Hello, friends and readers! (Patreon)

Hello, friends and readers! Some of you have been reading that greeting from me for a long time now, haven't you? And for much of that time, many of you have been asking how you can support me, or give something back for all the years of writing you've enjoyed. 

Well, now, at long last...you can do just that!

First off, I greatly, deeply, appreciate the years of support. Thank you all so much! 

For a long time, I've been in a tenuous situation as far as accepting payment or making much money. As many of you know, I have a rough health situation, and require insanely rare and expensive IV medication to keep my body from tearing itself apart. As the only way for me to pay for this medication is via special benefits, I've always been afraid of making too much money. Make too much, and I lose the benefits...and then immediately go bankrupt from the next medication dose. Fun, isn't it? 

But for too long, I've let my fears rule my life, and I'm tired of that. So we're taking baby steps forward. I do definitely want to publish books for people to buy, along with T-shirts, and maybe other merch. It warms me deeply, makes me feel incredibly proud, to know that people want to pay money for something I've personally created. 

So while the books are still a little ways off, as I refuse to sell something that I haven't completed, and polished to a fine sheen...

I've decided to finally start a Patreon, as my first step into earning a little money for my writing. 

I don't have anything too extraordinary in mind for rewards, but I'm thinking of a private Discord server for Patrons only, where you can come and chat with other fans of my work, and of course, pester me to update your favorite project, lol. Or at least, ask me lots of questions! The bigger reward, I think, will be rough draft chapters! I'll start posting them on my Patreon, so that my patrons can read what I'm writing in the moment, as I write it, rather than days, weeks, or even years later. 

I don't plan to have many tiers, as I don't know what else I could offer as rewards. And I don't plan to charge much, cause it's just a discord and rough drafts. I'll probably either go with $1, $3, and $5, or $1, $5, and $10, but I have yet to decide. 

For now, I've put up a $1 and $5 tier so people who want to get in and start pledging early can do so. Basically, a tip jar, for those who've been asking for ages for ways to support me. Now you can! 

I've got a busy few weeks coming up, so the benefits and rewards will have to wait a little while, but I wanted to get the page up and running, and welcome you all here. 

I hope to start the discord, and get rough drafts posted, by the beginning of June or roughly thereabouts. 

So until then, welcome, at long last, to my Patreon! 

Thank you all so much, from the bottom of my heart, for all the loving support! It means the world.