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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 23 Mar 2019

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      I've got TWO Aristillus short stories. Kinda wondering if I should set up a Patreon, charge a couple of bucks every time I write a prequel short. https://twitter.com/admrlcrnch/status/1109614295837536256 …

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 23 Mar 2019

      If I set up a Patreon for writing short stories (a couple per year; ABSOLUTE max of 1 per month), would you subscribe? What would you pay / what sounds fair?

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 23 Mar 2019

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      2/ That'd earn me about 4 tenths of a cent per page read. 15 page story? 6 cents. 80 such readers? $4 If it takes me 14 hours? 30 cents / hour. This is the problem I'm trying to SOLVE, not a solution to it. https://twitter.com/jayawram/status/1109619727494598656?s=19 …

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 23 Mar 2019

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      3/ Writing 15 short stories at 10-15 hours each to make a 180 p collection in 200 hours, nets me a profit of 70% of $2.99 = $2.10. Selling 200 copies of it = $420 = $2/hr. Which, again, is the null hypothesis / problem to be solved.https://twitter.com/JohnTaloni/status/1109634038505984001?s=19 …

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      John Taloni @JohnTaloni
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      3/ Amazon, I like the concept, but shorts tend to go for 99 cents or no one buys. That nets you a whopping 35 cents. Better to have at least a short collection of them and sell at 2.99 for the 70% royalty
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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 23 Mar 2019

      4/ Ugh, patreon. On some random help page, and I see some dude with nail polish applying makeup. Might have to roll my own mini patreon app in Rails to avoid supporting globohomo. https://blog.patreon.com/patreon-integrations-features …

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Mar 2019

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      5/ OK, tentative numbers suggest that I could pull $100-200 per short story. That puts me at perhaps $15/hr, which is twice what I've made from my writing career ("career") so far. I'm inclined to do this. Also, thinking about avoiding Patreon bc SJW.https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1109615495521726464 …

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      If I set up a Patreon for writing short stories (a couple per year; ABSOLUTE max of 1 per month), would you subscribe? What would you pay / what sounds fair?
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Mar 2019

      6/ Will write my own Patreon clone in Ruby on Rails. ...because doing a thing that doesn't need to be done and which actively costs me money, and then building the tools to do that thing, even when better alternatives exist, is entirely on brand for me.

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        1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Mar 2019

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Greg Monforton

          7/ I HATE writing. I like HAVING created something. I'm trying to minimize the actual out-of-pocket cost of doing so.https://twitter.com/GregM410/status/1109847346672603136 …

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          Sure, if you LIKE writing (or NEED to write).
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        2. John Taloni‏ @JohnTaloni 24 Mar 2019
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          1/ If you make your Patreon-alternative available to other creators, you may find takers. However, you will still be bound by the politics of the payment processors. Could be worth a try though considering your skill set. There's been pent up demand for alternatives.

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        3. Camping Roomba‏ @ctdonath 24 Mar 2019
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          Morlock brand is on track to mirror the Musk & Apple model: set a core simple goal, rebuild & own every supporting industry from scratch (achieving insane riches in the process).

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        2. John Taloni‏ @JohnTaloni 24 Mar 2019
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          2/ Also, I'm not sure you'll make a profit on Patreon (or alternative) but it's worth a try. It could also be useful in keeping the "Aristillus" brand alive while you get breathing space to write the 3rd and 4th books.

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 24 Mar 2019
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          well, I just did the math for you. What part of it do you disagree with?

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        1. Chris Allen • مسيحِي ☦︎ كاثوليكي‏ @bitemyapp 24 Mar 2019
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          Thought about doing this in Rust for easier deployment.

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        1. Jennifer RM‏ @almostlikethat 24 Mar 2019
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          That's the spirit! However... running alternatives include Liberpay, Steady, Memberful, and Podia. And in github, the code backing Catarse and Bountysource are both MIT-licensed and Goteo is AGPLed.

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        1. Not Bill Clinton (I Feel/Your Pain)‏ @notPotus42 24 Mar 2019
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          SubscribeStar is the primary alternative.

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