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I'm proud to announce that Gabatrix: Darin and the Frontier is being uploaded to Storiesonline. The story is set shortly after Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder, leading up to the events that will transpire in Gabatrix: The Last Tank. It finally focuses on Darin and his contributions to Earth and humanity, while highlighting his adventures in space.
Darin and the Frontier is the last story set in the "Phase 2" category of Gabatrix (Legacy to Batrice Crisis). I originally meant to write this story sooner, but the entire concept wasn't fully fleshed out yet, and I didn't have the confidence it would work until everything was polished and in the right direction (especially when following the footsteps of Wheels of Thunder). I'm happy to say, with full assurance, that a good story has been written and is ready for the audience to enjoy. All future Gabatrix stories will continue after Gabatrix: The Forgotten.
I also polished a few things here and there on another story. I noticed that Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder's ending was a little off on the time sync for the other Gabatrix stories past it. For example, the epilogue was five weeks later, when it's supposed to be more like 2-3 weeks. This matters, since the events after Wheels of Thunder, including Last Tank and Batrice Crisis, will be more time-specific. The story on Storiesonline has been updated with these minor changes, and I will update the Wheels of Thunder publications once Darin and the Frontier is published as well, to make sure everything follows as it's supposed to and doesn't encourage possible confusion.
With all that said, what's next? I'm happy to report that Gabatrix: The Cipra Campaign's Audiobook campaign is complete on MyGoFundMe. The goal has been met, and audiobook production is to commence immediately. My current goal is to ensure that Gabatrix: The Cipra Campaign receives a final-edition overhaul so I can send it to my voice actress for audiobook production and release the book in hardcover as well. This will be a good 2-3 week process, as Cipra Campaign is a larger story fitting to what will eventually lead into Gabatrix: Legacy.
In the meantime, Starfall and the Tales of Heroes is over the horizon after I finish up The Cipra Campaign final edition. Starfall has won the Patreon voting on what's going to be the next story after finishing up Darin and the Frontier. In absolute fairness, Starfall was on the back burner for way too long, as it helps establish the bridge for Tales of Heroes and what will inevitably lead into Gabatrix. It's also been a while since I've written a Tales of Heroes story, and it'll help allow me to take a breather from Gabatrix so that I can come back into full swing again. With Starfall's story, I can promise a good mix of drama, action, love, and magic, especially since it deals with Earth's downfall and possibly an all-out civil war with the gods themselves.
Enjoy Gabatrix: Darin and the Frontier. :)
Full Gabatrix Story List in Order (starting the first from the top to the last on the bottom):
- Gabatrix: Minerva
- Gabatrix: The First Peace
- Gabatrix: The Magenta Racer
- Gabatrix: The Violet Wave
- Gabatrix: The Silver Rain
- Gabatrix: The Terrorists of Batrice
- Gabatrix: The Shira Maneuver
- Gabatrix: The Warrior of Silence
- Gabatrix: The Cipra Campaign
- Gabatrix: Legacy
- Gabatrix: Relics
- Gabatrix: Force and Vehemence
- Gabatrix: Pirates of Palora
- Gabatrix: Veleshar
- Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder
- Gabatrix: Darin and the Frontier
- Gabatrix: The Last Tank
- Gabatrix: The Batrice Crisis
- Gabatrix: The Forgotten
I'm happy to announce that Gabatrix: The Forgotten is being uploaded to Storiesonline. It's the first book of the year, with more Gabatrix to come.
Set a month after Gabatrix: The Batrice Crisis, mankind launches an expedition to the great reaches far beyond human-controlled space. The goal is to investigate the unknown race known as the Venermax, a supposed species that the Itreans encountered almost 100,000 years ago. With the T'rintar clan alliance in place to reveal their location, humanity takes its steps to uncover the secrets of this new, possible alien race and establish first contact.
