Just a quick note about the monthly letters and the secret gallery art. I lost a huge chunk of yesterday and today to expected and unexpected health junk, so even though I was all prepared to get this month's rewards out early, I ended up falling just a tiny bit behind. Secret gallery art is nearly done, but I might not get it out till tomorrow, along with the monthly letters.
I'm not badly behind. Just, like, 12 hours behind. XD But I wanted to keep y'all update...
2019-02-01 02:04:14 +0000 UTC
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Whew, I made it! Here's part 2 chapter 12!
January's Secret Gallery art is about half-done, and I'm also trying to get monthly letters out tomorrow. Cross your fingers for me! XD
You can read the chapter inline or download the attached PDF. Btw, I promise the next chapter after this one is a fun one! ^_^
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2019-01-31 06:05:59 +0000 UTC
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At last, we know what Troy had up his sleeve... Man, it hasn't been a good time for Merritt the past couple of weeks.
January's monthly rewards will be going out over the next couple of days!
I'm also trying to wrap up edits for the next chapter of Merritt's Story for this Thursday, but my brain's pretty fried from a whole lot of intense editing for my novel series up until yesterday, and it doesn't look like many people have read the last chapter of Merritt's Story yet. So ...
2019-01-28 17:05:23 +0000 UTC
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The next chapter is here! For the first time in quite a while, we have a normal size chapter instead of a double or triple size chapter, haha. The next two chapters are also normal sized, which means there won't be a super long wait for them. (yay!)
FYI, edits for my upcoming novel are due next Friday, and this has been a sort of hell week, so I will probably have to push the next DOTU page to 1/28.
You can read the chapter inline or download the attached PDF.
Th...
2019-01-17 06:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Ahh, we're back to the unhappy place... Sorry, Merritt.
Speaking of Merritt, I'm expecting to have book 2 chapter 11 of Merritt's Story up this Thursday. The next comic page will either go up next week or the week after.
I got comments back from my editor on book 1 of my upcoming novel series, so time will be tight for the rest of the month. But I'm still expecting to put out 2 pages and 2 Merritt's Story chapters this month. Wish me luck! :O
2019-01-14 18:11:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey all! This is an off week for DOTU pages, but I expect to start Chapter 4, Part 2 next week!
In the meantime, I've tidied up the next three chapters of Merritt's Story and shipped them off into the capable hands of my awesome beta readers. My goal is to have these 3 chapters go out roughly every other week starting with 1/17.
Also, belated thank you for the new year's wishes to anyone I missed replying to before! I hope everyone's first week of 2019 was as goo...
2019-01-07 15:05:59 +0000 UTC
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Pogo's December 2018 letters have been sent to all processed $5+ patrons, so you should be getting them soon. Email letters went out a little bit ago, so if you haven't received them, let me know.
This letter is..... evidence that Pogo's probably gonna get himself killed. XD Anyway, he talks about religion on the surface vs underground and stuff.
The Secret Gallery illustration for December also went up yesterday for $10.01+ patrons, and it was a photomanip of North Sp...
2019-01-02 04:18:59 +0000 UTC
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And finally, here's the scene we just wrapped up. See below! I'm looking forward to the next one in 2019! :D
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2018-12-31 19:32:00 +0000 UTC
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Here's scene 2 of 3. See below!
2018-12-31 19:31:59 +0000 UTC
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As promised, I'm posting the 3 compiled scenes of patron-only pages for easier reading on Patreon!
Oh, and I forgot to mention in my last post that the Secret Gallery illustration and Pogo's letters are coming today and tomorrow!
Anyway, this scene was partially posted publicly, but since the patron-only pages don't read smoothly without the beginning of the scene, I'm posting the full thing here. See below!
2018-12-31 19:31:00 +0000 UTC
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Ah, FINALLY! I just spent 40 minutes trying to log into Patreon. -_-
We're ending the year with the end of the scene! *cheers* In January, we'll be catching up with another old friend...
And while I'm here, I want to thank all of you for sticking with me throughout 2018! It's been a weird and tough year that ultimately ended really great thanks to all your help, and I'm super hopeful and optimistic for what's coming in 2019!
The Secret Gallery illustration ...
2018-12-31 18:28:06 +0000 UTC
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Here's the page! The final page of the scene will go up next Monday!
Merry Christmas Eve for those of you who celebrate it! And happy Monday for those of you who don't! :D
2018-12-24 17:13:57 +0000 UTC
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I spent most of the weekend sick, so the page I was hoping to post today will be a little late. It's going to be a 3-page month, though! This just means that either the next page will go up later in the week or on Christmas Eve, and then we'll have another page on 12/31.
I'm also in the process of finally, actually moving into my condo now that it has floors and painted walls and stuff. XD That coupled with the holidays means the next couple of weeks might be a little quieter...
2018-12-17 21:56:06 +0000 UTC
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A big thank you for your patience if you've been waiting for this chapter! As you'll see, it's a big honker of a chapter. That combined with my contracted novels is why this one took longer than usual. It should hopefully be a shorter wait for chapter 11.
You can read the chapter inline or download the attached PDF.
The next DOTU page is also coming this Monday!
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2018-12-13 06:05:59 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to everyone for waiting! All November rewards have now been delivered! Pogo's November 2018 guest letters have been sent out to all processed $5+ patrons, so you should be getting them soon. Email letters were sent out earlier in the day, so if you haven't received them, let me know.
Troy needed to redeem himself and make everyone take him seriously after the Anime Eyes Troy sketch. (Also, my deepest condolences to the Sketch Tier patron who was randomly selected...
2018-12-06 06:33:44 +0000 UTC
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Sharing a crop of the Secret Gallery Tier illustration that went up last night because I liked this one! :D
Also, a question! I've been thinking about sharing my ever-growing DOTU playlist with y'all too! Maybe I'd share the playlist itself with a lower tier but the playlist+notes about why I chose each song for the Secret Gallery and higher tiers.
