#And obviously if you wanted to do a higher tier on Patreon that would apply as well lol

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Requestober 2023 (Closed!)

4th go around! Very similar rules to last year, although I am putting a limit on Vargas requests again lol - one per person please! Feel free to take a look at the list to see if there’s something else you’d like! Or I mean if you want both not-Vargas that works too haha

As always, you don’t have to follow me to request something, I just ask that you split up your request(s) into their own asks so I can answer them individually :)

Yes:

First come, first served; anons, honour system rules

Anything on this list

Anything not on that list for $3+ (ko-fi | Patreon) and/or an art trade

Redraws (and you can pick the medium if you want)

General prompts i.e. Spooky, Pumpkin, Costume, etc.

Memes, Challenges, Palettes, etc, as long as you have a source I can link back to (I have submissions open for convenience)

No:

Anything against TOS

More than 3 characters

More than 2 requests per person (except trades/donations) and 1 Vargas request per person

Anything super complex i.e. large backgrounds, machinery, animation, etc.

Slots: 31/31 All the slots have been filled, thank you! :D

#Requestober #I think I got the layout how I like it - finally lol - so I'm keeping it! #I was this close to doing a 15 limit on Vargas prompts overall but I think one per person is decently elegant :) #And I'll also give the same caveat as last year: If there's something you really want but it's either not on the list #Or you've already done your one Vargas req this time around - a donation or an art trade will open that slot up :) #And obviously if you wanted to do a higher tier on Patreon that would apply as well lol #It's been a while but I was thinking about challenge/memes a while ago again! Kiss memes or style challenges or the like haha ♪ #Anyhow - if you've got questions please ask! And feel free to check out the previous year(s) for alternate phrasing or inspiration :D

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

Hiiii.

So, not one but two jobs just fell through. I'm currently visiting friends (because of course I get this news while on vacation) but as soon as I get back home I'll start applying places, but let's be honest, even if I succeed in getting a second job (yes, I already have a job, no it doesn't pay all my bills, welcome to hell) I don't know if that'll be enough to cover everything. I was really depending on these jobs, I was promised them for months. Ask any of my close friends, they've been hearing me chant "I just have to make it until July" since January.

And yet, here we are. So.

A couple months ago I decided to take the plunge and start up a Patreon to share my original work and help support my writing career as I begin the journey of self publishing my novels. But I know that some people only want to read my fanfic (and that's okay!) so I made a special $3-a-month-tier just for you guys.

(I do also have a ko-fi, but honestly, a steady income on Patreon would benefit me a lot more.)

If ten percent of the average reader count on my fics were to sign up for the $3, I could pay half my bills every month and I wouldn't have to find a second job. Obviously I don't expect that many people to sign up, but I hope that expresses just how much every little bit helps me.

If you sign up for $3 you get no notifications, no emails, nothing, you do not get bothered by me. You would, however, probably get those fanfics you've all been waiting on because I would actually have time to write them (I'm seriously worried I won't get even my Halloween fics done in time because I've had no time or energy to write them, and I started working on these fics in January). You can sign up for a higher tier if you want of course, but if you're not interested in my original work or pictures of my cats you probably want to stick to $3.

(For free updates on my novels and such you can follow me @lincolnchristie - my A Masque of Shadows Ao3 updates will be posted there, for example).

I've had to ask for help from the tumblr community before, and I hated it, and I hate it now, but this time I do feel a little better about it because I'm not asking while giving nothing back. I truly do hate self-promotion but every little bit helps. The appreciation and enthusiasm I've gotten from people on tumblr and on Ao3 in response to my writing the last few years has been truly amazing, and so I hope that I've created stories you love enough that, if you have the spare change, you'll consider helping to support me as I embark on my professional writing career and try to keep the lights on.

It's been a tough year and a tough few months for me and I'm sure it has for everyone reading this, too. Please stay safe and take care of yourself, and thank you for taking the time to read this. Even if you can't sign on, reblogging also really helps. Thank you.

#about mads #mads writes stuff #literally getting this news when I won't even be home for a week is just #I learned about the one job last week and just got the email on this one #so it's been fun #but yes I am working on the fanfics I just haven't had time while trying to pay my bills #and also revise my novels #so if people have the spare money and like my fanfic and want more of it #and/or would like to help me have the time to get my novels publish-ready #it would mean the world to me #I'm going to go disappear now so I can full-body cringe over this post in peace