Mal

One thing I hope is addressed is how the incident with Alex affect Ari and how she behaves onward. Plus after seeing a video of Dana Vespoli with Jessa Rhodes acting like a cat like Ari, hope one of the girls would be turned on enough they’ll have sex with Ari while she’s still a cat.

Mal, Soooooo friekin glad you’re back!!! Thank you for your hard work on this series. 
I can’t imagine how frustrating it can be for you. I think, however, you can look at your view count and see the TRUE value of your story- you crush all the other celeb stories on the site. Like they’re not even in your ballpark, no offense to those authors. Of course, some of that is the volume of your work, which is a feat in and of itself. But a lot is just people wanting to keep coming back to read something that they actually care about. 
I feel there’s a basic taboo in “participating” in celeb stories via liking or commenting. At the end of the day, people feel ashamed or even bad for the characters in the story. So they don’t feel comfortable interacting with the author. They can hide their shame, but they can’t hide their clicks! So again, you should just put a lot of stock into the insanely high 240K+ views that your story has gotten over time. No matter how you see it, that’s a lot of clicks and a lot of reads!!! 
Another thing to consider is that you do an amazing job using this forum to talk to us. If you didn’t, people would ONLY check the story for updates, so the number would be even higher. 
I think my point is that we all definitely understand your frustrations and you’ve totally spoiled us with the continued amazing content you write. Please keep up the great work. I appreciate the time and effort you pour into this story and hope that you can muster the strength to finish this story and whatever other projects your passion takes you to. Thanks again! 

Hey gang, just popping on real quick to address some of the comments since my last post.
First off, I want to thank everyone who took the time to write something. I also just wanted to say that my post about the problem I have with fanfiction wasn’t to try and guilt you guys into commenting. But was more to point out that it gets me down when I put so much effort into something and seemingly get no reward. I really do appreciate the comments nonetheless and want to say that I can’t thank you guys enough for supporting me.
Guestish: No, lol I did not catch the plague. I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere, I think we’ve had less than 200 cases during the entire quarantine, and I take all the proper precautions when I got out, mask, hand sanitizer etc. So even though I have an “essential,” and public job, I have avoided it. I also very much appreciate your support over the years and am very glad you’re enjoying the story. Have you read my other works, or do you just enjoy BDH? 
Guest1998: Thank you as well, Guest1998 for your support over the years. I really do appreciate it and I’m very glad you enjoyed the choice of the final girl who will enter the harem. On a side note, if your handle means that you were born in 1998 I feel very old indeed…
Megaman: Thanks for the kind words, Megaman. There is nothing wrong, at the basics with not writing a comment or hitting a like. But it is, unfortunately one of the only ways that readers of fanfiction can show support to the writers. Its nothing to feel sorry for, if it makes you uncomfortable to do so. But I will say that even just a quick: “Loved your story, thanks for writing it!” Goes a long long way to helping those of us who pour so much effort into everything we write. I appreciate the sentiment of “have a nice weekend.” Unfortunately for me, I work every weekend. My “weekend” is in the middle of the week.  
ArcherNexus: I’m very glad to hear you enjoyed the new chapter. Honestly, I probably could have made it a two or even three part chapter, since so much stuff happened. It would have made the ending much more believable too, but I really wanted to get back to the main story so I used  some exposition to cram everything into one chapter. (Coincidentally though, chapter 48 is, by a substantial margin, my longest chapter yet). I have many reasons for selecting Kendall Jenner as one of the two final girls to enter the harem, which I’m sure you know since you’ve been following this thread for a while. But my main reason was her connection to many of the characters and her influence across multiple industries. I think those things made her a very plausible spy to help Alex collect data on his targets. It also doesn’t hurt that, despite what you may think of her as a person, she is incredibly hot. As to the “I love you” at the end. I nearly removed it. My editor suggested I do so, and I did where she said it in an earlier moment in her training. But I decided to leave in the I love you at the end because I figured that it was more an effect of the euphoric feeling that she was experiencing as she was high on Arcadia and had just had the best orgasms of her life than her saying it out of genuine love.
Here is what I have to say about the fanfiction you wrote. I remember reading part of it. I think I even commented on it in a review and I’m pretty sure I enjoyed what I had read up to that point. The main thing that you CAN get out of writing fanfiction, is practice. As a writer, I feel you are wholly unprepared to write a serious, feature length work, something that could be legitimately published, either by you or an actual publishing company until you’ve got at least a thousand hours of writing under your belt. Your work just won’t be sophisticated enough to sell till you’ve had enough practice to refine your own unique technique. I would urge you, that if this is a goal of yours, to continue to work on your fanfiction. Even if you don’t get much feedback you will get practice and that is not an insignificant reward for your hard work.  I want to thank you again for your kind words, and I will reiterate what I said. I will finish it, just the only question is how long it will take… Thanks again, and good luck with your own endeavors.  
Take-Takeoff: Thank you for the kind words. I’m very glad you’ve enjoyed what you read and I’m very happy that you’re looking forward to Alexandra’s upcoming appearance. I haven’t decided exactly how long it will be till she makes it into the harem. I need to have a small amount of time pass before I can bring in Kendall and Alexandra. But I can promise that her entrance will be one to remember!  
Sazbi: I’m sorry that Gal didn’t make it in. I had one spot left, and at least one of the prevailing reasons Alexandra made it over Gal is that I personally find Alexandra much hotter than Gal… Those eyes of Alexandra are just…. well they are just too damn much. I figured that if this is the last fanfiction I write (no idea if that will be the case), but if it was, I just HAD to include Alexandra or I would hate myself  . As to Kendall, I think there are a lot of interesting potential points of tension. There is the question of whether or not the other girls will find out that SHE played such a significant roll in their capture. There is the really close friendships she had with not just Taylor Swift, but Kendall is also BFFs with Cara Delevingne. And how will that play out with Emma being in the picture? And finally, as you said how will Kendall’s addiction to Arcadia effect the others, especially Bella? There are plenty of very interesting opportunities there. I am excited to finally get the entire cast together as I ramp up towards my planned ending and I’m as excited as you to see where everything goes… Should be very interesting!
Okay gang. I’ll be around at least every other day or so to respond to any other comments that might emerge. So if you guys have any other questions or concerns or whatever, let me know and I’ll try to respond to them.
Till next time,
-Mal

