June Update (Patreon)

Hey everyone, a new month brings a new update!

Thank you all for sticking around, I truly appreciate the support! And welcome to new patrons—the fact that you've joined while I'm on hiatus from the Office AU series is super cool of you 💖

I mentioned it in the discord, but as of last week all ML Office AU merch has been ordered! 🎉 The collection will consist of the following:

• Art book with 47 new illustrations on 76 pages
• Felinette standee
• 4"x6" sticker sheet
• ID cards (one for each of the main five)
• Lanyard
• Nathalie pin
• Felinette/Ladynoir double sided charm
• Felinette print

There will also be very limited quantities of a collector's box, which includes all of the above plus an exclusive mini print of the art book cover and will (hopefully) come in a nice custom box. My plan at this time is to open my shop exclusively for patrons either a day or two earlier than the public so you can get what you want before things possibly sell out. I honestly don't know how this sale is going to go, but I want to make sure you all have the opportunity to get your pick!

So at this point it's a waiting game until I get all of the merch in. Once I get the books I should be able to start working on the collector's box since I need to know sizing of what's going in it before I can start. I really don't know how long it will be until the sale goes live, but I'm hoping September? Maybe???

In the meantime, I'll be working on the ad campaign for the collection, as well as possibly starting the script for arc 6 this month 😮 Things are ramping up for the wedding, so that's going to take up a good chunk of my time as well.

Also, my apologies for skipping the tutorial last month, I will certainly get one out this month! With the TikTok issues, as well as a (now banned) patron posting an exclusive Patreon image publicly, things got really crazy at the end of May for me. I'm still dealing with the TikTok impersonators since I don't really have the time to constantly send in reports since this company doesn't actually do anything until enough reports get sent in against an account...

It's really disheartening whenever stuff like this happens because I have to drop whatever I'm working on and address it before things get more out of hand. It's just me, I don't have a team of people who I can push these things off onto. My work and health suffer from stuff like this and really chip away at my drive to continue creating. I know I have such a great network of support, and that's what keeps me going. But it's just incredibly frustrating.

Anyway, enough gloom, I AM VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THIS MERCH COLLECTION WITH YOU ALL!!! I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the month, thanks for reading!