News on Tumblrs (Patreon)

Hello, my lovelies! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween, by the way! <3

So, I have some kinda sour news, I'm afraid. I'm thinking about reducing my Tumblr post frequency from once-per-day down to five-per-week, starting next January. My current workload doesn't feel especially sustainable, and a big part of that is having to write seven distinct stories every week. It basically amounts to two extra unpaid chapters a month.

Rationale

For some insight, here's how my current schedule works: Each morning, I sit down to write either about 1k-3k words of a chapter, 2-4 Tumblr posts, or to edit about half of a finished story. So, a given week's schedule might look like:

Friday: Write 2k of Bonus Pairing
Saturday: Write 3 Tumblr posts
Sunday: Write 2 Tumblr posts
Monday:  Write 1.5k of Bonus Pairing
Tuesday: Finish Bonus Pairing
Wednesday: Edit Bonus Pairing
Thursday: Complete+Upload Bonus Pairing

In theory, this means at the end of the week, I've had time to write about 6k-7k of a story, 7 Tumblr posts, and fully edit the chapter to upload it. In between, I also find time to manage the Patreon. Additionally, I try to get ahead of schedule so that by the end of the month, I can piece together time to write a fifth chapter even though there's usually less than a fifth week to spare. The Goblin Vault tends to be a casualty of all of this.

This might work better if I had time to treat my writing as a full-time job. Obviously, I don't, and juggling smut atop schoolwork, non-smut writing, and a social life is getting a little bit untenable. And the thing is, I do sometimes miss days, especially on the Tumblr—it's a lot easier to write 3,000 words of a single story than 1,500 words of three stories. I need to ease up on something, and the Tumblr is a big timesink.

I used to compare myself to Jukebox, who posts daily flash fiction. Well, Jukebox's stories are way shorter. Way shorter. Heck, his flash fiction is usually shorter, too. That comparison doesn't really work anymore.

What To Do

So, tl;dr tumblr takes a lot of time and I need to find a way to dial it back. What then?

I don't love the idea of paring the Tumblr back, since it was one of the first pledge goals to make posts daily. That said, the end of the year feels like a good time to do it. I might even be able to spend some time actually adding to the Goblin Vault instead of managing my Tumblr all the time.

One potential option could be to break up the fifth chapter I write into smaller increments and post them on the Tumblr on the non-flashfic or lore post days. It would be exclusively posted on Patreon (in one big chunk) and on the Tumblr, with some fun stuff added in each update like setting comments and character insights.

This schedule would look more like:

Friday: Write 4 Tumblr posts
Saturday: Write 2k of Intrepid Pawns 12
Sunday: Write 2k of Intrepid Pawns 12
Monday: Finish Intrepid Pawns 12
Tuesday: Edit Intrepid Pawns 12
Wednesday: Complete Intrepid Pawns 12
Thursday: Recovery day/upload IP12 to Patreon/queue up snippets for the Tumblr

Are there any other ideas, or strong opinions on the matter?