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Good morning, everyone!

First of all, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for all the supportive comments on my post from yesterday. I read every single one, and I thought they were all really reasonable and far kinder than I'd hoped. I totally understand, too, why many people would feel the need to cancel or pause their membership if I'm not currently posting a story they're interested in. It makes perfect sense!

That said, I did a lot of thinking, trying to put myself in everyone's shoes, and here's what I've decided:

I'm going to keep posting Andy, Victor, and Neon Dust until these current books are done.

I might take a day off Victor or Neon Dust here and there to crank out a couple of extra Andy in the Apocalypse chapters. I'd only do this if I were worried about production schedules, and right now, I'm not too worried.

When Victor wraps, I'm going to cut down my posting schedule to five or six days a week.

I'm going to revamp my support tier structures. I haven't fully thought this through, but I think it'll be something like this:

Some kind of "Omnibus" tier (thanks, Brigid) that gives access to all my stories.

Individual tiers for each story, priced below the Omnibus. The Omnibus will be positioned as a “value” option for anyone reading more than one story.

I'm not sure when I'll start implementing the new tiers, but the TL;DR is that nothing will change significantly until I finish VoT 12 and ND 3.

Thank you for your support, and I apologize for the additional spam these last couple of days.

-Plum

Comments

CallMeTee

I think that's a very generous "compromise" you're making (quotes because I think you're still putting your personal well being on the back burner). I think trying to shoot for long term sustainability and maintaining your health (and sanity) should be your primary focus, 100%. In the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy VoT, and wish you the best of luck on the other projects!

Reno

I hope the tier structure thing is going to work out for you. It's not easy and I shudder at the overhead. I suggested it less for financial reasons (it's more work), and more because I'm hoping it will give you a more direct idea of which stories people are invested in. Polls are great (and being asked feels very nice ♥️), but people might not reply in time for you to feel properly informed.

Reno

Healthy parrot makes for happy patrons ♥️

Michael

I think most readers will gladly exchange a few chapters a month of their favorite story for more sustainable mental health of the author. So scaling back the overall chapters per week is definitely the right call, no matter how exactly any other changes might look. Just from a practical standpoint, I have had too many stories I was invested in go on indefinite hiatus because the author burned out; I'd rather have a slower publication pace than not be able to finish a story. Even people who might have no first-hand experience with the kind of mental stress essentially being self-employed can generate, with such a short feedback-loop on top, should stand behind that. A lot of authors also employ periodic "admin" times where they skip posts or post less frequently for a few days or a week. As long as they are clearly communicated a little in advance and people know to expect them, they seem to work out for many authors I follow (or used to follow) to take a breather and switch focus from writing to other important matters. Anyway, since I am here for both ND and Andy, the proposed support tier changes seem like a solid idea to me. And with the outlined changes in general, I am hopeful you'll find a more sustainable pace for yourself and many more chapters and stories for us :)

Michael

Damn, I could have just saved myself writing four paragraphs, this sums it up perfectly.

D

Higher frequency of Andy chapters will make me happier.