As I imagine most (if not all) of you know, I have a Patreon account. And like many creatives on Patreon… it doesn’t really pay the bills. That’s okay, of course, I’m still a pretty-much unknown author at this point (three paid short stories does not a professional writer make). But it is extremely nice to have a little pool of support, to know that every month I have a little money coming in to help with costs. At this point, I think it’s fair to say that my Patrons over on Patreon pay for the cover art for each novel I publish, and that’s really quite nice.
It’s also a weird thing, because I know that if i had about a thousand people, which sounds like a lot but really isn’t, who supported me on Patreon, I could absolutely do this full-time. And then produce way more novels, which would help me get more supporters, etc… etc…
A lovely little positive feedback loop, if you will.
But of course, that’s not my reality right now. I keep hoping the next novel will be “the one” which helps me reach that, because writing novels is an amazing job but it’s also expensive and time consuming and I wish I had more time to devote to, but the only way to do that is to be successful enough that I can. It’s a weird feeling.
Anyway, not really apropos of anything today, except to say how much I do appreciate everyone who is still supporting me 5 years into this insane dream of mine. You’re all rockstars, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And now back to editing so I can release a new novel for everyone! Yay!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!