Announcements and Art! README!
Added 2022-08-15 15:06:34 +0000 UTCHello all! Another month, another set of announcements!
First, most importantly: NOTHING IS CHANGING FOR CURRENT PATRONS.
Lemme repeat that.
IF YOU ARE A PATRON, NOTHING IS CHANGING FOR YOU TODAY OR IN THE FUTURE.
Ok, I wanted to put this part of the announcements at the bottom, but I guess I need to put it at the top.
One of my big regrets setting up and running BTDEM is my 'top tier' is $5. I look around at what most other stories are doing - Path of Ascension, He Who Fights With Monsters, Primal Hunter, The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, Mark of the Fool, Chrysalis, Paranoid Mage, Defiance of the Fall, Millennial Mage, Mark of Time, Fates Parallel, Ave Xia Rem Y, Spellsword, Industrial Strength Magic... the list of stories with "max chapters" at $5 is SHORT. Salvos, Delve, TWI, BTDEM. Some authors who write multiple stories split the difference, and offer different stories at $5.
In short, $10 tier for the max tier is common. The day was always coming where I fixed this regret of mine, and it's here. It coincides nicely with me making the entirety of BTDEM free for people - patreon only kicks in once people have read over 1,000,000 words for free. I'm longer than Harry Potter on Royal Road alone! In September, I'm shuffling my tiers around to match what the industry standard is.
KEEP IN MIND. THIS ONLY APPLIES TO NEW PATRONS. EVERYONE SUBSCRIBED AT THE CURRENT TIER AND PRICE WILL REMAIN THERE AS LONG AS YOU WANT.
$5 Elaine Tier -> $10 Elaine Tier. THIS IS ONLY FOR NEW PEOPLE. EXISTING PATRONS ARE GRANDFATHERED INTO THE OLD PRICE FOREVER.
$10 Iona Tier -> $15 Iona Tier. FOR NEW PATRONS ONLY. THOSE OF YOU WANTING THE... BONUS... CHAPTERS AND ARE SUBSCRIBED AT $10 CAN STAY THERE FOREVER.
$15 Fenrir Tier (AKA the Cameo Tier) -> Merged with the $25 Auri Tier. IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED THE FENRIR TIER, AND YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR CAMEO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I'm struggling to reach out to people who have signed up for the tier and get their cameos. That's part of why this is going up. I'm also tweaking it so that people who sign up for the tier need to actively reach out to me and ask for the cameo.
Dragon tier - No changes.
And one last reminder: THIS IS ONLY FOR NEW PATRONS. EXISTING PATRONS CAN REMAIN AT THEIR TIER AS LONG AS THEY LIKE.
Ok!
That's the ugly news! Let's go onto the bad news!
Admin weeks: Next week, the week of August 22nd, is my admin week this month.
Admin weeks: Next month, the week of September 26 is my admin week.
Good news time!
BTDEM paperbacks for books 5, 6, and 7 are now OUT! Link to book 5! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B92NQ65Y
BTDEM Book 2 has a new cover! The paperback is now out!
Web comic update! I've got my artists lined up, funding lined up, and tenatively, a scripter. Still waiting for final confirmation on the scripter, but the artists?
Well, you know them! They did the artwork above!
Fuyudust, artist of numerous BTDEM artwork, including all the sketches you see has prior experience drawing webcomics, and will be doing the black and white setting and layout.
Kart studios, artist of my covers, is doing the final artwork. I want you all to imagine a full BTDEM comic, with every bit of artwork at the same quality as "The Triumph of Sentinel Dawn", or the cover you see above.
Yeeeeeah.
And for the scriptor! The deal isn't set in stone, but you know him! The famous Jiwa, AKA Mecanimus, author of Journey of Black and Red and The Calamitous Bob! I'm super excited to have him - if we can finalize the deal! (I obtained his permission to mention I'm trying to recruit him btw!)
A last footnote: This month, a big chapter and the artwork dump is coming on August 31st. I know people tend to shed patron before the end of the month, but it's worth waiting this month until the last second, just for the last chapter and art.
Thank you all!
Comments
Getting even more expensive? Might I remind you that I usually expect to buy a whole book for $10. Sure, if you manage to pump out 200+ chapers/month, be my guest. Not being said, with the raise in living expenses I NEED to cut costs (if I like or not) and the luxury of reading early is the first on the chopping block. The raise in price only serves that I won't resubscribe later.
MrMegaPussyPlayer .
2022-12-26 04:41:42 +0000 UTCYep. So many months I've been pleased this is £4 and I don't have to cancel it. Primal hunter has been dumped 3 times now.
Louise jordan
2022-08-31 07:20:10 +0000 UTCoh wow! it's all so pretty! the soul library is like. three times the size of what i always pictured but it's very cool! looking forward to the comic
Ariadne Johnson
2022-08-18 00:55:33 +0000 UTCOk so I may have missed it but where is the web comic going to be available?
Meganclare7
2022-08-17 10:43:50 +0000 UTCI've enjoyed it, though it's not why I'm a patron of MelasDelta. It is by far his most popular and most posted. I think you can give it a read on RR.
AntiClimax she her
2022-08-16 02:45:58 +0000 UTCyou know, Salvos is on my list of "maybe next" Is it worth it?
matt
2022-08-16 02:26:51 +0000 UTCHow else do you think i accessing this site lmao
2022-08-16 00:30:15 +0000 UTCYup, I totally get that I'll be losing some people. Just remember - it's still on Royal Road!
Selkie
2022-08-15 21:06:27 +0000 UTCVPNs are a wonderful thing... you can leave your physical home and keep your virtual one!
Daniel Sifrit
2022-08-15 20:55:32 +0000 UTCWeb Comic! Web comic! Web comic!
