A quick update
I won’t keep you long, but I figured at least a couple of you will want to know what we’re up to right now. Well, I’m finishing up the last bit of a personal writing project ��that I expect to wrap up in the next week or so. (In case you’re wondering, I’m novelizing a little Eberron story��that wasn’t enough to build��a game from, but I still liked the idea enough to write it out.) After that, I’ll begin work on the second draft of The Burning Noose. Aron’s working on the last few chapters of draft one, which will be long done by the time I get my slow ass that far.
We’ve also recently finished up the second of three outlines of a 12-book erotica novella series, tentatively named after the protagonist, Lily Quinn. I’m beginning work tonight on that third outline, which includes all of the world details and scene-by-scene breakdowns of each book. That should be done by the end of the month, I hope, which will have it in Aron’s hands for drafting in February. We really don’t know how quickly we’ll be producing Lily Quinn books.
Also of importance, we will not be publishing the Lily Quinn books under our standard Erica Lindquist & Aron Christensen names. Most of our mainstream stuff is pretty clean. (Not everyone agrees, though ��� we’ve had some complaints about the sex scenes. And compliments.) The Lily Quinn books will be something else entirely. If you’re offended by the words “cock” and “pussy,” these are not the��books for you.
That’s why we’ll be publishing then under a different pseudonym:��Natalie & Eric��Severine. (Currently, both Aron and I write under pen names, anyway.) That way, it’ll be a lot harder for our mainstream readers to accidentally end up with something on their ereader that might make their poor eyes bug out.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous. Our current catalog of books is hardly universally beloved. We’ve got plenty of really painful one-star reviews lying around the internet like caltrops. And erotica isn’t exactly a commonly accepted genre. It’s growing in popularity and acceptance, but it’s hardly standard summer reading yet.
But we’re really excited about Lily Quinn, so screw all that. Wish us luck!
