Potential New Project Poll (Patreon)

Hi all!

Note: edits added to clarify a couple of plot ideas for decision making reasons.

So I've had a couple of stories stuck in my brain for months now, and after a talk with my publisher about the success of Quarantine in bringing people to this page, the decision was made that it may be a fun idea to try and write a serialized story (think a few chapters at a time, read the whole thing for the whole story) and publish it on Kindle Unlimited as a way to earn more readers and maybe even Patrons. My publisher has been tracking new authors using this approach who are bringing in tons of new readers with this method, and I am still aiming for that ever-elusive $2000 per post goal.

This decision is in the early stages and has absolutely no bearing on HFHM or the content I produce on these pages. The only reason I am even bringing it up is that I haven't done a proper poll in a while, and I want you all to choose what the story will be! That's right, the fate of my entire future (j/k, but only a little) is in your hands.

Here is a synopsis of both for you to consider, they're still very early draft, so excuse their cringiness. Both stories will have erotic elements, so don't worry that I'm going mainstream on you  ☺️

1. Sci-fi story [No working title yet]

This one is about a cybernetic human male and his female alien companion who acts as his engineer (I'm thinking lizard-type hybrid). The two of them are lifelong friends working on a modified scout frigate, and they scavenge for rare materials on dead planets and asteroids for money.

While scavenging a dead world, they discover an incredibly rare AI system that will change their lives, if they can find the right seller. However, the discovery of this long-lost program kicks off a chain of events where they find themselves fleeing for their lives with the help of a pair of stowaways (one is a shape shifting prostitute bot, the other is an alien race I invented). This story will have some heavy science fiction world building elements, and will feature ship battles, pew-pew lasers, virtual reality, and more than a couple sexy hookups between shipmates.

Edit: My story has a ton of AI in it, but primarily as a means to properly utilize FTL warp drives. Without them, the math is too complex, and a ship with proper AI integration is extremely valuable. So AI is kind of like a top of the line iPhone, they're common, just expensive, and they are mostly on lockdown because of space laws.  

For my proposed plot, the AI they find was part of a top secret military project. It's meant to be a true AI, something that blurs the line between what's living and what's not. They don't know this when they find it, they just think "yay, food money!"  However, when they take it, they accidentally activate an ancient military AI. It sees this act as a theft and pursues them, but since it doesn't have a body, it is hacking into systems and declaring bounties and such on them, and slowly escalates its behavior as it continues to fail, because it's only job is to protect military assets (even though its military is technically gone).  

So while I have already fallen into the bad AI trap, I hope that making it a behind the scenes manipulator vs the primary aggressor will bring something new to the table....maybe

2. Game-lit inspired lesbian fantasy romance [Working Title: Earth and Skye]

The only survivor of an airship crash involving a mysterious new kind of dragon, the young adventurer Skye finds herself stranded on the monster-infested Earth. As an under-leveled Support Class adventurer, her only hope lies in the enigmatic (sexy lamia girl), a martial artist with a heart of gold and fists of steel.

They must work together to cross the Forbidden Forest and return Skye to her kingdom so that she can warn them. This story will have plenty of fighting, magic, and will focus heavily on romantic elements between Skye and the lamia as their forbidden human/monster relationship evolves.

Edit: My big idea for that is that the hero is struggling with her own identity. She was born in a world of might and magic, but was born with a very small mana pool and genetics didn't bless her with strength, so she went for Support Class in the hopes of becoming something better than a nobody. A lot of self identity issues result from this.  

When she meets the lamia, she sees that a woman can be strong and feminine, and is drawn to that at first, and now struggles with the fact that she is sexually attracted to a monster.  The lamia becomes sexually attracted to our hero, but struggles with it because same sex stuff amongst the lamia is hugely frowned on.  So I have magic, fighting, and forbidden love. Figure that's a good start.

Okay everybody, that's the news. I'm leaving this poll open for a while because I'm not even going to move forward with this until Book Two, Audiobook and LA are on their way out the door. I'm just curious what sounds more interesting to you, feel free to argue/discuss in the comments or over on Discord (which will confuse the hell out of some people, but that's fine, too!).