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$7 tier 🐟
Published: September 25th 2024, 5:31:56 pm
Hello! How are u? 👇🏽
I am very aware that I haven't delivered any rewards for the $7 tier since the year began and I feel quite awful about it. I did send out emails to you earlier this year to ask for suggestions about what to do for this tier since I wanted to move towards something that helps me grow as an artist. You had some really good suggestions. A lot of you were super duper kind and asked me not to stress over delivering rewards but ahhh it feels weird to do that lol I also wanted to keep the customized aspect where I write your names as it was the 'selling point' of the tier but it got kinda exhausting and I felt stagnated continuing to do that.
So I thought I'll make a separate story for this tier and share maybe a page or two every month over email but then I was like hmmm wait no and I don't even remember the exact reason behind not going ahead with it 😭🧠🐌🐌
There was also a lot happening in my personal life, i moved out of my parents' house and then moved back in, 4 months later. My flatmate was weird and it was mentally exhausting and also new changes are happening in my life 👁️👄👁️
I know this probably sounds like excuses but I lost a lot of will-power to do anything. Sigh.
I was thinking about all of this the other day. It's been such a point of stress even though I've been asked not to stress, sometimes (all the times) I justtt cannot help it since Patreon continues to be my #1 source of regular income and given the changes I'm embarking on in life (more on this later)-- i'm more scared than ever to lose any income. I think I've been in a frozen state instead of fight/flight 🥶❄⛄
ANYWAY. OK! I sent out a similar letter to $10 patrons it'll reach everyone in 2 weeks. So for the $7 tier I'll write a story. Here's the details for now-
36 pages in total.
I'll share 3 pages/month in your email.
Every 10 days (8th-18th-28th)
It won't be shared anywhere else outside of Patreon until it's finished.
I'm hoping to print it in October/November 2025.
It will help me focus on a story, slowly and calmly instead of my usual spontaneous endeavours.
Ok so I thought I would explore grief through this story. My aunt's death was my first experience with the death of someone so close, it'll be 4 years but I still feel like I haven't fully processed it. So I thought I could use this space to explore that. It feels like reopening a half-shut box. Or I might do something else, we'll find out!
However, I can only get started with this in November (😢) September is almost over - I have to spend the rest of the month working on another story for the $10 tier, first issue/ introduction to be printed in October and displayed at Indie Comix Fest Bombay on Oct 6th!!!! AAAAA hopefully!! I don't want to force myself and end up doing it haphazardly 🙅🏽♀️
As mentioned in my earlier post titled "🐩Hello hello hello 🧃", October is a busy month where I'll be traveling around with Anand and Brian! So I can only start everything in November.
December is also busy but I'll tell u later 😬⭐
Ok bye bye
Talk soon
Aditi