Hey gang, just popping on real quick to address some of the comments since my last post.
First off, I want to thank everyone who took the time to write something. I also just wanted to say that my post about the problem I have with fanfiction wasn’t to try and guilt you guys into commenting. But was more to point out that it gets me down when I put so much effort into something and seemingly get no reward. I really do appreciate the comments nonetheless and want to say that I can’t thank you guys enough for supporting me.
Guestish: No, lol I did not catch the plague. I live in a small town in the middle of nowhere, I think we’ve had less than 200 cases during the entire quarantine, and I take all the proper precautions when I got out, mask, hand sanitizer etc. So even though I have an “essential,” and public job, I have avoided it. I also very much appreciate your support over the years and am very glad you’re enjoying the story. Have you read my other works, or do you just enjoy BDH? 
Guest1998: Thank you as well, Guest1998 for your support over the years. I really do appreciate it and I’m very glad you enjoyed the choice of the final girl who will enter the harem. On a side note, if your handle means that you were born in 1998 I feel very old indeed…
Megaman: Thanks for the kind words, Megaman. There is nothing wrong, at the basics with not writing a comment or hitting a like. But it is, unfortunately one of the only ways that readers of fanfiction can show support to the writers. Its nothing to feel sorry for, if it makes you uncomfortable to do so. But I will say that even just a quick: “Loved your story, thanks for writing it!” Goes a long long way to helping those of us who pour so much effort into everything we write. I appreciate the sentiment of “have a nice weekend.” Unfortunately for me, I work every weekend. My “weekend” is in the middle of the week.  
ArcherNexus: I’m very glad to hear you enjoyed the new chapter. Honestly, I probably could have made it a two or even three part chapter, since so much stuff happened. It would have made the ending much more believable too, but I really wanted to get back to the main story so I used  some exposition to cram everything into one chapter. (Coincidentally though, chapter 48 is, by a substantial margin, my longest chapter yet). I have many reasons for selecting Kendall Jenner as one of the two final girls to enter the harem, which I’m sure you know since you’ve been following this thread for a while. But my main reason was her connection to many of the characters and her influence across multiple industries. I think those things made her a very plausible spy to help Alex collect data on his targets. It also doesn’t hurt that, despite what you may think of her as a person, she is incredibly hot. As to the “I love you” at the end. I nearly removed it. My editor suggested I do so, and I did where she said it in an earlier moment in her training. But I decided to leave in the I love you at the end because I figured that it was more an effect of the euphoric feeling that she was experiencing as she was high on Arcadia and had just had the best orgasms of her life than her saying it out of genuine love.
Here is what I have to say about the fanfiction you wrote. I remember reading part of it. I think I even commented on it in a review and I’m pretty sure I enjoyed what I had read up to that point. The main thing that you CAN get out of writing fanfiction, is practice. As a writer, I feel you are wholly unprepared to write a serious, feature length work, something that could be legitimately published, either by you or an actual publishing company until you’ve got at least a thousand hours of writing under your belt. Your work just won’t be sophisticated enough to sell till you’ve had enough practice to refine your own unique technique. I would urge you, that if this is a goal of yours, to continue to work on your fanfiction. Even if you don’t get much feedback you will get practice and that is not an insignificant reward for your hard work.  I want to thank you again for your kind words, and I will reiterate what I said. I will finish it, just the only question is how long it will take… Thanks again, and good luck with your own endeavors.  
Take-Takeoff: Thank you for the kind words. I’m very glad you’ve enjoyed what you read and I’m very happy that you’re looking forward to Alexandra’s upcoming appearance. I haven’t decided exactly how long it will be till she makes it into the harem. I need to have a small amount of time pass before I can bring in Kendall and Alexandra. But I can promise that her entrance will be one to remember!  
Sazbi: I’m sorry that Gal didn’t make it in. I had one spot left, and at least one of the prevailing reasons Alexandra made it over Gal is that I personally find Alexandra much hotter than Gal… Those eyes of Alexandra are just…. well they are just too damn much. I figured that if this is the last fanfiction I write (no idea if that will be the case), but if it was, I just HAD to include Alexandra or I would hate myself  . As to Kendall, I think there are a lot of interesting potential points of tension. There is the question of whether or not the other girls will find out that SHE played such a significant roll in their capture. There is the really close friendships she had with not just Taylor Swift, but Kendall is also BFFs with Cara Delevingne. And how will that play out with Emma being in the picture? And finally, as you said how will Kendall’s addiction to Arcadia effect the others, especially Bella? There are plenty of very interesting opportunities there. I am excited to finally get the entire cast together as I ramp up towards my planned ending and I’m as excited as you to see where everything goes… Should be very interesting!
Okay gang. I’ll be around at least every other day or so to respond to any other comments that might emerge. So if you guys have any other questions or concerns or whatever, let me know and I’ll try to respond to them.
Till next time,
-Mal

Still wish the final member was Gal Gadot, but will be interesting to see how Alexandra and Kendall will fit in. With Kendall being kept loyal with a constant supply of Arcadia, will Bella realize that’s what Arcadia does or just be possibly be kept in control? Also around the time of everyone getting taken, think there can be some fun tension between Kendall and Taylor. Can’t wait for the next one!

Hey gang!
I’m going to try and keep this relatively short, but we’ll see how that goes lol… 
I just want to say a few words about why I was gone for so long and why I was quiet during that time.
So, as some of you correctly deduced, I was feeling more than a little burned out on BDH. I had hoped, to distract myself, and entertain you guys while I dealt with those feelings by trying something new. That new thing was the short lived Going Gonzo series which had quite a significant voter turn out on CSL. But, despite that enthusiasm, it was met with, (at least what seemed to me), a very tepid response. See, here is the thing about fanfiction, and in particular, the problem with celebrity fanfiction.
I want to quickly add an addendum to this mini rant, which is, that if you are one of the people actually reading this, this rant probably doesn’t apply to you.
The thing about fanfiction is that the people who are writing it ARE DOING IT FOR FREE! (sorry for the caps). What I mean by that is that the people who take the time out of their busy, hectic, crazy lives to write shit for the whole universe to see get very few perks for all their hard work. One of those perks for me especially is to see the view count go up, or to interact with you guys as you write all your lovely comments, or, in the case of CSL, to see those likes accumulate.
And, the problem is that not everyone feels the need to hit a like button, and even fewer, the need to comment or drop a review. This is especially exacerbated with celebrity fanfiction because, at least for many, there is a taboo around writing fiction about real people. (I personally feel that once you turn someone into a character they cease to be a real person… but that is a whole different argument which would require many many more lines for me to fully explain)… But I digress. With celeb fanfiction many people don’t mind reading it, but they don’t want their handle (username) associated with it, so they might not comment or like for that reason alone. 
The other problem with celebrity fanfiction stems from the fact that it is inherently easier to write as you already have a real person to base your fictional character off of (and many of the people writing celeb fics omit any sort of character development entirely). This means that the caliber or skill of the people who write it tends to be less. I can maybe name 2 or 3 writers of celeb fiction at best who I would consider to produce quality work. The rest is a giant field of steaming shit.  This lack of quality writing also exacerbates the likes and comments problem because people get used to reading sub-par work and thus get used to the idea that they don’t need to offer the writer any support.
So here is my problem. I put 40 or so (maybe less, but sometimes a little more) hours of work into  a 20 page chapter which I can comfortably produce once a month. Essentially I am adding 1 unpaid work day to my week each and every week during a month to write quality fanfiction. Now, it might be selfish to say this, but I am working, I feel like I should get something out of it. So when I produce a new chapter or whatever the only thing I get out of it is the likes and the comments. But, because (as stated above) readers of celebrity fanfiction tend to be notorious for NOT doing those things and it really gets me down. 
Going Gonzo, saw a very lackluster response, even on CSL, where dozens of people voted to select a star and a scenario. Add to that, I’m already feeling burned out because of the sheer volume of time invested in Billion Dollar Harem. (Which by last count is over 700 pages and nearing 2000 hours to produce.) And I’m not going to lie, I seriously considered being done with writing all together. I however, being the calm, logical person I am, didn’t want to do anything rash. I decided to think about it. Well… that thought process took months.
I would check in here periodically, just to see how the stories were doing and to read your comments. I felt bad about ignoring them I can assure you. But I knew that I just needed to keep my distance while I thought about what I wanted to do. Eventually, the writing bug hit me and I decided to do another chapter of BDH. 
I’d like to say that I’m going to dive back in with both feet and get to work on finishing the story up, but I seriously doubt I will…. Obviously, this chapter doesn’t finish the story and there are many things still unresolved. To that, I say I AM NOT DONE WRITING! But… I’m also not sure that I’m going to buckle down every month and take time from things, when I feel more like doing something else to work on BDH. The bottom line is that I have every intention of finishing BDH, but I also probably won’t be producing a chapter every month (unless I feel like it  ). 
I’d like to emphasize that if you’re one of the people reading this, and you’ve gotten all the way down to here, you are definitely not part of the problem. I want to thank you guys, the ones who do take the time to comment, the ones who read every chapter even when it doesn’t feature a celeb that your “into,” or that on other sites, hits that like button. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, this story would never have gotten to this point without you guys, because honestly you’re the only ones who make it worth the effort.
Thanks again everyone! 
I look forward to hearing from you guys again real soon and seeing your reaction to the new chapter!
Till next time,
-Mal
P.S. I considered taking the time to address all the comments, but its been so long on many of them and in other cases this post answers those questions I chose not to. I would love to address any new comments. So if this post didn’t address your concern, or you have a new question to ask please do so and I will make every effort to answer it.

