My first zine, Fantasy Dating is now up on Itch. io! This is a zine about some of the singles I came across on fantasy tinder. Please don’t tell them I made this.
⭐️Digital and Physical copies available
⭐️Please be sure to add your address in the more information needed section after purchasing a physical copy. I am folding and sending these myself
My first zine, Fantasy Dating is now up on Itch. io! This is a zine about some of the singles I came across on fantasy tinder. Please don’t tell them I made this.
⭐️Digital and Physical copies available
⭐️Please be sure to add your address in the more information needed section after purchasing a physical copy. I am folding and sending these myself
trying something new to help some GFMs that are close to being funded reach their goal. tasneem nabil musa is a 14 year-old girl from gaza who was injured in an air strike and needs to evacuate to egypt for medical care. if 500 people reblog this post and all donate $5 (USD), she will reach her goal. if 1000 people reblog this post and half of them donate $5, she will reach her goal. if you can give $5 please do, and if not, sharing will help someone else with five bucks to spare see it.
with the news Gumroad is going to be cracking down on nsfw content due to payment processor pressure, reminder that itch.io is mostly known for games but explicitly allows books/zines/etc too and many nsfw creators swear by them as a host for their paid works. (with the caveat that they do limit this to nsfw content that is fictional, not eg irl porn work, among other content requirements; the full policy is here.)
itch.io is especially noteworthy because their approach to creator/platform split is incredibly flexible; you as the creator choose the split. you can in fact choose to take 100% and give itch.io nothing, only losing out on any payment processor fees. obviously itch does need people to choose to share some revenue with them to continue going, but if you as a creator need to retain your profits to keep going, you can set it wherever you like and itch honours that. and as itch has a culture of people choosing to set it above zero because the community wants to keep it going, if you need to reduce their cut, it's an option!
itch isn't as popular as a platform to share non-game works so promoting your stuff elsewhere is important for visibility. but as someone who regularly buys both comics and books off there, it is very, very viable. here is a basic 101 guide:
now: itch uses the same payment processors that prompted the gumroad changes, and may at some point be challenged on the same grounds. it's not inherently a safe haven. but itch.io has historically made its commitment to working to keep nsfw content viable on its platform clear (look up the epic store apple lawsuit nonsense sometime; it didn’t result in a nsfw ban despite everything) and as of now is still small and niche enough they are not getting challenged the way larger, more generally popular sites like gumroad are; they are not trying to be a big commercially viable site, just stable enough to keep trucking, so they are less likely to be subject to that much scrutiny, or cave to it.
if you've never engaged with a creative art on a regular basis you need to understand that it requires concerted effort to get into "the groove" to make something and every second that it takes to get into that groove causes physical pain, but the only thing worse than doing it is not doing it.
Hi! I sent out the first batch of zines today. Yippee!
An important note about this is that i will not be putting my return address on the envelopes because, respectfully, i don’t want you to have my address lol and i can’t afford a PO Box rn.
So please reach out to me over DM if its been like a month and you haven’t received your letter. I’m more than happy to send you another one or something. Thank you!
me: oh man im starving but im not sure what i should make for dinner……
the spirit of a 12th century templar knight that died a horrific death due to torture that started haunting me after i found a sword in the middle of the woods: spaghetti once more, prithee?
The amount of people that come into the library and tell me they don’t agree with us not having late fees anymore is always so surprising to me. It’s getting less surprising honestly but… Some people hold a real “well I won’t be the one punished so who cares if there’s a punishment” mentality and I honestly feel so bad for them.