An update on Erato II
Good morning, everyone! Co-editor T.C. Mill here.
This is not the update I would like to make, but after serious consideration, it feels like the best option for the editorial team and the fairest for the writers waiting to hear back from us.
At this time, we are not going forward with the anthology. This is because of a variety of health and other personal matters among the editorial team, enough to make the prospect of editing and releasing a book this year overwhelming. We've been reading submissions and whew, there are some wonderful stories you've sent us! But we don't feel able to do them justice with the time and energy we currently have available. Nor do we want to keep writers waiting any longer.
So we're going to release all submitted pieces and cancel publication plans for Erato II. In addition to this official announcement, we'll also be sending out emails to this effect over the next few days.
What this means for NSP: In the long term, nothing bad! You may have noticed this blog is posting less frequently; that's another effect of the more limited time and energy available, but we intend to remain active, keep our previous anthologies up for sale, and put together more anthologies in the future. These future anthologies may be smaller and more tightly focused, and we'll aim to be more strategic with scheduling (and hopefully more lucky). It's even possible we'll give Erato II another go someday. Now is, alas, not the right time.
To everyone who submitted: Thank you for sharing your stories with us! We wish you the best in submitting them elsewhere. The world deserves to read your good smut!
Again, we'll be sending out submission response emails with this information over the next few days to reach everyone who might not see this blog announcement.