Lucid's Patreon FAQ (Patreon)

Here are the questions I get the most from people about my Patreon. If you still have a question, feel free to email at llllucid.publishing@gmail.com. Please use this email and not the Patreon message system since I have help monitoring the email and I will likely miss your message here.

Featured tags:

$14+ The Hunt Updates: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=The+Hunt+Update
$14+ River St Updates: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=%2414%2B+RS

Occultus: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Occultus

$5+ The Hunt Updates: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=%245%2B+Hunt+Update
$5+ River St Updates: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=River+St+Update 

NSFW: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=NSFW

NSFW Extras: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=NSFW+Extra

Doujin: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Doujin

Avialae: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Avialae

Physical Reward Patrons:

• How do I change my address?

Patreon has a help article detailing how to do so here: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002832686-How-do-I-update-my-shipping-address-#h_01FHRK4Q2F55N675RG0T59JYRD  (Look at the "editing a single membership" section)

• Do I get previously printed books when I sign up?

No. New supporters get printed books of upcoming releases only. You must be a patron at this tier for at least two months during a set reward period in order to qualify for a rewad. Current rewards are: Sugar Rush (October-April) and SVSSS doujin (May-??).

• Can I purchase previously released books from you?

Yes. I have a private store for $15+ patrons where you may purchase previous doujinshi and books. I also have general merch listed there for a discounted rate. You can get access to that in this tag: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?tag=Private%20Store

• When will my private store order ship?

We generally ship out in-stock orders every 1-2 weeks.

• Do you ship internationally?

Yes, but you must be supporting me at the right tier to the higher postage fees. It costs me anywhere from $18-$35 to ship books internationally. :(

$10/month:

• I’m new! How can I read all of the previous pages/PDFs?

Welcome! Patreon uses tags pretty effectively, so the easiest way to do this is by going to the $10/month tagged posts here: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?rewardTier=1000 If you are reading Occultus I actually suggest logging in to Patreon on my website: yaoi.biz and reading it in the NSFW Extras tab.

• When does Occultus update?

I update Occultus every Wednesday at non CST.

• Will you ever release Occultus/the NSFW extras publicly?

Yes, but they will still be behind a paywall. I will never post these extras publicly as I need to pay my bills my dudes.

• Can I post/share the PDFs anywhere?

Absolutely not. If I find this being done I will take legal action.

$5/month:

• I’m new! How can I catch up to the Patreon update?

Welcome! Patreon uses tags pretty effectively, so the easiest way to do this is by going to the $5/month tagged posts here: https://www.patreon.com/lucid/posts?rewardTier=500

• When do you post Blackwater chapters?

Thursdays (if I can)! I have the first book completely written but getting the illustrations and typesetting done for the PDFs still takes time.

General:

• I can’t support you every month, is that okay?

That’s totally fine! I appreciate any amount of support, and I completely understand if you have to dip out for a month or two to be okay financially. It doesn’t hurt my feelings.

The only exception to this are the tiers for physical rewards. You must be a patron at this tier for at least 2-3 months before I send out the reward. I do this because I have to pay to print and ship the books and it cuts into the actual amount of support I get.

• Can I change my reward level each month?

Absolutely. If you want access to the NSFW extras when you can afford it, you can up your pledge for that month and go back down whenever you want. You will have to do this manually, however. I can’t issue refunds because you forgot to change your pledge that month.

• Can I translate your Patreon content?

No. I appreciate that translation groups are trying to share my work to more people around the world, but I will never support the free translation and posting of Patreon content. This stuff is supposed to be behind a paywall, and I want to keep it that way. Please respect that.

• Should I tell you if I see someone reposting your work?

If they are reposting content that I have not released publicly, yes, please send me an email or message ASAP. Depending on the situation, I will ask them to take it down first, and if they don’t comply I will take legal action. If they are reposting pages that are public and are crediting me, I don’t care that much. You can email me if you aren’t sure if what they are posting is okay, and I’ll check it out. I appreciate everyone who lets me know about this stuff!! I of course want to protect my own online integrity, but I also want to protect the value of your pledge.

• Do you go to conventions?

Not anymore I'm tired B^)

• I found a typo/you forgot Gannet’s piercing again! Is it okay to tell you?

Yes, please email me. I work fast but I’m also a perfectionist and I love to use the internet as my personal proofreader. :)