Patreon, and Incarnations chapters released

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I made a Patreon page--I'm posting Incarnations, the first book in my fantasy series called Wildwood Rising. Incarnations is an LGBTQIA+ fantasy/mystery/police procedural, and Wildwood Rising as a whole will be an LGBTQIA+ fantasy series. For my patreon page, there aren't reward tiers; any amount you donate will give you anything I release. Also,

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[_profiterole_]

Hi! Glad to see you back! This sounds very interesting, though I already spend a lot of time in front of a screen, so I'll probably wait until you release paperbacks.

penderies has recently created self_published. Please take a look at it and consider joining to promote your books and network with other authors (and readers *waves from the reader side*).

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dangitttttt I'm so sorry! I didn't even see this until now! I'm the woooorssst T____T Thank you for the recommendation! <3

Man I need to post more here... I miss lj :(

btw I'm still slow as hell and am not any further with releasing Incarnations than I was last time I posted here 5 months ago -_- Depression is a bitch.

[_profiterole_]

lol Aren't you getting email notifications when people reply to you? I know some people choose to get their notifications in their LJ inbox and I can't remember which option is the default, but considering how often you use LJ, email notifications would be useful to you.

And once you've done that, come to self_published to promote your work. :-)

[starlite_gone]

Thanks! I went over and watched the community and applied to join too. It's been so long and lj has changed so much that now I can't figure out how to find the about section of groups, though. What a dork lol I can't figure out if you can only share things there when it's finished or if you can also share as it's released like chapter by chapter. It seems to be aimed at finished works that are in pdf or ebook format but I couldn't tell without being able to get to the about section. I'll try to figure that out when I'm less tired

[_profiterole_]

The format for posting is in the profile, there are no other rules. If you're not sure, you can message nemophilist or I can ask her for you, whichever you prefer. Her goal is to create a network of self-pub authors to help spread the word, since you guys don't have your work advertised in big publications and on major websites.

These are her books, if you want to check them out. The Outlands is super intense (and violent, but I don't think you'll mind) and I can't wait for Book 4. There's a major m/m pairing starting in Book 3.

If you want more activity on your LJ, the more recent friending meme is here. There's one somewhere on the self-pub comm too... here.

Yes, I remember there was a way to download LJ, but I've never used it and I don't remember its name. People tend to just export everything to Dreamwidth these days. I don't have an account there, but I know that if you create one, there's an option to import your LJ.

[starlite_gone]

Thank you! That's all super helpful! Also you just reminded me I have a dreamwidth account too... tooooootally forgot about that lolz I suppose I should check over there too at some point, see what's happening, get caught up with people there too. But I was never as into dreamwidth as I was lj which will always have a special nostalgic place in my heart :)

Thanks for all the links! <3 And info!

[starlite_gone]

AHA! Also I figured it out and now have it set so I should get emails to comments/replies

[_profiterole_]

Hopefully you're getting notifications. :-)

So, I asked nemophilist if you could either do a promo post about your chapters on the self-pub comm or maybe do a discussion post about Patreon, since other authors might be interested in your feedback.

She said to tell you to make the promo post and she'll tag it 'writing in progress', like The Pickwick Papers. :-)

She was also interested in a discussion post about Patreon because she didn't know about it.

[starlite_gone]

Oh cool thanks! I'm currently debating whether I will start releasing more consistently on Patreon (the draft version) or continue to try to edit stuff in the background and post edited stuff as it's finished. I haven't decided yet but I was going to try to make that decision pretty quickly so I can get started on scheduling if I start doing releases like that.

So I might wait to post anything over there until I know for sure because then I can also include an FYI about scheduled updates there. But in the meantime I can start thinking about the Patreon discussion idea. Are you thinking something just basically explaining Patreon in overview, and why authors might decide to join, or might decide not to? Like the pro/cons of it?

Thanks for making sure I saw this :)

[_profiterole_]

So I might wait to post anything over there until I know for sure because then I can also include an FYI about scheduled updates there.

Sounds good to me.

Are you thinking something just basically explaining Patreon in overview, and why authors might decide to join, or might decide not to? Like the pro/cons of it?

Yep, that's exactly it. Post a link to your Patreon as an example, and you can say what you've just told me, that you'll make a post about the story once you've decided on a schedule. I suppose the schedule aspect is an important aspect of Patreon, that might bring some pressure, or on the contrary some motivation, to authors?

Don't worry about tagging your posts, nemophilist is the one who adds the tags.