I Moved the Cheese

Thanks, Fabian. Fans like you (and many, many others) make my life an absolute pleasure. I love writing, and love connecting with people who care about the story as much as I do.

Nick Scipio

Shame on you Nick! You're not supposed to TELL people when you move the cheese! (that's meant to be in a teasing tone of voice, not actually chastisement) Seriously though - I joined on Patreon because you were offering an opportunity to see the series finished at a pace that allowed more regular doses of SC goodness (and that is not meant to be critical of the old schedule of as life allowed). Whether that's two chapters a month or one chapter a month or one chapter every month and a half, I still benefit both by getting the story I love on a fairly frequent basis AND I get to pay back a little for the years of enjoyment I've gotten from the SC stories. (I've been reading since before Book 4 started...I think I started reading right when Book 3 was wrapping). Thanks for being honest, but moreover thank you for being dedicated to the fans and giving us a way to give back and interact with you while still getting a bonus out of doing so. (I hope that made sense... kids, don't type sleepy!)

Hi Nick

Long long LONG LONG time lurker here. I remember being introduced to your stories on asstr.org (I think it was called). It was(or is?) an aggregation site for a.s.s.something.something.My_memory_fails_me.org by an ex-gf (who he since died, RIP). But reading your stuff always got her in the mood, and I knew *I* wasn't doing it... so thank you very much for helping me out way back then. Anyway, I started reading it, and the rest is history. My point is that I'm de-lurking today for one reason: to brag that I had the hottest girl reading the hottest material and I totally benefited from it. Ok, that's not the real reason I de-lurk today. The countless times I've wished I could repay you and never had an appropriate way make me de-lurk today. I'm probably one of the few who will say this... But EVEN if you needed to go back to your glacial rate of 1 chapter a year (it's what I got used to while still wanting to somehow thank you) it would be worth my patronage. I signed up for this level because of your quality and what it meant (and strangely, albeit to a smaller degree continues to mean) to me. I will always choose quality over quantity. But I will always choose the author over his material any day. I would even go one tier higher to offset the cost of multi lower tiers in a silly bidding way, if it helped you slow down if that's what you, the creator, the artist, the author, the HUMAN being needed. ETA: corrected one badly written parenthetical

Quality over quantity is always desired. No one wants a burned out Nick.

Nick, As one person who gave you a (friendly) hard time on this, my intention was purely based in humor and encouragement. Once I understood your thinking better I fully support this move. Also, as you can read above - I think you would have full support if you had problems keeping up. This should be seen as a GOAL, not a contract. I think I can speak for at least a majority here, when I say that the last thing we want is for you to burn out.

Ford Prefect

I would rather you be happy with the pace and not get burned out again. No point in taking more money if it doesn't improve your quality of life at all.

No issue w/ me. Quality matters ...

I was coming here to say the same thing. We're getting routine fixes to our SC addiction...I'm pretty tickled about it.

Provided the cheese good you can move it as much as you like it. As far as I am concerned. And I am

Nick, i'm just happy we are getting it faster than 1 chapter a year. I'd be ok with 1 a month, since your chapters are longer than typical. Take your time, do it at a comfortable pace. As a bit of a perfectionist myself, I understand the need to be happy with material before its released. I'd rather the material not suffer due to scheduling.

Jon Cary

We're getting a big slice of cheese a week, I'm perfectly happy with that.

David Kriel

Who Moved My Cheese is a great book(let) for sure, and I've shared it with all my children as they moved on from home to college, to work, etc when they hem or haw over something. Write at your own pace, Nick. I'll speak for nobody else, but the quality of your writing or life, should not degrade to push a deadline you set for yourself.

Nick, I have been extremely satisfied with all the Patreon offerings over the past couple months. New material, previous books, outlines, polls, illustrations, Discord chats, etc. have been terrific and very interesting. As far as I am concerned, and I suspect most will agree, I do not think you should impose strict deadlines on yourself, especially if it jeopardizes your ability to continue providing the high quality content that I have seen. I am happy with the current pace and think you should keep to that. You can always increase releases at a future date, either as a one-off or revising the release model. Also, as things grow, I suspect that the administrative burdens will also increase. Possibly only incrementally, but, still, you should factor in some time for admin and down time. Thank you for all the hard work!

To be honest, I think as long as we can still get the Chapter parts on your current posting rate its fine. I look forward to Mondays only for this. We are all junkies in need of our fix!

Nick I would rather see steady progress at a rate you can maintain then see you get burned out trying to push it.

Only you know what you can write and be happy with. I think I speak for all of us when I say we want to read the story you want to tell. A possible suggestion as opposed to the 3 week schedule would be a "bonus" chapter once per quarter? Then you can work the extra writing into a 3 month period instead of being forced to rush something in 3 weeks? The main point is: Tell the story you want to tell at the pace you can. We'll be here to read it.

Nick - makes perfect sense to me.