Hello all! Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, happy Kwanzaa and myriad others!

The holidays are, without question, my absolute favorite time of the year. Even better this year, since I'm having tons of fun working on the stories I bring to you all, not to mention seeing all the faves and comments roll in! Once again, I've gotta give it up to the good people of FA for being friendly, welcoming, and most of all, supportive! Special shout-outs to a few people here:  kinzhal who has been the best friend I could ask for all this year, and a wonderful source of inspiration to boot.  skiesofsilver for being an inspiration and letting me post my weird little stories in his Discord to reach a wider audience.

So! What's ahead for me? Well, I have the final Hypnovember story currently in the works, and guess what? It stars yours truly! That's right, this last Hypnovember story - as well as every story in December - is going to feature me, or rather, my fursona in all her glory. I've used her sparingly up until now, but I think it's about time to really flesh her out and establish her as a presence on my page and in my gallery. You'll be getting all of the details on her once she takes over and starts dropping stories, so I won't spoil anything for you yet, but stay tuned! I promise you won't want to miss a single word of her origin story, or her further adventures ^.^

As for 2024 - I've got big plans! Long story short, this year has been a bit of an "experimental" phase for me. I've been tossing stuff at the wall to see what sticks and what flakes off, and so I'm ready to make some changes in the New Year. Starting with a clean slate! I've enjoyed all of my current settings, but they haven't really resonated with me the way I wanted them to - and for the most part, I don't think they made as much of an impact on you guys either. None of which is necessarily a bad thing!

I think part of it was the schedule I slipped into - a three-week rotation between my settings, followed up with some single, standalone stories. One short story a month, not all of which do anything to advance any sort of plot, just isn't a lot for people to sink their teeth into. In the New Year, I'll be extending this schedule. I have three new settings, two of which I've introduced you all to so far - the Rakthani sci-fi setting, and Junction City, which is sort of a modern-day catchall for everything from slice-of-life and cute dates to thriller intrigue and lurking horror. The third setting will be totally new, a clockpunk fantasy world going by the name of Cor'xa. There'll be more information on it in a later journal post - probably before I start its inaugural month - but that's why I bring it up. Going forward, I'll be spending a solid month in each setting before moving onto the next, then the next, and resetting - with the occasional break to do themed months, like Macro March or Hypnovember (if I can't make them fit within the settings, of course).

I think this'll really let me - not to mention my readers! - dig in and get to experience my settings, rather than having whiplash moving rapidly from one to the next. It does mean a slightly longer wait for more once the month is done, but I'm hoping you'll all be hooked enough by then to endure the wait. ;P Not every story will have huge metaplot implications, of course - at my core, I'm a pornographer, and I can't stray from my calling for too long - but I do want to really start building these worlds and creating characters and stories that resonate with people...even if just for the time it takes you to get off. n_n

That's all for now. Thanks to everyone who read this far, and again, happy holidays! Leave a comment below if you've got anything you'd like to see me tackle in the New Year, and I'll see you at the next story!