Merry Christmas! Looking to 2021 (Patreon)

Well, it's been an interesting year to say the least. Everything has become political, manipulative and fear based. So I'm heading into the new year with these two words in mind, "Simple Truths".

So with all that said and out of the way, I think it's time for me to rehash my Patreon page. Phobos has wound down for me because I finished the first 300 page book. (Still not printed or shipped yet) You might be wondering if I'll be offering the third issue of Phobos here exclusively on Patreon like I did with the first two issues. I'd like to say yes, but I'm just not sure if very many people want one now that the book is finished. If I do offer them, I might have to actually charge everyone the printing and shipping cost because it ends up costing me about a month and a half of patreon income to print and ship out those little books. But please let me know if you would really like one and if you are willing to throw down about $10 (domestic) and $20 (INT) to cover the printing and shipping if you do want the softcover of issue #3.

So why am I stopping Phobos? Well, now that the first 300 page book is wrapped up, I figured it would be a good time to hit the pause button. I do have the main story arc at about 1200 pages and so that means there will be another 3 or so volumes at some point. But to be honest, the campaigns did not raise enough funds to keep it on the front burner in 2021. In order for me to justify working on a project (now that I do this for a living), a project needs to meet certain expectations and cover a certain amount of bills in order to justify its own existence. Phobos ended up paying for itself and it paid about 3 months of bills for me. That all sounds great until I factor in that it took me about a year to complete. 

But luckily I also had a successful campaign with Cognitive Drawing which paid for itself and about 6 months of living expense for me. The rest of the years bills were made up for with a bunch of random sales and stuff so it ended up working fine.

But my funds will be depleted toward the end of February and so this definitely puts a pinch on Phobos since there will not be any more income from it until I finish another 200+ pages. 

So with all that said, I've kinda discovered what my plans will be for 2021 out of necessity. First off I am working on the Female Cognitive Drawing book now and I hope to have it finished by the end of February. Then I'll immediately launch the Female Cognitive Drawing Kickstarter at that time. 

Then I will switch my focus to a brand new project that I pitched called "Call Me Hallow" which is about a teenager girl who makes a deal to become a shapeshifter, and loses her own identity because of it. The story is about her trying to get her "true form" back.

I've already finished 22 pages of the story for the pitch and here is the cool news... I already have an offer from someone to help me product it. Because of this offer, I know that I can afford to work on it all year, full time! I'll reveal more when I can. ;)

So for 2021, I'd like to start sharing a window into my creative process again and this time it will focus on Call Me Hallow. I am also in talks with a friend to help me record some Patreon exclusive podcasts or something that will not be publicly available. Hopefully with help, I can make my patreon a little more valuable than it has been in 2020.  

That is my current plan. So expect to see the reward tiers get an update soon. 

Thanks for sticking it out with me all 2020 even though the content has been sparse here! I really appreciate and love you guys! 

Stand strong! Don't be fooled. There is only one thing we should fear. And it's not Covid.

Love you guys! See you in 2021!

Jason