Hello all! It’s been a while since I last posted an update, so I figured I’d best let everyone know I’m still alive and kicking. A lot has been going on in my life and I’ve been meaning to post more often so readers know what’s coming up next with my books, so I’m sorry to keep everyone waiting.

First off, I’m sure everyone has noticed a recent increase in illustrations I’ve been posting, and also that they’re created with AI. I know some people don’t mind if art is made in AI, and others don’t like it for one reason or another. So let me be clear with my stance on it and how it’s being used with me. To start with, I personally don’t mind AI art. Yes, it’s not always perfect, believe me I’ve gone through many failed creations before uploading the art pieces you now see in the gallery. Sometimes the AI gets it spot on, other times it takes multiple tries to get even the simplest thing correct. That’s how it goes, and only time will help AI get better and more reliable. I don’t mind that fact.

For now, know that I’ve only been using the AI for fun and extra illustrations to post online. It’s amazing to me how easily it can create art and I’ve always wanted to have more illustrations and ideas for the characters come to life. And yes, and it’s considerably cheaper and easier to do it that way, I won’t lie. But for my published books, those are still using artwork created by humans. Maybe I will switch to AI with those in the future, but for now I don’t mind paying the higher prices for illustrations made by human beings to use with the books as I want those art pieces to not only be similar to one another to keep it consistent, but also when it comes to monstergirls, AI can sometimes be hard to wrangle with. I can’t tell you how many times Specca’s illustrations came out with her having a mermaid tail. Mermaids are not nixies, AI! Why don’t you understand this?? And have you noticed that Reiko hasn’t had any AI art of her made yet? Yes, the AI doesn’t understand how Reiko should look given her monster form. Still working on that. And if that doesn’t work out, at least she is getting a new look soon in Season II

So for those who don’t like AI art, you can rest easy knowing the books I publish are still using art made by humans. And for those that don’t mind AI art, I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing all the extra content made for the series. And if you have any suggestions of what you’d like to see with the characters next, let me know in the comments.

Next up, what’s going to happen with my publishing given what happened with Amazon? First, regarding my Amazon store page getting taken down, and since Amazon support won’t even reply to my inquiries about it anymore, it’s safe to say they don’t care that they wrongfully terminated another indie publisher and are just going to keep looking the other way. That being the case, there are two things I’m going to be doing. Number 1, I’m going to keep publishing to the many other online retailers that are hosting my books, with all the store links being listed under each book on my AGordonPublishing and Chronicles of Eden websites. I’m also getting ready to have paperback and hardcover versions of them made again with other retailers, more on that later. And, Number 2, I’m debating adding a tagline to all my books now. Perhaps something along the lines of “Chronicles of Eden – A monstergirl harem series too hot for Amazon!”. What do you all think? It’s a work in progress.

Regarding the next book in the series, that would be Hunters – Act II, with the initial draft for Season II – Act VI also being written up and planned for release after. I’m looking forward to expanding the world of Eden through Seth’s eyes, and the new faces that are going to be showing up will bridge the side story with the main story even closer together. It’s almost like they’re going to cross over at some point, am I right?

Lastly, what have I been doing in my spare time, if any, when not writing? The usual really. Been working on getting through my expansive movie and anime backlog (it’s a losing battle, but I still must try). On the gaming front, I’ve been enjoying Helldivers 2 (For Democracy!), the classic world in World of Warcraft (For The Alliance!), the stories and amazing characters in Genshin Impact (For my teams of hot, badass girls!), and also journeying once again through the world of Skyrim (For the Dark Brotherhood! Yes, I’m not always on the side of justice in these games).

So that’s about it for now. I’ll try to post more updates frequently to keep everyone up to speed on what’s going on with my books and such, and of course I plan to post more illustrations of Eden to bring more of the world and its fantasy to life for all. Until next time, stay awesome everyone!