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The Future of Wrong Side of the Bed
2 years ago
Hello everyone,
I’m going to try and stay as calm as possible throughout this announcement, but if you read the title, you can guess some huge things are potentially in the works. Understand, though, I’m internally freaking the fuck out.
At the community meeting today for Share: A Non-Monogamy Ball coming up this Friday, I reconnected with a photographer (B, he/him); he took photos of myself and my spouse/editor (they/them) at the Rave’n Ball, the first event I vended at. After catching up and learning B has been a professional photographer/artist for 30 years, (i.e. has 28.5 more years of professional artistic experience than me) who started with adult work in Las Vegas (he takes professional photos at Kink events, so that should have been obvious), he showed me some of his graphic designs edited from models he photographed, clay models he was sculpting, and 3D-printed work he recently got into; most with fantasy themes, one heaven and hell themed.
I attended the meeting as a vendor for my novels and introduced myself as such at the start of the meeting; so, naturally, I mentioned my own fantasy series, got to talking about the sex/kink/LGBTQIA+/poly positivity, my desire to make people forget about the “abusive monstrosity that was 50 Shades of Grey,” (as I put it) and my attempt to blend erotica with traditional genres. Our conversation escalated very, very quickly after showing him art of my characters (THANK YOU SAMMI-DOODLES FOR TAKING MY LINGERIE PIN-UP COMMISSION https://www.furaffinity.net/view/52134027/); apparently, I was the right creative with the concepts he was looking for to create larger works.
First, we talked about creating prints: hiring models to cosplay my characters, having photoshoots, and then adding the fantastical bits that can’t be made with props (and his own artistic touches) in Photoshop. He’d sell prints himself, let me buy them for half then sell them at full price (still donating a portion to charity: The Trevor Project, just not all of it like the free/commissioned art I’ve received), and possibly let the models distribute them too under the same deal. To say I was in love with the idea after seeing his digital art was an understatement. Additionally, if we work this out, the Third Edition of Wrong Side of the Bed 1 Act I and every novel/novella I release afterward will have character art included within the pages and possibly a color edition.
Second, we talked about long-form art (novels, graphic novels, shows, movies) in general too. He was astounded to hear my earliest drafts were essentially a movie script and I had to work backward from what he considered the traditional creative process, learning creative writing after having all the skills I’d accrued to create the visual descriptors needed to make an engaging novel. I talked about my ultimate dream of seeing my series made into a 3D animated series; so, he showed me some of his experiments with making graphic novels—using the same technique of having models cosplay and then finishing the edits in Photoshop—and said he’d like to turn my series into a graphic novel. I didn’t know how I could possibly say no to the idea.
Third, we had a connection on Dungeons & Dragons (HE HAS A STACK OF 1e CAMPAIGNS I CAN’T EVEN FATHOM! THEY’RE OLDER THAN I AM!), action role-playing games, and collectible trading card games. He then asked me how many characters I had; recalling that I actually counted the number of characters/forms a little while ago, apparently “over 50” was the right answer to invigorate our conversation. Turns out, he’s been looking for a concept with enough original characters and concepts to make a trading card game; he’s almost figured out how the printing process will work, including metallic/holographic cards. He was also very happy to hear that my series has D&D elements implemented within an original system I had to make myself, so my literary RPG might become a trading card game. I’ve just about figured out how the mechanics will work, so I’m pretty sure this is happening.
Fourth, we were both invited to attend Naughty Sin City in Las Vegas this October; a four-day total hotel takeover convention for pride/kink/drag/LGBTQ+/poly. If I go, this will be not only the largest convention I’ve attended, but also the largest outreach I’ve had to date, and my first time vending my work outside of Denver. B and I haven’t discussed yet if we’re both going or if we’d collaborate there, but B has done a lot of work in Las Vegas, so if he’s invested in my series and knows I’m going, then I’ll probably have him and some other assistants helping me promote. It’s very possible I’ll have an incredible display at Naughty Sin City with B’s help and, regardless, have a larger outreach than I ever thought I’d have at this stage.
Finally, https://media.tenor.com/E8jFqgIwwrI.....el-alastor.gif
I hope you all are looking forward to these developments as much as I am! Needless to say, the future of Wrong Side of the Bed is looking very bright!
