Dear magnificent enablers of collective fictional trauma!
Our literary asylum, aka Bookish Shenanigans, is now transparent for members! I just launched our Open Books page, where you can watch our patronage collective in action (I threw this idea around a while ago in this post).
See exactly how many readers your support enables, where the money goes, and proof that this whole "everyone deserves quality psychological damage via fiction" thing works. If you're wondering why the heck I'm doing this, here's a quote that explains all:
“What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty and above all it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits out quantity.”
― William S. Burroughs
A big shoutout to Linda, Joe, Carrie, Steve, and Mikael – our new Bookish Shenanigans patrons! Thank you for supporting my writing and our little corner of the internet!
We now have SIX patron-funded scholarships available for readers having to choose between groceries and books. Choose groceries, because you can request these full backstage passes funded by our patrons.
Need an annual scholarship? Just reply with "I'd like a scholarship." No explanations needed. Ours is an honour system.
If you'd like to support this collective and my writing time - AWESOME! You can buy a ticket in my bookstore or by clicking the blue profile button in the bottom left corner in the browser version of this post. Plus, we have a tip jar for one-time support:
Your votes are in!
When I asked whether you'd like the raw, traumatising reality of a post-climate-disaster world for Micka, or prefer a dose of hope, 20 voted for harsh reality and 10 voted for hope. I know exactly what I'm going to do with this, but I won't throw around spoilers now.
Thank you for voting, everyone!
KEY - book 1.5 in the 1/2986 series - can be downloaded below:
(the dowload button is visible only to Backstage Members)