The Marshmallow Ranch Gazette (Patreon)

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

Howdy, folks!

It's a brand new year here at the Jackalope Serial Company, which means that it's time for a brand new start! After "The Cult of Maximus" ground to a halt last year and I made the decision to go back to school for my Psychology degree, motivation and time were both very low to embark on a new project to fill in the gap. I'm truly sorry about that, and I want to thank all of you who stayed with me through the rough first year.

In 2017, I'll be trying my best to keep writing stories -- no matter how busy things might get. I'm doing my best to make sure I keep a week or two ahead of the game this time, so that emergencies or other issues that come up won't gum up the works too badly. The year is already off to a rocketing start, but I'm determined to make this work and repay the faith you've paid in my last year. 

This year I'll be working on shorter sets of fiction so there (hopefully) won't be quite so much backlog to go over for new folks. I'll be posting up new parts of the story every week for my lovely patrons, and they'll be posted as is exactly four weeks later to SoFurry, Furry Network and FurAffinity. All three have a fairly good folder system that will allow me to collect the shorts that way; the idea is that a month or so after THAT, the whole story will be uploaded in one big chunk -- edited and polished to be the best story it can be!

This month, I'll be continuing with "Gift Exchange," a short four-part serial that doubles as a birthday present for my dear husband, Rane. This week I'll post the first part to FA (you folks can find it in a previous post here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gift-exchange-1-7446962) as an enticement to get a few more patrons to start the new year off right! Occasionally -- especially with short serials -- I'll simul-post the first part to draw interest here. 

"Gift Exchange" part 2 will be coming at you next Thursday, with new parts every Thursday in January. February will bring "Stable Love" to the Jackalope Serial Company, as I dust off and edit a rather huge commission from James Foxes (who was such a dear and waited an awfully long time for it). 

Finally, I'd like to know how you folks would like me to release new story parts; is the current set-up good for you, or would you like a link to a private Dropbox or Google folder to download parts and catch up whenever you'd like? Would you prefer the story part be sent via email to you? Let me know what works best and I'll definitely take it under consideration.

Again, thank you all for being so generous and supportive with the JSC! I'm really looking forward to a productive, growth-filled year!