With love,
Alexandria
I’m going to try and stay as calm as possible throughout this announcement, but if you read the title, you can guess some huge things are potentially in the works. Understand, though, I’m internally freaking the fuck out.
At the community meeting today for Share: A Non-Monogamy Ball coming up this Friday, I reconnected with a photographer (B, he/him); he took photos of myself and my spouse/editor (they/them) at the Rave’n Ball, the first event I vended at. After catching up and learning B has been a professional photographer/artist for 30 years, (i.e. has 28.5 more years of professional artistic experience than me) who started with adult work in Las Vegas (he takes professional photos at Kink events, so that should have been obvious), he showed me some of his graphic designs edited from models he photographed, clay models he was sculpting, and 3D-printed work he recently got into; most with fantasy themes, one heaven and hell themed.
I attended the meeting as a vendor for my novels and introduced myself as such at the start of the meeting; so, naturally, I mentioned my own fantasy series, got to talking about the sex/kink/LGBTQIA+/poly positivity, my desire to make people forget about the “abusive monstrosity that was 50 Shades of Grey,” (as I put it) and my attempt to blend erotica with traditional genres. Our conversation escalated very, very quickly after showing him art of my characters (THANK YOU SAMMI-DOODLES FOR TAKING MY LINGERIE PIN-UP COMMISSION https://www.furaffinity.net/view/52134027/); apparently, I was the right creative with the concepts he was looking for to create larger works.
First, we talked about creating prints: hiring models to cosplay my characters, having photoshoots, and then adding the fantastical bits that can’t be made with props (and his own artistic touches) in Photoshop. He’d sell prints himself, let me buy them for half then sell them at full price (still donating a portion to charity: The Trevor Project, just not all of it like the free/commissioned art I’ve received), and possibly let the models distribute them too under the same deal. To say I was in love with the idea after seeing his digital art was an understatement. Additionally, if we work this out, the Third Edition of Wrong Side of the Bed 1 Act I and every novel/novella I release afterward will have character art included within the pages and possibly a color edition.
Second, we talked about long-form art (novels, graphic novels, shows, movies) in general too. He was astounded to hear my earliest drafts were essentially a movie script and I had to work backward from what he considered the traditional creative process, learning creative writing after having all the skills I’d accrued to create the visual descriptors needed to make an engaging novel. I talked about my ultimate dream of seeing my series made into a 3D animated series; so, he showed me some of his experiments with making graphic novels—using the same technique of having models cosplay and then finishing the edits in Photoshop—and said he’d like to turn my series into a graphic novel. I didn’t know how I could possibly say no to the idea.
Third, we had a connection on Dungeons & Dragons (HE HAS A STACK OF 1e CAMPAIGNS I CAN’T EVEN FATHOM! THEY’RE OLDER THAN I AM!), action role-playing games, and collectible trading card games. He then asked me how many characters I had; recalling that I actually counted the number of characters/forms a little while ago, apparently “over 50” was the right answer to invigorate our conversation. Turns out, he’s been looking for a concept with enough original characters and concepts to make a trading card game; he’s almost figured out how the printing process will work, including metallic/holographic cards. He was also very happy to hear that my series has D&D elements implemented within an original system I had to make myself, so my literary RPG might become a trading card game. I’ve just about figured out how the mechanics will work, so I’m pretty sure this is happening.
Fourth, we were both invited to attend Naughty Sin City in Las Vegas this October; a four-day total hotel takeover convention for pride/kink/drag/LGBTQ+/poly. If I go, this will be not only the largest convention I’ve attended, but also the largest outreach I’ve had to date, and my first time vending my work outside of Denver. B and I haven’t discussed yet if we’re both going or if we’d collaborate there, but B has done a lot of work in Las Vegas, so if he’s invested in my series and knows I’m going, then I’ll probably have him and some other assistants helping me promote. It’s very possible I’ll have an incredible display at Naughty Sin City with B’s help and, regardless, have a larger outreach than I ever thought I’d have at this stage.
Finally, https://media.tenor.com/E8jFqgIwwrI.....el-alastor.gif
I hope you all are looking forward to these developments as much as I am! Needless to say, the future of Wrong Side of the Bed is looking very bright!
With love,
Alexandria