Damn, well it was a good run . Can you at least give us the ending? 

Excellent news! 

I don’t know who this Guest Mal is lol, but its not over… I’ll have a brief update on why I’ve been silent here in the next few days when I release chapter 28. So, if I may quote Uncle Iroh from Avatar the Last Airbender: “You must never give into despair. Allow yourself to slip down that road and you surrender to your lowest instincts. In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of inner strength.” lol… I’ll have a more in depth update soon.

It seems to be implied that Alex takes Arcadia himself- Based on the description of how it affects men with the ability to have tons of sex and the sometimes uncontrollable lust and rage he displays. I respect a lot that you didn't say it outright. But figured I'd ask about it if you wanted to comment. 

Pretty cool to learn a lot about Arcadia. It makes Bella’s path over the last dozen or so chapters very interesting. She has been even hornier and sluttier than before the toilet punishment. And I guess, now that I think about it, generally obedient and a good citizen of the harem. 
I’m also very curious to see how much drama Kendall’s intro to the harem will cause. I hope that there’s some instant tension with Emma IF Kendall feels her devotion to Alex doesn’t involve obedience to Emma. I’m sure whatever you do will be awesome though. Great work!!

Initially from the polling I did not care for the new girl, but now I’m for it.  Can’t wait for the training she goes through in the next chapter.  Only now I wonder how she’ll fit in with the rest of the harem.  Will she have to pretend to be kidnapped? Will she be content of not being one of the higher levels even though she is the first slave? Back with the others, I think Ari is the last one to wrap up before the time jump. Hopefully she still stays as a petgirl  . 

Greetings from the Black!
Hi everyone, I’m back / here, or something again! I know its been a while and for that I do apologize. It seems like all I do lately is miss my self imposed deadlines… In this case, I have one good excuse and one not so good excuse… First, let me put everyone’s worries to bed. I am fine, and the family medical emergency which kept me from writing for about a week has been resolved. The effected family member is doing better and getting stronger every day. We (my family and I) all have high hopes that a full recovery for the person involved is not only possible, but is well underway. So that is excuse number 1. I had a big family emergency which drastically cut into the time I had to work. Excuse number 2 isn’t nearly as good… but here it goes… As some of you know I struggle with mental health issues from time to time, and while I wouldn’t say this was that… I went through a period of about 2 weeks where I found it nearly impossible to motivate myself to work. As you will see when you read this chapter, it is something different and introduces a new character ( I won’t revel who here), but because I was doing something kind of new with a kind of new character the story didn’t come as easily to me as chapters of BDH usually do, add to that a general feeling of malaise and the writing of this chapter just sort of dragged on…. I missed many self imposed deadlines which caused me to feel worse and it wasn’t easy to pull my shit together…. All I have to say is thank goodness my editor is a very patient person!
Okay, enough of that. I want very much to talk about this chapter! But I also don’t want to give anything away. What I’ll say for now is that this chapter is a prologue and it introduces one of the two remaining women who will join Alex’s harem. In this chapter we learn even more of Alex’s back story… the whys and more importantly the hows behind him pulling off the bold kidnappings on that first night 46 days ago. Also, if you pay attention, you’ll be able to figure out a pretty detailed timeline of how and when things came together. The last thing I’ll say about the chapter at least before people have had a chance to read it, is that it adds a lot more details about Arcadia and how it works…
Chapter 48 will also likely be mostly a prologue. But I may jump down the timeline and give you guys a surprise at the end. I haven’t really decided yet. It will probably depend on how things come together. But the main thing the next chapter will focus on is to further develop the new character and to give you guys more insight on how many of the women in Alex’s harem came to be captured. Depending on how many pages it takes to finish this prologue story, I may end up back in the harem and back on the normal timeline. There’s a cliffhanger that needs wrapping up there, and then I want to do a time jump to get us to the point where I can bring in the final celebrity. If you guys remember from way way back, this last celeb will be the one you guys voted on, and who I told you would be one of two celebrities. I can’t say for sure when she’ll be unveiled, but it is coming very soon. 
This is the part where I’d normally address your comments, but its been so long since I’ve done properly done this that I’m not exactly sure where I left off. I know its been a long time since I’ve done this, but rest assured the I’ve read all your wonderful comments and I love hearing from you. Because its been a while, I promise you guys that I’ll be bouncing in the next few days and if you have a comment or a question you’d like addressed post it up. I’m going to try to be around and respond to them. And next time I post a chapter, I will make sure I address any comments that I haven’t gotten to. 
Thank you guys so much and I can’t wait to hear your responses to this chapter and to the new celebrity!
Till next time,
-Mal

Hope everything’s all right, Mal! 

Mal, I’m very impressed with the massive body of work that you’ve done, all without financial motive. Those numbers are impressive and you should feel very proud. Congrats again on crossing 200,000 dragon prints. Thing is, I believe if someone views more than one chapter at a time, it still only counts as one print. So really, your chapters probably have even more views in total. 
You keep the story fresh and surprising, appealing to a very wide variety of tastes. From the rougher crowd to the more traditional drama and romance readers, you give everyone a little taste of what they like most. And again, nothing stops someone from just reading a chapter once for plot and then never coming back to it. 
I’m very excited to see what you have in store for us, both in BDH and in the book you’re writing. Thank you and please keep up the great work. 

