over four thousand dollars pledged Blimey - good for her! I don't think I've seen her books around over here (but they must be, surely!) - have you read any? And interesting, cos she feeds into both my minds about Patreon etc. - she's been nominated for awards and is pretty well known in her field, but she's working at a full-time job as well as writing, and presumably can't afford to write full-time despite being a successful writer already, so needs Patreon... It must be pretty scary too, because even though people might pledge money in excitement for a few months, it's still a huge leap to quit a job that would otherwise pay you (hopefully) for years...
And yes! I was so happy to see patrons creeping up and up to Melissa's first goal today - here's hoping she gets to her second (and wouldn't it be wonderful if she got higher still!)
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Date: Monday, 30 May 2016 10:37 pm (UTC)Blimey - good for her! I don't think I've seen her books around over here (but they must be, surely!) - have you read any? And interesting, cos she feeds into both my minds about Patreon etc. - she's been nominated for awards and is pretty well known in her field, but she's working at a full-time job as well as writing, and presumably can't afford to write full-time despite being a successful writer already, so needs Patreon... It must be pretty scary too, because even though people might pledge money in excitement for a few months, it's still a huge leap to quit a job that would otherwise pay you (hopefully) for years...
And yes! I was so happy to see patrons creeping up and up to Melissa's first goal today - here's hoping she gets to her second (and wouldn't it be wonderful if she got higher still!)