An update from Naomi

Greetings kind masters and mistresses. My name is Naomi and I am the first girl on board the Larl of the Thassa where I serve my mistress, Yishana al Ghul, Stormbringer, chosen Avatar of Nakeisha wind-rider, Scourge of Cos, She-Sleen of the Black Ubardoms, Captain of the Larl of the Thassa, and Ubara of the Black Coast.

The slave girl Kiera is currently under the discipline of the she-quadruped, set by Mistress Donna of Dover last night in response to her hysterical squabbling which understandably irritated the free woman. In this discipline the female is forbidden human speech. She is also forbidden human posture, in the sense that she is not allowed to rise to her feet. Her movements are restricted to those of a four legged animal. Her food will be thrown to her, or put in pans on the ground. In either case, she must feed without the use of her hands.

I assure you she looks quite wretched and pitiful at the moment and seems keen for the discipline to end.

Both Emma and Kiera have been flogged as per Mistress Donna's wishes since she found their hysterical arguing very displeasing and they are currently recovering in their punishment cages. It is therefore left to me to step in and convey some details of what you can expect to read in the near future.

The novel Ubara of Gor follows on from Shadows of Gor. It will be twenty chapters long and Emma has completed fifteen of them to date. She is currently working on two others. She's a reasonably quick writer, particularly if encouraged with the promise of a small pan of ka-la-na wine or a tasty piece of baklava which is a treat she discovered during her stay in the Tahari.

Chloe (who knows better than to squabble in an undignified manner and attract the ire of a free woman) is generally busy during the period of late July to early September, during which time there will be weeks when she is unable to produce art due to other commitments. On that basis the planned start for Ubara will probably be early September so that there will be a regular frequency of postings without a break. The Ubara chapters will follow a similar pattern set by the previous Emma-point of view books in that they will come out once a week, probably on mondays.

As the book will be complete in itself by the time the first chapter is posted, Emma can be encouraged with a switch to publish chapters of the follow up to Kiera of Gor while Ubara is being serialised. Like Kiera of Gor, in theory Silver Masks of Gor will be written on an irregular basis without a formal frequency in mind.

Emma has it in mind to publish some ad hoc things between now and the start of Ubara so that the blog continues to have some content while Chloe is busy.

If there are any questions, master and mistresses, I will attempt to answer them to the best of my limited knowledge or will see that Emma does. Any questions for Kiera that could be answered by one whimper for yes or two whimpers for no can be directed to her through me of course.

I thank you for your patience and attention, kind masters and mistresses.

- Naomi, first girl on the Larl of the Thassa.