Question for the Gold Tier

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Helloooo humanssssss,

For a while now, I’ve been talking about restructuring my tier system so that I can reallocate some of my writing time to producing more chapters so that the books as a whole move faster, since the extras usually range between 8000-10,000 words, and there are soooo many projects I still want to write.

I’ve been considering options, and I’ve narrowed it down to two that I feel comfortable with to have that writing time, but I want to hear which you guys would prefer, and how you guys feel about it in general.

In the Gold Tier, you guys are not only my highest-paying members, but my biggest supporters, and so I am really, really focused on making sure in the end, I can make as many of you happy with a change.

I know I can’t make everyone happy, but I will always be as considerate as possible to my humans who’ve gotten me this!

Please, please read everything so you’re getting the full picture, because there are new details to everything, and I do want to find the happy middle that gets you guys great content but also makes sure that I don’t run into burnout or lose my way writing


Option 1: Tier restructuring for Early Chapter Access

Right now, as members of the Gold Tier, you get sneak peeks of chapters before release, private polls and 3 extras a month with an extra scene in each that no other tier gets.

If we were to restructure the tier permanently, you could get:

  • 2 extras a month, with an extra scene in each
  • First access to all chapters written (7 days ahead of public release)
  • With a random ‘bonus’ extra when I can manage
  • Sneak peeks still included

Essentially, I’m thinking that I slot out the 3rd consistent extra option with more chapters, but also early releases for ALL chapters I write. So I’d post them here first, before Wattpad and Inkitt, which gives you guys early access and also gives me time to write an extra 2-3 chapters each month.

And with the ‘random bonus extra’, that would come into play sometimes when maybe I’m in a writing rut with the books, and slot in a third extra like we do right now. Or that could be a chapter for an unwritten project like Linked or Beta Mates.

Option 2: Alternating ‘Chapter Months’

This one is likely familiar to the majority of you.

It’s those ‘Special Months’ where you have no extras and replace them solely with early access to chapters for all tiers, but a little different.

For this one, I know a lot of you aren’t necessarily fans because you don’t read the books until they’re complete, so you’d be losing out on a month without extra content. Because of that, I’m suggesting we do this once every two months.

So it could be:

Normal Month
Normal Month
Chapter Month
Normal Month
Normal Month
Chapter Month

So it’s not every other month, but more spaced out and you still get extras more in general. And in chapter months you get:

  • 8-10 chapters a month, accessed 7 before public release (I average at 4-6 right now)
  • Sneak peeks still included

I’m hoping there’s an option between the two that you would want or lean towards as a majority.

I know in an ideal world, we’d just keep the current system going, but I would be honest and say that it’s not entirely sustainable for me because the extras are now mostly about 9000 words and with all the time it takes to write them, sometimes I lose a buzz I had with chapters or I lose my way with an arc and it convultes the writing process a little bit.

I don’t really want to restrict myself and shorten the extras, so one of these seems to be the best path.

Vote down below which you would prefer!


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