After a lot of reconsideration, I’ve decided to finally return to Patreon! So for
those of you who wish to support me in ways other than buying ebooks, you can
sign up here to make a pledge!
TIP JAR
For right now, I intend to use Patreon solely as a Tip Jar
mechanism. This means that the main Tier for now is a basic $1-minimum pledge.
You can pledge more, of course, but I won’t insist on it. For the time being, I
intend to still release most of my work for free. As such, the Patreon is
simply a way to show your support if you enjoy my work.
I do not intend this as a means to facilitate commissions,
nor to have patrons vote on my next project. I realize this may demotivate some
of you from pledging, but as those of you who’ve followed me a while know, I do
not write other people’s stories for them, and I’m terrible at taking
suggestions. As such, I do not want to falsely encourage people by making
promises I can’t keep.
PER CREATION
Some of you may recall that I did open up a Patreon two
years ago, but after three months, I shut it down. My primary concern was that
Patreon only allowed a “Per Month” charge model at the time, and I knew I
couldn’t sustain a consistent monthly workflow. I didn’t want to unfairly
charge people for the times I wasn’t making content.
However, Patreon has now re-instated the “Per Creation”
model, meaning that instead of automatically charging you monthly, you will
instead be charged only when I make a “paid post” on the site. I don’t plan on
making more than one or two such posts a month, but the added benefit of this
is that if I have a month or three where I don’t produce anything, or I only produce
something minuscule, you will not be charged for it.
MULTI-MEDIA
While I intend to continue occasionally producing ebooks, I also still
want to keep the majority of my content free for people to enjoy. Moreover, in
the past two years, I have been expanding my erotic content beyond merely
writing. Audios, art, and games are mediums I have enjoyed working in, even if
I am still a beginner at them. Unfortunately, they take even more time and
effort than writing short stories or captions, and they are considerably
harder to monetize on their own.
Nonetheless, I would like to continue making more art and
games in the foreseeable future, but that requires a commitment I’m not sure I
can justify without some level of support. This year, I would like to dedicate
time to putting together another video game or possibly a visual novel, making
a comic book, and/or writing an erotic adventure web serial. Even if it isn’t
much, a dollar here and there from all those willing would go a long way
towards motivating and enabling me to produce such content.
EARLY ACCESS
One thing I may decide to do is an “Early Access” Tier. In this case, some content I may post on Patreon exclusively for a short period, let's say a week, before releasing it for free on my blog. I’m not completely sold on this yet, but for right now, I think it may be a fair compromise.
LIKEWISE
If I’m going to be charging for content, I will make an
effort to produce a better quality product, such as more thoroughly editing
stories before posting. I will also try to be more consistent with my posting schedule,
whatever content I end up making.
I thank you all for your support, in whatever way you wish
to give it. I hope to keep you entertained for as long as my inner fire still
burns!