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Proceeds from Pre-Orders & 1st Month of Sales to go to Pro-Choice Charity
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​Application Process:

Authors are responsible for publishing their books themselves,


ooks are grouped into subseries of 6 books each called "Houses" and each House is based on a precious or semi-precious stone. All cover art and design are done by me free of charge.

As books are completed, scheduling and cover art will commence. 

Generally speaking, applying authors are proposed to the group of existing authors and it is put to a vote. Any author who becomes problematic (with proof of course) will be yeeted from the project and their contract voided and their work must be taken down.

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Series Information:

Word Count: 65,000
Date Published: ​June 1, 2022
Genres: Monster Romance, Sci-Fi Romance, Fantasy Romance, Epic Fantasy, Portal Fantasy
Pairing: M/F
​Tropes: HFN (HEA in later book), Slow Burn
Book Locations:
  • Earth: Orc Rock Farm, California
  • Talam: Oc'Dellor Territory: Craobh Bean Glic, Baile Coille, Noc'tal Forest, Craobh na Beatha

Contractual Obligations:

I have sought to be thorough in identifying potential triggers, both explicit and mentioned, including kinks and mental health awareness. This is for the comfortability of readers who are sensitive to triggering content and because I believe in the informed consent of my readers. If you find any mentions of triggering content that I have not included, email me at [email protected] so I can address it within reason.

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Please note that chapter titles marked with an * mean there are explicit scenes. I’ve included mentions of triggering content below, though they are not specially marked in the chapter titles. Some triggers are generalized throughout the book and aren’t specifically identified in the chapter breakdowns (i.e. misogyny). I do not write rape scenes. However, characters have that as part of their backstory and there are questionable consent moments (immediately stopped, addressed, and resolved).
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List of General Triggers: Misogyny, Extinction, Gaslighting, Societally Expected Pregnancy
List of Explicit Triggers: Drowning, Stalking, General Violence & Assault, Gun Violence, Fire, Pregnancy, Harassment, Questionable Consent (immediately stopped, addressed, and resolved) List of Mentioned Triggers: Mentioned Sexual Assault, Mentioned Abortion, Mentioned Family Loss, Mention of FBI Violence, Mentioned Drug Use
List of Kinks: Praise, Knotting, Choking, Pleasure Dom, Breeding, Exhibition, Primal, Bloodplay, Marking, Tandem Masturbation
List of Mental Health Awareness: PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Panic Attacks
  • Chapter 01: Mention of drug use, mention of SA, mention of abortion, mention of vehicular death
  • Chapter 02: Mention of death by plague, mention of general violence
  • Chapter 03*: Phone harassment, drowning
  • Chapter 04:
  • Chapter 05:
  • Chapter 06*: PTSD, mention of FBI violence, harassment, mention of SA,
  • Chapter 07*: PTSD, panic attack
  • Chapter 08:
  • Chapter 09:
  • Chapter 10*: Phone harassment/stalking, tandem masturbation
  • Chapter 11:
  • Chapter 12*: Police harassment
  • Chapter 13: Mention of abortion, mention of SA, mention of drug use, mention of societal expectation of pregnancy, mention of family loss
  • Chapter 14:
  • Chapter 15*: Primal, knotting, marking/blood play
  • Chapter 16*: Primal, knotting, marking/blood play
  • Chapter 17*: Mentioned exhibitionism, fire, general violence, stalking
  • Chapter 18*: General violence, gun violence, fire
  • Chapter 19*: General violence, mention of drug use
  • Chapter 20*: Breeding, primal
  • Chapter 21*: Breeding, primal, pleasure dom, questionable consent (immediately stopped, addressed, and resolved), choking, knotting
  • Chapter 22:
  • Epilogue: Pregnancy

Publishing Process:

Touch:

  • Sand
  • Leather
  • Flower Petals
  • Faux Fur

Taste:

  • Whiskey
  • Hazelnut Cookies
  • Chestnuts
  • Soup

Sound:

  • Crackling Fire
  • Crashing Waves
  • 60s-70s Music
  • The Hobbit Audiobook

Scent:

  • Rose
  • Cedar
  • Ocean Spray
  • Jasmine

Cover Art Samples:


Established Characters & Locations:

Characters:

