- 4.1k
- 12.1k
- 47
I am so incredibly grateful and excited that not only did we surpass our 600k ink total goal, but also all our stretch goals, reaching a total of 1,170,192ink! Below you will find the planned schedule for all the rewards and when they will be released. Thank you again so much to everyone who donated, your support means the absolute world to me! <3
INKSGIVING SCHEDULE:
**November 24th
Loveswept SFW Art of Wedding
**November 27th
Loveswept Censored NSFW Art of Wedding Night:
**December 9th
-Censored NSFW SitS short story (from Patreon)
-SitS SFW artwork matching the short story (from Patreon)
-Censored NSFW SitS art matching the short story (from Patreon)
**December 12th
SitS SFW & Censored NSFW Art of Will x Val
For the short story, Patrons have selected "Beyond the River Styx", my interpretation of Hades and Persephone (Val as Hades and Will as Persephone.) It comes in at over 10,000 words! I hope you'll enjoy the story and art to go with it!
**January/February (Stay Tuned)
SitS Censored NSFW Comic:
SitS = Sapphire in the Smoke
**PLEASE NOTE:** All NSFW Content will meet Tapas' TOS & Guidelines. Uncensored versions will only be available on Patreon at the "NSFW Art" tier.
And thank you all so much again!!!
- Ben
Check out my Patreon for 2 months early access, including NSFW short stories and extras.😉
https://www.patreon.com/bijouparadise
Co-Writer ~ Leveret Moreau:
https://tapas.io/YaoiParadise
Want to chat with me behind the scenes? Check out my discord! :D
https://discord.gg/dANkuBW7Yj
Here's a sneak peek for the upcoming comic. I hope you're all excited!! 👀
INKSGIVING SCHEDULE:
**November 24th
Loveswept SFW Art of Wedding
**November 27th
Loveswept Censored NSFW Art of Wedding Night:
**December 9th
-Censored NSFW SitS short story (from Patreon)
-SitS SFW artwork matching the short story (from Patreon)
-Censored NSFW SitS art matching the short story (from Patreon)
**December 12th
SitS SFW & Censored NSFW Art of Will x Val
For the short story, Patrons have selected "Beyond the River Styx", my interpretation of Hades and Persephone (Val as Hades and Will as Persephone.) It comes in at over 10,000 words! I hope you'll enjoy the story and art to go with it!
**January/February (Stay Tuned)
SitS Censored NSFW Comic:
SitS = Sapphire in the Smoke
**PLEASE NOTE:** All NSFW Content will meet Tapas' TOS & Guidelines. Uncensored versions will only be available on Patreon at the "NSFW Art" tier.
And thank you all so much again!!!
- Ben
Check out my Patreon for 2 months early access, including NSFW short stories and extras.😉
https://www.patreon.com/bijouparadise
Co-Writer ~ Leveret Moreau:
https://tapas.io/YaoiParadise
Want to chat with me behind the scenes? Check out my discord! :D
https://discord.gg/dANkuBW7Yj
Here's a sneak peek for the upcoming comic. I hope you're all excited!! 👀

Happy Inksgiving everyone!!
I will be offering collective goals this year, only for LOVESWEPT and SAPPHIRE IN THE SMOKE. I will be counting the total amount of ink by the end of the donation period.
For more info please check out this episode:
https://tapas.io/episode/2991044
**Our goals this year to unlock:**
⭐100,000ink ~ Loveswept SFW Art of Wedding
⭐200,000ink ~ Loveswept Censored NSFW Art of Wedding Night
⭐300,000ink ~ SitS SFW & Censored NSFW Art of Will x Val
✨600,000ink ~ SitS Censored NSFW Comic
This event is only from November 20, 3pm PT - November 22, 3pm PT (any ink donated outside that time will not be counted towards rewards.) Whether it's my series or someone else's, if you enjoy reading, please support your favourite authors!!
If you want to support me in other ways, please check out my patreon where I offer early access and exclusive/uncensored content.
https://www.patreon.com/bijouparadise
I will be offering collective goals this year, only for LOVESWEPT and SAPPHIRE IN THE SMOKE. I will be counting the total amount of ink by the end of the donation period.
For more info please check out this episode:
https://tapas.io/episode/2991044
**Our goals this year to unlock:**
⭐100,000ink ~ Loveswept SFW Art of Wedding
⭐200,000ink ~ Loveswept Censored NSFW Art of Wedding Night
⭐300,000ink ~ SitS SFW & Censored NSFW Art of Will x Val
✨600,000ink ~ SitS Censored NSFW Comic
This event is only from November 20, 3pm PT - November 22, 3pm PT (any ink donated outside that time will not be counted towards rewards.) Whether it's my series or someone else's, if you enjoy reading, please support your favourite authors!!
