[Important] Going Forward

I think the title says it all. When I woke up today, I saw that we blew past the goal and it's still rising. It honestly feels surrel. I didn't expect this for months, years, or ever. When I started spending every bit of free time writing to get 3 chapters out each within a week or so of each other, I expected a little uptick.

Not hitting the goal in only days.

Nonetheless, we hit the goal and I intend to honor it, though I'm going to play this safe. If writing is going to be a large part of my life going forward, I feel like I should lay out a bit of info for you all.

Considering Patreon is a volatile income source, I'm not going to be reducing my hours right away. I will still do my best to keep my update pace, but I want to see where we are after the 1st of the month rolls over and maybe a little beyond that. If things look well, then I'll cut back on working in favor of writing. I might also offer other donation avenues like a SubscribeStar or something just in case Patreon decides they don't like me for some reason. I would hate to come to a happy arrangement with everyone only for the payment processer to pull the rug from under us all for whatever reason.

With the extra time and reduced stress, I hope to cut my update time from its average of once every 30 days to something closer to 10 days, give or take. I won't promise any one thing will get priority, but I'll do my absolute best to get something out barring unusual circumstances like illness or big life events. If something does pop up that might cause a delay, I'll let you know. The higher we go, the more comfortable I'll be working less and writing more.

But I cannot stress this enough. There are some things I want everyone to keep in mind

An uncomfortable number of you frankly too generous people jumped to the highest tier. I can understand $2.50 or $5. That's a coffee or a fast food sandwich skipped a month. $10 is also kind of reasonable I guess. Thats an expensive subscription to some big-name service, but I know I've spent more on less so I cannot judge. $25 was because someone asked for it, and $50 was for someone much too generous who gave more than the previous highest of $25. If you ignore any part of this post, make sure this isn't it:

1. Only pledge what you can comfortably pledge.
2. Never hesitate to downgrade or delete a pledge if you need to.

With that out of the way, I want to thank all of you even if this is a flash in the pan. This kind of support is the stuff of dreams, and I hope I can keep writing for everyone for years to come.

Thankee much,
Fuggmann.