I have spent this week evaluating life, the universe, and everything, and I’m starting my general life changes with how I run my Patreon.
For the most part, things will be the same… with an exception: I will be doing an exclusive series over at Patreon. How it will work is simple: Cindercorns and Spicy Ponies with Bite will read along an entire series as I write it. Once the entire series is concluded on Patreon, I will then begin the process of preparing the entire thing on retail. (With a 3-6 month gap between each book’s release. As a wide author, I can’t afford to flood too many books into the market at one time; people just won’t buy them if they’re released too close to each other, and I need some space between releases to pay for the production costs, do the editing, etc, etc, etc.)
So, they will not be rapidly released, but the series will be released in a reasonably brisk timeline. I won’t start any preorders until the complete editing process has been done.
Cindercorns and Spicy Ponies with Bite will receive a copy of the ePub of the book in its completely unedited state, and they will also receive the retail copy along with the other Patrons.
I am expecting to write a minimum of a chapter a month, more or less depending on how life treats me. Cindies and Spicies are currently voting on what series they want to have exclusive over at Patreon.
Here’s a general list of the tiers and what they receive; I will be updating Patreon’s tier listings to match this later today.
Tip Jar: $2, same as before. It’s just a place to throw pennies in my jar. (You all are hugely appreciated.)
Note: Every tier gets all of the benefits of previous tiers.
Second Note: Bookfunnel links only go to those who are active subscribers when the links are sent. Anyone late to the show will have to download manually.
Third Note: ePub files stay on Patreon for approximately one month unless there is a special reason they are kept on Patreon for longer.
Pixies: $5
1: Read Along (with author commentary) of a previously released book. Pixies will receive an ePub copy of the book at the conclusion of the read along as a downloadable file and a Bookfunnel link. These take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
2: Access to Q&As. (This was previously an Otter+ option.)
3: Advanced News.
Otters: $10
1: Everything Pixies get.
2: Access to Exclusive Polls / Questions from the Author
3: Retail copies of new releases 3-7 days prior to retail release with Patreon specific behind the scenes notes. (Includes the bonus short stories found on all non-Amazon retailers.) (Downloadable file and Bookfunnel link.)
Sirens: $15
1: Everything Pixies and Otters get.
2: Listen Along of a previously released audiobook every Tuesday and Thursday. (The audiobook files are available as downloads with each episode.)
Cindercorns: $25 (Cindies)
1: Everything Pixies, Otters, and Sirens get.
2: Exclusive Series! (One chapter a month minimum of a work-in-progress series that will not be published to retail until the entire series has been completed on Patreon.)
3: WIP read alongs of upcoming novels (incomplete, sneak peeks of approximately half the books) posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday assuming there is available material. (There are some droughts due to editorial times and preparation for retail and what not.)
Spicy Ponies with Bite: $100 (Spicies)
1: Everything Pixies, Otters, Sirens, and Cindies get.
2: Random bonuses and extras.
I may add extra stuff to the tiers if I have forgotten something. (I have probably forgotten something.)
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