If you want to support me in other ways, please check out my patreon where I offer early access and exclusive/uncensored content.
https://www.patreon.com/bijouparadise
Hello friends! I'm pushing back the remaining Loveswept AUs to Wednesdays. So the Honeymoon Short will release on Dec 14, and the Maya's first Date Short will release on the 21st.
The SitS Q&A will come out on December 20th with the Short Story & Artwork on Dec 24th.
I am someone who usually calls myself a vampire because I am (usually) able to pull allnighters and get shit done. Apparently not this month. 🤣 I have been so exhausted with various holiday preparations, cleaning, doctor's appointments, life, etc that I slept almost all day Saturday and fell asleep last night at 9:30pm. 😱
So I'm sorry for having to push the schedule back a few days for Loveswept but I hope you're all excited for these last two instalments before it's truly completed for good!
Thank you for your understanding! ❤️
The SitS Q&A will come out on December 20th with the Short Story & Artwork on Dec 24th.
I am someone who usually calls myself a vampire because I am (usually) able to pull allnighters and get shit done. Apparently not this month. 🤣 I have been so exhausted with various holiday preparations, cleaning, doctor's appointments, life, etc that I slept almost all day Saturday and fell asleep last night at 9:30pm. 😱
So I'm sorry for having to push the schedule back a few days for Loveswept but I hope you're all excited for these last two instalments before it's truly completed for good!
Thank you for your understanding! ❤️
Hello friends! I know you're all really excited for the Loveswept Wedding extra chapter (me too!) but I'm going to have to postpone it until Wednesday. (Keeping you in suspense I know, but just for a few days!) I had something come up today and Sapphire in the Smoke releases tomorrow (Tuesday) so I'm just going to be kind to myself and take the extra time. I hope you all enjoy and it's worth the wait. Thank you all so much for your support and understanding! 🤗 ❤️
- B <3
- B <3
I am so incredibly grateful and excited that not only did we surpass our 200k ink total goal, but also both of our stretch goals reaching a total of 300k ink and some change! Below you will find the planned schedule for all the rewards and when they will be released. Thank you again so much to everyone who donated, it means the absolute world to me! <3
INKSGIVING SCHEDULE:
**Saturday: November 26 =
TAPAS:
Sapphire in the Smoke: Chapters 27-31
PATREON:
SitS One Month Ahead ($4-$7tiers): Chapters 36-40
SitS Two Months Ahead ($10tier): Chapters 44-48
**(Not a reward, but for scheduling purposes reminder that Monday: November 28 = Loveswept Main Story Epilogue will release on Tapas)
**Tuesday: November 29 =
SitS: Tarren x Valkyrie Flashback ('Meeting' - SFW)
**Saturday: December 3 =
SitS: Tarren x Valkyrie Flashback ('First Time' - NSFW)
**Wednesday: December 7 =
Loveswept: Wedding + Wedding Night (NSFW Extra)
**Wednesday December 14 =
Loveswept: Honeymoon (NSFW Extra)
**Tuesday December 20=
Sapphire in the Smoke: Q&A
**Wednesday December 21=
Loveswept: Maya’s First Date (Extra)
**Saturday December 24=
Sapphire in the Smoke: Short Story/AU (NSFW)
Commissioned Artwork (NSFW)
**PLEASE NOTE:** As these are Inksgiving rewards, there will be no early access for these extras on Patreon, but the Uncensored NSFW version will be released on Patreon exclusively available for $10tier, to keep content within Tapas Guidelines/TOS.
Thank you again so so much!
- Ben
Check out my Patreon for 2 months early access, including NSFW short stories and extras.😉
https://www.patreon.com/bijouparadise
Co-Writer ~ Leveret Moreau:
https://tapas.io/YaoiParadise
Want to chat with me behind the scenes? Check out my discord! :D
https://discord.gg/dANkuBW7Yj
INKSGIVING SCHEDULE:
**Saturday: November 26 =
TAPAS:
Sapphire in the Smoke: Chapters 27-31
PATREON:
SitS One Month Ahead ($4-$7tiers): Chapters 36-40
SitS Two Months Ahead ($10tier): Chapters 44-48
**(Not a reward, but for scheduling purposes reminder that Monday: November 28 = Loveswept Main Story Epilogue will release on Tapas)
**Tuesday: November 29 =
SitS: Tarren x Valkyrie Flashback ('Meeting' - SFW)
**Saturday: December 3 =
SitS: Tarren x Valkyrie Flashback ('First Time' - NSFW)
**Wednesday: December 7 =
Loveswept: Wedding + Wedding Night (NSFW Extra)
**Wednesday December 14 =
Loveswept: Honeymoon (NSFW Extra)
**Tuesday December 20=
Sapphire in the Smoke: Q&A
**Wednesday December 21=
Loveswept: Maya’s First Date (Extra)
**Saturday December 24=
Sapphire in the Smoke: Short Story/AU (NSFW)
Commissioned Artwork (NSFW)
**PLEASE NOTE:** As these are Inksgiving rewards, there will be no early access for these extras on Patreon, but the Uncensored NSFW version will be released on Patreon exclusively available for $10tier, to keep content within Tapas Guidelines/TOS.
