A New Month Begins (Patreon)

 Hey All,


I hope this message finds you well, and that May -- in its early-going, anyway -- is doing you right. 

I wanted to write you all a brief note to thank you for your continued support of this endeavor. I'm having such a great time making Colin's Last Stand (and interacting with all of you as much as I can), and it's heartening to see so many of you stick around for CLS' third calendar month. This is what I want to do with my life. If you're reading this message, you're letting me live my dream most directly, and I truly owe you a great deal. 

A few people have expressed concern that they had to lower their monthly pledge (or withdraw entirely), but understand that I never expected the  Patreon to remain above $40,000. While I'd love to get back to that point one day, that meteoric a level isn't necessary for me to deliver the goods. I want you to give what you can, when you can, and feel no guilt over the financial ups and downs. What's most important to me is that you're enjoying the content, our interactions, and this community, a community that's growing larger each day.

While Patrons have left and the money has gone down a bit, April actually ended with a net gain of nearly 50 Patrons month-over-month, and more than 500 people joined during the month, replacing all that left (and then some). Welcome, newcomers!


As a friendly reminder, last month's transactions will result in action this month, and so on and so forth. So if you pledged $25+/month last month, you'll see your name in the Producer Credits beginning Monday, May 8th. If you pledged at the $50+/month level last month, you'll get a postcard this month (I still have about 20 more to send from April as well, in case you haven't received yours yet... I apologize sincerely for the delay). And if you pledged at the $100/month level, well, you're that much closer to your personalized thank you video, and for that, I tip my cap to you.


Oh, and for $10+/month Patrons, keep an eye out in the coming days for a Q&A thread. I'm looking to record this month's Q&A this weekend, and post it then as well. We'll see how the schedule shakes out (turns out moving is the most time consuming and arduous thing I've done in a while).


Above all else, please stay engaged here on Patreon, over on Reddit, Facebook, and Twitter, and please comment, thumb up (or down, if you'd like) videos on YouTube, and spread the word with your friends and family. I truly think we're onto something special here with Colin's Last Stand. Here's to the future.


Your friend, -Colin


P.S. I'll have a News Burst out later tonight; gotta get some shopping done for the apartment first.


P.P.S. I bought a new book today called "Neither Snow Nor Rain," a history of the USPS. I'm aiming to read a new book every 7-10 days moving forward (which may be ambitious; we'll see), so I'll continue to keep you up to date on that, as well.