But disaster strikes. Doctor Theron, the leading scientist behind the expedition, has vanished. The mission is in jeopardy. It will be up to everyone to unravel the mysteries of the Venermax, while Theron endures his long road of survival, trying to uncover the truth of everything he was sent to explore, while not perishing in the process.
Gabatrix: The Forgotten is a drama, light psychological thriller, action, suspense, mystery, light horror, erotica, survival science fiction story, one of the very few stories that purposely steers away from the main premise of the Human-Itrean conflict. In many ways, it's a refinement of what Gabatrix: Minerva had accomplished that began the entire Gabatrix series. It's a nice, perhaps brief, break from what the rest of the Gabatrix stories are set to be.
With finishing up Gabatrix: The Forgotten, the familiar question comes into place. What's next? This week, I intend to work on the Gabatrix: Warrior of Silence audiobook since I've received all the audio files from my voice actress. Music is going to be added, tuning to make sure that it's suitable for Audible's rather strict format rules and so forth, before publishing it. I'm also going to work on an overhaul of the Gabatrix website. It's long overdue for an update, adding new content, links, fixing any possible broken links, and polishing some of the little issues that have persisted in it. Major updates to the website are going to be done once a year. Most of the reason is that Google and other search engines make the website difficult to find, along with other smaller indie websites that have similar issues. Google tends to favor marketplace sites and other major trending websites that easily overwhelm most searches, more so than ever before. Regardless, the website is getting an update.
After this, I'm also going to get started on the next Gabatrix book, Gabatrix: Darin and the Frontier. This future story is the only book that will take place in the past, happening after Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder and before the events of Gabatrix: The Last Tank. I already have Piero Painter working on the book cover as I type. Darin and the Frontier is going to be a fun story, dealing with Christopher Darin, the CEO of Darin Industries, as he helps forge the Blue Buccaneers, creating the Earth Defense Force, and going to war with the Aksren and Shal'rein clans in whatever ways possible with whatever resources wasteland Earth can offer. Only a brazen cowboy, his courageous volunteer crew, and his Itrean wife ever have any hopes of taking on such a momentous task as he ventures into the deepest regions of Itrean space.
With Gabatrix: The Forgotten, it will be a good month before it is published, so that others can help point out any little mistakes that might have slipped through the cracks. Hopefully, Gabatrix: The Warrior of Silence audiobook will be published by the end of April as well. Until then, your feedback matters. Don't be afraid to tell me about any errors that have worked their way into the woodwork, especially when the stories can reach 140,000 words. Anyways, enjoy Gabatrix: The Forgotten. :)
I'm happy to announce that Gabatrix: The Batrice Crisis story is being posted on Storiesonline. One of the biggest and most significant stories in Gabatrix is finally complete. This was a big one to fill, and one of the more satisfying stories and events to create, serving as the culmination of the past Gabatrix stories. For the newcomers, I highly recommend reading the past Gabatrix stories before diving into the Batrice Crisis. I view this story as just as important as stories such as the Cipra Campaign, serving as the endpoint of a series of stories, while beginning with something new. No doubt, Batrice Crisis will be filled with its share of drama and action as humanity is faced with a 24th-century Civil War.
It wasn't easy having to write this story, as I had to deal with severe jaw pain and ultimately an infection that required me to go to the hospital. It was later learned that a bad tooth had infected the trigeminal nerve and glands on the left side of the jaw, making it extremely difficult to eat, talk, and swallow. I am being treated for it and recovering pretty well, finally reaching pain-free and away from the pain medication. It did slow down the writing, but I'm glad that it's finally done.
I do plan on letting Batrice Crisis sit around for a little while so that others can help point out any grammatical errors/mistakes. Obviously, with a story that's 200K in words, something is going to slip through. Constructive comments are always welcome as I place my stories on Storiesonline to purposely be critiqued. I do plan on publishing this story on Amazon, Bookapy in about another month.
