Income (Patreon)

I know what everyone loves! It's me talking about money!

Okay, first off, don't worry. I'm not increasing Patreon minimum or changing the way things work.

However, I do need to think about my income. As long as we live in a capitalist dystopia, I have to function within that system.

For the past few months, I've been slowly losing patrons. That's totally okay, and I'll never be upset at anyone if their financial situation changed, or there's just no more interest in reading what I write. That's normal. Patreon has a bit of ebb and flow.

But, I do need to get more patrons. So going forward, I'm going to try things. I'm still going to do my monthly Patron chapters of Verdant Mirrors and, when it resumes, Any Other Name, as well as finishing Among Brighter Stars.

But after that? I'm gonna see. I might make Demon Queen 2 its own separate story on scribblehub, or start a new story that's more fluff and less high concept, or start uploading Flipping Out on scribblehub. I need to find what works and focus on that for a bit, until things are stable enough for me to not have to worry about losing too many post patrons.

What does this mean for you?

Not much. I'm not gonna write less. I've been ramping up my writing amounts again lately to a fairly sustainable 2k words per day, with the occasional day of doing a half chapter.

The biggest change is the consistency in what I write. Some projects might go on hiatus. I might focus on just one project, like I did with DQ these past few weeks. I don't know what works and what doesn't and that's kinda scary.

Can you do anything to help?

Sure, although you're under absolutely no obligation to. The biggest thing I need is visibility, so comments, likes and shares on publicly posted chapters and my twitter account do help. I'm always fighting some algorithm or another, and I can't do that on my own.

Anyway, thank you for listening! I've got another chapter or two done and I'll upload soon!