In Luridity #4 - The Summer Update!
2023 is flying past like a speeder jet pilot hopped up on amp jellies.
Yo! It’s the end of the second quarter of the year, and I bring grrrrreat tidings!
I’ve been hard at work trying to reshape the galaxy into the kind of place y’all will want to cozy up in and stay a while, and this summer added even more articles to help do just that.
Inside:
Personal Update
Summer Camp Article Roundup
Introducing: REAM!
In Personal
After a beginning of the year that nailed me with one sickness after another, summer had more in store for the family. Some physical therapy, a funeral, some more sickness, medical bills that won’t quit, a tire that won’t stay pumped, an emergency root canal for me, a fridge that decided to reverse from cold to hot in its death—and with its demise went all the groceries. (Those last two were both the week before last…and last week was the FIRST week of kidlet’s new school year. Talk about a wild summer!)
Things are better this week. And I plan to keep it that way!
Most importantly is that after all that, I’m finally starting to see the future again—what I want Luridity to be, and how I want to share it with you. For a planner addict like me, that is soooooooooooooooo cool! 😍
In Summer Camp News
July kept us hopping over on World Anvil, where Summer Camp arrived in a whirlwind of ideas, collective imaginations, and articles that came out huge and whole, regardless of the fact I told them I just was going to write 300 words of notes and move on.
“…oh whoops, one thousand more words than you planned lalala…”
—my muse, unapologetically
I officially finished 8 out of the event’s 42 possible prompts, taking home a copper medal badge and building Luridity even bigger. (Right-click on the article titles and select “open in new tab” to keep this newsletter open while you go look at each article!) Let’s see here…we’ve got…
…Core articles to show off big parts of how the Centralvest Zone of the galaxy operates…
Galactic Security - SPACE FORCE!
Kitsch - SPACE MONEY!
…One article in particular regarding BDSM etiquette in this part of the Galaxy, and the “criminals” who will be in big trouble…
The Resistance Movement - SPACE BRATS!
…And a dangerous, powerful bird, along with the fashion trends it inspires…see if you can tell those two things apart…
Domiornus - Spectacularly shiny, will eat you.
OnlyFeathers - Spectacularly shiny, won’t eat you.
I also dug into my Tiger’s Catch world of Ferzona to bring readers some background about the people who live there, and the power struggles faced every day.
Shifters - Humans, with extra abilities, which makes them way better.
Forsaken - Default humans, no animal powers. On Ferzona, that’s a bad thing.
If you want to see these people in action, I’m serializing Tiger’s Catch over on Luridity’s Ream page! 😻 More info on that further on in this newsletter!
Finally, for my loveliest of lovely enablers, of course I had to do a Blue Anvil (18+) article that went above and beyond. If I had included it with the summer camp articles, it would’ve been #9! Get ready for a profession that travels far and wide—and long and hard—to bring their clients only the best of the best. And, true to form, there’s a quick fic! Check it out to get a snippet of prose from Alex, Nev, and Gabby, our favorite shy lad and outrageously gossipy ladies!
Paradise for a price: making your fantasies come true with bespoke VR scenarios and virtual locations by consummate professionals of the illicit arts. Centralvest Zone’s premiere service…for servicing. 😂🤣
In Luridity, On REAM!
Last week I started the process of getting Luridity’s novels and short stories ready for serialization! I have a lot of stories to tell, and deciding to do it this way made my muse perk up and do a little dance.
Early access chapters will now go to Ream first! Paid subscribers will get earlier access and some exclusive access, but most stories will be available to followers for free.
After I’ve finished releasing a story to Ream:
The completed story will head toward editor-ing.
Edits will then be made, and the completed story polished to its final version.
The completed story will be posted in chapters on World Anvil, so paid subscribers have access to the interactive, final version. Paid subscribers will also get a PDF or ebook of the final (without the interactive article links).
Cover art will be arranged - which every enabler on Luridity’s paid subscription service will help make possible!
The completed story will be polished and formatted for future publishing on Amazon and other ebook retailers. Ebooks will be published!
Print formatting will be done so that paperbacks can be published as well: YES! We’re gonna get back to doing convention tables!
I am ridiculously excited about getting things underway and can’t wait to introduce y’all to this new platform, which makes reading along so much more streamlined.
Story Index Pages
Don’t worry! My Index pages will remain on World Anvil! While access to polished chapters as a table of contents on World Anvil will be for paid Ream subscribers only, I plan to use each Index publicly as a hub to provide the blurb, quotes, tags for kinks and tropes, and the included characters as things are now. In fact, there will be a small upgrade: Articles related to content in the story itself will also be provided on the Index Pages, so you’ll know exactly where to go to dig deeper into the parts of Luridity that matter the most for that tale.
What’s Next?
I get to writing and publishing all the things. 😍 Let me know if there’s anything you want to hear will be serialized on Ream for Luridity this year! Anything about my characters you NEEEED to know?
Onward to quarter three of 2023, and beyond!
Dani