About a couple of months ago, Gabatrix: The Shira Maneuver, final edition, was also updated on Storiesonline. I have all the audio files and am in the process of submitting the Gabatrix: The Shira Maneuver audiobook to Audible. This will take some time, since Audible is very strict on its rules when it comes to audiofiles and how they're setup (like even if the audiofile is 0.1 DB off, they'll reject the file). It normally takes them about 2-3 weeks to process all of it too, but Shira Maneuver audiobook publishing is hovering around the corner. :)
So the question is, what's next? I've actually been debating with myself on what it is that I want to write with such a big plate ahead of me. I was considering writing StarFall and the Tales of Heroes next, but I do want to keep pushing forward with Gabatrix. With StarFall being something just as big as Batrice Crisis and the fact that Batrice Crisis was pretty exhausting to work on, I do want to focus on something a little more easier to write. At this moment, I feel that Starfall should be placed on hold for the time being. I do have the Aerondight trilogy that I want to inevitably write, but I'm still debating on when that story will finally pop. Unlike the other stories, Aerondight will be much more human-focused, but may hold hints of Tales of Heroes and what will become Gabatrix in the storyline's future. In the meantime, I'm going to look into writing the next Gabatrix story, Gabatrix: The Forgotten, dealing with a brand new alien race along with another story that I want to write Gabatrix: Darin and the Frontier (title name pending) that will deal with Darin and the Rampage crew set between after The Wheels of Thunder and before The Last Tank. Darin is something that I think will be alot of fun to work with as you're going to see the cowboy captain more and more often in Gabatrix as time progresses.
In the meantime, enjoy Gabatrix: The Batrice Crisis and remember to offer your support. :)
CMed (TheUniverseofCMed)
For those that are interested in the full story order of my books:
1.) Ariadne and the Tales of Heroes
2.) Ryujin and the Tales of Heroes
3.) Taweret and the Tales of Heroes
4.) Ayida-Weddo and the Tales of Heroes
5.) Helsing and the Tales of Heroes
6.) Gabatrix: Minerva
7.) Opet and the Tales of Heroes
8.) Gabatrix: The First Peace
9.) The Garden of New Olympia (Set around the Gabatrix series)
10.) The Garden of New Olympia 2 (Set around the Gabatrix series)
11.) Gabatrix: The Magenta Racer
12.) Gabatrix: The Violet Wave
13.) Gabatrix: The Silver Rain
14.) Gabatrix: The Terrorists of Batrice
15.) Gabatrix: The Shira Maneuver
16.) Gabatrix: The Warrior of Silence
17.) Gabatrix: The Cipra Campaign
18.) Gabatrix: Legacy
19.) Gabatrix: Relics
20.) Gabatrix: Force and Vehemence
21.) Gabatrix: The Pirates of Palora
22.) Gabatrix: Veleshar
23.) Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder
24.) Gabatrix: The Last Tank
25.) Gabatrix: The Batrice Crisis
Or just Gabatrix,
1.) Gabatrix: Minerva
2.) Gabatrix: The First Peace
3.) Gabatrix: The Magenta Racer
4.) Gabatrix: The Violet Wave
5.) Gabatrix: The Silver Rain
6.) Gabatrix: The Terrorists of Batrice
7.) Gabatrix: The Shira Maneuver
8.) Gabatrix: The Warrior of Silence
9.) Gabatrix: The Cipra Campaign
10.) Gabatrix: Legacy
11.) Gabatrix: Relics
12.) Gabatrix: Force and Vehemence
13.) Gabatrix: The Pirates of Palora
14.) Gabatrix: Veleshar
15.) Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder
16.) Gabatrix: The Last Tank
17.) Gabatrix: The Batrice Crisis
(As a side note to the moderators, this post is not a request for money. No links to anything have been provided either. Please do not remove my post. Thank you)
There is a growing concern in the adult media genre that warrants me to write about this, which needs to be further elaborated and spread about with not just me but other adult content creators and the general consumer. I'm sure that others have been brought aware of the current predicament with Steam and other game distribution platforms that are forced to remove certain video games due to pressures brought about by payment processors (i.e. Paypal, Mastercard, and Visa). With the recent news, Steam had to remove some games dealing with adult content, including other platforms such as itch.IO that recently removed ALL adult video games from its platform. Meanwhile, certain activist groups, claiming to have pressured these payment processors, are celebrating the removal of these games.
