Updates And Pages! Chapter 14, Pages 1-3 (Patreon)

Made these available to all patrons, but the rest of the pages will only be previewed to the $2 and up tiers until the pages are made public. Had some announcements though, so I just did one big post.

I've been sitting on these pages for a while, but I didn't go through and add text until today. My usual font for their dialogue was updated by the designer and I'm not sure if I am loving this or not...

I have started using a copyright logo thing for all pages from now on. 

Still not sure how I feel about the settings I used for these pages. I hope they will work, because I probably won't be doing preview prints anymore.

In case you did not know, I announced I am getting a divorce on my Facebook page. Long story short, my husband likely has undiagnosed Asperger's syndrome and getting him diagnosed is proving a struggle. We have had a lot of problems in the marriage I could not figure out how to resolve, and it is looking more and more like his apathetic nature and inability to empathize are just... not fixable. Some of his behavior towards our daughter has alarmed me (laughing when she cries, for example) and I have decided to make the tough call of choosing what is best for us and leave for the US to be a single mom... eventually. I'll be moving back to my hometown so I can get some much needed emotional support from family and friends. It's been a rough few years, but it's really been an ongoing issue since 2014.

So yeah, I was a little slow in getting to these. I took about a week to mope about my problems. I also didn't want to post these during the height of the BLM protests and such. I decided to roll these out more slowly instead of doing a giant post with all the new pages.

In other news, TAX CHANGES ON PATREON. I've already noticed a couple of people leave because of this -___-;;  In Patreon's words:

I wanted to give you an update on some changes that we’ll be seeing which may affect some of your pledges. Due to new laws passing in several countries and US states, Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax on some pledges starting July 1st. 

Less than half of all patrons will be charged sales tax, and for most, the amount will be very small. For example, sales tax rates in the US range from 4% to 11%, so on a $5 pledge, that would be between 20 cents and 55 cents. 

Whether or not you will be charged sales tax depends on your location, and what is considered taxable there. Not every pledge is taxable, not all benefits are taxable in every location, and sometimes only a fraction of a pledge will be taxable. The money that Patreon collects as a result of these laws are paid directly to local governments.

I’m working closely with Patreon to ensure I’m able to save you as much money as possible when it comes to sales tax - which is not something that’s possible with other platforms.

If you’re in a location where sales tax will be required, you should expect to receive an email from Patreon with more information about this very soon, but I wanted to make sure you were aware of these changes way ahead of July 1st when they go into effect. 

If you have questions, you should be able to find answers here. If you still have questions, the best place to get an answer is from Patreon’s customer support team, here.