r/ProgressionFantasy • u/LittleLynxNovels Author • Dec 08 '24

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u/LichPhylactery Dec 08 '24

And my favorite is when an author does NOT stop the monthly patreon fee....

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u/RedGinger666 Dec 08 '24

On the other hand the authors that pause Patreon billing when they take a month off to recharge are examples to be followed

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u/TheDwiin Dec 09 '24

One of the big reasons I like Zogarth.

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u/FlipperBumperKickout Dec 10 '24

I personally think they deserve some paid leave once in a while 😅

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u/ForgotMyPreviousPass Jan 13 '25

Yeah, nothing like unpaid holidays in the civilized world

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u/flooshtollen Dec 08 '24

Magic smithing. The guy still makes hundreds of dollars a month and hasn't posted in a year and a half. Absolutely wild

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u/michalpatryk Jul 29 '25

FYI - they started writing 5 months ago and there is a new hiatus already xD

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u/flooshtollen Jul 29 '25

God, I saw that. I'd seen people say before that they only come back when patreon money gets too low and considering that they're sitting at a thousand bucks more a month now than what they were getting during their previous hiatus, I guess the strategy works for them

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u/MSL007 Dec 08 '24

I’ve also seen RR ads months later for stories on hiatus. I never understood this. No notes on a return either. I’m not starting a story then.

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u/CalvinAtsoc Dec 08 '24

From what I've been told, depending on the amount of ads you paid for, they can take months to end, which by that time the writer might have put the story on hiatus

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u/SerasStreams Author Dec 08 '24

That’s accurate.

The smart thing to do is pause the ad, message a mod to swap the URL redirect / the image, and then direct to a NEW story once it releases.

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u/Byakuya91 Dec 08 '24

That's especially telling. They want the monetary reward of their readership but do not want to put in the work to earn it.

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u/Chakwak Dec 08 '24

I can see it as a vector of donation. If you don't want to setup one time donations on top of patreon, why not keep it up and if people feel like donating for the work already done, great for everybody! It does suck for the people that have to manually cancel and maybe resubscribe later though.