Living the Dream, Part 1 & ANNOUNCEMENT (Patreon)

Howdy everybody! I'll start with announcement stuff, then set up the new story. The $50 tier benefit has for some time been, in addition to all the stuff from other tiers, getting access to story chapters as I work on them. There used to be more to it, but since I've gotten away from for-hire commissions, I felt bad, because I couldn't really justify that hefty of a price for that. So I've dropped the $50 benefits to $30, so those folks can get what they were getting without me feeling like I'm chumping them. (Chumping is my dog's verb for how he's trained me to mollify his whims. I could learn a lot about mind control from that little guy.)

Anyway, on the flipside of that coin, if you were thinking "man, I'd like to read this stuff as a serial but I would never ever spend more than $30 for it"... well, here's your chance. :) The $50 tier still exists only until the end of the month so I don't screw current pledgers out of their benefits through Patreon fuckery, but on 10/1 I'll be removing it. The $30 tier works currently, and I've gone back to update previous posts of Roles We Play to be accessible. Let me know if that seems insane or unfair or what. I don't really know, and I suck at marketing myself.

Before I forget, for those of you who enjoy taking part in such, our good friend WDB has posted another really cool discussion topic in the community tab, so feel free to add your two cents and our argue over his perspectives. :) Also, remember if you pledge $10 or more, make sure you're getting message notifications, because I am right now on my third drawing for this month's commission winner and I can't get people to reply! First one to get back at me is getting it at this point.

Anyway, for the fun stuff! I got part 1 of a new story coming at you tonight. It's set in the same universe as Neighbors From Back When, and if you haven't read it already, I highly advise it before proceeding with this. For those who read it but want a refresher, I'll post a spoiler-filled refresher in the next paragraph. It's one I've gotten a lot of mail about since writing it, and I got to thinking, what would happen if that kind of tech -- long-term exposure to subliminal messaging -- actually worked. This story is told through the eyes of a young woman who gets to find out the most exciting way possible. I don't know how many more parts this will branch out into 

SPOILER-FILLED REFRESHER: The original centers on a guy named DJ Gaspar who, as a kid, set up a subliminal brainwashing device in the hot girl next door's house, only then she moved away. He never really expected it to amount to anything, only after visiting the old neighborhood with his parents, he was introduced to the new family who lives there, only to find out that his device had worked on the teenage girl who now occupies the room. The moment she learned his name, the programming kicked in, and she threw herself at him. In the days ahead, her suspicious family members on by one fall into his fold as it's revealed that the speakers shared a wall with the master bedroom, and the girl's older sister had lived in that room for many years before leaving it to her little sis.