Hey all, with Starcross Chapter 5 production having wrapped up back in October and the comic now being fully released publicly, it felt like it was about time I started talking about my future plans and give you all a little update on where I'm at with Chapter 6. I'll go over my thoughts in chunks, and hopefully give answers to any and all burning questions down below, starting with:
Sarah's got 4/5 volunteers taken care of now! Does that mean Chapter 6 is the end of the story?
Short Answer: No.
Long Answer: I honestly don't know how many chapters this comic is going to end up being. There certainly was a draft of this story long ago where things could've ended at Chapter 6, but frankly with how the series has evolved over time I don't think I could end it at six now, even if I wanted to. So... how many more chapters then? Right now, with what I've got planned, I think I genuinely could wrap this story up in a longer-than-average Chapter 7, however this plan for the ending comes with a big caveat, that being: I don't think I want to end Sarah and Dani's story with this series.
What do I mean by that? I mean that even if Chapter 7 were to provide a satisfying resolution and wrap up all the lingering story beats, I don't think I'd want that to be the last we ever see of these characters. As the years have gone on, this silly story has somehow found its audience in all of you, and I think it would be a waste to entirely discard these characters and this world that I've spent so much time building and exploring alongside you guys just because some resolution has been found for the initial premise I wrote several years ago.
Obviously, I am aware that continuing a story beyond what it was originally designed for does carry some risks in regards to the overall quality, that being said, one could make the case that the Starcross series, already passed that threshold at the end of Chapter 2. When I finished that chapter way back when I wrote in the blog post that I could've ended the story there, because that was as far as I'd really planned prior to starting the series, but I decided back then to continue digging further and expand upon it, and I'm glad I did.
In any case, we've still got at least a year or two before any of this is going to be relevant, but I felt it important to be totally honest about where I'm at with everything so you guys know what to expect. Wherever things end up going, I hope you all will trust me to handle this story with the love and care that you all have come to expect.
Anyway, next up:
What comic are you going to release here next?
First off, thank you all for being so supportive of my little Thanksgiving side project, I've been wanting to make a stuffing comic like that for a long time, and with Starcross Ch. 5 wrapping up right at the end of October I felt like I had to jump on the opportunity to get it done in November. In regards to my plans for December into January, I'm hoping to get two pages of something out there for all of you this month. Honestly I haven't quite decided what yet. I have a couple new ideas for mini-series bouncing around in my brain right now that I kind of want to test the waters with (obviously all vore themed :P ), but I haven't quite locked anything in yet. To be clear though, unless a major breakthrough happens writing-wise, don't expect Chapter 6 to start releasing until late January at the absolute earliest.
What about "Keya's Journals?"
Right now I am considering a bit of a restructuring of that series. There are aspects of it I like, and aspects I do not, and I'm starting to wonder if a different medium might serve that story better. Not sure when exactly this concept will manifest, but I don't currently plan to outright abandon it or anything.
In conclusion!
Guess I mostly had stuff to say about Starcross, haha. Thank you all again for following along with Chapter 5, I've got some really fun stuff planned for the next two chapters, so I hope you'll all stick around to share in those adventures as well in the coming year. Let me know if you have any other questions or thoughts in the comments. Talk to you all again soon!