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I have a new goal up on my Patreon account!
For those interested: at the $30/month level I’ll be writing a new hundred-word fiction story every week and sending it out to my patrons. These will probably not end up here (although the occasional one might); I want to give my supporters a little something nice for themselves. Well, theoretically something nice. I actually have to go out and write them, after all.
…Well, that last bit was creatively draining.
And, alas, not particularly easy to monetize. Speaking of which: I really, really need to figure out how to get more interest in the Patreon thing. I hesitate to do the obvious, which is to whine about it on Twitter until people take pity on me, but that may be what it takes. Anybody out there successfully doing it that has tips to share?
Moe Lane
A change/update to the Patreon account (new campaign worlds!)
Basically, that’s the deal: $40/month, and I start writing game worlds, minus the copyrighted crunchy bits. Patrons will get first look, readers will get to see the stuff later. If that interests you, the donation link is here.
The Monday Update to the I Wish To Replace This Computer fundraising drive.
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A very good day: we’re up to just under $390 in the thermometer.
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My Patreon has been updated (Patrons-only).
It’s a short story that has been sent to existing Patrons of my Patreon account; it should also be available who sign up now. I should also note that if I hit $60/month at Patreon I’ll be putting up a short story a month here (Patrons will get the story first, mind you). In case that’s an incentive.
Book of the Week: Lost Majority.
The Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government Is Up for Grabs – and Who Will Take It
Go.
Read.
This.
Book.
I first did when it came out in 2012 (heck, Amazon quoted my review in the Review section); and its arguments were extremely helpful in letting me see early the warning signs that the 2006/8 Democratic coalition wasn’t up to snuff when it came to winning the 2014 electorate. Go read it, and remember: nothing in there says that what happened to the Democrats can’t happen to the GOP, either. It can. It probably will, too.
And so, adieu to Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson’s Worlds.
Moe Lane
(Book of the week is a feature provided by my Patreon supporters. See here for further details, and here to support my writing.)
I have updated/put up a new reward on my Patreon account!
Clearly, the existing stuff wasn’t really getting people’s interest, so I have deleted the ones above $40 and added a new $60 level.
Original fictional content! (Once per month.)Starting at $60/month I will do original fictional material (1,000 words, or short-short story level), once per month, and put it on the blog. This cannot be game-specific material, or anything else that would violate another person’s copyright. Aslo, I will take patrons’ desires (when expressed) into account, although I reserve the right to not write anything that I’d find personally distasteful or objectionable.
So let’s see how that goes. If this experiment works, I might go in that direction a bit more.
Book of the Week: Lord of Light (We hit a Patreon goal!).
Patreon link here: they need buttons, frankly. Anyway: time to bring back Book of the Week as a regular feature. I’ll do it every Sunday, so that I can remember it easily, but we’ll begin with one for the rest of the week: Lord of Light. I mentioned it, like, five years ago, but it really is one of the best science fiction novels of the 1960s, and maybe the best one that Roger Zelazny ever wrote. It’s kind of about Hinduism (explicitly), kind of about Buddhism (explicitly), and kind of about how Enlightenment can take you over even when you don’t want it too; but it’s mostly just good. It’s so good, in fact, that I don’t know if anybody’s ever really tried to top it.
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All right… so what do you *want* to buy from me?
I’ve been experimenting with Patreon over the last few days, as you folks know, and I’ve come to a conclusion: while I’ve figured out pretty much what I want to sell to people it turns out that apparently it’s not something that people are particularly eager to buy. Which is actually kind of funny, because you’d think that I’d have worked that out first. Oh, well, that’s why it’s called an experiment.
So, back to Square One. What do people want to buy from me? – After all, clearly there’s at least some interest in what I do. I just need to figure out what people are willing to kick in a buck or three extra for, that’s all. And that I’m willing to sell, of course.
Contact form under the fold. And it should work; I just tested it.
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