So the question: Do you guys have any suggestions on good sites or tools for sharing playlists? Bon...
2018-12-05 18:42:40 +0000 UTC
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Here's the new page! I've been looking forward to panel 2 for a pretty long time. XD
The page ended up taking the entire weekend (not much sleep last night ;_; ), meaning I'm still working on November's $5 letters and Secret Gallery sketch. I should be able to get them out over the next couple of days!
We also have a lot of high-dollar declined pledges this month, so we're way down below a previous milestone goal and have wiped out several months' worth of new patron gains. &...
2018-12-03 17:58:35 +0000 UTC
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Here's Sketches 13-18! If you're a Sketch Tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier ($20), or Custom Card Tier patron, let me know your choice sometime over the weekend. Otherwise I'll pick one at random.
The sketches are as follows:
13. Lychgate Series: Riley - the main character. An art school graduate who returned to his alma mater as a nude model because the job market after the recession was just that bad. XD He also has a very bad habit of doing stupidly dangerous th...
2018-12-01 04:31:13 +0000 UTC
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Okay, here's 7-12! 13-18 coming in a moment! If you're a Sketch tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier ($20), or Custom Card Tier patron, let me know your choice sometime over the weekend. Otherwise I'll pick one at random.
The sketches are as follows:
7. Belmont filing his nails during a meeting
8. Merritt's stuck in his shirt again
9. Blaze (he's from the surface - there's some info about him in the Secret Gallery spoiler section and also in the $5+ #spoiler_cha...
2018-12-01 04:24:06 +0000 UTC
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A Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier Slot is currently open! [EDIT: it's now been filled] This has never happened before. XD If you grab it now before the start of December's payment processing, you can request a sketch! Remember though, if you grab it today, you'll be charged the difference between your new and current pledge today for November, and you'll be charged tomorrow for December. If you pledge tomorrow, the next quarterly sketches will go out in ...
2018-12-01 04:20:17 +0000 UTC
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First, November reward status! Those of you who've been with my Patreon for a while know that Sketch Tier months usually set me back a few days. Sketch Tier sketches are posting TONIGHT, patrons will have over the weekend to choose their sketches, and Pogo's guest letters will go up out Monday! The Secret Gallery illustration will most likely post over the weekend too.
Second - one of my Sketch patrons had to switch over to my Paypal program due to technical ...
2018-11-30 21:01:34 +0000 UTC
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I was hoping to get this up on Monday, but here it is now! I'm late for my mom's Thanksgiving, oops... D:
Really though, my divorced parents just need to get over themselves. I don't have time to do every holiday twice! ;_;
2018-11-22 00:36:47 +0000 UTC
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First off, answering the question I'm sure is on everyone's mind - we WILL be getting a DOTU page this week! It's just going to post tomorrow or Wednesday instead of today, due to some weekend hectic-ness. :)
And now, onto current matters. It's Thank You Patrons Day on Patreon, and I've been wanting to give you all an extra thank you anyway since we've hit my 4-year anniversary on Patreon. So here's a little audio recording!
If you're can't listen or would prefer not to...
2018-11-19 20:29:14 +0000 UTC
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Here's a little gift for the $2 patrons! I mentioned before that Merritt's Story chapters might run a little late due to some new deadlines I have on my plate, but I'm still chipping away at the next one! And in the meantime, since I was struck by inspiration, I wanted to share a little minicomic to help tide you over. :)
So, this tumblr post crossed my das...
2018-11-18 15:06:00 +0000 UTC
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I'm going to be chatting with J. Scott Coatsworth, an awesome author and QueerSciFi admin, about Demon of the Underground and Merritt's Story on the QSF Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/qsfdiscussions/
The discussion starts at 11am PT/1pm CT, and lasts about an hour. (It starts about 30 minutes from when I post this.) There will be a post fo...
2018-11-14 18:31:40 +0000 UTC
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I actually had the end of this article written too, but it seems weird to post the beginning and end without the middle, so here's just the beginning. There's a bit more insight to be gained if you have the time to glance back at the Merritt's Story chapter where Odell first appeared. One particular exchange about Merritt not wanting to be the subject of one of Odell's articles...
This one is long so I had to decrease the font size in order for the image not to be too long. L...
2018-11-12 19:25:31 +0000 UTC
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Here's the second article! I like this one because Belmont. XD
2018-11-12 19:18:57 +0000 UTC
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I'm posting each article separately because if I post them inline in a single post, you can't click to enlarge the later images. So here's the first one!
I hate it when I randomly make character designs I really like and then realize I can never use them again because they characters showed up just to die. ;_;
As for Merritt's Story, this scene is already written, and it's a tough one.
2018-11-12 19:15:55 +0000 UTC
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This page took more time than I expected, but it was a really fun one because I love back story, haha.
Oh, and there's gonna be a nice bonus for Secret Gallery patrons and higher! A little later today, I'll be posting the extended news articles shown on this page. Closer detail shots and also the full first paragraph of each article. Well, in the case of Odell's article, the first 5. Spoiler warning for Merritt's Story readers, I guess, but it's not rea...
2018-11-12 18:07:54 +0000 UTC
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I'm writing from PatreCon in LA. I hope you guys are doing well! It's November 2, and I promised y'all I'd announce a thing today, didn't I? So, here it is!
The short version: I'm gonna be having some books published in 2019 and onward!
And now the long version, where I give all the details and explain what it means for DOTU and my Patreon. (Don't worry, it's all good stuff and nothing's getting canceled or hiatus'd!)
My oldest DOTU readers ...
2018-11-02 19:45:16 +0000 UTC
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