First Goal Reached! + $1,000 Goal Update

So, we've successfully passed the $500 mark that I set ages ago. I honestly never expected to reach this point. It is very humbling and fills me with pride to know that so many people are willing to pay for what I write. I never once imagined that I'd be able to happily introduce myself as a self-employed author to people, but you guys made that possible.

On the topic of the reward, some good and some bad news. I am working on it and have been for a few weeks now, but $500 really snuck up on us. At the beginning of November, we were barely in the $400s.

Since this has been so unexpected, I never really dedicated much time to backlogging the 3 extra chapters per story. It will take me 3-6 weeks to do that now. I have 1 backlogged SIS chapter already, so only five more to go in total!

I've chosen to backlog them so it feels more rewarding for you guys to get three chapters of each story all at once instead of a slow trickle. Let me know if you'd rather have a trickle, but yeah, as a reader of many stories myself, I'm a bigger fan of bulk releases. It feels more impactful that way.

Now, I know that the total pledge amount will more than likely dip below $500 before the end of the month or at the start of next month. It always does, but I won't factor that in at all. We have reached the goal, so even if we fall below it in the future, I'll make sure to get those extra chapters to you guys.

On to the topic of the $1,000 goal, the next one. Looking at it now, that goal's reward is kinda... weak? I plan on just adding another tier outside of that goal soon anyway. Adding a new tier as a reward for hitting a goal seems kinda stupid in retrospect. It's basically offering more content for more money as a reward. That isn't a reward. I plan to change the reward to be a bigger scale version of the $500 one. Probably adding 5 chapters to each tier or something. I'll think on it a bit.

This has kinda been a bit rambly. I'm very emotional right now. Again, I never once dreamed I'd reach this amount of support from you guys, so while it's nothing in the eyes of some, it means the absolute world to me.

I love each and every single one of you regardless of if you plan to pledge for many months to come, or plan to unpledge soon. I appreciate each one of you and your support.