Patreon Goals Talk

Maybe, but i have a shit mic and a shit voice

And show you all my face? mm discord has taught me that my readers are weird and i need to keep my address a secret. Also, Im on discord like all the time, anyone can ask me anything anytime.

Maybe do a live stream Q&A as a tier goal? Meet and greet at a specified location would be cool as well.

The world buulding sounds really cool. Maps, timelines of events, slice of life stuff.

I have a bare bones cast list that I try to keep spoiler free. You can find it on my wordpress here: <a href="https://ruffwriterblog.wordpress.com/savage-divinity-cast-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://ruffwriterblog.wordpress.com/savage-divinity-cast-list/</a>

This seems interesting. Not sure if I remember all my reasons, but its a possibility.

Recording s of chapters read by you and you try to do all te voice s.

Day to day life is interesting, and I can give you tips about writing those

i know a freelance artist but since she focused on quality and focus more on her actual job, she only produce 1 artwork per month :(

Mi

I would loooooove an index with all the characters descriptions, family ties and locations. I'm way too confused sometimes by npcs coming back after a few chapters and I'm like ''Who the f*** is this again ?''. And I also support professional art like maps.

ART!!! like character profiles, maps and the such each month or what not.

Reid Palmquist

You could maybe post about world design and why you went in certain directions with the story. I.e you've got that bit in the tiers about each faction / region drawing names from specific cultures. You could, for example, expand on that with a 'Bekhai design doc' or talk about how you settled on your Natal Palace concept as an alternative. Another example, I think a long time ago you had a note where you talked about going over your plot outline for the next one or two books after finishing one. You could potentially expand on that by talking about some what-ifs, maybe. I.E. was Baledagh always going to turn out the way he did, or did you ever consider having Rain actually wind up building him a body?

You. I like you :D Still tho, I do wanna do SOMETHING, just dunno what haha

Hey ruff, I've started reading your novel since the society contest and I am a huge fan of your work. You don't have to do more than you are already doing now. Just keep on writing and see your patreon income as a sign of gratitude from your readers. Thank you and just keep doing an excellent job as you have been doing it the last years

ThePolarParadox

A self-portrait of Ruff.

..This requires way too much math

It would totally burn your eyes and rend your soul. You don't want this, I don't want it. if someone wants to be my 100$ patron, blinding him or her seems like a bad move yea?

I always felt like hosting a contest for art is like scamming the artist for free work. If fans wanna send art in, I'm all for it, but encouraging it as a contest is a bit out of my comfort zone.

I like the sound of art or world building.

Honestly, I haven't even considered the idea of going full time. I'd have to do a lot of research before i can commit. It's not as simple as saying I need X amount of money. Right now, i have a stable career which (hopefully) isn't going to up and disappear. It's security, you know? Whereas writing might not always be around forever. What happens if I'm a 1 hit wonder? Or if my health deterioates? Or if, I dunno, I get caught up in some stupid internet scandal or sthing? This is just stuff off the top of my head, and I'm sure there are more things to consider, like taxes and setting up a corporation for myself or w.e it is self employed ppl do... But yea. It's a complex question I haven't looked into, and probably won't until things start getting real. I dunno.

ThePolarParadox

Seriously though, each tier can have a specific number of votes and each vote can be used to choose a monthly bonus. It can be art, sidestory, worldbuilding, or anything else you think is feasible.

ThePolarParadox

Then a $100 tier for your nude pics. 😉

Thransk

How about character design contests art contests? Instead of paying an artist put the money towards a design/art contest that all readers can enter. You pick 5 or 10 entries you personally like and the patrons get to vote. You could limit voters to tiers or pledge time if need be. Plus more people will be directed to the patreon. Obviously a lot of little details that would need to be hammered out, but at least it sounds like a good idea!

ThePolarParadox

World building works. Timeline of battles at the Bridge. Description of culture in the North. A Ruff layout of the Village. A more detailed description of Rain's orphanage/school along with the average daily sched of a student, etc.

Skully

Set a goal of 5,000 or whatever it needs to be to go fulltime. It would be possible to set a short term goal to commission art for covers and characters in the meantime.

Yes, this is also a possibility, but those side stories take about the same amount of time as a regular one. before I make anything official, I'll try some suggestions out and see if its feasible on a normal posting sched

Cole Mathews

I think worldbuilding would be fascinating. Nothing that will give away future plot developments, but possibly some information about the other provinces, how religion works, rumors about the royal family, or just general history.

DJ Johnson

More side stories? The one about lin as a kid with rain was adorable! ;P