Concupiscence - Issue # 17
Art Packs and New Escapades
A Day Late and Change of Schedule
I am a day late with this issue. After 16 issues and 4 months of posting in this space every Thursday, I have realized that posting on Thursday does not capture the entire extent of the work done in the week. I hardly ever finish a new post on Fridays, and even if I do, these end up not being the best of my work, often done in haste.
Starting with the 17th Issue, Concupiscence will be posted every Friday, instead of Thursday.
Last week on After a Good Date
Starting a new story series has always been the most exciting part as a writer. I get to set the stage, talk about the characters, and paint a picture to the best of my abilities, for you to read, enjoy, and rub yourself to.
The Woman with a Cigarette
I posted the first two parts of The Woman with a Cigarette. It’s about Aisha, a woman whom I’d met in early January, at a bar. She was pretty (aren’t they all?) and pensive. I wouldn’t have chatted her up, if not for chain smoking. I talked with her because I wished someone would have talked with me on evenings like those — the kinds of evenings on which you don’t want to think of the next one.
Unlike my previous posts, I will NOT be publishing any of the posts as exclusive. I made this decision because of the support my readers. I have decided to keep this Escapade series entirely free to read. I will be putting this together as a book, and you will be able to buy this as a book. Unlike my previous eBooks, I will be keeping the art in the eBooks too. And in addition to it, I will be putting together an Art Pack for the book. A little more about the art packs.
Art Packs
All the art that I use in my story, in my book covers, and in my Reddit posts is generated by me. I will not go into the details of which AI models I use, and my workflow (planning to do an entire post series on it when I get the time), but doing all that takes time and resources.
Whenever I put my stories together in a book, I drop the images. It’s a decision I had to take to make eBooks of manageable sizes. I have observed that heavy eBooks usually crash readers on apps, and Amazon has a delivery cost per KB for eBooks.
However, Reeti to Rita was the last book I tried to publish on Amazon. I have come to realize that it is awfully difficult to get my books published in the Indian Amazon Marketplace. The eCommerce rules in India are too tame for my kind of work.
For all such reasons, whenever you buy my books from Gumroad or as an Extra from my Buy Me a Coffee page, you get books without any pictures.
Art Packs as Augments to eBooks
Instead of going back and placing the art back in the books, in the right places, I have decided to publish Art Packs.
Art Packs with names same to my Published Books contain the art which is already in the blog post and also some images that never made it to the posts here on After a Good Date. Many a time, I have to drop a picture because the pose doesn’t fit in the narrative, or the expression of the subject does not match the scene that I am trying to make the reader imagine. The Art Packs contain these dropped images too.
I will not bullshit you about these packs — some of the images in this pack, for which I am asking you money for, are available for free. Consider buying these packs as a way to support my work here. However, you do get pictures that you have not seen and you get the images in high definition.
When I make art for the newsletter, I keep the sizes small, since there’s a limit to what I can send as emails. However, when selling these as Art Packs, I don’t have to consider memory size.
I highly recommend you buy the packs from my Gumroad since you get a better deal, and it’s a much smoother buying experience.
Standalone Art Packs
These are different. These are Art Packs generated, not because I want to describe a subject in one of my story series, but because I want to express my Erotic imagination. As I am writing this, I have only one such pack up for sale, but I am really proud of it!
Women in the Kitchen
These are highly erotic Indian women, seen in the kitchen. I wouldn’t have put these up for sale if I weren’t proud of them. I will soon be publishing another Art Series — Chained.
Here’s a free sample of the upcoming Art Pack - Chained
If you like my work, consider supporting this. There are many ways to support the publication. You can buy my ebooks, and my art packs or make a small donation at my Buy Me a Coffee page.