{"id":2897,"date":"2014-06-20T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T20:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2014-06-20T16:22:01","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T20:22:01","slug":"one-month-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/20\/one-month-in\/","title":{"rendered":"One Month In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/maryrajotte\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2898\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/20\/one-month-in\/patreon_webbanner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/patreon_webbanner.png\" data-orig-size=\"320,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"patreon_webbanner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/patreon_webbanner.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/patreon_webbanner.png\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2898\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/patreon_webbanner.png\" alt=\"patreon_webbanner\" width=\"320\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>So it&#8217;s been a month since I launched my Patreon campaign and I thought it would be a good idea to take stock and see how things are going so far.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the actual content I&#8217;ve been creating for patrons, I&#8217;ve had a blast. Altered Words, flash fiction and Inklings are all things I used to do all the time but somewhere along the way, I stopped.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of patrons &#8211; well right now, I&#8217;m at a nice round number of 2 patrons, who both signed up in the 1st week of my launch.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to lie&#8230;I was hoping more people would sign up from the start but I also know that I&#8217;m a relative unknown in the publishing world. Followers and friends on social media are well and good but if no one knows my writing or my style, it kind of doesn&#8217;t bode well for picking up patrons.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping that by putting some of my content out there for free, and adding some flash fiction to the mix, people weill get a feel for my style and hopefully sign up if they enjoy what they read.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s difficult though. It would be the same if I were putting out a book and not just short fiction. No one knows me &#8211; so why should they take a chance? I can only hope that the few who do help spread the word.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m kind of surprised that people didn&#8217;t even take me up on my free offers of an eBook for a tweet\/post\/like though. Maybe what &#8220;they&#8221; say is true and the flooding of free eBooks on the market has made the novelty wear off.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it&#8217;s given me the push I needed to start self-publishing, something I wanted to do but always held myself back on. It was a bit daunting &#8211; I&#8217;m learning as I go, doing my own layout &amp; cover design, trying to balance promotion and trying not to be annoying about it, still making time to get actual WRITING done &#8211; and making mistakes along the way (like putting the wrong settings for my Patreon account and not getting paid for the first month of content because of it :P)<\/p>\n<p>But&#8230;I&#8217;m trying. It&#8217;s an adventure. 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