Hey guys, after a several very long days in a row at work and a couple very long sessions working on the story, Chapter 46 is finally up! I’m really happy with how it turned out and I am very excited to see what you guys think of it.
Moving on. Because I again had a busy month and didn’t get what was supposed to be September’s chapter posted until November, that again means I haven’t gotten any work done on my original. Because of this, I have had to make a difficult choice. I won’t beat around the bush, but don’t worry, BDH will continue. Basically I plan to go to work right away on BDH 47 and hope to have it finished by late November or early in December, hopefully the former. But either way, I’m going to be taking all of, or whatever is left in December to fully devote to my original and won’t return to work on BDH until January. That means there will not be a chapter posted for December. I know that sucks…  But here is the good news, because things are usually so slow here in December, it is my hope that I can get most of the first episode of my original finished. So hopefully I can finish it and have it up for sale sometime in the early months of next year. As always, that is subject to change depending on how things work out. Work on my original project isn’t like working on BDH because I am inventing brand new characters, which means the scenes don’t flow as easily as they do with a more established work like BDH… Anyway, rest assured that I will keep you all posted on the progress. I’ll likely do a post in mid to late December just to fill you guys in on the progress I’ve made. 
I’m pretty tired right now, so I’m not going to do my usual thing and comment on the new chapter. I’ll let you guys do that for me  .   I also don’t want to give too much of chapter 48 away. But I will take a quick moment to say a couple things about the upcoming chapter, just because I like to tease you guys… Lets see. Chapter 48 will A) reveal the identity of the mysterious supermodel. and B) it will take place almost (if not entirely) outside of the harem. I think that’s good enough lol  .
I plan to come back tomorrow or the next night to address all the comments since my last post. But, I did want to take a moment to comment about something A girl likes this story, mentioned. She mentioned that I had written over 200,000+ words so far. That comment got me curious, so I literally opened each chapter one at a time and recorded the word and page count of each chapter and added them together.  The results surprised me… ALOT! For the record, as of Chapter 47, the total word count for BDH is <drum roll> 348,524! And the total page count is: 661!  Just freaking amazing! Anyway, I’m going to post the chapter now, and as I said I’ll be back on sometime in the next couple days to comment on the comments  .
Till then, happy reading!
-Mal

Hey guys, after a several very long days in a row at work and a couple very long sessions working on the story, Chapter 46 is finally up! I’m really happy with how it turned out and I am very excited to see what you guys think of it.
Moving on. Because I again had a busy month and didn’t get what was supposed to be September’s chapter posted until November, that again means I haven’t gotten any work done on my original. Because of this, I have had to make a difficult choice. I won’t beat around the bush, but don’t worry, BDH will continue. Basically I plan to go to work right away on BDH 47 and hope to have it finished by late November or early in December, hopefully the former. But either way, I’m going to be taking all of, or whatever is left in December to fully devote to my original and won’t return to work on BDH until January. That means there will not be a chapter posted for December. I know that sucks…  But here is the good news, because things are usually so slow here in December, it is my hope that I can get most of the first episode of my original finished. So hopefully I can finish it and have it up for sale sometime in the early months of next year. As always, that is subject to change depending on how things work out. Work on my original project isn’t like working on BDH because I am inventing brand new characters, which means the scenes don’t flow as easily as they do with a more established work like BDH… Anyway, rest assured that I will keep you all posted on the progress. I’ll likely do a post in mid to late December just to fill you guys in on the progress I’ve made. 
I’m pretty tired right now, so I’m not going to do my usual thing and comment on the new chapter. I’ll let you guys do that for me  .   I also don’t want to give too much of chapter 48 away. But I will take a quick moment to say a couple things about the upcoming chapter, just because I like to tease you guys… Lets see. Chapter 48 will A) reveal the identity of the mysterious supermodel. and B) it will take place almost (if not entirely) outside of the harem. I think that’s good enough lol  .
I plan to come back tomorrow or the next night to address all the comments since my last post. But, I did want to take a moment to comment about something A girl likes this story, mentioned. She mentioned that I had written over 200,000+ words so far. That comment got me curious, so I literally opened each chapter one at a time and recorded the word and page count of each chapter and added them together.  The results surprised me… ALOT! For the record, as of Chapter 47, the total word count for BDH is <drum roll> 348,524! And the total page count is: 661!  Just freaking amazing! Anyway, I’m going to post the chapter now, and as I said I’ll be back on sometime in the next couple days to comment on the comments  .
Till then, happy reading!
-Mal

Now that I think about it, if they can’t access Alex’s room, Ari would need to be given new kitty gear.  I think there’s also still 1 more room for someone to be level 4 so I wonder if the choice will be made before the final 2 are brought in.

Mal, I really liked the suspenseful introduction to the unnamed supermodel. Your cliffhangers in the last several chapters have been really good. 
Looking forward very much to whatever you have in store for us readers. Keep up the great writing!

