Rambling at Tumblr: sometimes I just need more space.
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When it comes to the Dream Goal I have minor goals up to that point - as I reach £300 in a month I'll be posting some extras (to be decided at the time), as well as putting the price down for the requests. It will be 10% for every minor goal - so up to a maximum of 40% cheaper.
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This is the page where you can also subscribe to the Lockwoods, to get your favourite arcs sent directly to your inbox (or all of them). In the future there will be progress bars, but they don't show unless there's something to be seen.
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As there are extra chapter goals these will also be included in the requests up to the limit (so, for an example, if you request an Other Arc Chapter at £40 there will be a poll for two extra Main Arc chapters, so you get three chapters for your money).
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There's the general support button - any amount, and potentially get your name on the Love From The Lockwoods page (this is an opt in, if you don't want your name there then it won't be). Following that are the chapter requests. These will come down in price based on the Dream Goal.
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More Lockwoods? As I said last month I'm working on stepping away from both Patreon and Ko-fi, due to their GenAI policies (yes, I have a hard line, and if it makes my life harder then that's how it'll be), so if you'd like to support me please do so here.
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For the Lockwoods to completely cover my outgoings, and for me to write full time, I'd need 300 readers who loved it enough to pay £5 a month. That's around how much it would cost to buy a book, and the time will come when there'll be multiple books available to read.
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A small following is all I've ever wanted. The very idea of anything more than that is terrifying.
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A reminder of the changed More Lockwoods page. You can subscribe here, as well as support the Lockwoods.
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Soon I'll get back to regular links here, as this is where I have my biggest following, and on Tumblr. The last couple of weeks have been emotionally exhausting, so I've been using what energy I have on writing. All support is much appreciated.
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I'm fortunate to have never really created a community on either Patreon or Ko-fi. With their support of AI created work I've chosen to change the More Lockwoods page, adding Paypal buttons that mean you can still support me without supporting either of those sites.
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Tumblr, with more detail. #TheLockwoods
Added the random chapter request, with additional chapters possible. This will get you an entirely random new chapter, which will be an extra. You don't get to choose a character, place, or time, but it does help support me writing more, and will add toward the other extra chapters.
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I'd love to have some more visitors, to see if I am actually right that my navigation does work exactly how I'd like it to. (Actually getting people going from the main page into the arcs.) Posting for the main arc will begin again around the middle of April.
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After a couple of days of work I'm pretty much done with the changes to the Lockwoods. There's still plenty to do, but that all new posts so I can link characters and settings in the chapter pages, and that'll take a bit more time. Readability is where I wanted it to be.
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The current main Lockwoods page, showing what you'll see when you visit the website. The Story, followed by the Main Arc, with links below that to each part of the Main arc, and a read more button after information on the Main Arc. Read more will take you to all the Main Arc Arcs, but each one will lead you to it's specific page, so if you go for The Main Arc: 1814 you'll reach all the chapters specifically for the Main Arc (no extras).
More of the Story page, showing First Lives, 1788 Alternate Universes, and 1814 Alternate Universes. There's a subscribe button at the bottom, and an arrow slightly above it that will take you to the top of the page.
The Main Arc page, showing two of the First Life Extras for the Main Arc.
New tags I created for each of the chapters (because I wasn't happy with how they looked so I wanted to make my own). With time they'll all become links, but, for now, just the arcs are links, with characters and setting just information. When there is a next chapter that will show at the bottom, along with a previous if that exists.
Screenshots of the website below. I'd really love to have some more visitors, and I thought this made everything easy to read. #TheLockwoods
Okay, so, after a lot of work I'm happy with how the website is looking. There's still more to go, I've got a bunch of chapters to change and links to put in, but I wanted to share it. #TheLockwoods
Working on the website today, and there are some major changes to the navigation in progress. It can be seen at the link, with there being plenty more to go, but I'm getting there slowly. Nothing quite looked exactly how I wanted it to, so I made my own.
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If I had the money I needed for bills there wouldn't be a Ko-fi, and I'd be free to write without stress, which always leads to more writing. Plus I'd be able to do all the little things I wanted to do as extras freely.
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It takes 500 people to reach the dream goal if they have £3 to support the Lockwoods with. There will be new chapters going up today, as they have been every weekday this month. Admittedly not for the main arc, but I've been having so much fun playing in Titus and Anne's first life. #TheLockwoods
As the world continues ever closer to potential destruction of life as we know it (I'm feeling very optimistic right now...) I'm not going to stop writing. The Lockwoods will keep being posted until it can't any longer. We're all struggling right now, but I'd appreciate the support. #TheLockwoods
I'm having so much fun with Tumblr tags. Of course this is the point where they're making changes, but at least I can enjoy it for now.
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Support me at Ko-fi if you're enjoying the Lockwoods (any arc). My dream goal is £1500 a month, but I'd love to get closer to £100 this month.
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New chapters have been posted at the website for three alternate universes: Ghost Titus, A Future, and the Lockwood Cult.
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And Tumblr.
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All posts this week with links over at Ko-fi.
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I even went back to Anne's first moments. That's still not entirely ironed out, but I understand magic, the birthplace, the worlds, and her existence much better than I did before. Although I might never share it, I struggled so much writing it, it's going to help a lot.
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So, it's been first lives, some of the more fascinating alternate universes, and planning out posting. This means I might not be returning to the main arc next week, in part because everything I've written recently helps me to understand everything a little better.
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Honestly, this week has been a hard one. It's not really something easy to put into words, but I did turn to comfort writing, which meant I haven't really been completely focused on one thing, choosing instead to what makes me feel the happiest.
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You can also follow me at Ko-fi if you have an account.
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