Ways to Support the Author
Hi friends! These last two months have been a bit chaotic but our community has been growing at a pretty solid rate and I've also endured a number of changes to my personal life. The purpose of this auxiliary chapter is to share links that are handy for people who want to support me and make my life a little bit easier.
First, here are the ways that my personal situation has changed: I was offered a contract for this story, and I have begun a number of different jobs outside of my capacity as a fiction writer.
Let's begin by discussing the contract. In January I was offered a contract, from Web Novel, for this story. I rejected it. I made the decision to reject the contract mostly because I don't want to block readers who are enjoying the story at some arbitrary point, and also because the story has been posted elsewhere. If I were to sign a contract for the story my understanding is that I'd have to take it off of other websites. I don't like that.
There are other stories I plan on writing and am writing that are Web Novel exclusives that I would happily sign contracts for, but not A Solitary God. I don't plan on ever making ASG a Web Novel exclusive story.
That said, while I have no hesitation or remorse about my choice to not sign a contract, it doesn't help my financial situation to be so adamant that ASG remains a free story that isn't bound by Web Novel's terms and conditions. This is where the other bit of news comes into play.
Outside of Web Novel, Royal Road, and Scribble Hub, the places where I write, I've been making a living doing a number of different things. Mostly tutoring. That said, last week I accepted a job offer from a fundraising company, and this week I began my new job. Which is why I didn't post that many chapters this week. The job offer I accepted is really neat and when I've adjusted to this new position I'll undoubtedly be back to posting chapters regularly like I did while working at my university last year.
That said, until I get my first paycheck I am going to be in a very funny and extremely precarious situation, so if you happen to have an excess of funds and don't mind spreading some love I'll end this "chapter" with a few links you can use to throw some dollars at my digital face.
If you happen to use any of these links I'd really appreciate it. I also have a Pat reon (the space is because Web Novel hates that specific site) but in the past when I've tried to share that link on Web Novel it didn't like it. I also don't really need that specific site right now as this isn't about monthly donations it's about this specific month.
Cashapp: $LucianotheWriter
Paypal: paypal.me/LucianoG679
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/lucianojoshuagonzalezvega
More chapters are gonna be coming out this weekend, and I may just leave this "chapter" up long term in case friends like my story enough to want to throw some money at me. I love this story and the community we've built and I can't wait to continue writing. Thank you for all of your support! I hope you're as excited to read this story as I am to write it.