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Yes, there's nothing up there. No, I don't expect anyone to actually sign up (and if you're thinking this is a stealthy way to just give me money, notice that Patreon is currently set up to charge you by the chapter, not the month, checkmate). I might put small summaries about the worlds I'm in up there. Maybe.
I've done some more work firming up how ysys is going to be published. When I begin to put up chapters, they'll all be on a wordpress blog, but I might put the next chapter up on patreon a week in advance, but ""Paid"" chapters will be moved to the free wordpress blog the following week. So for example, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 will be available for free on the wordpress blog, and Chapter 5 will be available on the Patreon. The next week, Chapter 5 gets added to the already available free content on wordpress, and Chapter 6 goes up on Patreon. Each chapter is about 3000 words (or that's what I've been aiming for).
But everything is going to be free at some point, so there's no need to pay for it. This is a direct outcome of reading The Gift (by Lewis Hyde) and believing in Brene Brown's teachings on vulnerability. I believe that all I can do is offer up what I make as a gift, as an offering to everyone. But I also want to contribute to my household. If someone REALLY likes the story and gotta know what happens next? Then they can give me a dollar when a new chapter comes out. This is the best compromise I can come up with.
I'm thinking about having "piecewise" support for different stories. If someone wishes, they can pay the bounty (in whole or in part) to bring the piece closer to publication. Once the bounty/price of the work has been paid, it's available for everyone.
Putting prices on creative work still feels very wrong to me, but with Patreon making their moves this week to raise rates, it seemed like a good time to finish it.
