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ON CAMP NANOWRIMO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, my first week of Camp was a little slow. I’m just over 1000 words behind<\/strong> my targeted goal of 20K total (666<\/strong> words per day \\m\/).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the problems I’ve run into is not being prepared. I know – SHOCKER! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But since this is the 3rd incarnation<\/strong> of this serial I’ve tried to outline (at least), a lot of my notes, upon further look, seem to be from one of the old plotlines (aka there was a different antagonist before this one).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, in trying to wrangle various notes in notebooks<\/strong>, in Excel<\/strong>, in Scrivener<\/strong> etc. – things a re little messy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the most part, the plot is planned. I’ve just realized I needed a better motivation for the antagonist, so I’m doing a little work on that behind-the-scenes as I write. Not exactly my favorite way of working, but it’s better now than later, when I’ve written half a book already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ON MY PATREON CAMPAIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In writing this serial, my goal to start posting sneak peeks at Sorority Screams to my Patreon page<\/strong> is growing nearer. But…I have a bit of a dilemma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing about the Patreon contract that isn’t exactly great:
“By posting content to Patreon\u00a0you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, reproduce, distribute, perform, publicly display or prepare derivative works of your content.<\/strong>“<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, yeah…if I were just sticking with blog posts, behind-the-scenes info on my stories or how I come up with them, this wouldn’t bother me much. But does this mean, if I start posting my serial, that Patreon can ‘prepare derivative works’ <\/strong>of my serial?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KO-FI OR DIY?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back when I took a break from Patreon, I considered setting up my own system<\/strong> on my blog with Paypal payments and password-protected content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because everyone takes a fee. With Patreon, there are payment processing<\/strong> fees, the cut<\/strong> Patreon gets from every patron I have, and then when I withdraw the money from my Paypal account (which is how Patreon pays me, there is an additional fee<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another option is Ko-Fi. The perks there? I can set-up the same rewards<\/strong> and perks; offer exclusive content (with a paid account)<\/strong>; people can pay for monthly perks or even offer a one-time donation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do actually have a Ko-Fi account set up. I might start posting content there too to see whether people are more inclined to use Ko-Fi over Patreon. <\/p>\n