Deryn Emrys

Ope

Species: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Gender: F
Sexuality: Straight
Clan: Emrys
​Title: Owner of Maison Arnis
Scent Profile:
​Details:

Tony

Species: Human
Age: Unknown
Gender: F
Sexuality: Straight
Clan: Emrys
​Title: Owner of Maison Arnis
Scent Profile:
​Details:
Species: Opossum Beastfolk
Age: 32
Gender: M
Sexuality: Straight
Clan:
​Title: ​Owner of Screeching 'Possum Pub​
Scent Profile:
​Details:

Ope

Species: Human
Age: Unknown
Gender: F
Sexuality: Straight
Clan: Emrys
​Title: Owner of Maison Arnis
Scent Profile:
​Details:

Locations:

Maison Arnis

Screeching 'Possum Pub

Species: Human
Age: Unknown
Gender: F
Sexuality: Straight
Clan: Emrys
​Title: Owner of Maison Arnis
Scent Profile:
​Details:

Mangione Bros Deli & Pizzeria

Location: The Silent Quarter
Age: Unknown
Gender: F
Sexuality: Straight
Clan: Emrys
​Title: Owner of Maison Arnis
Scent Profile:
​Details:
Species: Human
Age: Unknown
Gender: F
Sexuality: Straight
Clan: Emrys
​Title: Owner of Maison Arnis
Scent Profile:
​Details:

Screeching 'Possum Pub

More Characters Coming Soon!

Resources:

Cover Art:

Cover art will be designed and illustrated by me free of charge! I DO NOT USE GEN-AI.

PROCESS:

Once a story is complete, I will begin the cover art, typography, interior art, etc for the book. Once approved, I will provide appropriately sized cover art files for e-book, audiobook, paperback, and hardback versions.
SOFTWARE: I use Clip Studio Paint to illustrate the covers.
COMMERCIAL LICENSCE: Commercial Licensing for the cover art will be included in the IP Commercial License.
FONTS: All fonts utilized are either commercially free for use or I have paid for a commercial license for them. If I have paid for a commercial license, you will need to purchase a license as well. (My goal is to ensure you don't have to.)

PLEASE NOTE:
The Maison Arnis series has a base cover art design that is Art Nouveau inspired. The colors are changed with each House to reflect the House's stone. ONLY the front cover character art will be different for each story. There are interior art elements that are required as part of the formatting process

Editing:

Editing services are available at a discount from Miranda Sapphire. Otherwise, each author is responsible for their own editing services.

Formatting:

E-book, paperback, and hardback editing will be done free of charge by me. This is to ensure continuity between books in the multi-series.
  • SOFTWARE: I use Clip Studio Paint to illustrate any interior art.
  • COMMERCIAL LICENSCE: Commercial Licensing for the interior art will be included in the IP Commercial License.
  • FONTS: All fonts utilized are either commercially free for use or I have paid for a commercial license for them. If I have paid for a commercial license, you will need to purchase a license as well. (My goal is to ensure you don't have to.)
  • MAIN TEXT FONT: The main text font will be Spectral for it's readability.

Publishing:

Authors are responsible for publishing and distributing their own books. The REQUIRED publishing platform is Amazon.
It is HIGHLY recommended that you purchase your own ISBNs and Barcodes - especially if you decide to publish wide, that way you own all rights to your ISBNs and their use. 
  • You can purchase ISBNs and Barcodes via Bowker.

Narration:

The following narrators are open to doing straight royalty split narration for our series.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Simply, there are NO UPFRONT COSTS to indie authors participating in Maison Arnis. Instead, the narrators would receive royalties at a pre-agreed-upon percentage. Of course, if you wish to hire narrators (these or others) and pay them PFH (Per Finished Hour) and keep the royalties, that is absolutely okay!

PARTICIPATING NARRATORS:
  • Katrina Medina
  • Matt James
  • James Flynn

PRO TIP:
Most audiobook publishing platforms only allow one author and one narrator for royalty payouts. If you decide on duet narration, the responsibility for that royalty split would either fall to one of the narrators or to you, the publishing author. If that seems like a LOT, you can always opt for a publishing platform like PublishDrive which not only allows you to publish audiobooks wide on their platform, but it has a Team Royalties option (though it is a paid service) so you can have payouts go to multiple narrators. Thus far, it is the only wide publishing platform that I know of that offers this kind of service.

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