Next week's trio of pages is the end of the beginning of SETTLERS OF THE STORM WORLDS. I will need a little time to get things shaken out, script-wise, for the next part. I think I have enough ideas and a solid outline, but, yanno, once you have all your classes and your materials and your books and have decided not to chloroform your new roommate, you still have to... GO TO CLASS. Ughh. Writing first drafts is the hard part for me.
Yeah, that's right: crosshatching for a solid week isn't the hard part. The hard part is writing.
Second drafts and rearranging and embroidering, that's easy. First drafts, that's like being a kiwi laying its egg, and if you haven't googled that, google it.
I can take a break and do the first part of any of the other stories I've promised you. But they all constitute first drafts too. I don't know what my brain will tantrum out first, but I will show it to you here first.
Thank you all for being here, and for checking out what I'm laying down. I would not be doing it without your support. I took my time and fixed a few things. I had originally imagined binging the inks and getting it all done in time for SPX back in September; this would have required a radically different approach and would have been a penitential grind. I'm glad I didn't stick to that.
Next week I'm gonna revamp my tiers. It's been a long time coming. I hope you'll all stick around, though, of course, I understand if you don't. The webcomics will remain free to read.
THAT SAID: Going forward, all those who are able to throw me a little $ will have my everlasting gratitude but will also get new pages a week early. If I had a bomb-jillion people giving me a couple bucks a month I'd be so happy. I hope nobody feels like they don't "do enough" if they are couple-buck members. Love to all.
$5 and upwards will all get a pretty pretty PDF, which isn't ready yet-- the ink on pages 37-39 is barely dry. I'm reworking the cover. All rewards stack, so as you go up, it's the house that Jack built, you add to your goodies.
$10 and up get everything plus they'll get freebies of my collections; lectures, notes, process, illustration sets, what-have-you.
I'm still digging away at the whole shop thing, to sell original art and comics. But if you're at $15 or more, I will gladly ship a physical copy of the SETTLERS comic to you, wherever you are. You also get all the other treets, natch, but make sure the address in your Patron ID is correct. When I'm ready to ship, I'll send a reminder.
$20 and $25: I do say I love it just fine when people support me with just a couple bucks, but deep-pocketed folks, would you like to take some art off my hands? $20 and $25 get all the other goodies, but at $20 you can have a free drawing once a year, something already made, like a story page (I'll make lists of what's available) or the type of illustration I have in the LAUGHTER AT THE ACADEMY collection. And at $25 a year (sic actually MONTH), you get all the goodies, but instead of a drawing already made, you have the option of getting a commission. Both these ree-wards will take a little discussion on an individual basis.
A wee recap of how the tiers will change:
$1+ members: early access and true gratitude
$5+ members: PDF of SETTLERS part 1, 39 story pages AND early access, of course
$10+ members: Freebies of collections, SETTLERS PDF, early access
$15+ members: Physical copy of the signed and numbered limited edition SETTLERS comic, shipped to you anywhere, Collections freebies, SETTLERS PDF, early access
$20+ members: Free drawing, existing art, shipped to you, SETTLERS signed and numbered comic shipped to you anywhere, Collections freebies, SETTLERS PDF, early access
$25+ members: Free commission drawn and shipped to you, SETTLERS signed and numbered comic shipped to you, Collections freebies, SETTLERS PDF, early access.
Thanks to you all. It's not an exaggeration to say you are life-savers. Patreon may not be perfect, but I'd have been done a long time ago without it.
Sincerely,
Carla Speed McNeil
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