Thank you again so so much!
- Ben
Check out my Patreon for 2 months early access, including NSFW short stories and extras.😉
https://www.patreon.com/bijouparadise
Co-Writer ~ Leveret Moreau:
https://tapas.io/YaoiParadise
Want to chat with me behind the scenes? Check out my discord! :D
https://discord.gg/dANkuBW7Yj
Hey everyone, I just wanted to address Human.
I am planning to have it come back from hiatus in 2022 but I can't make any promises, hence there having been no official announcement. To be honest, Human has occupied my entire being since chapter one in January of 2019. I posted everyday for about 150 chapters which is roughly 5 months. And that means writing a chapter everyday for 140 days because I only had 10 chapters planned out when I first started Human.
I love Human, I love the characters, I am so very grateful for the success and enjoyment expressed by the readers, and I am sorry to have been so inconsistent over the past months to a year.
The thing that changed was honestly, happiness. So much happened in my life that I realized how valuable my time was with my family and being able to support them, especially as medical and life issues started to become more apparent to me. I was also very depressed during this pandemic and writing Human started to feed that depression, instead of being an escape from reality.
I will finish Human when I have the time to do it justice and when I am ready, but I really want to remind people: Human is free. I don't have a partnership with Tapas, I don't make any money off of it, I just write it because I love to tell stories. I do make money off of Patreon through early release and monthly extras, but the novel itself is free. That is a ton of time and effort to put into something when there are other pressing things like time with family, rent, food, expenses, etc on one's mind.
So I will be back with Human, I am so very grateful for those of you still interested in the story and it's conclusion. I hope to see you all when I return and thank you so much for understanding.
- Ben <3
PS: In the meantime you can check out my other two novels which are ongoing!
Loveswept: https://tapas.io/series/Loveswept
In Our Blood: https://tapas.io/series/In-Our-Blood
I am planning to have it come back from hiatus in 2022 but I can't make any promises, hence there having been no official announcement. To be honest, Human has occupied my entire being since chapter one in January of 2019. I posted everyday for about 150 chapters which is roughly 5 months. And that means writing a chapter everyday for 140 days because I only had 10 chapters planned out when I first started Human.
I love Human, I love the characters, I am so very grateful for the success and enjoyment expressed by the readers, and I am sorry to have been so inconsistent over the past months to a year.
The thing that changed was honestly, happiness. So much happened in my life that I realized how valuable my time was with my family and being able to support them, especially as medical and life issues started to become more apparent to me. I was also very depressed during this pandemic and writing Human started to feed that depression, instead of being an escape from reality.
I will finish Human when I have the time to do it justice and when I am ready, but I really want to remind people: Human is free. I don't have a partnership with Tapas, I don't make any money off of it, I just write it because I love to tell stories. I do make money off of Patreon through early release and monthly extras, but the novel itself is free. That is a ton of time and effort to put into something when there are other pressing things like time with family, rent, food, expenses, etc on one's mind.
So I will be back with Human, I am so very grateful for those of you still interested in the story and it's conclusion. I hope to see you all when I return and thank you so much for understanding.
- Ben <3
PS: In the meantime you can check out my other two novels which are ongoing!
Loveswept: https://tapas.io/series/Loveswept
In Our Blood: https://tapas.io/series/In-Our-Blood
Sorry no In Our Blood chapter this week. I have to work on my early access stuff first. Please enjoy the beautiful Fan Art of Rose by "voodiedoodie"! Chapters will return July 7th.
voodiedoodie.tumblr.com
twitter.com/ashplebeans
voodiedoodie.tumblr.com
twitter.com/ashplebeans
No In Our Blood chapter this week! Sorry I've had a lot to catch up on IRL. Uploads will return next week.
Stay safe, happy, and healthy!
- B <3
Stay safe, happy, and healthy!
- B <3
Hello everyone!
Human is currently on hiatus. Thank you for understanding. I will return to the story as soon as I can.
Human is currently on hiatus. Thank you for understanding. I will return to the story as soon as I can.