I should have had the presence of mind not to post an important announcement on my Patreon page on April Fool's Day. The first thing I got back was an email saying, "You're kidding, right?" The second thing I should have had the presence of mind to think of was to include the announcement in my regular weekly blog post here.
That should tell you that my mind is simply not present but I've often been told I'm not all here.
So, here's the big whoopty-doo. During the month of April-and as long as I can maintain it afterward-I am posting for my Sausage Grinder patrons a chapter a day of Double Take Book 3.
A chapter. Every day.
'Wait a minute,' you might say. 'What happened to the rest of book 1 and book 2?'
Yeah. They get them all. And, no, it doesn't affect the completely free posting of the entire story here on SOL for as far as the eye can see. I've written enough of this story already to get us all the way to 2020 without a break. I continue to be committed to providing completely free access to just about everything I write, both under the aroslav/Devon Layne moniker and under the Wayzgoose/Nathan Everett identity. It's my Sausage Grinder patrons who make it possible for me to continue focusing on writing the stories that you get to enjoy here and I want to thank them in every forum.
Let me explain.
My Sausage Grinder community comprises enthusiastic fans who would rather read the copy before it's even been edited and cleaned up than wait for it to be released here on SOL. They get that rare privilege (or burden), usually reserved for my editors, by subscribing for $10/month at https://www.patreon.com/join/aroslav. Sometimes I even go back and change things that appear chapters earlier in order to make something they're about to read work. They live with it. One patron wrote to me recently to mention that something I posted really needed to be proofread. Yep. It does. My Sausage Grinder Community watches the raw words being ground up and stuffed in the casings of the story.
And because they are generous in contributing, I don't try to find other sources of income to support my writing. Being on a fixed income myself, I fully understand the desire to read stuff for free. I could never afford to buy all the stories I read here on SOL. I want to thank the authors who post here as well as all the people who support them and me.
So, as a result, my Sausage Grinders already read the final chapter of Book 2 last Sunday in my normal weekly posting. But since April is Camp NaNoWriMo month, I decided to up my game and pump out a chapter every day all month long and until Book 3 is finished. Today, I posted Chapter 105 of the ongoing saga.
New patrons who join, by the way, get access to everything in the series and to other stories I haven't published at all!
It might have been April 1st when I made the announcement, but it was no April Fool's joke. I'm just a little not present.
Another sign of how not present I am is that I thought I posted this blog last Wednesday. It was still sitting in my drafts folder.
Just a quick note to remind you all that a week from tomorrow, on April 15, I'll be hitching my fifth wheel and wandering north. It might get a little crazy as I wander in and out of areas where I can get an Internet connection. So, if you happen to pass a fifth wheel pulled to the side of the road someplace in the Great Basin, there's a chance it will be me, hurriedly writing down what my characters have said while we were traveling along the lonely road.