The situation has become one part of an alarming trend for adult and NSFW content creators. There are already cases where artists who create NSFW artwork are blocked from being paid through Paypal, due to limitations implemented by the payment processor. In Japan, Visa/Mastercard implemented limitations preventing people from supporting anime and manga creators (in other words, they block your ability to pay them). Meanwhile, artists who worked on various platforms lose their ability to be paid because the payment processors deny service. I even fear for Furaffinity and its future as well due to the ongoing threat of payment processors.
Now, while the activists will claim victory in this, people don't realize that because of the actions taken by payment processors to halt payments, it opens up a door to censorship and the freedom of expression. Games that have violence or anything deemed "offensive" can be targeted next. If it isn't the same activist group, then it'll be another group that will pressure your payment processors to stop something that you enjoy or support.
Unfortunately, this goes far beyond just video games. I, myself, create adult content through stories, much like many individuals who enjoy a hobby, trying to turn it into a business. The growing trend in censorship has had an impact on me as it has on everyone else. On certain websites, such as Literotica (to name an example), where I had long discontinued uploading my stories because my stories and snippets of the audiobooks were being censored and blocked (in their own words) to "protect the reader's feelings." On Patreon, some of my posts (featuring artwork that I commissioned to be made) were flagged/taken down, and I had to reupload under heavily restricted means due to pressure from payment processors. I have to find other payment processors just to pay some of my artists.
Because this door is being opened wide, anything and everything can be targeted. My stories deal with human/anthro relations, including love, romance, and sex. Did you know that when the game Mass Effect came out in 2007, media outlets blasted the game, claiming that it was promoting their definition of "Bestiality" because your main character can have a romantic sexual relationship with an Asari, a blue-skinned alien woman who was very humanlike? Yes, crap like this happens in social media, invigorating others to do something. How long does it take before dumb groups turn around and advocate for payment processors to deny payments/funding to me or others who write stories like I do, because they deem it as offensive content? Religion, politics, LGBTQ+, everything is on the chopping block because the Karens, SJWs, and Payment processors will now dictate to you what you can and can't buy or support. You give an inch to these activist groups and payment processors, and they will take a mile.
Now there are attempts to possibly resolve this, including the S.401 - Fair Access to Banking Act, which might be able to target groups like PayPal, Mastercard, or Visa in the payment processors' war against adult content creators. Japan's government is essentially going to war with Visa/Mastercard over blocking others from supporting anime and manga creators. The fact is that everyone needs to get active. We need to join up and repel the censorship. Sign petitions and notify your congressmen about the long-developing issue with payment processors.
I do everything I can to support those who work with me when it comes to making my stories. I promote my artists, composers, animators, my voice actress, my supporters, and so forth when it comes to creating what I love. Activists and SJWs will no doubt weaponise your feelings to devalue another. They will claim that you are encouraging evil, deviant, malcontent behavior, not realising that you know the greater issue that is at stake. Many adult content creators are not horrible, degenerative monsters who want to watch the world burn. They come from all facets of life, me being a Navy veteran, just to name an example. I've seen great stories that have come out from Japan and other content creators, with fresh ideas, plots, characters, and so much more. I can say that of the anime that I get a chance to sit down and enjoy are actually downright amazing and provide original stories, something that is sadly becoming lost in current Hollywood. The people who create anime and manga are men and women who coexist peacefully and harmoniously with one another, even going so far as to respect the original IP from which it originated. The same can be said of my artists and composers who work all around the world to create the work that you can see and enjoy. The same can be said of my supporters, who love and care for those around them. Don't let the few take away what you enjoy. Stand up and let your voice be heard. Fight the censorship and support your right to free speech.
