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Any UK Patrons here?

The book's still doing pretty well, particularly in Canada, for some reason ^^ 

It's occasionally even the number 1 in the Lesbian Romance category there, somehow :p

It's also doing well in Australia, Germany, and the US. However, for some reason, it has not taken off in the UK, ...

Whoops

Turns out I forgot to update the tier-availability of the chapters last week, my apologies!

Well, it had to happen at some point I guess; I'm only human ;)

Shout out to Sierra E for letting me know!

And also, thank you all for sticking by me despite my shortcomings and the remov...

Kindle Unlimited

Hey everyone.

I've had to make a difficult decision. I very badly wanted to avoid going Amazon exclusive, for a variety of reasons, but numbers don't lie. Literally 99% of my sales happen on Amazon, and I hear from other authors that possibly the majority of people who pay to read ...

New campaign by Rules as Fun!

I mentioned it on the Discord but Rules as Fun has started a new campaign! ^^

Due to a variety of reasons, we decided to end the first campaign at a proper stopping point after only eight episodes. Now we're starting again with lessons learned, and a brand-new setting and characters!

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Paperback!

The paperback is here!  ^^

For now, it's only available on Amazon. Also, the images inside are in greyscale, as colour printing on Amazon is ridiculously expensive.

Still, I think it turned out very nice ^^

Now, I imagine some of you would like to get your hands on...

Chapter 133: The cake is a lie

Turns out the difficulty of Inertia Manipulation doesn’t scale linearly with the difficulty of the Skills that were integrated to form it. This is due to the fact that the second level of Inertia Manipulation doesn’t just involve switching energy types at the drop of the hat, but also using t...

Future plans

Hey everyone! ^^

I'm happy to report that my book is doing well! (At least on Amazon, it's been slow to pick up on other stores, but I hope future advertising plans will change that a little.)

I'm now consistently selling about 10 copies a day via KDP without doing any active marketin...

New formats, new stores!

First of all, let me just say Welcome to my new Patrons, who appear to have found me either via the e-book. Thank you very much for your support! ^^

Now, I'm happy to announce that I am beholden to Amazon no longer.

I got fed up with Amazon's tactics—like enabling Digital Rights Man...

My very first e-book!

Rejoice, for the long-awaited day is here! ^^

The Whispering Crystals, Book 1: Unnatural Laws is now officially for sale. 

Before you click the link at the bottom of this announcement and check it out, however, let me say just a few things.

First of all, thank you all very ...

Patron names

Hey everyone!

Most of you are probably already aware, but I'm adding your names to a shout-out in the back of my e-book. ^^

Now, if you don't want to be in it for some reason, or you want to be in it under a different name than your username, send me a messag...

Extra chapters

Heyhey ^^

As you may have noticed, you all have a little more to read than usual. As a result of feedback from my readers, I've decided to spruce things up a bit, and change the way chapters are divided over the tiers, and add an additional chapter to the total.

As of now, th...

Proofreaders

Hey everyone! ^^

After a long period of extensive editing--that I feel has really lifted the first book to another level--the e-book is at last approaching a publishable-state!

I plan to lay down some final changes over the weekend, and then I would really like to have a proofreader o...

First episode!

The first episode of Rules as Fun, which streamed last Sunday, can now be found here:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKpEzZw5UjBB8GP_h5LxN4g

If you're interested, please give it a watch ...

Rules as Fun starts this Sunday!

And I'm super excited about it! ^^

We've got a great cast, an awesome GM, and no idea what's going to happen.

All I know is it's going to be heaps of fun. 

So please join us in the world of Ugyra, where the rival Nordstrom Empire and the Republic of Lavaraine have destroyed...

Rules as Fun

Those of you familiar with D&D--which I presume is most of you ;)--will probably know what I mean when I say I've recently gone down the rabbit hole of character creation. ^^'

It's eaten away some of my writing time, but it's for a good cause, because my GM is setting up a new campaign ...

In memoriam

My grandmother passed away on the 17th of August, at the respectable age of 96. We said goodbye to her last Tuesday, before she was cremated. 

She remained as healthy and lucid as one can be at such an age to the very end, and we were already very lucky to have been able to enjoy her p...

New Patreon feature: Annual Membership!

Patreon has been very active lately, I can't say I mind ^^

They've just now rolled out a new feature that apparently a lot of Patrons requested, and I've decided to opt in. From now on, you have the option of switching to an annual membership, meaning you can opt to pay a yearly Patron fee ...

Extra chapter coming this Sunday!

Just wanted to let you guys know, I'll be uploading an extra chapter late Sunday evening, that will be available to Tier 2 and up. ^^

I've meaning to do this more often, but life tends to get in the way. ^^'

Hopefully once the first e-book is out, I'll get around to doing this more of...

Off the deep end

Had a weird day today. Final goodbye's at the school where I've worked for several years. I'm officially writing full-time from today onward.

The support I get from you guys feels more valuable than ever; I wouldn't have had the courage to take this step without it, so I can't thank you guy...

Changes to Patreon sales taxes coming July 1st

Hey everyone!

Just a little heads-up that for some of you, there will be a small change to the amount you'll need to pay to maintain the benefits of a certain tier starting July first. This has to do with some changes in international tax laws, that require Patreon to start chargin...

Norona!

So, the bad news is, my puns are terrible. 

Hopefully, this is overshadowed by the good news, that I'm not currently infected with the coronavirus known as COVID-19 ^^

In other news, my friend who helps me with marketing, is building me a new website! It's not going to replace ia...

Nose swabs suck

Hello my lovely Patrons ^^

This isn't a chapter--obviously--just a little update on what I'm doing an what's going on. 

I figured I'd start making separate posts for this kind of stuff, so half of you guys don't just get it in 4 weeks when it's old news. ^^'

Anyway, I got t...

First draft of the cover

For those of you who aren't in the Discord yet. ^^

(Click that link and join for the full Patron experience!)

Some slight changes to the tiers

Hey guys!

I decided on some more, slight changes. 

Most notably, I've given each tier an extra chapter of early access! I figured the increased cost of the lowest tier should be reflected in an extra chapter, at least. ;)

I'll be adding more early access chapters in the fut...

Professional editing and raising my first tier

Hey guys! 

First some exciting news:  I found an editor for the first book of IAGTD! 

Josiah Davis--a professional, freelance editor who specialises in LitRPG, and worked on The Gam3, among many other things--is going to take a crack at it during the second week of Sept...

Discord

Hey everyone,

As you may have noticed, I set up a discord! 

I really enjoy reading your comments, but I often end up feeling a little disconnected because I cannot allow myself to answer your questions with spoilers ^^'

So, I figured it might be fun to set this up,...

Poll: Should I write bonus content?

As some of you have pointed out, bonus content might actually not be appreciated as much as just more regular content. This poll is just to see how true that is, and for a little additional nuance. You can give multiple responses, so just click every opinion you agree with, or something like that...

Poll: What should I write as bonus content?

Hey guys! 

I figured it was about time I gave back a little, after all the support I've received from you ^^
Now it just so happens that I have a holiday coming up in about a week, which seems as good an excuse as any to write some exclusive, patron-only bonus content! 

I...