Updates and plans for the new year (Patreon)

Hello Beautiful Readers!

Wishing you all a happy holiday and success in whatever passions you pursue. The years keep finding a way to get harder but I’m certainly still happy to be here celebrating with all my friends. <3

Lots of updates I need to go over in this post. The new year is fast approaching and with it the usual contemplation's about how I want to grow and live as a writer. I’d like to start by giving thanks for all the feedback I got when I was asking for suggestions a while back. It really helped me decide on a few concrete ideas.

First some of the good news:

Patreon annual subscription sale

From now until January 1st I’ll have all tiers on my Patreon set at a 16% (the max patreon allows lol) discount for yearly subs. Get the whole of 2023 filled with TF story content for only $10. Supporting me in the other tiers is always appreciated and comes with extra perks, too. :B

After that the usual annual discount will be returned to %10 all year.

Anniversary payment plan is active

I kinda failed to announce this but I did opt into Patreons new anniversary plan. This way no matter when you sub you’ll get a full 30 days to enjoy whatever hijinks ensue.

Attempting a fixed schedule

With both my physical health and writing ability drastically improving these last three months thanks to new blood pressure meds, and with the change to anniversary plans, I feel a desire for more consistency. Rather than dumping everything at the end of a month, I’m hoping to make weekly posts around Tuesday or Wednesday. Sometimes it’ll be a full story or could just be a work in progress, depending on the project and situation. I want to do my best to give you your money's worth.

New crowdfunding story tier

Also coming January 1st; a new tier will be introduced after seeing some of my colleagues using a similar idea. Crowdfunding is essentially a way for me to work on various personal prompt ideas I’ve had over the years without the stress of rent and med bills hindering the process. Meanwhile it gives supporters a say in the kind of content they’d prefer to see. This tier will likely open between $20-$25 and gets 1000 words dedicated to a prompt of your choice every 30 days. I’ll post the selection of prompts when the tier is officially activated.

And now the bad news:

Retiring the $1 tier

I’ve honestly been putting this off for years now because I hate feeling expensive. Unfortunately, it goes without saying this has also been a very bad year. The rising cost of living and need for diabetic meds forces my hands to raise the base entry for content. Not to mention payment platforms like PayPal charge more for small payments just because they want to.

Starting January 1st the $1 is being turned into a legacy tier. Anyone currently subbed to it can remain on it with all current benefits for as long as they desire.

The new cost of entry tier will be $3

While this new base tier still provides about 90% of the content I make, I do apologize for having to do this. I appreciate everyone's support in my endeavors.

Commission discounts are being adjusted

An almost unanimous feedback I got is the size of my discounts are too much. And once again with the way inflation is going I reluctantly have to agree.

They will now be applied in increments of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%

So in summary the new tier roll out for 2023 will look like this:

$1 - No new subs allowed. Unchanged for anyone currently subbed.

$3 - All basic story content. 2% discount on story commissions.

$5 - 4% story commission discount. Otherwise unchanged

$10 - 6% story discount. Otherwise unchanged

$20 - 8% story discount. Crowdfunding story pledge every 30 days

Story commissions are currently open for patrons and any forms sent in before January 1st will have their current discount applied, no matter when we work on it. I still don't take payment until the rough draft phase, so there's no worry about draining your holiday funds.

Future plans

I’m hoping with the help of crowdfunding I can finally work on stuff like personal novel publishing. Things are already in the works for compiling older works into anthology collections. The big problem is finding a storefront to use for it besides Amazon.

I still want to give a shot at some CYOA games sometime in the near future. They’re proving a bit trickier to write for my ADHD mind though, so it’s taking some practice.

I appreciate everyone that’s stuck with me throughout these amazing years. You guys are the best! Hopefully we can all get through 2023, no matter if it's with hands, paws, wings, or some crazy chimera mix. Stay crazy TF lovers! :3

Feedback and comments always welcome!