Thread by @lookinmyeyesboy

Announcement: Matt and the Hunters is BACK!

(Well, almost)

Wow, I can't believe it's been almost four months since I last worked on it, but there were a lot of things that got in the middle: Content restrictions, then a literal surgery on my dick, then platform issues that made me doubt they'd work for publishing.

And to be honest, I'm still figuring things out but I think it's been long enough already, so here we go: I'm gonna be posting it in two platforms: Sponsus and Gumroad.

Both of them take a different approach to content restrictions than Patreon. They make sure they remain compliant with the payment processor restrictions by banning real-life content and only allowing fictional content. Which as a fiction writer, works for me.

So here's Sponsus: sponsus.org/u/lookintomyey…

Matt and the Hunters is already up there in text post form.

And here's Gumroad: Profile: lookintomyeyesboy.gumroad.com

Direct link: lookintomyeyesboy.gumroad.com/l/hypnostories

I could publish it in posts form but apparently only AFTER I have subscribers, meanwhile I'm uploading it in PDF form. It's not all there yet but it will be in the following days.

And the first new chapter will probably be posted in both platforms by the second week of February.

I'm already writing it. /*excited

It will work, basically, same as Patreon: A 5 USD/Month subscription in either platform will give people early access to Matt and the Hunters, and maybe other stories that I plan to eventually make public in open sites like MCstories or GSS.

Early access means at least several weeks, btw.

(and there may be some extra stories that won't go public that soon, every now and then)

I've been doing "all-access" subscriptions that get an extra story in alternate weeks, so in total I've pushed myself to write one story per week and that has proven to be too much. I can barely keep up, so I'm gonna take a more relaxed approach here.

I will commit to one chapter per month as a minimum and will aim for two, but without the pressure to fill in the all-access slots.

I hope that way I will have time to actually plan and plot the stories and check everything works instead of... you know, churn them out at the last minute to keep up with my schedule.

Also because I have multiple other projects (work interviews, hopefully a Masters, more conventional stories, photography) and I want to be able to do all that.

(I also need to get better at managing my time, but that's another separate discussion)

In conclusion:

In Gumroad: There's a $5/month subscription. That's it.

In Sponsus: You can lower your subscription to $5/month and you won't miss a thing.

In both: you will get early access to Matt and the Hunters, and other hypno stories I post.

About Patreon...

I like some stories there but most of them are not the stories I want to tell and it shows. I have a harder time coming up with ideas and writing them, I'm always second-guessing myself on if they fit Patreon's terms.

And I can see the sparks are missing.

(My Patreon readers are just too kind to tell it to my face)

So I'm going to tone it down as much as I can. I will write on it when I'm able to, what I'm allowed to, without any strict schedule commitments because trying to juggle all that would just be too much.

(That also means that whatever I write there will be accessible to anyone who wants to support me there, but it will be only so often)

So for my Patreon readers (most of which have been waiting for Matt to return, I think) I suggest checking out the other platforms. That's where the action will be now.

Thanks for reading and see you around!

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