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Madison's Code eBook!
Thanks Juice, as always, for the amazing cover art!! ^_^ 💜
Usually we put a poll up for the next story to make into an eBook, but this time we are going to do Little Luzy because it's Juice's favorite! So look forward to that in the coming weeks.
2022-05-08 18:59:56 +0000 UTC View PostAcademy K - Ch.5
After a long potty break, Kione is shown to her new home!
This chapter can be found on our Discord in the #stories channel. If you don't use Discord, feel free to email Pudding at pudding@thatmademe.gay or send us a Patreon message and we'll send you whatever you need.
2022-05-03 19:56:03 +0000 UTC View PostAcademy K Ch.4 & Anno Ch.45
Thanks for your patience while I was on vacation! Enjoy the huge content drop. New Academy K, new Anno, and more Usual Bet stuff! ^_^
These chapters can be found on our Discord in the #stories channel. If you don't use Discord, feel free to email Pudding at pudding@thatmademe.gay or send us a Patreon message and we'll send you whatever you need.
2022-04-27 03:14:47 +0000 UTC View PostAcademy K - Ch.3
Kione is ready to leave this crazy place, but that might not be as easy as she thinks! But hey, at least she's making some friends? ^_^
This chapters can be found on our Discord in the #stories channel. If you don't use Discord, feel free to email Pudding at pudding@thatmademe.gay or send us a Patreon message and we'll send you whatever you need.
2022-04-13 23:26:18 +0000 UTC View PostAcademy K Ch.2 & Anno Ch. 44
Two new chapters! In one day! Get ready to explore the new Kindergarten in Academy K, and watch Anno go on her first date in... well, a long time! ^_^
These chapters can be found on our Discord in the #stories channel. If you don't use Discord, feel free to email Pudding at pudding@thatmademe.gay or send us a Patreon message and we'll send you whatever you need.
2022-04-09 03:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostS&P eBook 3: Short Story Edition!
This time I'm going to set all the settings properly!! Please vote for your #1 choice of the options below to be turned into an eBook with a brand new adorable cover!!
2022-04-06 22:34:21 +0000 UTC View PostAcademy K (Ch.1)
We actually posted this a few days ago for an April Fools thing, but Academy K is officially launched! ^_^ Chapter two will hopefully come later this week. And don't worry - we didn't forget about Anno either.
This chapter can be found on our Discord in the #stories channel. If you don't use Discord, feel free to email Pudding at pudding@thatmademe.gay or send us a Patreon message and we'll send you whatever you need.
2022-04-05 22:59:41 +0000 UTC View PostAnno 43
One more new chapter of Anno! Or... is it? 🤔
This chapter can be found on our Discord in the #stories channel. If you don't use Discord, feel free to email Pudding at pudding@thatmademe.gay or send us a Patreon message and we'll send you whatever you need.
2022-03-31 02:41:41 +0000 UTC View PostAnno 42
More long-awaited Anno! Cutesy little times away, and things are about to get interesting. ^_~
This chapter can be found on our Discord in the #stories channel. If you don't use Discord, feel free to email Pudding at pudding@thatmademe.gay or send us a Patreon message and we'll send you whatever you need.
2022-03-24 00:20:18 +0000 UTC View PostS&P eBook #2
Hey everyone! Here's our first vote for our second book, based on our most famous non-Calibeen titles! Whichever book wins this vote will get a cover drawn by JuiceBoxArt and then posted on Kindle for purchase. ^_^
Try to only pick one or two - I promise the ones that don't win will come back in future polls.
2022-03-13 17:40:56 +0000 UTC View PostS&P and Kindle eBooks!
I forgot to mention this in our March Update, but S&P are officially launching our stories on Kindle! All future stories will still be available on Patreon just like they are now. But after five years of running this Patreon, where you can spend five dollars and get a copy of every single one of our stories, we realized some people would still rather do a one-off purchase. So, uh... actually for the people who can read this post, it might seem kind of pointless to you. So let's see if we can get you hyped up.
These Kindle eBooks are all going to have brand new covers!! :D
If you download our ePub copies, you've probably seen our current covers. They are just something we slapped together for a nice consistent look. But when releasing the books on Kindle, we wanted to come up with something more eye-catching. Now... if you've ever searched for ABDL books on Kindle, you have probably noticed some the covers all have a certain "look". A picture, something maybe a little sexy? Stock image, probably? A cute title layered over the top? They all kind of look the same, don't they?
Well, when designing our covers, we wanted them to stand out. We wanted something no one else had, something that made our books instantly recognizable. And so we worked with JuiceBox (the unofficial S&P artist!) to come up with something a little more... artsy. ^_~
We based a lot of our designs on old Winnie the Pooh style books. The border - which is purple for S&P - will change color depending on the author (blue for Sophie solo stories, yellow for Pudding, and pink for Mia Moore). The center picture will change for each book cover, and it is intended to represent the "feeling" of the book's themes more so than any particular moment in the story. This leaves the images open to interpretation for the reader.
Are you hyped yet? Well there's more!
We want to release one of these new ebooks and book covers every week or two. Eventually we want a cover for each story in our library. And how do we determine which story comes next? Well... actually, you guys will be deciding for us! ^_^ After we release a new book, we'll be putting up a poll of which book comes next. We will pick a handful of options and the $5+ patrons will vote. So if you have a favorite S&P story, get ready for some great JuiceBox art!
Oh, but that's not all!
