AdmiralSquish
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Announcement! Things are changing!
🕑 Added 2015-12-01 16:14:01 +0000 UTC Hey there, squish here, with a very big announcement! I’m going to be dramatically redesigning the way things work around here, everything from how I handle requests and commissions to what the patron tiers offer. I’m not gonna lie, it’s a little complicated, and I’ve been putting this off for a while, but I think, ultimately, this will make things run a whole lot smoother from here out.To start with, I’ll get into the stuff that’s relevant to all my patrons: the changes to the patreon. As you may have notices, in the last few months I’ve been having trouble keeping up with the guarantee of two chapters a month, and three is just not happening. On paper, it seems reasonable. I should be writing 3000 words/day, so it should take 4 days to write and rewrite a 6000 word chapter, so I should be coming out well ahead of the goal. But ‘should’ seems to rarely apply to reality… And since racing to keep up with the deadline just ends up stressing me out, I’ve decided to cut back. From now on, I’m going to guarantee you at least one chapter a month. I’ll still be trying to write more than that, and I’m not gonna start taking days off, but I’m not gonna stress myself out over it, either.
Another thing I’ll be doing is changing how the monthly bonus chapter works. I think you’ll like the idea I have for this. Instead of one bonus chapter each month with a length set by the number of patrons, they’re going to be 1000-2000 word shorts, and each month I’m going to write one of them for every $100 pledged. I’m tentatively calling them ‘musings’, for reasons that will be explained shortly. Now, here’s the cool part: you guys, my faithful patrons, will get to decide what the musings are about! Each month, my muses ($10+ patrons) get to suggest topics, and everyone gets to vote on which one they like the most! And at the start of a new month, I’ll make a big post releasing last month’s musings to the internet at large and announcing last month’s winners!
There’s also going to be a change to how I handle requests and commissions. The biggest change: I won’t be doing requests anymore. I know, I don’t really want to do it, but it doesn’t look like I’m going to run out of commissions to work on anytime soon, especially since I have a couple people waiting for me to get an open slot on the commission list. I never planned for the possibility of getting actually popular, and now, it just doesn’t seem fair to the requests to leave them waiting for eternity. I’m going to expand the commission list from 5 slots to 10, and I’m not going to rotate through the whole list of commissions anymore. The whole rotation thing was weird and complicated, and it just doesn’t seem wise, or fair, to keep high-paying commissioners waiting months and months between installments. From now on, when I finish a chapter of a commission, the next slot will go to the highest bidder on the waiting list. No commission gets two chapters in a row, though, so no one commissioner can entirely monopolize my time. Hopefully, that’ll keep things from getting too monotonous, and keep things at least a little fair to the rest of the list.
Now, I’ve gotta start making these changes, let the requests know, and then get started on this month’s bonus chapter. In the meantime, let’s get things moving! Muses, if you would, if you’ve got ideas for next month’s Musings, leave them in the comments! And to the rest of my generous patrons, feel free to vote for the suggestions you like (just reply to the comment so I can count them easier), or just leave a comment about the rest of the post!
Comments
The changes are effective immediately. Like I said, I've been putting this off for months, this should have happened already. The commissions list remains intact, I'm not cancelling commissions, the list is just getting longer. If you were on the list, you're still on the list. You can still commission through paypal normally. Commissioning through patreon gets you all the patron goodies in addition to your commission. No set price for paypay commissions, it works the same as ever, your commission goes into the list, the higher your offer, the faster I get to it. I'm planning to stick to the current schedule of alternating between personal projects and commissions with each chapter. Same system, just a bit more focused. $20+ patreon pledge remains the same, you get all the patron goodies and your commission. I am considering the possibility of increasing the effective offer of commissions through patreon, though, so that MIGHT be coming. I dunno, I'm making this up as I go along. :P
Honestly, I'll probably be producing at about the same rate, I just won't be stressing myself out about failing to hit the goal of two chapters a month. I'm really glad to hear you've got such a high opinion of my work! Musings will be available as they come out to all my patrons, just like the bonus chapters were. The only difference is, at the start of the next month, they get released openly.
Iceman77
When do these changes to commissions happen? What does mean for people currently waiting and have already paid? Can i still commision through paypal if so what are the bonuses of patreon? Will there be a set price for paypal commissions? Does this mean since more commission slots will be doing more commissioned work? Also what does this mean for the $20+ pledge?
Vlper
Interesting changes. Bummer to hear that you'll be producing less overall content, as you're one of (if not the) best impreg/breeding author around and similar authors already produce <1 chapter a month for the most part. 1 Question - will the $5 tier still get access to the Musings as they are created?
