Don't steal please :( (Patreon)

Hello amazing patrons! I'm hesitant to even post this, but I feel the need to say something regarding it.

As you know, my Patreon is per post, meaning you sign up for free. I intend to keep it that way. It motivates me to write more and it allows you all to set your max budgets, and I think it's the perfect balance. I am so grateful for all of you - for your support, your encouragement, your ideas, and the fact that you believe my writing is worth paying for.

Unfortunately, a few bad apples are trying to pull a fast one. I get an email for every signup, and I've started noticing a few names that pop up over and over and over. Bit weird, I thought. A couple of these people have signed up for my Patreon over a dozen times, and it's barely been a year since I started it.

Then I went into the Relationship Manager and noticed...several of them haven't paid me a dime. Whenever I announce I'm going to post a new story, they cancel immediately and then sneak back a few weeks later. I've attached screenshots of one, who has signed up eight times and paid $0.

It was even more surprising last week when someone said the quiet part out loud, messaging me directly to ask for a $3 refund because they "meant to cancel before you posted again."

I want to be clear I know financial situations change and I don't take cancellations personally. Shit happens, I totally get it! But I don't think that's what's happening here. If you come back again and again and again but have somehow managed to avoid being charged even once, I feel confident that you are not operating in good faith. And it feels extra strange since I still post on Tumblr regularly and have an extensive back catalog available for free.

So what I am saying is: please don't do this. I will notice, and I will block you. You are basically shoplifting. It's disrespectful not only to me but to my generous patrons who are willing to pay for my work. I want to make this an awesome place for people who love this kind of content, offering premium work in a way I wasn't able to on Tumblr, and you are interfering in that. Please stop.

Thanks everyone. I truly appreciate all of you.

A