Question about RR's Rising Stars and Underland

Matthew Lewis Worthington

I like option number four more

Mi

You forgot a fourth option : do what you need to do and don't stop billing for it. It's a Patreon site, we're here to help you make something we like without the stress of combining it with more hassle like financial issues. We don't buy word count, we just get an incentive for being a ''patron of the arts''. The two should never be amalgamated in my opinion.

Joel Sasmad

I would honestly give you more money if I could.

sri kalyan mulukutla

i dont know why you are worried about trend. People usually wait for a story to exceed 20 chapters to start reading it. I did same thing with Kairos. As for the options, i dont think people here are that invested in underworld yet. So don't stop the billing, put how many chapter you want on RR and i think we can wait.

Astrael

I like the third option, but don't really care for the billing pause. As far as I am concerned, keep it up and give the RR readers a pre christmas gift.

Well I think that releasing 4 chapters on RR now and then one chapter per week in november (on RR) is best option. That way you dont lose anything and patreons are still 12 chapters ahead in december.

Jam

I voted for you to pause Kairos, but please make the best decision for yourself.

Armo

I’m for releasing extra chapters and the rebuilding of the current backlog over the next few months/year, without disrupting payments. I don’t think stopping Patreon payments would be fair to you, same as you don’t think that the change in benefits mid way would be fair to us, as the relative sacrifice is much more weighty on your end in the case of a subscription pause. I am subscribed to my fair share of creators that do not fulfil all their obligations all the time. You are in the top ten percent in your punctuality. This is an exceptional record. I also believe that the RR requirement is not something you can be reasonably expected to have known about in advance. As others have said, I pay to support you, not because I want the advance chapters (though it is a nice bonus). Anyway, I understand that you have a strong opinion on the necessity of a payment suspension, so I voted for the suspension of Kairos as the option I am most interested in next.

I voted pause and catch up, but my general sentiment is do whatever is best for your work and the story(s). I'm fine with anything and support the work being done even if it sometimes needs to happen in a different order. Love the work, the transparency, and the inclusion in the decision. You're aces!

mhaj58

While I have no issues with saving $10 why not go with Thursday releases for one month like you used to do?

Void Herald

I'm thankful for the offer, but, well, there is a thing I care for more than money and it's my principles. It's also that keeping the schedule and releasing early chapters means I'll have to reorganize/adapt the tier system anyway in November, so a suspension makes sense.

Ervin Ughy

And where is the option to release the chapters, keep the schedule, and also keep the billing? Yeah, I get it, you are fiercely loyal to your patrons, and think this is fair, but I'd like to see some stats about how many of us are here because we are "buying" the early chapters, and how many are here because we want to support a favorite author. If your books were not freely available online, then it would be a simpler matter. As it stands, I'm pretty sure most are here just to support.

Void Herald

Basically, from what I understood, if I get too many on the first chapter before I have enough words up, it will penalize the story's on trending because it works on a curve system. So yeah... I would prefer if you could wait until chapter 4/5 XD

MaliMi

So, I should wait with the Follow, Favourite, Rate and Review for Underland on royalroad?

afgasd adgasd

I think writing the 4 chapters would be best for the author since it would keep the 12 chapters to entice new patrons

Young Youghurt

I am still burnt out after the perfect run so my only interest is in Kairos. I will probably start reading underland once there are more chapters and/or Kairos will be near its conclusion. Obviously I can't speak for others but I believe it's best to have a bigger sample for readers than just one chapter. To get the idea where exactly (and how) it's going.

+1

Void Herald

To be honest, for the cover, it kinda slipped through my mind. I've been facing a lot of RL stuff (especially on the legal/piracy front) that delayed everything else and distracted me.

Enzo Elacqua

Personally I’m okay with paying for November as an if we are not as far ahead, I pay both for the early content AND to support you. So do what you need to when it comes to RR

skewness7

Well, I am going to complain: why didn' I saw the underland art (cover) until it was released on rr? also, what was the deal with the octohorse rabbit plushie in the perfect run? was it beaten as a purple messenger by Augustus? was it faking it? Was it depressed? More faking?

Sahil

You could take it down and post the story again on rr when you have enough chapters to meet both patreon and rr req