What the heck is Aliquet Press?
What you'll find here, in a bit more detail than an intro page.
Hey, I’m erin (lowercase e intentional), and man am I glad you asked that question.
In my day-to-day life, I always have a to-do list of projects and things I want to do and accomplish that is a hundred miles long. It’s a rolling list and because of that, it often feels infinite. In some regards, that’s great, especially as a creative-type. In general, it means I’m never really bored or lacking in something to occupy my time, but in a creative sense, it means I have an abundance of ideas of cool things I want to make and do. My list of ideas and half-started projects and stuff I’ve created is just as impossibly long as my everyday to-do list.
Maybe, from the outside, that seems like it could be a little overwhelming, and if you’re someone who suffers from decision paralysis, it absolutely would be. For me, I almost see it as a challenge, a veritable playground of possibility to expend all of my creative energy. This does come with its fair share of problems, as well, unfortunately. Like the fact that most of those ideas and projects are unfinished, or that my attention is divided amongst several different avenues. Outside of the obvious — I don’t know anyone with enough free time to finish everything I have going on at any one point in time — this also creates the conundrum of figuring out how to share these things with the world in a way that makes sense, but doesn’t also eat up my already spoken for, and terribly limited, time.
I have neither the time nor the energy to maintain numerous accounts, pen names, or places to direct people to find each specific project that they’re interested in keeping tabs on. Plus, I don’t want you to have to look that hard for the bits and pieces that you care about. And, really, I hope that in time, you’ll want to keep up with all of my projects anyway, so this doesn’t just streamline the process for me, but for you too. Which thus brings me to Substack and the beauty of it as a platform: you get to pick and choose which pieces and parts of my creative journey you get to follow along with. If you’re here because you like my writing and want to check out my books, but couldn’t care less about video games (or vice versa)? Cool — sign up for those categories. If you’re here because you loved Elmo’s Pub Crawl, but otherwise have no idea who I am — I feel like you will be in the minority, but hi anyway, thanks for stopping by! — stick around and follow some of my game-related topics. I’m currently working on a big ~serious game, but have a handful of other silly little ones in progress, or in mind, too.
But that doesn’t fully answer the question: what the heck is Aliquet Press? Well, quite simply it’s the name of my personal “publishing house” that I use to house, release, and share all of those projects. Remember how I said I didn’t have the capacity for operating numerous accounts and keeping up individual places for writing vs. game development vs. everything else? That stretches to the operational perspective, too. By hosting everything under one umbrella — the Press — I can easily manage everything at once, keeping it all nice and organized, in one place. It’s great.
But, even if it will all be contained within one place, there will still be a lot going on here. Chances are, if you subbed here, you already have a bit of an idea of what I’m working on, at least in some limited form or fashion. But just in case things aren’t abundantly clear, I wanted to elucidate on exactly what you’re in for by inviting me into your inbox. Each week, you’ll get to peak into the process of one of those projects, some of which you might not have even realized existed. Projects like…
Writing Projects
My always-expanding romance novel series Lazy Tequila Afternoons, the first book of which — code named Emo Coffee Shop — is Coming Soon (early 2026).
Behind-the-scenes views of the writing process of not only the LTA books, but also the series of Shakespeare retellings I’m working on, the less-bigoted Wizard University series I’m about to start, the dystopian YA novel that keeps demanding my attention, and many, many more.
Access to FULL publications — at least two — the first of which is my tongue-in-cheek, creative nonfiction collection of essays on love, romance, and relationships, To My Beloved Ex-Boyfriends. The second is a very old 2009 NaNo fantasy novel Faded Sunsets that will otherwise never see the light of day (and I make limited promises about its quality).
Bonus scenes / short stories / novellas set in the LTA universe (including a novella called Lunch for Lobsters about zombie lobsters. If you know, you know), and other deleted scenes from the books.
Additional short stories that are completely unrelated to any of the above.
Essays / reflections about the craft of writing, my process, “experimenting” with other writer’s routines, etc.
Game Projects
Dev Logs for my main game project All the King’s Men that won’t be found elsewhere.
Private access to my archive of dev streams.
Early access to alpha / demo builds of All the Kings Men.
Detailed breakdowns of the characters and lore of All the Kings Men.
Old game jam tech demos that are otherwise unavailable.
Essays on topics in game development that I find interesting / have things to say about.
Miscellaneous
Travel blogs and photographic retellings of trips and adventures.
Reviews of books, games, recipes, movies, shows, courses, or whatever else I manage to get into that I feel like I have something to say about.
Recommendations of other cool things on Substack that I’ve found / read.
Monthly wrap-ups of what I’ve accomplished in writing and game dev, PLUS what I think are my Substack highlights.
And honestly? Probably more as I keep this publication going. For as many creative projects that I have on the go at any given moment, I have at least three times that many thoughts and opinions about things, too.
Which brings us to the end of this casual introductory post. Next week, I’ll be sharing a bit more about the Lazy Tequila Afternoons books and my publication plan for them.
Thanks for reading. Before we go — tell me a little bit about the project you’re most excited about right now and the plans you have for it.
See you next Monday!
— erin