Hello everyone, I just popped on for the as promised thorough response .
First things first, I wanted to apologize for not getting the chapter done for September. There are two primary reasons for that. As some of you may remember, the first few months of a new school year are a very busy time for me. September in particular is usually the worst of those months and this year that was especially true. My job kept me very busy with some very stupid problems…  The second reason was simply the chapter itself. It may not seem like it, but I found this chapter really difficult to write. Even though I knew what I wanted to do and where I was going with it, the words to describe all of that just did not come easily. Well…. that isn’t entirely true. The last section with Alex, I wrote in about 2 hours…  That part was easy, for some reason and it ended up requiring almost no editing or rewrites either . 
As for the chapter itself, there were many things going on, all of which I felt were particularly important as we move toward the end. The relationships between Emma and Cara and between Margot and Felicity needed page time…. As we approach the ending, it is important to remember how these ladies feel about each other and how we got there. I also needed to show the aftermath of what happened to Ari in the previous chapter and how she will get to where she’s going in an upcoming chapter…  Then, of course is the scene with Alex. I obviously can’t say too much about it other than to say that none of that moment was something that I didn’t see coming. From early on, maybe not right in the beginning, but at least by chapter 30 or so, I knew that Alex was going to have an accomplice and that someone was going to be a celebrity. I also, had always planned for Alex to end up asking Emma to marry him. Its something that is very critical to the plot. Someone in the comments pointed out that they had problems with how much power Emma was getting. But I would argue that there couldn’t be any drama as we move towards the ending if she didn’t have any power. The balance between Emma and Alex as the story nears its conclusion is essential to the ending.
I haven’t begun writing chapter 46 yet, but I have a pretty good idea where the focus will be. First off, I plan to develop and expand on the relationship between Bella, Dove and Chloe. I also want to do a little work with Ari’s journey. Finally, I plan to have the big moment where Alex proposes, and have a scene where they work through his momentary loss of control. I had planned for this chapter to be a time jump, but I’m not sure if / when that will happen now…. I’ll have a better idea after I finish this chapter how that moment will come together. Aside from that, logistically, I plan to  start work on it right away. It is my hope that I’ll have 46 written by the 21st  and published by the 26th. I know that’s a short timeline, but I didn’t get any work done on my original work last month so its likely the only way I’ll be able to work on it this month is to set a very grueling pace. Hopefully, October will be a quiet month at work and I can get a lot of writing done.
Ok, that’s about enough of that. Let me briefly move on to all your wonderful comments.
First off, I won’t be individually addressing each congratulation on hitting the 200k mark. On that though, I want to say thank you! So very much, thank you!  I never imagined when I first started this story that it might have such a fantastic response. I honestly didn’t know if anyone would even read it. Now, by my calculations the story grows by over 7000 dragon prints each month. (Just as a friendly reminder, a dragon print is a view counter that tabulates based on people viewing new chapters from each individual device). So there is no way for me to know exactly how many views the story gets because if someone logs on and looks at chapters from more than one device, the site counts the views from each of those devices. But, I think it is an excellent way to measure the success of a story. And, quite frankly, I couldn’t be more blown away by the response my story has had. So, I wanted to thank you guys again! I want to thank you for sticking with me and watching me grow as a writer and just for loving my story and for taking the time to read it and offer up your comments and questions… I means ever so much to me every time I see a new comment or a new question. I know I’ve said it before, but I would have given up on this story long ago if not for you guys, so thank you again for keeping with it, for motivating me and for your amazing support! You guys really are the best! Thank you! One last time Thank you!
Okay, on to you guys:
A girl likes this story: First off, I never meant to imply that I didn’t believe you were a real girl. The post where I asked you questions I made several attempts at humor… Which is a difficult thing to pull off in a forum post. I was trying to be funny… I guess I should just stick to writing sex . … I also wanted to thank you for answering my questions (and yes its perfectly acceptable not to answer any or part of a question, I never want you or anyone else to feel uncomfortable). I appreciate that you took your time to respond and that you did so in a pretty thorough manner.  I think its kind of amusing that you skim or even skip the sex since that is usually like half the chapter  Also, there’s often a lot of plot and character development sprinkled into those scenes. But I certainly agree with you that its the relationships that are the most important thing. Even if you read someone only reads this story for the sex, the connection that the characters have their individual stories only add to the hotness of the sex because you know them. Its hard to balance the sex and the plot / character development but I think they are both equally important. As to your comment about Alex and not knowing whether you can believe that he really cares for the girls anymore… I think its an important dynamic as we approach the end of the story. I’m not sure how many people noticed it, but Emma and Alex are very much alike. In the beginning Alex has all the power and Emma none. He is in control and she (if you look at the very early chapters) has little to none. Slowly, they’ve begun to equalize. Alex still has more power, obviously, but one of the things I’ve found most interesting as I write this is how the dynamic between them has developed over hundreds of pages. And this momentary loss of control that we see in Alex is just another moment where the balance between he and Emma becomes even closer to equal…. I think it will be very interesting to watch this as the story ramps up towards the end…. I really hope you guys enjoy it . I have a big idea in the works for Ari. I really hop you guys like it. Because I do think she is unique and I do think she’s smart ( she did sort of manipulate Alex into making her a cat), but was that because he wanted her to be a cat, or because she wanted him to make her a cat???? Very interesting to consider, especially with what is coming up for her… As for Emma, wow! I couldn’t have had a different take on her. She might have a distant presence on social media, but I think that’s more about a desire for some modicum of privacy and not because she doesn’t care. I would argue that makes her more relatable in fact. Now, I will say that she has some very high goals and that sometimes she might come off as a little uppity because of that, but I also think that is because she is kind of distant on social media not because she is cold… just my opinion obviously.  I hope that addresses everything, if you have any other questions or concerns feel free to pass them along.
Sazbi: I’m guessing that chapter 45 answered most of the concerns in your comment. Lets see… I think its an interesting idea that because Emma has kind of taken Taylor under wing a little that there could be something to develop between her and Chloe… That is a pairing I don’t think we’ve seen either… interesting…. I can’t comment on Ari you’ll just have to wait for 46… But I will say your comment on that you thought it was funny what Emma did to “trigger” Alex made me laugh out loud. I found it funny too, but probably not for the same reason. I’ve been seeing a lot of corollaries between Emma and Alex lately…. and…. what is it that Emma really gets off on…?  
ArcherNexus: It is true, I have the hugest crush on Cara Delevingne. For a long time it was Emma and before that… well the list is expansive… But anyway, yes, I am super psyched about Carnival Row. I haven’t had the funds lately to reactivate my Amazon Prime account so I haven’t seen it yet. But yes, one of these days I do intend to watch it and I am looking forward to the steamy scene I’ve heard so much about…
Romavictrix: I’ve never seen Lucifer. But I’ve had a very specific ending in mind for this story for a long time. I obviously can’t go into what that ending will be. But I will say that I agree with your assessment that in a large part what Alex does is that he brings out desires in the celebs that they would have otherwise denied due to social constraints. 
Juan: I think I mentioned it before, but the darker ending at the end of 44 was one of those moments where the story just sort of took over and that scene is just the magic that happened because of it. As for internal dialog and conflict… well my opinion is that a writer could have the hottest, steamiest sex scenes on Earth, but without those things… without character development and struggle that story would ultimately be pretty damn boring. You need the drive, you need characters to clash not only to make the story believable, but also to make the things they do (yes that includes sex) more memorable and important.
Well: I never originally thought that Taylor’s punishment scene would fill 3 full chapters, but I am happy with the outcome. It was a great way to resolve a significant portion of her story line. And while that isn’t the end of Taylor’s development, I think it can be safely said that at this point her believably as a truly depraved slut is unquestioned. I’m glad you liked the scene between Emma and Ari and I hope that you’ll enjoy what I have in the works for her coming up… should be interesting. As for my book… I don’t want to go into too much detail as its still early but… Lets see... Its about the corruption of an innocent girl by her roguish stepfather… and the family drama that will rise from it…  I guess is the short version that doesn’t give too much away… As for the dare game idea, I don’t have any plans for an kind of games at the moment. We’ll just have to see what kind of stuff I can work in… since I plan to wrap up BDH around chapter 60.
King: As I said above, and you may disagree with this, but I think the story would be terribly boring if Alex had complete and total control over everything that happened. If there was no push back from the girls if there was no conflict the story wouldn’t have any meat, it would just be sex… and that sex would start to get very boring without the plot that comes along with Emma and a few of the other girls gaining a little bit of power. I know its hard to see sometimes since I know a lot of people read this for the Mdom and force fetishes, but a good story has to have moments that challenge you or they just get drab and predictable and that is when the story dies… There will be 2 more characters added before the end. I’m hoping to bring them in sometime int he next 3 to maybe 4 chapters and I hope to announce them sometime in the next 2-3. We’ll just have to see. I can’t comment on the punishment room / breaking stuff other than to  say despite Emma’s deepest hope the punishment room has not seen its last scene just yet . (And yet, I know exactly who the final 2 celebs will be).
I guess that about does it! I hope you’re all reading chapter 45. I can’t wait to hear what you all think!
Till next time,
-Mal

Loved the development in this chapter. Now we know at least 2 people helped Alex and the end result of what Arcadia does.  Can’t wait for the next one!

