VIP Post: Announcing the Contest Winner and BTS on International Manwhore (Patreon)

Hey everyone in the VIP,

International Manwhore is finally finished! I’ve got some behind-the-scenes insights to share, but first I want to announce the winner of my little contest.

All you had to do was comment with your best kink, and you were entered. I made a list of everyone who commented and drew a winner (picture included for full transparency!).

Congratulations to Anthony. I called him Anthony Cuban for the contest to tell him apart from the other Anthony.

What I didn’t mention yet is exactly what you won, Tony. You get your very own one-part story, and you get to pick the kink and anything else you want included. I’ll do my best to bring it to life! I’ve already reached out to you in the DMs, and I’m sure you won’t mind sharing it with everyone once it’s done.

Now, back to International Manwhore. What a ride this has been.

This saga started all the way back with Backpacking with the Boys, one of my very first stories here and still one of my all-time favorites. Since then we’ve had several sequels and one prequel. International Manwhore was the final chapter.

We went from college bros fucking their way through Europe to Bryson Tucker getting mentored by Asher, becoming the world’s worst (but ultimately lovable) straight spy “acting” gay… and falling in love in the process.

This story is the last in that particular universe, but I can assure you it’s not the end of this universe.

I actually started working on International Manwhore at the same time as Roomies in Arms. At first it was completely unrelated to anything else. I originally named the main character Nicholas Harrington, and I wasn’t even sure if I was going to continue with it. The tone felt quite different from my other work.

Then I started developing Bryson Tucker for Roomies in Arms, and it just clicked. Nicholas Harrington became Bryson Tucker, and I never looked back.

The first few parts flowed really well and I was in a good groove. Then I got sidetracked with other projects. When I came back to it around the halfway point, I felt a bit lost and stalled hard. I started jumping between other stories just to buy myself time, lol.

Looking back at my Patreon, I see I posted Part 3 six months ago. That is wild. In the end, inspiration finally hit and I got a clear vision for how to steer the story forward and wrap it up. It was definitely the hardest story I’ve written so far, but I’m really glad I pushed through. I hope you all enjoyed the ending.

Sorry it took so long, and sorry that many of you probably had to re-read the whole thing to remember what was going on after such a long gap, haha.

Going forward, I’m going to limit myself to three main stories at a time instead of five or six. That seems to be my sweet spot. It gives enough flexibility and focus.

I could probably talk about this story and the whole universe forever, but honestly I don’t even remember half of it anymore, lol.

Feel free to ask me anything you’re wondering about in the comments, or help me brainstorm the next story in this crazy universe. Blake’s boys will return 😉