About to really crank up the productivity... I hope. · 10:50pm Mar 15th, 2020
Over the past week, I lost three events which represented all my non-Patreon income for the next seven weeks.
So, yeah. I'm gonna need to kick into high gear, creatively speaking, all the better to get those Patreon numbers up- more writing, and video game streaming at least three times a day.
I'm reluctant to consider what a lot of you have demanded (a paperback Maretian), but under the circumstances it's no longer a hell-no thing for me. If I did do it, I'd have a three-volume option like the hardcover, a one-volume condensed edition (getting rid of the dross and making it more suited to novel format), and a more in-depth writer's commentary volume explaining science, history, and ideas behind writing the story. Thinking about all that, but not there yet.
More immediately, I've updated my little company's T-shirt listings online:
Clicking on any of the designs takes you to my online store, which has a lot of other products (some quite X-rated, beware). At conventions most of my sales are DVDs, BluRay and books, and I have a lot more than is currently listed on the store. So- if there's a series you want but don't want to make Jeff Bezos even richer by buying, now's a time where you can help someone out who's got stock that isn't going to move for seven weeks otherwise.
In the meantime, it's XCOM tonight on the stream (http://twitch.tv/redneckgaijin/ , 7 PM Central- in another hour). After that I'm going back to M-W-F to free up writing time again. Currently struggling with writer block on both CSP and Friendship is Deceptive... possibly because my finances just hit the iceberg and I've been busy counting the liferafts...
Looking forward to all of this (especially the writing)!
Don't overextert yourself though, you just might need to use your immune system in the coming weeks.
Stay safe! <3
If I still lived in MA I'd be up to my eyeballs in hours at Stop&Shop, loading the shelves as fast I could... but that was then, now I work for Kohls and clothing stores really aren't terribly high on the list of businesses that need to stay open. Ugh. I don't expect the place to get shut down like a Theater or Sports Bar, but the hours are gonna get awfully slim and the monthly bills wont. I also have a feeling that if I do have to self-isolate, my PTO (Paid time off) will get used first before that newly mandated two weeks kicks in, eliminating any chance of vacation later in the year after this all blows over. >.<
Oh, I'm sorry you lost those events.
I don't know if it'd help you, but I saw this on EQD earlier.
And good luck!
I'm still chipping away at the songs of The Maretian. Hopefully some day I'll have something to show for that.