I Have Joined Patreon

What is Patreon?

It’s a crowdfunding platform for artists and creators. Youtubers, authors, bloggers, webcomic creators, and artists are the most common kinds of content creators. The system allows a patron (a supporter) to pay a tip to the creator, whether it’s for each piece of art or video created, or it’s a monthly payment that they set themselves. It can be as low as $1 per month. But there are rewards for those who pay more. Think of Patreon as a way of thanking the creator for what they do.

Why did I join it?

It’s a way to help me support my family and pay the bills while allowing me to spend more time to writing and blogging. I also intend on creating videos. However, my main focus is on writing my book.

What will I do with the money?

Pay bills, depending on other income. It will also help me pay for editors and any other person I need to pay to make my books as professional as possible.

What do you get?

As a patron, you get to see behind the scenes videos and other information that only patrons can see. You’ll also get exclusive access to samples of my first draft as it becomes available, and likely monthly. There will also be other samples of my writing you’ll be able to see before it’s available to the public.

Where can I find it?

You can find my Patreon page right here!

I’m open to other suggestions for rewards or exclusive content for patrons. Let me know in the comments!

A Real Life Minas Tirith?

It seems there’s a group of architects who want to build a life-sized Minas Tirith in southern England. If you’ve seen the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, then you’ll know the city.  How much will it cost? £1.85 billion! They’re raising the money through crowdfunding. They expect completion to be around 2023.

Not Minas Tirith, but Mont Saint-Michel, the inspiration for the city. This image is being used under the Creative Commons license cc-by-sa-3.0. It is owned by user b3rny at Flickr.

So, will they build it? So far, in 15 days, they have received £74,249 for the construction of the city. I really wonder if they can raise that much money. It may take years at this rate. Actually, it’ll take about 1,000 years at this rate. It’s an incredible thing to build, and I’d love to visit it if it’s ever built. If you want to contribute, you can go to the IndieGoGo page and donate. There are still 45 days left in this campaign. It really makes me wonder if they’ll get an incredibly generous group of people to help fund it.

What do you think? Can they do it? And if they do, will you visit it?