2022-08-15 20:22:50 +0000 UTCFire dress obviously has terrible support.
luda305
2022-08-15 20:20:56 +0000 UTCI know people are talking about never canceling Patreon once grandfathered, but honestly, if I ever fall a few chapters behind on this story, I'm likely to cancel and just never come back. I'm not paying more than I usually spend on a book monthly to read even half a book ahead.
FoolRegnant
2022-08-15 19:51:00 +0000 UTCThat was my thought as well. I have like one story I support at 5 when the max is 10, so the chapters never show up when they unlock for me. Plus, ten bucks for a couple thousand extra words is crazy when I'm not likely to buy a 10 dollar book on Kindle because that just seems too much for me.
FoolRegnant
2022-08-15 19:44:23 +0000 UTCI actually have an personal rule if the 10$ tier gives chapters then I am not subscribing to the patron. The reason for me is simple with tax that level is the 2,5 books on amazon or an movie ticket. In short I can't justify it to myself. I also have an limit to how much I can spend on patron each month so subscribing to those authors means 2 others don't get my subscription. One can say I can subscribe on the 5$ level. I have tried that in the past and the problem is that patron isn't great on the front page sorting if your new chapters did not come out same day so more work to find the new chapter. But more importantly I like to read the comments and interact with other readers. That's hard to do if the whole conversation happened 1-3 months ago. So the "live" conversation is on 10$ or 0$ the 5$ does not have one. So in short if your story ever becomes the one I cut when I cross the spending limit for an given month that is also the last time I will ever be supporting :/ I consider if an author need the help as part of the cut evaluation...
Håvard
2022-08-15 19:27:25 +0000 UTCI know it’s not really material to the post but Salvos just upped its max chapters and increased to a 10 dollar tier to stay on top
Dion Crump
2022-08-15 19:12:42 +0000 UTCRight? Now if I hit a tight month, I know this is going to be the last thing I think of dropping, ever.
zadcap
2022-08-15 18:37:15 +0000 UTCFair enough. If it makes you feel any better, I follow several of the $10.00 stories on RR, love them, but cannot justify the price to become a patron. In other words, your pricing scheme resulted in pure gains from me!
Cameron S. Moore
2022-08-15 18:34:08 +0000 UTCFunny you mention Salvos on that short $5 list... That list is apparently shorter than you thought.
AntiClimax she her
2022-08-15 18:32:01 +0000 UTCCritical dialog yes, but mostly it'll be whatever Jiwa thinks is needed to get the same 'feel'
Selkie
2022-08-15 18:28:16 +0000 UTCheh, well that's secured my 5 bucks forever.
Pocket Rikimaru Thanatos
2022-08-15 18:10:53 +0000 UTCAh, that’s good. Tasteful lewd can be nice sometimes, but full lewd on stories that aren’t lewd to begin with sometimes just makes things weird.
CringeWorthyStudios
2022-08-15 17:38:04 +0000 UTCYou know, a perma discount is a pretty great incentive to keep people being a patron lmao
Que Tea
2022-08-15 17:37:13 +0000 UTCThe art is fantastic, as usual with the pieces you commission. How does the scripting work? Will the dialogue be pulled straight from the actual novel?
Cormac
2022-08-15 16:24:54 +0000 UTC1hr
Captdeth
2022-08-15 16:20:02 +0000 UTCIt is just a hypothesis hopefully i wont have to
2022-08-15 15:41:06 +0000 UTCThis is smart, good job
Adrian Gorgey
2022-08-15 15:40:59 +0000 UTCI dont understand your circumstances but I wouldn't think that's a question Selkie can answer and more one Patreon would be able to if they have customer service of some sort
Eric
2022-08-15 15:39:12 +0000 UTCI'd say they're tasteful lewds. If you've seen the statues that are either nude or mostly nude, that level of lewd
Eric
2022-08-15 15:35:28 +0000 UTCGood business sense
luxrus
2022-08-15 15:28:29 +0000 UTCWhen you say lewd, are we talking tasteful lewd, or full lewd?
CringeWorthyStudios
2022-08-15 15:25:53 +0000 UTCI am currently accessing patreon from a country that banned it. If i am forced at one point to unsubscribe and then resub would it be possible to return to 5$ tier.
2022-08-15 15:23:47 +0000 UTCNudes, basically. And a few lewd chapters.
matt
2022-08-15 15:20:48 +0000 UTCSo... what's going on at the Iona tier that I've been missing?
Thomas Kuhn
2022-08-15 15:19:04 +0000 UTCThe new Cover for book 2 isn't bad... but I just like the feel of the old one better
Jo
2022-08-15 15:17:34 +0000 UTCYou (maybe) got mecanimus? Fucking nice. On a related note, I'd like to see Viv make a cameo :D
matt
2022-08-15 15:17:15 +0000 UTCAlso, web comics aren't cheap...
Robert Mullins
2022-08-15 15:17:10 +0000 UTCMe too
2022-08-15 15:15:33 +0000 UTCit's volatile income, not a career you can be confident in your whole life, and they earn the money
George
2022-08-15 15:15:23 +0000 UTCWell good thing this doesnt affect you at all... C'mon you know she needs to fund all these projects
2022-08-15 15:15:10 +0000 UTCNeat!
Framing Device
2022-08-15 15:13:59 +0000 UTCIs it smol Elaine or is it Anya? Particularly in the picture in the library.
Cormac
2022-08-15 15:12:56 +0000 UTCThanks for letting us know! Makes me glad I finally caved and became a patron last month.
Rehan
2022-08-15 15:11:41 +0000 UTComg, smoll Elaine is suuuuper cute!
RavensDagger
2022-08-15 15:08:37 +0000 UTCIf you are a patron nothing is changing.
Robert Mullins
2022-08-15 15:08:04 +0000 UTC
