The art of supporting people
Nimue is spot on. For those who care, I am one of those creative people and I’ll be starting up a Patreon profile very soon! So if you’ve been looking for ways to support my work, this is how you would do so. 🙂 More info when it’s created.
The internet has changed how many of us work. It’s created a culture where free is normal. There are some very good aspects to this – not least that many of us are too poor to pay for all the music, stories, art, essays, films etc we might want in our lives. I do not want to live in a world where poverty is a barrier to accessing culture and ideas, so as a matter of principle, I will always give a percentage of my work away. Currently that’s in the form of this blog, a free audio novel and a webcomic. You can support me by buying my books.
Many creative people live very marginal lives, financially speaking. Many art forms take a lot of time, so either you work full time for a pittance (big advances are very rare indeed), or you do something else to…
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