Hello Everyone my name is CMed, I have been writing the Tales of Heroes and Fanworks for Snekguy's Pinwwheel universe and wanted to get a big update on future things.
As I continue into almost a full year of writing I am getting better and better as time progresses. I want to thank people for the constructive comments and things that might advance things for my writings. That being said I am now going to be moving into the next steps in writing.
Note: This IS NOT a DONATION REQUEST. I am considering for awhile the possibility of creating a Patreon page for myself. I would treat this more of a donation box with the ability to showcase a little bit of concept art at the same time. I don't really have any thing for rewards although I might go and provide a special thanks to those that want to be listed on my stories for their generous donations. All my stories are free. The Patreon wouldn't open until the next couple of months but could be used to help fund book covers maybe even some concept art for races in Tales of Heroes. It would be strictly volunteer if you wish and not force to pay to read. Let me know what you think as I can try to create a little bit a hub for anyone to voice opinions.
That being said there are two book universes I write. One is the fanworks for Pinwheel for Snekguy. Under the Influence was my first book I ever wrote. It is both a beginning for my writing with some rough edges and things that I want to return and revise now that I have been further and further contact with the original writer of the story universe in getting the minor details right. Nothing major in the story will be changed that the readers originally read but I want to help eliminate things such as internal parentheses talking when I initially wrote it. The story was originally written in 1st person point of view and then switched to third person point of view and the transition was not easy to do for me. The later chapters smoothed out so much better though.
I am also looking into a major revision for Warrior of Silence the sister to Under the Influence. Now that artists such as Rube has provided some wonderful artwork for the Krell and the original author wants to revise Highway to Krell, I am also going to be looking into doing some revisions of my own to Warrior of Silence since the female Krell look almost exactly like the Males but with a chest to them (I recommend checking out Snekguy's Patreon to look at the new artwork for the Krell).
Chronicles of Pinwheel is the next step for the fanworks. I have actually even been considering things such as renaming Under the Influence and Warrior of Silence to have Chronicles of Pinwheel with the title along with the original titles for uniformity reasons. If I do this Under the Influence would be renamed Chronicles of Pinwheel 1 Story 1 Under the Influence and the Zera Maneuver would be called Chronicles of Pinwheel 2 Story 1 the Zera Maneuver to compensate. Again this is only an idea, as it can help provide uniformity to something much like I do with Tales of Heroes as all their titles have Tales of Heroes along with the title.
With all that being said, the Pinwheel stories as much as I am happy to write them present abilities and disadvantages. The advantage is being able to promote Snekguy's universe. It is his universe obviously but there is some hope deep in mind that maybe a series on TV could be made if it keeps getting more and more successful that I could be a writer to serve with him. I have often been called his clone by other fans do to the extreme efforts in making things as consistent as possible with his universe. The catch is that I am not being paid to do this and I cannot go and sell my fanworks since it would be copyright infringement at this time. Dreams can be a fleeting thing though but he is making references to fanworks that write to his universe including Iron Wolves. In Firebrand I was happy that Snekguy mentioned the African Union as a reference to what I wrote in Warrior of Silence. I have passed question after question to him in what I wanted to have to go with the story with the Zera Maneuver to ensure that those events get a nod as he advances his writings. I have to take things slowly with Chronicles of Pinwheel but I actually have six more stories planned as Snekguy has a busy writing schedule as do I as my career and way path may change.
Since Pinwheel is one thing, my reasons for my writing is a simple one. I like the anthro women big or small. Everytime I read a human with some werewolf for example it is 50 times out 1 that the werewolf is a male doing it with some regular human woman. Monster love is usually something in stories where the human woman either falls or is taken in by some beast man. Honestly what happens to the beast women? Much like Snekguy and MeanDraco with Teraurge You know those beastie women want the snu snu too. That is why I write as I feel that I am reaching out to that audience. I don't care if the sex is violent or calm and easy, maybe the monsters just need to get laid?
My alternative is the Tales of Heroes or my own universe entirely. It is a collection of stories in one that includes the main story going into a story about the god, or fairy tale character and their events in history. Sex pays off in this universe as some of those relationships with animal anthro gods end up getting pregnant and their children might start to show up in the future stories. History is the backdrop with actual events occurring in the background. I don't mind going back and handling corrections and any typos that might exist. As I get more and more books the bigger Tales of Heroes becomes. I get to have beastie women and male human companions and can expand outward in time. Ryujin and the Tales of Heroes is still being worked on with 78K words and climbing. I don't mind taking breaks to write the short stories for Chronicles of Pinwheel so I am not stuck on this universe all the time.
This brings in another situation. Do you feel the Tales books are too big? This is a very tricky subject for me. My reasons for the big books are obvious and that is having many stories in one. Book cover commissions are expensive but cheaper overall for a large book instead of dividing the book into multiple pieces and having to explain the back story every single time would suck. My Tales of Heroes work like this Main Story:Origin Story for Character:Main Story: Origin Story for another Character:Main Story until the plot ends. Imagine each little story having to explain the Coalition of Deities every time, it would annoy the readers way more often in the end. As a result I cannot divide my big books into small stories and then post them. Tales of heroes was not designed to be read all in one sitting anyway.
No Sex and Erotic Version are a stay for me. 1/6 of my audience prefers no sex and I want to respect that small crowd. All I ask is that you don't downvote the no sex version if you wanted to have the sex version when both are up. Seriously I had someone complain and do that on another site when all they had to do was read the erotic version..... Whatever the case was I promise you that I prefer the erotic version way way more and will continue writing it that way and just leave choice for you guys. Sex in this universe pays off and their children might just show up in the stories including what they contribute.
Anyways, if you have any constructive comments I would gladly appreciate them. I have commissioned artists for Ariadne, Ayida Weddo, and Under the Influence book covers as time continues.