That ending was a surprise, interesting to see if the others will find or not because: a) Ari is not allowed to talk. And b) Emma needs to maintain control. Now seeing that the “new” Taylor at least will have Emma as a friend, it feels like it could lead to something finally between Taylor and Chloe. Being how Taylor is feeling submissive towards Emma now, wonder if Chloe still wants to be the only one who is Emma’s slave even if she’s a little girl now. Love Ari’s newer outfit and hope she keeps it. Not gonna lie, still think it’s kind of funny of what Emma did that triggered Alex.  

I really liked the darker ending to the main scene. I hope it sets up some conflict or gives some precedent for Emma to act up. I’ve always appreciated your chapters where you show her internal dialogue. Keep up the great writing, Mal! 

Hello again, 
I’m back tonight for the promised update!
First, let me address the new chapter. A long time back, you guys voted on a scene with Emma, Ari and Alex. This chapter first and foremost was meant to deliver on that promise. I was pleasantly surprised and excited with how the chapter turned out. Once again, I found myself in one of those situations where my free-flowing writing style took me in a very unexpected direction. In this case, the ending. I’m very interested to hear what you all thought of the way the chapter ended. Though it wasn’t part of my initial plan for the chapter to end on such a dark note, I think it serves very nicely as a build up for things to come. As  you all know, we are ramping up towards the end at this point. We are by no means there yet, but I think the little speed bump Ari and Emma hit at the end of 44 will definitely influence the way things play out from this point on. Perhaps it will be in a more subtle way at first. But as we get closer to the end game, I think, I hope you all will be surprised and excited for those things.
Next, for the foreseeable future, I expect the chapters to come later in the month, as I won’t be starting new BDH chapters until the first day of each month. I will use the time between publishing the new BDH chapter and the end of the month to work on my new original story. But before I tell you a little bit about how that project is proceeding, lets talk BDH 45 and beyond. I have two more major scenes planned before the time jump chapter. The time jump chapter will, as I said before will be a long jump. Probably the longest yet. As for 45, it will encompass one of these two major scenes and hopefully will set up the other. I can’t say for sure how things will play out, since I now have the fallout from 44’s ending to deal with as well. But, if things go according to plan, 46 will then deal with the final planned scene and resolve the remaining plot points that are still floating around out there. 47 will then be used for the entire time jump. I will announce one of the two ladies at the end of 47, and the final girl will be announced in a very different manor with her very own chapter. I don’t want to say too much about this special chapter yet, but I will say that I’ve been thinking about this moment for probably close onto a year now so I’m very excited to finally be writing it. If things all go according to plan, the entire cast will be apart of BDH by chapter 48 and from there, we will really begin to ramp up towards the end.
Now, my original story. The title is still a work in progress, but if you read my previous update post, you will know that I plan to release it in short episodes that will be around 50 pages each and contain their own mini story as part of a larger overall arc. I’m guessing each episode will have between 5-7 chapters, maybe less…. Anyway, after I finished up chapter 44 last month, I spent the rest of the month writing the first chapter of the first episode. That chapter is currently in a semi polished state, to be further refined as the entire episode takes shape. I don’t want to go into too much detail, but I will say that it is an original story, obviously and that it will contain many of the same themes / kinks / fetishes as Billion Dollar Harem. However, the primary kink I plan to focus on is Step Fantasy with a lesser but still significant focus on Slut Training / Mind Break themes. I plan to mostly shy away from the extreme and darker fetishes (at least with this first episode), in order to appeal to the maximum number of people. Perhaps in future episodes or when I eventually move onto a new original work I will return to the dark side… 
Finally, let me address all the comments.
Juan: Thank you as always for your support. I’m very glad you enjoyed chapter 44 and hope you find 45 equally pleasing. I will try to keep you all at least semi updated on the progress of the original story. I obviously don’t want to divulge too much as discovering the story is half the reason to buy it . But, rest assured that as it nears completion, I will let you all know where and how to find it should any of you want to check it out.
Romavictrix: Thank you, Romavictrix. I wasn’t really gone, but I did have a rather long break in production after my two unfortunate tumbles. Thank you for your enthusiasm about the original work, I promise to keep you all posted.
Joe: I’m very glad that you liked Taylor’s progression. I can’t say at this point she is complete, but I think she’s reached about the maximum level of possible slutiness. The questions for her at this point will be more centered around relationships and  winning back her friends…. It should be an interesting journey. As to Emma’s involvement in the punishment. As soon as I knew I was going to do a foot fetish as part of this scene, I wanted two things out of it. 1) I wanted the foot / feet in question to belong to Emma. and 2) I wanted that foot to be absolutely disgusting in order to humiliate Taylor as much as possible. I think most of Emma’s involvement was coordinated with Alex. He for sure picked out both outfits, and suggested the foot fetish. I picture the liverwurst part to be born in Emma’s brain though. He also suggested, in my imagining, getting one of the guards to provide a topping for her foot. But I like to think it was her idea to make it a team effort. 
