So I was looking at Her Instruments, and thinking of stealing the business model-- free-to-read serial, frequency of updates partly determined by donations. I'd like to know whether anyone here who has tried that has any input/advice/thoughts. Does it work? How do you make it work?

I have opened up feedback on my two potential upcoming serials:

Working-joke-title Steam!Goats (A steampunk setting in a universe featuring goats as a primary mode of transportation) - A boarding-school story involving steam, magic, and teenagers.
Question post here.Working-joke-title With a Gladiator on Top (A kink setting still very up in the ( Read more... )

I've finished this weekend's channeling session with Horus and Bast. The follow-up post is now live ( Read more... )

PayPal tells me that Horrible Unspecified Doom will befall me if I use a Donate button without being a nonprofit. I see that a lot of you use Donate buttons, as opposed to Add to Cart or other choices. I am confused.

Also, thank you, everyone here, because you are all awesome and helpful and encouraging and a lot of other things.

Is there a way to use PayPal or a similar service to handle transactions without having to reveal my legal name to everyone I know through fandom/LJ?

Hello, all. I have two more questions for you. :)

1. Does the price listed for stories mean the money you need to receive, or the money that your patrons need to pay, in cases where intermediaries such as PayPal take a cut?

2.What do you do if you write things but no one buys anything from your first batch or first several works?

Thank you.

Hello, everyone. I'm pleased to meet you all, including the ones I've already met. :) I would like to use crowdfunding as a business model for original fiction writing. However, after having read ysabetwordsmith's articles and taken a look at what some people are doing, while I think I have some idea of what to do, I'm still a little confused.

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