You are already down to the wire here, what with the 'I only have TEN days' worth of feed left', and so for some of the least-desirable horses, you may need to strongly consider euthanasia. You may not be able to find safe homes for ALL of them, and some potential buyers will (realistically) be looking to buy for the Mexico slaughter market. It's going to take time to vet potential homes, which means you HAVE TO start looking now
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Thank you so much for your careful thought and your helpful input. I really appreciate it. I am and have been exploring numerous options and believe me I have considered everything you've said. There's much more going on than I've been able or willing to put in a post, and I'm much less feckless than perhaps I look. ;>
I'm very glad to hear you're giving these ideas some thought. I'm sure there are many things going on behind the scenes that I'm not aware of.
Still, I return again and again to the fact that you were financially at the point of less than two weeks' worth of food for your horses. To me, that isn't about fecklessness or not, it's about an approaching catastrophe of starvation. I hope that things look up for your animals and you.
I bought the Kindle version of Ars Magica yesterday, and finished reading it today! Wonderful novel, simply loved it. Posted a review at Amazon here and my Tumblr here.
Seems to me that $5, $10 and $20 or $25 Patreon levels might generate more funds from those who would like to do more than $3 and less than $50. No one want to take you away from writing novels, but perhaps you could offer micro-stories, or brief articles (for instance, Sources for Medieval Monastic life, Ancient Roman Cooking, Courtly Manners: Ideal and Reality, Creative Dissertation Ideas, Creating Non-human Cultures).
I enthusiastically second these ideas! The worlds are full of folks who like you more than $3/month [especially with Patreon taking their cut], but can't afford $50/month. There's a happy middle-ground there, where lots of your fans would love to hang out.
Speaking of hanging out, exclusive book or movie reviews are also ideas to add to the excellent list above. Heck, you're interesting enough, folks would probably read hair updates or other stream-of-consciousness [more than twitter, but less than a full blog post].
Patreon is different from Kickstarter. People pledge at any level they like. The reward is the monthly fiction or whatever. Response has been amazing. :) Right now everybody gets a chunk of new words and a little bit of horse diary every month.
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Still, I return again and again to the fact that you were financially at the point of less than two weeks' worth of food for your horses. To me, that isn't about fecklessness or not, it's about an approaching catastrophe of starvation. I hope that things look up for your animals and you.
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Seems to me that $5, $10 and $20 or $25 Patreon levels might generate more funds from those who would like to do more than $3 and less than $50. No one want to take you away from writing novels, but perhaps you could offer micro-stories, or brief articles (for instance, Sources for Medieval Monastic life, Ancient Roman Cooking, Courtly Manners: Ideal and Reality, Creative Dissertation Ideas, Creating Non-human Cultures).
Hope your situation soon improves!
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Speaking of hanging out, exclusive book or movie reviews are also ideas to add to the excellent list above. Heck, you're interesting enough, folks would probably read hair updates or other stream-of-consciousness [more than twitter, but less than a full blog post].
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