mara

Life & Patreon Update

Published: July 14th 2023, 12:27:07 am

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Hey, hoes!!!

I've got some updates to share with you.

Long story short... I'm pregnant (yay!). I'm due in December, and as I'm sure you can imagine, things have been a little hectic in my household these past few months.

The good news is I'm about halfway through this pregnancy, and the nausea has finally subsided to the point where I feel like a human being again :)

With this fun news, however, I've come to realize that I need to make some small changes to my workload. They'll go into effect on August 1.

Here are the updates I'm making:

  • Amazon & Kindle publishing is paused until 2024. Besides writing for Patreon, this is the most time-consuming task I have on my plate. This won't affect Patreon, but I do get asked about it occasionally so I wanted to share.
  • Saturday updates are paused indefinitely. Updates will continue to be every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and there will be no change to chapter length or quality. The extra chapter I post every other Saturday has always set me behind, but I loved the benefit for you guys so I've been hanging onto it for as long as possible.

I'm making these changes now because, since I work for myself, maternity leave really isn't a thing. I'd like to take some time off when the baby comes, but I don't want to take a break on Patreon.

As a workaround, I'm aiming to have about a month's worth of updates already written and scheduled by the time December rolls around. This will allow me to take a few weeks off without having to compromise Patreon.

I'm usually about a week ahead, so I have a lot of chapters to write between now and December. Making these changes now gives me enough hours back in the day that I'll be able to get everything done by then.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!