So, I have a Patreon. You can find it in the link below, and it happens to be the single largest regular revenue generator I have. It’s the reason why I can *almost* publish a novel a year (I’m still in the stage of using Kickstarters to make up the difference, which is something that I’d like to phase out as soon as I practically can). Right now I’m at a point where I’m doing a short story and RPG campaign material every month, and microfiction every week. I flatter myself that the stuff is good. It’s certainly good enough that I can publish the fiction in chapbooks later without embarrassment!
But my Patreon revenue is static. I don’t advertise it enough, and I have a flat $1 tier/month (more’s always welcome) because I didn’t feel comfortable setting multiple tiers. Nothing wrong with that sort of thing, but I didn’t personally want to do it myself. So, since the more money I collect from it, the faster I can publish books, I’m going to be pushing the website this month.
I have a reasonably modest goal for July: get revenue up to $200/month. When that happens, I’ll be committing to doing a serialized novel on the Patreon (minimum 2K words a month): the current serial is called SAMSON BLACK, and is very much space opera, with no real regard for such petty annoyances as ‘physics’ or ‘realpolitik.’ For the rest of the month: every time I get a pledge, I’ll write and put up more SAMSON BLACK. I won’t drop *everything*, but I know how the story is going, so it’s mostly just a matter of writing it. So, hey: nigh-immediate gratification!
And if we hit $200 early? Ach, well, I’ll think of something else.