Plague Month Poll - You Decide (Patreon)

As you've probably seen me harping on about, a few weeks ago, I got laid up with a well-bad case of Covid, and couldn't breathe without coughing up my entire spine, much less take 10,000 words of notes about an old episode of Bill Oddie's Saturday Banana.

I'm better than I was, but still pretty rough, and my voice is wrecked. Consequently, I couldn't record any voiceover tracks. By this point in the month, I'm usually cutting a second video, but can't start editing without the voiceover. (For transparency, out of necessity, I've always got a few finished videos in hand, but ideally need to keep it that way)

As a result, putting out a regular amount of content next month would really leave me scrambling to catch up without affecting the quality. So, what to do? I'll leave it up to you, with a couple of options for May's Plague Month.

Option 1: Pausing Payments. Essentially the Patreon goes on holiday for a month. You don't pay anything, I don't post anything, and I'll see you in June.

Option 2: Reduced Content. You pay the same as always, but for less content, namely: One video and one chapter of fiction (and maybe some bonus material along the lines of Poetry Month/Flash Fiction Month).

Whatever happens, we'll return to the normal schedule in June. When I previously broached the possibility of pausing payments, comments were unanimously against it, however I'm aware there were still 120-odd Patrons who hadn't voiced their opinion, so I want to give everyone a fair say.

Unlike Elon, however it lands, I will abide by the result. Poll's open until 10pm (GMT) on Friday night.

As always, thanks for your support and patience. This month's second chapter and video will be here later in the week.

Cheers!