I love this universe that I've created.
In this future timeline, legalized sex work became the foundation of global society after 2036, turning what was once hidden into a highly visible, thriving industry. Strictly regulated but celebrated, it grew alongside major businesses, filling city streets with neon-lit pleasure clubs and branded chains where sex was openly bought and sold like any other service. Over time, normalization blurred every boundary. Laws mandated intimate acts between family members, schools taught explicit sexual techniques as part of standard career preparation, and the legal age of sex workers was lowered to keep pace with demand. By 2186, the industry that once promised wealth and excitement had become a routine, minimum-wage job, mostly staffed by teenagers who saw spreading their legs, opening their throats, or serving customers however they wished as just another workday task. The system ran smoothly, accepted without question, with no one left who could remember a world where sex wasn’t available at every turn.
As stated in the previous blog, I made an attempt to do a part two of Lila's story. Without spoiling too much (if it were to ever come out), it focused on the necklace to start and its random activations, forcing her to seek out help from Andrew Barrington. This leads her to fall into the hands of Sarah, who sexually tortures her to a physical and mental breaking point. Andrew catches Sarah in the act, then brings Lila back to the mansion, where she meets back up with previous encounters, who all assist her with getting over the trauma she endured. Over all this backfires and swings too far the other way, Lila wanting to be nothing more than a set of holes and giving up school and her lifes ambitions. Andrew knows sex is a huge part of her life, but knows that isn't all she's good for. He tells Lila he has no choice but to send Lila back to Sarah to get fixed properly, undo whatever she truly caused.
And that's what I've got so far. Haven't touched it in months at this point.
I then wrote 4-5 starts to new cyberpunk/future-esque stories, multiple chapters for each, but my interest in each of them faded and I moved on. I wish I could stay more focused on a single project and produce long content that I feel proud to post, but my mind won't let me. I also wish I could organize my content better, into short stories and long form content, but the site is limited. But I appreciate the platform allows me to show my work!
I am currently working on a new story that is 3 chapters long and takes place in the Edge of Obedience Universe. It opens with a girl named Naomi who gets home after a shift at Paradise Sands, exhausted after a long day of servicing multiple men throughout the day. As she's winding down in the shower, her boyfriend wakes up and joins her in the shower. Naomi lets him know she's hurting and asks him to stop, but he proceeds to use her anyway. Raping her. It explains that this has been going on for a while, constant unwanted sexual advances and penetration, and she's finally had enough, running away from him. Without giving too much away, the story continues as she deals with the emotional weight of being used without consent. It builds the world, showing in depth how working as a sex worker is her choice, her choice to give up her body for others' pleasure for a return of financial gain. She has friends at work, an understanding boss, and they help her through the early rough patch of starting fresh.
I have 7+ more chapters planned for this. The problem is that the end of chapter 3 has such a sweet spot ending, so it's once again put a hold on my will to continue. If you're a frequent reader of my content, you'll know there isn't a chapter that goes without some sort of sexual act, usually dominating the scene and deeper plot flowing around it. I do like the plans I've set out for this new story, its very relationship driven, but I can't just throw a rape victim into a sexual relationship. She's broken. And that's okay. Everyone heals at a different pace. But I also can't keep her at work all the time just to have sex, and without the sex to drive the plot, it's putting even more weight on my will to see this through.
My main question is, since I titled the first book "Edge of Obedience", how can I title any new books to reflect that it's in the same universe, but has nothing to do with the first book at all.
Rambling over! Thanks to everyone who reads my content! I appreciate every nice message people send me. :)
The Edge of Obedience.
One of the few long (100k+ words) stories that I have seen from start to finish. I had so much fun writing this and was excited every day to continue working on it. I’m just posting some extra stuff in case anyone is curious about how it came about.
When the story was originally written, there was a massive time jump between where chapter 6 ends and chapter 16 where the poolside meeting begins. The plan was to gloss over everything and have Lila just be used to the mansion, the new life, and all the changes. The maids Amara, Hana, and Clara, Marcus the personal trainer, and James the chauffeur didn’t exist. The original chapter 16 was a meeting between Andrew Barrington and some guy named Johnathan, and the meeting ended well.
Obviously, I ended up not liking the time jump, missing out on everything that could and did happen to Lila was too much to just gloss over. The chapter was shelved and I began writing about Lila’s first weekend and it continued to flow from there.
What that shelved chapter did was give me a goal. I knew that at some point I wanted that poolside meeting to happen, and I knew that it would be near the end of the story. It resulted in quite the rewrite of that chapter, incorporating Robert and switching the meeting to ending unsuccessfully.
It worked out to be a much better end to the story than I had expected. As a result of that, I am very proud of this story as a whole. I’m also very appreciative of all those who read my story and messaged me with editing tips and corrections. It costs nothing but time to be friendly, and I thank you for taking the time to reach out.
What’s next?
I have been writing a follow-up book for The Edge of Obedience, but the process hasn’t flowed as nicely as the original. I finished the 5th chapter. Then I realized I hated the entire 1st chapter, which resulted in deleting it entirely and rewriting it from scratch. Now I’m at the point where I don’t like where the 4th chapter left off, which means the entire 5th chapter would need to be rewritten or deleted as well because the results of the 4th bleed heavily into the 5th.
This has me in a slump. Typically I try to write a little every day or go over the content I’ve written, but I haven’t been opening the document lately. I know myself. If I stay away from the story for too long I’ll drop it completely and move onto something else.
I like what I have for chapters 1-3 and half of 4, but I also don’t want to release just a part of this story. Too many times I’ve let a long story die, and that isn’t fair to the people who take the time to read them.
So will there be a follow-up? I hope so, but I don’t know.
Thank you for reading and your support! :)