My Dearest Harem Lit Brethren,

By now a lot of you have made the comment in one place or another that I (Virgil F.N. Knightley) seem to behave very differently as a solo author versus as a coauthor. This is true, and not an accident, and I plan on continuing this trend in a big way in 2024. Let me explain.

Virgil Knightley is a pen name that I think is known for a few things now:

1. Silliness/over the top humor and sex scenes
2. Clingy, obsessive women
3. Monthly (or even more frequent) releases

It was hard to break from this branding. Enter my friend, Annabelle Hawthorne. Annabelle and I do fairly serious stories together and we will continue to do many more this year. Succubus Summoner 3 will release any moment, and Master Class 4 should release by the end of February, I hope. But that's not all. We have even more works planned (and Master Class isn't over yet).

Working with Annabelle allowed me to redefine myself as a more "serious" harem author when people see our names together, and I can tell from comments I see in the community that that perception is working. There are still moments like Mayari locking Jayson in the latrine or "Harold the Herald" where I get a bit out of hand, but I think we can all agree that tonally Incubus RA and Master Class 4 are night and day (if nothing else, respect my range, dude).

I have collab series planned with 3 other authors as well—as well as some one shots with another 2 potentially. Some may be debuting as soon as spring. I aim to have those be intricately plotted and serious stories (with a dash of humor as well). That being said, if you see the Virgil name by itself, you're likely to be seeing something on the more comedic side, where I put character moments and fun before having a complex plot, and I'll probably lean into that even more going forward.

If ever I wish to write a more serious book on my own, then I have decided on the pen name Bobson Dugnutt to act as my "coauthor". If you see Virgil Knightley and Bobson Dugnutt" on the cover, that's just me, but it means that tonally the series will be more akin to Succubus Summoner, Master Class, or the more serious parts of Monster Masseur than Incubus RA, Solar Dragons, Backyard Goblins, or Nosferatu Academy.

I wanted to fill in everyone about my intention here and maybe get some feedback on it before I double down on the decision. In any case, thanks to those of you who enjoy my books, whether they're with coauthors or not.

NOTE: Bodrick the Bard is technically a coauthored book with Serena Silverlake and that is very silly but that doesn't count because the plot is also great and there is a song about having sex with a gnoll queen, so everyone will forgive me there.

EDIT: My wife saw that I was planning to use Bobson Dugnutt and scolded me. As a result I will be using her name as my "serious coauthor" because "Sienna Knightley" sounds more serious than "Bobson Dugnutt."