The Marshmallow Ranch Gazette, 2/1/2016 (Patreon)

The Marshmallow Ranch Gazette

Issue #1 - February 1st, 2016

Howdy partners and welcome to the first issue of the Marshmallow Ranch Gazette! This'll be a brief weekly post that lets you know what's up with the Jackalope Serial Company, and when you can expect the next part or two of the current serial! Keep an eye out here for news about special patron rewards, as well as patron-only specials!

THE CULT OF MAXIMUS

Part 4 for the current serial wasn't posted last week, and I sincerely apologize about that. I may have mentioned that my day job was sending me to New York City for a spell, but I thought that I would be able to deliver anyway. Unfortunately, that just wasn't the case; I couldn't get the writing done before I left, and between work events and exploring the nightlife with my husband there was simply no time at all for writing.

I'm planning part 4 to be up a little late this week as well; I have a midterm to prepare for in my Project Management class, and my first on-call weekend for the day job once I make it through that. Fear not, though! The next part will be up on Friday, February 5th -- I sure appreciate you holding out until then!

Next week, I would like to post part 5 (ending chapter 1) and part 6 (the beginning of chapter 2). Hopefully life will cooperate with me. I'm putting a plan in place to write myself a little buffer so there won't be any further interruptions for a while!

MARSHMALLOWS

Extra bits of story, writing streams and other surprises are coming! I missed the January extra for patrons at the Golden Grahams level and beyond, but don't worry -- it's coming this week. And to all patrons who stuck with me through the bumpy month I'll have a special surprise, a story that has not been published online anywhere yet!

For the January Golden Grahams reward, patrons donating at $10/month and above will receive a wallpaper version of the JSC launch poster, done by Cooner! And all patrons will get to see "Family Trees", a macrophile story I wrote for MegaMorphics, before it's published anywhere else!

I'll check in with you to see what you would like most for February marshmallows -- side stories featuring characters in The Cult of Maximus? Written character sheets? Writing streams? Skype discussions? Let me know in the comments!

OTHER WRITING

I'm THIS CLOSE to finishing the first draft of "A Stable Love", a commission that was made a couple years ago that I'm finally making good on. With permission from the commissioner, I'll post that here first; otherwise, I'll need to wait until I make an editing pass and the commissioner approves. After that, I'll be working on a submission to People of Color Destroy Science Fiction and then another commission for someone who was generous enough to donate to my Clarion Write-A-Thon fundraiser last year. As soon as these stories are done (and I'm not submitting them for publication), you good folks will get to see it first as a thank you for believing in me enough to throw some cash my way.

That's it for this week; I'll catch you on Friday with part 4. Until then, take care!