Zack: First of all, thank you so much for your very kind words. I often like to think my work is appreciated. But you never really know unless someone tells you or shows it in some way. When someone tells me how much they appreciate the hard work I’ve put into this or any of my projects, it really makes me feel good and encourages me to soldier on when things are tough. My financial situation is tough right now. Hopefully my original work will help me get out of the enormous hole I find myself in…. <fingers crossed> I’m glad to know though at the very least I’ll have one or two people lined up to buy it  . I’m glad you’ve been enjoying BDH. Is this your first post, I don’t remember seeing your name before (my apologizes if you have… )  I like to think the main reason my story is so different from the other celeb fan fiction out there is just the fact that 1) I pour my blood sweat, and tears into this story. (That’s not true exactly, mostly I pour wrist cramps into it and pent up frustration into it  ) But I’ve always favored quality over quantity I never release a chapter until I’m happy with it and I try my very best to make each chapter different than any of the ones before it. and 2) This might be cliche and maybe even corny, but you guys, my readers / fans are the other reason this story has so much success. Without all your kind words, comments and criticisms, not only would BDH have died off long ago, but even had it persisted, it wouldn’t be half as good as it is now. I hope you enjoyed the new chapter, and yes, I am doing much better since my falls. Thank you again for your support, and I look forward to hearing more from you.
A girl likes this story: Oh! Come on, everyone knows there are no real girls on the internet… this must be some kind of trap   Seriously though, thank you so much for your support, and assuming you really are a real girl ( ) I ‘d love to ask YOU  a couple of questions. (I’ll wait till the end) First when I set out to write this story, my main goal was NOT to just dump two dozen celebs in a basement and have some guy screw them once and thereby turn them into sex crazed sluts…. I wanted each girl to have her own personality (that’s realistic, right?) ( I don’t know any girls….) And I honestly wanted them each to have their own unique roles. That’s probably one of the reasons it took me so long to bring in more celebs after the initial five. When I sat down to start this, I never thought there would be more than five girls. But as the story evolved, I realized there was room for more. Besides if I didn’t write a story with Cara and Felicity in it, I was going to lose my shit. I’m glad you liked the way each celeb evolved and that you like the punishments. (More on that in a sec). I find it interesting when people tell me Ariana is their favorite. In my mind, she might be the least developed of the characters (she’s one of the newest), and I really feel like she needs more attention to be fully developed… My favorites are Emma (obviously) and probably Cara but mostly because I find her unbelievably attractive. Now, if you’ll indulge me, a few questions. I’d love a “real girl”(‘s) perspective. (Also feel free to email me your response if you don’t feel comfortable posting it. Alternatively, ignore this all together if you like. I’m merely curious)
As a man (checks) yes, as a man, I know what is appealing about a story like this. (Hot female celebrities in wild, steamy sex scenes have been my fantasy since…. well ever since I starting having fantasies….)  I’m curious what a girl finds appealing about this story? Feel free to be as vague or specific as you like.  As a girl, do you find any of the more graphic / violent parts difficult to read? I mean, you made it this far, obviously you had to have encountered some of the darker stuff… Do you sympathize with say Felicity, Taylor or Ariana when they are handled so brutally and inhumanly in those really dark punishment room scenes. Or does it…. (how to put this delicately) tickle your fancy ….   I guess the base question here is do you read a story like this for the plot or for the sex? What does a character like Alex make you feel? Do you like him? Sympathize with him? Love him? Hate him? Do you think he has any redeeming qualities, and if so what, in your mind, are they? (Last one) You said Ariana was your favorite character. I’m curious what makes you feel a connection with her? What qualities does she have that makes you identify with her? Or is it just that she’s really hot dressed up like a cat? Thanks again for reading along, A girl likes this story. As I said take the questions or leave em, I’m just curious. I hope either way you’ll continue to follow the thread and be entertained by the story.
Sazbi: Yeah, I worried a little when I was writing 43 that people might think I was turning Taylor into a dog, but I was really just looking for a way to humiliate her even more. Personally, I think someone calling you a dog and making you bark and beg is pretty humiliating….  As for the whole pariah thing… I’m not sure that is going to be entirely true. After all, she didn’t directly assault Cara, all she did was cheat on her gf with her…. I think her social status is redeemable with some time and work. And, as you’ll see in 44 she’ll have at least one friend… As for the new girls and the new chapter, I’m excited to announce them and bring them in, and the new chapter is here! What are you waiting for, go read it!
ArcherNexus: I get that it kind of sucked to end the RP between Emma and Alex. But, I was trying to show that he didn’t need some elaborate fantasy to show her how he felt about her. In my mind, Alex genuinely cares for Emma, certainly above all the other women in his harem and he has to use small things to show her that. Otherwise she might grow too bold, or on the flip side too meek to do her job. By that same measure, Emma wants him to care for her. She likes to tease him and find new exciting ways to entice him. But ultimately, she wants to be with him as herself. I thought that by flipping it, going from the sexy RP and transitioning to it just being Emma and Ariana as themselves was a great way to show that. (However, I can perfectly understand your feelings. Writing Emma as that cute, naive girl was a super turn on). I’m glad you enjoyed the ending. When I sat down to write this chapter, that wasn’t something I was intending to happen. But as I said above, I don’t think the fact that it was accidental takes away from the effect. Alex’s darker side was bound to come out at some point and Emma was the one most likely to see it (outside of the punishment room) so it really just makes sense. I'm not sure exactly what it is you’re hoping to see for Emma moving forward. But I will say this, of all the girls, Emma’s future is the one I have most set in my mind. In other words her path has a pretty set trajectory and its unlikely that it will alter much from how I have things set in my head. I guess I only hope that what I have planned for her and for the story at large doesn’t disappoint you and everyone else…
Ok folks… wow that took a long time… lol Anyway I really wanted to take a moment to respond to your comments and to address things moving forward so it was worth it. I would expect chapter 45 not to be released until near the end of September as I won’t even start it until next week. I may pop on to address some comments if we get a bunch in the next week or so, if not I’ll talk to you all again at the end of next month.
Till next time
-Mal

