Important announcement regarding future of my writing career

This is a long time coming, but there is a good chance I'll be suspending my writing and patreon in the next few months. 

That's the end of it unless you want to continue reading a sob story below.

It's weird to bring my personal life into this. I know many of you are subscribed to read fiction to get away from all, so this announcement will be both shitty and saddening.

At some point I have to face reality that I'm not making enough. My stories just aren't drawing enough interest for more people to subscribe. I never had any illusions that I write well, but it doesn't stop me from comparing myself to other more successful peers in my community.

To compensate, I thought coming up with more stories and different genres to write at once would draw more interest. It hasn't. I write anywhere between 4-5 stories at a time and make a fraction of what other writers make writing 1 or 2. I thought making commissions would engage readers enough to want to sub. It hasn't. 

It's been a little over a year since I've started a patreon and almost two years since I started writing webserials. While I've grown more fortunately than others, it isn't enough to live off of, especially not where I live. Subsisting sucks. I beat myself up more than my family does, and they have long given up urging me to find a real job. I haven't slept well in three years because of it.

Hunger and health don't care about dreams and aspirations.

What does this mean for the stories I'm currently writing?

There's no guarantee they will end conclusively. Some may just stop smack dab in the middle of an arc, others may actually reach an ending by the time I stop writing.

More than likely I'll cut down to writing 2 stories that update once or twice a week. That's about all the time I'd have after picking up a fulltime job.

I'm truly sorry if that inconveniences you. I hate when stories end abruptly, too.

How can you help?

Don't. I can't keep depending on the charity of other people, I do that enough IRL. If I'm not growing organically enough, that's just the way it goes.

I encourage you to look after yourselves first.

If these stories still interest you and you want to keep reading, then by all means stay subscribed. If this announcement has soured or turned you away from wanting to read anymore, do not feel bad about unsubscribing.

What would need to happen for me to continue writing?

More patrons than this, or I somehow hit the lotto.

Anyway, I'm really sorry, everyone.