Update Schedule for April. Info for Patrons 💖 (Patreon)

✨ Hey guys, here is this month’s schedule, based off of ten tier patron’s votes for the stories/five tier patron’s and ten tier patron’s votes for the days.

I had to move The Blue House of 1478 and Cherry Bomb by a couple of days for personal reasons - I am currently dealing with a lot outside of writing. (They were meant to be up yesterday and Sunday.)

But WOW I’m so shocked to see DARLING rising up against wicked boy and black velvet like this! 💖 I’m happy you guys are branching out and liking more of the stories that are available. I hope you continue to like them!

💖 NOTE: Ten tier patrons expressed interest in having drafts/originals be a part of their perk. I actually do like the idea of posting the drafts/originals of stories to the ten tier, the only issue is that I would have to track down and compile the originals into something readable. They may also portray more toxic versions of existing relationships(Tobias was much more aggressive, less nuanced, had a white knight complex towards his mother, and was less friendly/sometimes hurtful towards Oliver. Milan’s love interest was originally (a much nicer) Isaac/but there was a love triangle with Lucas. Seraphino WAS slice of life, with Emery falling for Luka, who was just a troubled and violent addition to his household. Cyric from Erebos was a STONE COLD villain. The Blue House was general slice of life, polyamorous enemies to lovers.) 😂

This may confuse readers since stories aren’t complete 🥲 but I will weigh the pros and cons!

💖 Also, I take exit reviews with a grain of salt or else I get pretty down, and some can be unpleasant, but I feel like I should address them because the two main exit reviews are:

hard to access benefits/rewards: this one is such a bummer because I don’t know how to fix it. I totally get it! It’s so frustrating to scroll for everything and to not know what you’re missing. I’ve been working on next chapter, previous chapter links. I’ve made a ginormous, soul-sucking master-list. That’s as much as I honestly can do. I have limited control over Patreon’s features so I’m really sorry that it feels like digging. It drives me up the wall that I can’t organize things or make folders/etc. If you ever are having a hard time finding something, message me. I will always help you to find things!

The second reason is that I’m not as active as readers would like me to be. Well, this used to really bother me because I would spend hours and hours creating content and still would receive this on an exit survey. I would love to write more! I would love if that was possible — AKA, if I was faster, faster at writing, editing, etc. But, to be completely straight forward, my output is not going to change. I know that now, and I think I should put that out there. Putting a chapter out every three days or so is an absolute killer for me. It’s a lot of work. I literally cannot put out any more chapters than this. It’s not going to happen because it isn’t realistic. I have a life and a kid and it already bleeds into a lot of my free time/headspace. I make these schedules now so that you can see what’s being updated and when, so that there’s a general idea of what you can expect — and so that I don’t drown myself in work. This schedule is pushing it this month so we’ll see how it goes.

Okay, onto other news. I am having an extremely difficult time juggling my mental health lately. I keep trying to work through it but it’s gotten to be a lot worse. I don’t want to get too much into it, but as most long-term readers know, I struggle with a cluster of BPD and OCD. I’ve worked 2-3 jobs since I was in high school. Now I’m almost 29 and have never taken any sort of backseat or vacation in my life. I’m hoping that clearing my head will be a good starting point. So, I’ve thought about it a lot, planned it a lot, but I will be taking off with a friend and going backpacking around for three weeks outside of my home state, around May 22nd - June 15th. I will have limited cell-reception and I likely won’t have time to write/don’t want my head to be there. I will likely just pause the billing cycle for June so that no one is charged for that month, since I will be absent for half of it, that way you guys don’t have to worry about subscribing or unsubscribing or paying for no content. I’ll be back after that break, hopefully with a new perspective. I know it’s a ways away but this is just a heads up!

ANYWAYS, happier news. Thanks everyone SO much for your support! I could not be writing full time without you all and I’m extremely grateful that you are here and that you are enjoying these books. I read every comment with just pure happiness. I am beyond lucky to be able to spend time doing this. I know I may come off obsessive when I’m explaining updates or when im going overboard on thank yous, but it’s just that I care about your experience here, want to meet expectations, and want you all to find some happiness in my writing! Thanks for everything 💖 you are so important! Wishing everyone happiness and health this month!