Quick Update + A Thank You! (Patreon)

Before I say my thanks to our new members, we have a chatbox with our upload schedule. The World of Otome Games is a Second Chance for Broken Swords has been upgraded to main story status, meaning instead of waiting 2-5 cycles before you get a 3-4 chapter update, it'll be consistently updated twice every cycle. I'll target a minimum of 6k words and probably a maximum of 12k words per chapter for this story, and we are currently about 6-8 chapters away from finishing LN 1 of Mobuseka.

Okay, back to the main body!

First, I would like to thank everyone. I think this is the highest level of support I have ever received. Again, thank you so much!

Today, I'll be uploading some images and outlining the next chapters of These Tragic Souls and a Sword Reborn in an Intergalactic Space Opera.

I've also made a list of personal goals and those aligned with this Patreon channel.

Let's start with personal goals, since they're much simpler:

1. Save and earn enough to afford my own place. [Could probably afford once I consistently hit 150 tiered members.]

2. Restore my savings. [My last full-time employer really fucked me up. haha]

3. Eventually, do something food-related as well, probably after I achieve goal number one.

4. Get back to learning Nihongo. I worked for a Japanese cruise line, and my Nihongo is super formal and only functional. Maybe Korean as well, since both sentence structures are similar and complicated.

5. Listen to more books that aren't just fantasy, sci-fi, and fanfiction.

6. Exercise more. And purchase a sit-stand desk and one of those small treadmills.

7. Target better health—drink maybe only once a week. lol

Patreon-Aligned Goals:

1. Finish a story. [Most likely through the short stories, but to be honest, amongst my side stories, the shortest would probably be Ending Maker: Fate Wizardry or The Metamorph Next Door—both probably around 250k+ words.]

2. Make audiobooks of the chapters, complete with graphics, to upload to YouTube.

   • Learn Eleven Labs [Currently saving up for a yearly subscription.]

   • Learn Photoshop and video editing [Currently saving up for a yearly subscription.]

   • PixAI subscription [Currently saving up for a yearly subscription.]

     • Note: Originally, I would just say fuck it, invest now and worry about costs later, but I think it's better to be smart about it. On top of this, I still need to improve my writing—splitting my current attention would probably only cause problems.

3. Get better at writing smut.

4. Write an original story. [Maybe start with a short 24-26 chapter story. Something simple for now, something not too ambitious.]

Long-Term Patreon-Adjacent Goals:

I need more inspiration and more perspective—might as well build a community so that I don't feel guilty when I'm doing something other than working or writing.

1. Stream while we react to lore videos. [Don't worry, I won't turn the Patreon into a react channel, and I won't be doing anime/series reacts because I don't want to rock the boat. Maybe we can host community watch parties for anime, movies, or series on Discord, and I won't be monetising that. Though I'll be honest—I watch things at 2.5-3.5x speed. lol]

2. Get inspiration from games. It's been too long since I played a video game, and there are a lot of cool stories to be found. [Last I played was PoE 2 just before I started writing, and maybe a bit of Grandia for nostalgia's sake.]

3. Conceptualise a PNG tuber avatar, then maybe later save up for a 2D model. I already have streaming equipment because I was a teacher doing online classes back in 2020.

See you next upload or chapter!