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July 7, 2022
July 7 Patreon Pledge Update: 83% to next checkpoint!
Tweet of the Day, Never Buy Anything Digital You Don’t Mind Losing edition.
I mean, I do buy digital-only, sure. When there’s no other choice, or I don’t care because I’m only consuming it a finite number of times. But I never count on digital-only being there when I need it.
Semi-regular reminder that if you cannot hold a movie/book/album you "bought" in your hands, you do not *actually* own that movie/book/album and could lose access to it at any time. https://t.co/xd47FRvopw
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) July 7, 2022
July 6, 2022
Not the best day.
Not sick, just not firing on all cylinders. I’m cashing out early tonight, get some real sleep. Hopefully I’ll be less grouchy and fuzzy-headed in the morning.
Tweet of the Day, ROCKETS AND BOMBS edition.
For the record: I would never advocate that somebody do this, arrange for this to happen, or allow this to happen if I could have reasonably prevented it.
But since it happened anyway…
Ummmm. pic.twitter.com/XOESbiyjV9
— Cody (@new_orleansjazz) July 6, 2022
Beautiful. And nobody got messed up by this, so it’s guilt-free, too! Although I’d recommend that nobody in that video ever buy a lottery ticket again. They’ve used up their luck for the duration.
Via @CalebHowe.
July is Patreon Pledge Month, here at MoeLane.com!
So, I have a Patreon. You can find it in the link below, and it happens to be the single largest regular revenue generator I have. It’s the reason why I can *almost* publish a novel a year (I’m still in the stage of using Kickstarters to make up the difference, which is something that I’d like to phase out as soon as I practically can). Right now I’m at a point where I’m doing a short story and RPG campaign material every month, and microfiction every week. I flatter myself that the stuff is good. It’s certainly good enough that I can publish the fiction in chapbooks later without embarrassment!
Patreon!But my Patreon revenue is static. I don’t advertise it enough, and I have a flat $1 tier/month (more’s always welcome) because I didn’t feel comfortable setting multiple tiers. Nothing wrong with that sort of thing, but I didn’t personally want to do it myself. So, since the more money I collect from it, the faster I can publish books, I’m going to be pushing the website this month.
I have a reasonably modest goal for July: get revenue up to $200/month. When that happens, I’ll be committing to doing a serialized novel on the Patreon (minimum 2K words a month): the current serial is called SAMSON BLACK, and is very much space opera, with no real regard for such petty annoyances as ‘physics’ or ‘realpolitik.’ For the rest of the month: every time I get a pledge, I’ll write and put up more SAMSON BLACK. I won’t drop *everything*, but I know how the story is going, so it’s mostly just a matter of writing it. So, hey: nigh-immediate gratification!
And if we hit $200 early? Ach, well, I’ll think of something else.
Patreon!July 5, 2022
Don’t forget: I also sell chapbooks!
Four short stories per chapbook, each with original illustrations!
Anagnorisis: Four Tales of Transformation. “The stories share the theme of Anagnorisis (the sudden and dramatic defining of one’s true nature), but do not share a universe. HOLDOUTS speaks to the aftermath of the Vampire Wars; THE HOUSE matches a unsettling location with an unsettling protagonist; OLD LOU examines what it’s like to have a barely-controlled monster in your head; and NOTHING LIKE A GOOD BOOK introduces the occult investigatory team of Cosgrove and Stewart!”Revisionary: Four Tales of the Mythos. “Four tales of the Mythos! In SIMMON’S BOOK, learn why you shouldn’t listen to anything you read. In POLLY WANT, thrill as a human being faces down a terrifying alien deathworld monster. In WICKED WHY, get it through your head that ‘Why’ is always the wrong thing to ask. And in IMPURITIES, discover some of the perils faced by the small businesswoman in a unique business environment.”Decisions: Four Tales of Choices. “Four entertaining stories, spanning genres! See a card sharp play a high-stakes game of bluff and blood in PIGEON! Participate in a final funeral in LE ROI EST MORT! Watch a man battle ruffians and himself in RESCUE FROM CHATEAU D’ALÉATOIRE! And marvel at the unique fate of a man who learns too much in DEEP IN THE HEART OF SEX FISH!”Good! Cheap! Buy them today!
Obsessive-Compulsive and/or Dedicated Fans Hack STARFIELD’s Map.
What’s the difference? Nomenclature! “It’s going to be a fair bit longer before we finally get to explore Starfield’s galaxy. Unless, of course, you’re dedicated enough to reverse engineer Bethesda’s star-map based on six fleeting seconds of trailer footage, compile it into a 3D executable, and release it into the wild for curious fans.”
Details at the link. For myself, I look upon being able to do this in the same way that I look upon mod development: as a wonderful and handy life skill, for other people. I just want the end result. Not that we’re getting STARFIELD until next year anyway, by which point I will have forgotten about this…
Bradley Lee [GURPS]
My schedule got a little messed up today, so I decided to relax by working out how this character could be written up. He’s mostly meant to be a centerpiece of a GURPS Horror adventure. With the misdirection and slow-burn to Ye Liveliest Awfulness already baked in.
Bradley-Lee-Google-DocsDownload#commissionearned
The DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS Honest Trailer.
When they’re disappointed in a movie, Honest Trailers sometimes has a little bit of trouble getting the brutal/funny ratio right. I think that in DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS they managed it. At least, I laughed, and I liked the movie.
PS: I do agree with HT that EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is definitely worth watching, by the way. It’s apparently odd how I can manage to like both of these films at the same time, and on their own terms. I suppose I just lack anything resembling consistent taste…
#commissionearned