I wanted to pass along to everybody that Gabatrix: The Last Tank is now being uploaded to Storiesonline. The Last Tank takes place after Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder. The Last Tank is the first story to be put out for this year, taking over 3-4 months to write. Like anything, my stories deal with the human/anthro or human/alien romance variety, as the Gabatrix series has already long established. The world of Palora is in grave danger as Shal'rein clan warships begin appearing en masse. The UHN and T'rintar clan are attempting to repel the assault, but there is more to it than it seems. Meanwhile, a paleontologist has uncovered a great artifact that may very well help in the impending battles to come.
I'm also happy to report that I've raised enough funds through GoFundMe to have Gabatrix: The Terrorists of Batrice made into an audiobook. I'm currently going through the process of doing a Final Edition Overhaul of Terrorists of Batrice, much as Gabatrix: The First Peace, Violet Wave, and Silver Rain have all undergone in readiness for its audiobook production. This involves fine tuning the story, eliminating errors, grammatical mistakes, improving dialogue, and trimming the fat in the story. +5 years of writing experience, including your recommendations on storiesonline, goes a long way in making a story better than ever before. :)
Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder is now on Bookapy. Updated Final Editions of First Peace, Violet Wave, and Silver Rain are also updated on my Bookapy store. I would recommend checking it out as I know Amazon has been getting more aggressive with its DRM policies which can often punish the consumer. I want to make sure that my customers are treated well.
With all that said, I ask to be kind and courteous. Constructive comments are always welcome as I place my stories on Storiesonline to purposely be critiqued. This is going to be an exciting year for the writing realm. Gabatrix: The Batrice Crisis is planned after finishing up the final edition overhaul. The Batrice Crisis is the biggest event in the Gabatrix series, which has been planned for over five years since Minerva first came out. It culminates in many of the characters from the past stories working together under one big story. Needless to say, I'm excited to begin writing it, and doing the Terrorists of Batrice overhaul will allow me to refresh on a few things before getting started with the story. In the meantime, enjoy Gabatrix: The Last Tank.
For those that are interested in the full story order of my books:
1.) Ariadne and the Tales of Heroes
2.) Ryujin and the Tales of Heroes
3.) Taweret and the Tales of Heroes
4.) Ayida-Weddo and the Tales of Heroes
5.) Helsing and the Tales of Heroes
6.) Gabatrix: Minerva
7.) Opet and the Tales of Heroes
8.) Gabatrix: The First Peace
9.) The Garden of New Olympia (Set around the Gabatrix series)
10.) The Garden of New Olympia 2 (Set around the Gabatrix series)
11.) Gabatrix: The Magenta Racer
12.) Gabatrix: The Violet Wave
13.) Gabatrix: The Silver Rain
14.) Gabatrix: The Terrorists of Batrice
15.) Gabatrix: The Shira Maneuver
16.) Gabatrix: The Warrior of Silence
17.) Gabatrix: The Cipra Campaign
18.) Gabatrix: Legacy
19.) Gabatrix: Relics
20.) Gabatrix: Force and Vehemence
21.) Gabatrix: The Pirates of Palora
22.) Gabatrix: Veleshar
23.) Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder
24.) Gabatrix: The Last Tank
Or just Gabatrix,
1.) Gabatrix: Minerva
2.) Gabatrix: The First Peace
3.) Gabatrix: The Magenta Racer
4.) Gabatrix: The Violet Wave
5.) Gabatrix: The Silver Rain
6.) Gabatrix: The Terrorists of Batrice
7.) Gabatrix: The Shira Maneuver
8.) Gabatrix: The Warrior of Silence
9.) Gabatrix: The Cipra Campaign
10.) Gabatrix: Legacy
11.) Gabatrix: Relics
12.) Gabatrix: Force and Vehemence
13.) Gabatrix: The Pirates of Palora
14.) Gabatrix: Veleshar
15.) Gabatrix: The Wheels of Thunder
16.) Gabatrix: The Last Tank
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