First - I've submitted an updated version of "The Promotion", a story I wrote a few years ago and was pretty proud of. I don't think it was as well received as my "guy knocks up a ton of girls" stories but I liked it.
Second, I've made no bones about the fact that I'm working towards setting up a Patreon account - but only when everything is in place, so when it's rolled out those who contribute will feel their dollars are worth it.
So when I see they've updated their community guidelines to show "sexual depictions of minors" - and for those of you who have read "The Feel" or "The Invention" stories know that yeah - those stories have minors.
The options are - either I change to go along with it, or give up before I even start.
It's a fine line. Granted, some stories I was able to skate around things. In "No More Whores Redux" I never mentioned age - just "young." I'd have to tweak it even further to remove any term like "underage" or such to make it appropriate.
With something like "Invention II", I'll have to go through and edit the ages up a few years so Ryan is 18. Some things will be lost - the whole "coming of age" stuff, but what else do you do?
Either way - I'd like to do this, because if I can write and create things that people enjoy and be able to do so in a way that let's me do it more often - then everybody wins.
Hope I'm not posting too much as I work my way towards this goal. Either way, I want to thank everyone for their support and kind comments who have encouraged me to come back to writing.