What a month it has been! July in review~ (Patreon)

Eyy, my lovely patrons! 

It’s been quite a month, hasn’t it? 

There has been a lot going on, both in my personal life and with CardlinAudio! So, I figured it'd be worthwhile to summarize everything that's been going on, partially to keep you all updated and in the loop, and partially just to keep my own head on straight XD

In my personal life:  

• NoPause! My son has officially moved out here to be with me for good (or until adulthood, anyway), and he's been settling in nicely (other than some mysterious allergies that give him on again/off again sniffles). We've been gaming, watching movies, getting him all enrolled and settled in, and life's been a dream having him here with me. =] We also occasionally stream together and will be starting up a new game together soon: The Swords of Ditto! Should be fun!
• My mom, aka Cardimom! We've some really great news here! A month ago it looked like she may never walk again, but thanks to some amazing breakthroughs she's been slowly getting motion back in her feet again. Doctor's hope she'll be back to walking in a few months!
• The Missus, aka Infiniteish! We've been steady and constant, and she's really been a great source of support and balance during this turbulent time of change. Also, she totally dropped into one of my streams the other day, which I never thought she would, and we had a blast. <3 Good times! 

Okay, now onto my work. =]

• I've been doing a lot of stuff on Twitch! I know Twitch isn't for everyone, and a lot of you aren't interested in me gaming, but I've been doing it as a way to help keep me motivated as well as to bring the community in closer to see another part of my life. Gaming's always been really personal to me, and sharing these games and their art/story with yall has been a blast. I've also recently been promoted to Twitch Affiliate, which means people can subscribe to me there and get access to private emotes they can use in chat. Anyway, I recently beat Detroit: Become Human, and I'm currently working on Ori and the Blind Forest and will be starting up The Swords of Ditto with NoPause soon. Come check it out if you wanna =] https://www.twitch.tv/cardlinaudio
• There's been a lot of really awesome audios this month, if I do say so myself! If I had to break it down to my top three, I'd probably go with these:
  1. In Good Hands - The Sfx work on this was awesome, and unlike anything I've ever done before!
  2. Inmate 7616, you have a visitor - I've always liked playing crazy, and this took it to new levels of sophistication and spice
  3. You're not broken - I hadn't realized how many asexual people we had in our community, and reading through the comments on this one really got to me
  What have been some of your favorite audios? I'd love to know in the comments below!
• We are VERY RAPIDLY closing in on 100k subscribers, and I have so many big surprises I wanna do for the massive milestone. A livestream, a new song, a special collab with someone very close to me, and maybe some more stuff... if I can get it done in time!

Changes being made to Patreon!

• Starting in August, I'll no longer be doing Patreon Roll Calls. I'll still be making them for the past 3 months that I've missed, but that just goes to show how difficult they are to make. They take a lot of time, don't really get much love/views, and have ended up being kinda repetitive. I'd much rather start doing something that is fun and interactive, so...
• Also starting in August, I'll be doing two Patreon-only Discord hangouts per month! I'll be doing one early in the month and another later in the month, and one will be in the AM and one will be in the PM, in the hopes of reaching as many of you as possible. I figure this will be a way to reach more of you on a personal level and interact in a way that's more dynamic and fun. If you haven't connected your Patreon account on Discord yet or you need help doing it, feel free to message me and I'll help as best as I can. =] For those of you who've had problems with it before, don't worry! I've removed the necessity to verify your phone and all that stuff keeping you from being able to participate. Just do me a favor and follow the rules while you're there, yeah?
• The $5 Sweetheart Cardigan tier will now be able to see brand new NSFW art that will be accompanying all new erotic audios (so 2x a month)! As a lil SFW spicy sample, here's a take on the Inmate 7616 video, as done by ShyBlue. It just happens to be the perfect size for a phone home screen and lock screen, too!
• Starting in August, Erotic Audios will be in a Dropbox folder instead of Google Drive! Google Drive was just giving too many people (myself included) too many problems, so I decided to move to Dropbox to help fix those problems. Speaking of fixing problems...
• To make navigating Erotic Audios a little easier/safer, we've made an Erotic Audio Index! You can access it here. It can be used to know which erotic audios cover which topics, as well as which tags or potential triggers each one might have. No more blindly walking into an audio, only to be caught unawares by something you're not into!

Phew! And that wasn't even everything! We're going to try and start making this place a lot more cozy and fun, with some more interactive polls and just more posts in general. I'm really looking forward to making this place an awesome and truly rewarding place to be.

After all, you're the reason my life is going so well, and I couldn't be more grateful to you all for helping to make this dream come true. We've so much farther to go yet, so many more people to reach, but we've also already accomplished so much together, and I wouldn't have been able to do any of it without your support. Thank you, truly and wholly, for giving your hard earned support to help foster this dream into life, and thank you for sticking by me as we continue to grow and figure out how to make this whole thing work out.

Love, and I truly mean that,

C