Kindle allows us to make physical copies of books too. It's a little bit of work (especially since Butterflies is over 12,000 Kindle pages @_@) but we want to revisit this idea in the future. Bigger stories might get broken up into volumes, but wouldn't it be cool to have more S&P books - with the same style of covers! - on your shelf? This is something we are going to explore after we get some of these ebooks out, so stay tuned. ^_^
Right now the prices are something like... $9.99 for a story with 100k words or above. Maybe $4.99 for 10k to 100k words? And idk. We might do a compilation for smaller stories, or price them at $1.99? To be perfectly honest, we aren't sure about these prices and they could change in the future. We are trying to compare to other ABDL authors on Kindle, as well as trying to use the proceeds to pay for more covers. Because obviously Juice deserves compensation for his hard work. So if you have an opinion on the prices above, please feel free to send us a message or reply in the comments.
Now you might be asking: "should I buy these?"
Honestly... that's up to you. The Kindle versions fixed some clerical errors: fixing typos, that kinda thing.
They also have the new cover arts built in, while the Patreon versions don't. We might fix this in the future - when we have more covers - just for consistency. But right now the Patreon versions would just be the old covers with a new one splashed in, which seems inelegant. The Kindle versions are also DRM-free, which means you can buy them and read them on any device without any trouble, and you own it forever. Though the biggest reason to buy them would be to support the creation of more Kindle books and more story covers. ^_^
OKAY THATS IT.
You can buy the first S&P Kindle book - Butterflies - here on Amazon.com (there are links for various country versions, too; we're on most major Amazon markets! let us know if you want the links for those)
Look forward to an upcoming poll for the next S&P eBook!
~Sophie & Pudding
2022-03-12 15:50:32 +0000 UTC View PostAnno 41
Finally back from our short hiatus with Anno chapter 41! And she's ready to start her new job. ^_^
This chapter can be found on our Discord in the #stories channel. If you don't use Discord, feel free to email Pudding at pudding@thatmademe.gay or send us a Patreon message and we'll send you whatever you need.
2022-03-12 00:56:08 +0000 UTC View PostMarch Update!
Hi everyone! Firstly, thanks for all the support! Whether you're here for the stories, the podcasts, the art, the pictures, or just the great company, having such a great network of supporters and (dare I say) friends has been an amazing experience! We've formed amazing relationships because of the S&P Patreon and there's really no way we can convey how happy we are to have you all here. 💜
So I just wanted to touch on some things going on that you might have missed, plus some upcoming things!
1.) Pics. Sophie has taken a lot of pictures recently for a myriad of different reasons. One was the Usual Bet photoshoot she promised back in October. You might have seen some samples of these photoshoots on her Twitter @TheUsualSophie. But if you want to see all the photos of Sophie dressed up as a dolly or playing outside in the snow in her diaper, all that is on the Discord in the #starling-pics channel. ^_^
2.) Art! Sophie has drawn three new things this month, which may be a record. And Chloe's mommy has posted 5 more arts she's made. Plus a lot of commissions from amazing community artists for Sophie (because she values supporting content creators more than her own financial security). All those are in the Discord #starling-art channel if you want to check them out.
3.) Academy Works. We just wrapped up Academy T, which seems to be a fan favorite. I mean, who doesn't like baby towns where you gradually lose your intelligence? But more importantly: what is next? Well, we rushed AT a little, so the next story might be a few weeks (maybe a month?) off. The editing process for these is far more intensive than other stories, but we promise it's coming. And in good faith (and to see if anyone actually reads these updates), we'll even give you the name of the next one: Academy K!
4.) Anno. This is still going! We released four back-to-back chapters the other day, and Sophie's girlfriend is in town so there might not be another chapter until next week. But we want everyone to know that this story is still going strong and we've got a lot of content still to release. As a bit of a teaser: we start exploring other characters' motivations in future chapters. Like, why does Hannah do what she does? Why did she hire Anno in the first place? Can we have more history on Nix's deific fae-like skillset? Stay tuned!
5.) The Usual Bet. Going strong. Not much of an update. Sometimes we don't know what to talk about but the moment that microphone is in front of us we manage to make stuff that people enjoy! We're still trying to come up with a cool contest or game for this year, similar to the Padcast Padding Giveaway or Diaper Design Contest. So stay tuned for more of that. Also, mini episodes will be continuing for the foreseeable future!
6.) The Changing Tabletop. This channel has been offline for a while, but it isn't forgotten. Truthfully we probably don't have the time or energy to pick it back up anytime soon, but we do have an idea of playing a Mystery Mansion style RPG game. Something more long-term instead of small one-shots. But this might not see the light of day for a long time.
7.) 300 Patrons. We talked about this briefly before, but should we reach 300 patrons our goal is to play our Usual Bet Potty Training game for 300 hours. That is... about 12-13 days. This will include a lot of pants-wetting and diapers I'm sure! We've been steadily increasing our numbers for the past few months, but in January we broke 250! :D
Okay, that's it! And thanks again for all the love and support over these past... 5 years? That can't be right.......
With endless appreciation,
~The Starling House (Sophie, Pudding, Chloe, Kimmy, & Liv)
Academy T (Complete)
Premise: Talita Campbell is sick. As her higher reasoning dwindles and she loses more and more of her autonomy, Talita is brought to an unusual town with other adults just like her. Will Talita uncover the mystery behind her illness before she’s too dumb to figure it out, or will she be forever doomed to life as a helpless little baby?
Disclaimers: diapers, wetting, messing, forced regression, non-consent, psychological manipulation, spanking, memory manipulation, punishment
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This story can be found on our Discord in the #stories channel. If you don't use Discord, feel free to email Pudding at pudding@thatmademe.gay or send us a Patreon message and we'll send you whatever you need.
2022-03-02 17:44:18 +0000 UTC View Post