favor optimism in the face of needless anxiety. The future is bright and humans are creative. I hope this thought encourages others in the same industry who might be concerned. 

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And thus, August's Newsletter is completed! Did you enjoy moving through it with 'undetermined method of locomotion'? I personally didn't care for it.

I shall now return to the shadows to continue working on Perverse Bonds. I have no commissions anymore, so all my focus is on brutally murdering these series - with love, of course. You know, whatever that means.

Once I'm done with it, I'll be getting into Chapter 5 of The Black King Piece. Expect a Degeneracy Pit. Start cooking crazy ideas, cameos, and cosplays to make the convention chapter nuts.

August shall be a great month for smut! Thank you all for you continued support!