Hello again, 
I’m back tonight for the promised update!
First, let me address the new chapter. A long time back, you guys voted on a scene with Emma, Ari and Alex. This chapter first and foremost was meant to deliver on that promise. I was pleasantly surprised and excited with how the chapter turned out. Once again, I found myself in one of those situations where my free-flowing writing style took me in a very unexpected direction. In this case, the ending. I’m very interested to hear what you all thought of the way the chapter ended. Though it wasn’t part of my initial plan for the chapter to end on such a dark note, I think it serves very nicely as a build up for things to come. As  you all know, we are ramping up towards the end at this point. We are by no means there yet, but I think the little speed bump Ari and Emma hit at the end of 44 will definitely influence the way things play out from this point on. Perhaps it will be in a more subtle way at first. But as we get closer to the end game, I think, I hope you all will be surprised and excited for those things.
Next, for the foreseeable future, I expect the chapters to come later in the month, as I won’t be starting new BDH chapters until the first day of each month. I will use the time between publishing the new BDH chapter and the end of the month to work on my new original story. But before I tell you a little bit about how that project is proceeding, lets talk BDH 45 and beyond. I have two more major scenes planned before the time jump chapter. The time jump chapter will, as I said before will be a long jump. Probably the longest yet. As for 45, it will encompass one of these two major scenes and hopefully will set up the other. I can’t say for sure how things will play out, since I now have the fallout from 44’s ending to deal with as well. But, if things go according to plan, 46 will then deal with the final planned scene and resolve the remaining plot points that are still floating around out there. 47 will then be used for the entire time jump. I will announce one of the two ladies at the end of 47, and the final girl will be announced in a very different manor with her very own chapter. I don’t want to say too much about this special chapter yet, but I will say that I’ve been thinking about this moment for probably close onto a year now so I’m very excited to finally be writing it. If things all go according to plan, the entire cast will be apart of BDH by chapter 48 and from there, we will really begin to ramp up towards the end.
Now, my original story. The title is still a work in progress, but if you read my previous update post, you will know that I plan to release it in short episodes that will be around 50 pages each and contain their own mini story as part of a larger overall arc. I’m guessing each episode will have between 5-7 chapters, maybe less…. Anyway, after I finished up chapter 44 last month, I spent the rest of the month writing the first chapter of the first episode. That chapter is currently in a semi polished state, to be further refined as the entire episode takes shape. I don’t want to go into too much detail, but I will say that it is an original story, obviously and that it will contain many of the same themes / kinks / fetishes as Billion Dollar Harem. However, the primary kink I plan to focus on is Step Fantasy with a lesser but still significant focus on Slut Training / Mind Break themes. I plan to mostly shy away from the extreme and darker fetishes (at least with this first episode), in order to appeal to the maximum number of people. Perhaps in future episodes or when I eventually move onto a new original work I will return to the dark side… 
Finally, let me address all the comments.
Juan: Thank you as always for your support. I’m very glad you enjoyed chapter 44 and hope you find 45 equally pleasing. I will try to keep you all at least semi updated on the progress of the original story. I obviously don’t want to divulge too much as discovering the story is half the reason to buy it . But, rest assured that as it nears completion, I will let you all know where and how to find it should any of you want to check it out.
Romavictrix: Thank you, Romavictrix. I wasn’t really gone, but I did have a rather long break in production after my two unfortunate tumbles. Thank you for your enthusiasm about the original work, I promise to keep you all posted.
Joe: I’m very glad that you liked Taylor’s progression. I can’t say at this point she is complete, but I think she’s reached about the maximum level of possible slutiness. The questions for her at this point will be more centered around relationships and  winning back her friends…. It should be an interesting journey. As to Emma’s involvement in the punishment. As soon as I knew I was going to do a foot fetish as part of this scene, I wanted two things out of it. 1) I wanted the foot / feet in question to belong to Emma. and 2) I wanted that foot to be absolutely disgusting in order to humiliate Taylor as much as possible. I think most of Emma’s involvement was coordinated with Alex. He for sure picked out both outfits, and suggested the foot fetish. I picture the liverwurst part to be born in Emma’s brain though. He also suggested, in my imagining, getting one of the guards to provide a topping for her foot. But I like to think it was her idea to make it a team effort. 
Zack: First of all, thank you so much for your very kind words. I often like to think my work is appreciated. But you never really know unless someone tells you or shows it in some way. When someone tells me how much they appreciate the hard work I’ve put into this or any of my projects, it really makes me feel good and encourages me to soldier on when things are tough. My financial situation is tough right now. Hopefully my original work will help me get out of the enormous hole I find myself in…. <fingers crossed> I’m glad to know though at the very least I’ll have one or two people lined up to buy it  . I’m glad you’ve been enjoying BDH. Is this your first post, I don’t remember seeing your name before (my apologizes if you have… )  I like to think the main reason my story is so different from the other celeb fan fiction out there is just the fact that 1) I pour my blood sweat, and tears into this story. (That’s not true exactly, mostly I pour wrist cramps into it and pent up frustration into it  ) But I’ve always favored quality over quantity I never release a chapter until I’m happy with it and I try my very best to make each chapter different than any of the ones before it. and 2) This might be cliche and maybe even corny, but you guys, my readers / fans are the other reason this story has so much success. Without all your kind words, comments and criticisms, not only would BDH have died off long ago, but even had it persisted, it wouldn’t be half as good as it is now. I hope you enjoyed the new chapter, and yes, I am doing much better since my falls. Thank you again for your support, and I look forward to hearing more from you.
A girl likes this story: Oh! Come on, everyone knows there are no real girls on the internet… this must be some kind of trap   Seriously though, thank you so much for your support, and assuming you really are a real girl ( ) I ‘d love to ask YOU  a couple of questions. (I’ll wait till the end) First when I set out to write this story, my main goal was NOT to just dump two dozen celebs in a basement and have some guy screw them once and thereby turn them into sex crazed sluts…. I wanted each girl to have her own personality (that’s realistic, right?) ( I don’t know any girls….) And I honestly wanted them each to have their own unique roles. That’s probably one of the reasons it took me so long to bring in more celebs after the initial five. When I sat down to start this, I never thought there would be more than five girls. But as the story evolved, I realized there was room for more. Besides if I didn’t write a story with Cara and Felicity in it, I was going to lose my shit. I’m glad you liked the way each celeb evolved and that you like the punishments. (More on that in a sec). I find it interesting when people tell me Ariana is their favorite. In my mind, she might be the least developed of the characters (she’s one of the newest), and I really feel like she needs more attention to be fully developed… My favorites are Emma (obviously) and probably Cara but mostly because I find her unbelievably attractive. Now, if you’ll indulge me, a few questions. I’d love a “real girl”(‘s) perspective. (Also feel free to email me your response if you don’t feel comfortable posting it. Alternatively, ignore this all together if you like. I’m merely curious)
As a man (checks) yes, as a man, I know what is appealing about a story like this. (Hot female celebrities in wild, steamy sex scenes have been my fantasy since…. well ever since I starting having fantasies….)  I’m curious what a girl finds appealing about this story? Feel free to be as vague or specific as you like.  As a girl, do you find any of the more graphic / violent parts difficult to read? I mean, you made it this far, obviously you had to have encountered some of the darker stuff… Do you sympathize with say Felicity, Taylor or Ariana when they are handled so brutally and inhumanly in those really dark punishment room scenes. Or does it…. (how to put this delicately) tickle your fancy ….   I guess the base question here is do you read a story like this for the plot or for the sex? What does a character like Alex make you feel? Do you like him? Sympathize with him? Love him? Hate him? Do you think he has any redeeming qualities, and if so what, in your mind, are they? (Last one) You said Ariana was your favorite character. I’m curious what makes you feel a connection with her? What qualities does she have that makes you identify with her? Or is it just that she’s really hot dressed up like a cat? Thanks again for reading along, A girl likes this story. As I said take the questions or leave em, I’m just curious. I hope either way you’ll continue to follow the thread and be entertained by the story.
Sazbi: Yeah, I worried a little when I was writing 43 that people might think I was turning Taylor into a dog, but I was really just looking for a way to humiliate her even more. Personally, I think someone calling you a dog and making you bark and beg is pretty humiliating….  As for the whole pariah thing… I’m not sure that is going to be entirely true. After all, she didn’t directly assault Cara, all she did was cheat on her gf with her…. I think her social status is redeemable with some time and work. And, as you’ll see in 44 she’ll have at least one friend… As for the new girls and the new chapter, I’m excited to announce them and bring them in, and the new chapter is here! What are you waiting for, go read it!
ArcherNexus: I get that it kind of sucked to end the RP between Emma and Alex. But, I was trying to show that he didn’t need some elaborate fantasy to show her how he felt about her. In my mind, Alex genuinely cares for Emma, certainly above all the other women in his harem and he has to use small things to show her that. Otherwise she might grow too bold, or on the flip side too meek to do her job. By that same measure, Emma wants him to care for her. She likes to tease him and find new exciting ways to entice him. But ultimately, she wants to be with him as herself. I thought that by flipping it, going from the sexy RP and transitioning to it just being Emma and Ariana as themselves was a great way to show that. (However, I can perfectly understand your feelings. Writing Emma as that cute, naive girl was a super turn on). I’m glad you enjoyed the ending. When I sat down to write this chapter, that wasn’t something I was intending to happen. But as I said above, I don’t think the fact that it was accidental takes away from the effect. Alex’s darker side was bound to come out at some point and Emma was the one most likely to see it (outside of the punishment room) so it really just makes sense. I'm not sure exactly what it is you’re hoping to see for Emma moving forward. But I will say this, of all the girls, Emma’s future is the one I have most set in my mind. In other words her path has a pretty set trajectory and its unlikely that it will alter much from how I have things set in my head. I guess I only hope that what I have planned for her and for the story at large doesn’t disappoint you and everyone else…
Ok folks… wow that took a long time… lol Anyway I really wanted to take a moment to respond to your comments and to address things moving forward so it was worth it. I would expect chapter 45 not to be released until near the end of September as I won’t even start it until next week. I may pop on to address some comments if we get a bunch in the next week or so, if not I’ll talk to you all again at the end of next month.
Till next time
-Mal