May 26, 2017

Good tidings and greetings to all of my followers!  

I have been in some measure of communication with the InkShares team and have a little bit to report, though not all that much, and I have received one too many questions about Borehole Bazaar in the context of BDSM and so have written a detailed response to these inquiries on my blog.

First, I offer the news:  While there are still a few souls ahead of me in the general cue, there have been efforts made to find the right editor for me.  While my information spans no more than this, it is a reasonable concern by InkShares to find a match that is uniquely suited to offer insight and critique into the subject of abuse.  I applaud this effort, though, as always, waiting with bated breath is not precisely my forte.  Still, it’s PROGRESS!!!  :D

To keep this brief, the distinction between BDSM and abuse, while quite clear to those within the two communities, is not always understood by those looking in from without.  To compound this issue, there are many authors who seem to either confuse the two or blend them.  In real life, very few issues are clearly one thing and perfectly absent its foil, but Borehole Bazaar is not a romance by any definition.  This issue may become more confused later into the series, but there is nothing either romantic or romanticized about abuse, with the possible exception of the near-perfect mask Fiorie wears in the Prolog and the sense of history established between the very old bugbear and his "pet" elf.  

I’ve posted a blog post on this issue at http://boreholebazaar.blogspot.com

Good luck with all your endeavors, everyone!  Remember, dreams are worth chasing!