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Thank youuu!

So part of the monthly supporters getting access to more things is just the limitations of Ko-Fi as a platform. The paperback will be available for everyone when published, monthly supporters will just have the option to buy it a little sooner (and though it's at cost price, I highly suspect it will cost the same as or more than buying it from a retailer just due to how POD works).

Monthly supporters don't really get extra things on a monthly basis as I agreed with my early supporters early on that I wouldn't paywall blog posts or creative content. So really, it's just access to the early paperbacks and bookplates and the free access to download all my books.

Ultimately, a one-off tip isn't much different in terms of what you get, so don't feel discouraged if that's what you prefer!

Hi lovely Exilianfolk,

My new space fantasy novella, Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew is now crowdfunding as Pay-What-You-Want on Ko-Fi.

Linky with more info here: https://ko-fi.com/post/Crowdfunding-Space-Dragons-Luxorians-Crew-A-cos-Q5Q0YG3UU

If you felt like taking a look or sharing it around (especially with people for whom 'cosy Star Wars with dragon-pulled ships' is interesting) I would really appreciate it.

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Description:

Luxorian is a dragon without a rider, and that's a problem.

Since ancient times, dragons and riders have worked together to travel the galaxy, which means Luxorian is out of a job. Their rider abandoned them, leaving them with no void rig, no crew, and a whole lot of bitterness.

When Finder-X239, a bot who constantly talks around the truth, offers them a rig and a suspiciously well-paid materials collection contract, Lux has to accept.

But that means assembling a crew, fast, from desperate folk in their backwater spaceport town, including the humans they turned down as replacement riders. And with no rider to be their voice among the crew, the only person who can run this rig is...well...Lux.

Exploring the galaxy rim, Lux and their crew must face hostile wildlife, dangerous weather, and the vast, rig-eating void horrors that hunt through space.

But harder still, Lux must somehow gain the loyalty of the crew even though they are unwilling to give their trust in return. Not all wounds come by way of a claw or fist...

Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew is a cosy, queer space fantasy novella with a non-binary, autistic protagonist and a focus on space exploration and community.

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This is all very scary because I usually use Kickstarter to crowdfund and crowdfunding is my main source of income. But I think it's important not to be reliant on only one big tech platform so I'm taking a risk to see how this goes.  So far, it seems to be going okay. We'll see!

Anyway, if you got this far, thanks for reading! Happy to answer any questions about the book or about the crowdfunding campaign (or if you're looking into crowdfunding yourself sometime and have questions, I can probably help a bit).

Ty💙

Oh how fun!

I'm writing today and hopefully doing a bit of reading, too. That's not particularly special as I do that nearly every day, but I feel I'll enjoy it more knowing it's part of an Exilian tradition today!

Happy Cyril and Methodius Day, Exilianfolk!

I'm sure it won't surprise you that I was drawn to read this. I loved it. A wight-witch is a delightful concept, and I adored that she wasn't an evil being so much as extremely removed from mortality and its demands. The twist at the end, that the directions had been mixed up, was absolutely perfect.

It is very okay, and I have just duly backed it Look forward to reading the results!

(And this goat only has two eyes, which given what we know happened to the three-eyed ones is comforting...)

Yes, two eyes. Just a normal goat. Just a normal sentient bear-sized sparkly space goat. 

Hi lovely Exilian folk,

I hope it's okay to share my latest Kickstarter?

I've written a cosy, slice-of-life space fantasy featuring, among other things, a non-capitalist society of bear-sized space animals. Maybe you'd like it, or you know someone who would?



The Old Goat and the Alien is a story of family and friendship set on the binary planets of Geminus in a far-off star system.

The main character, Avari, is a goat-shape cosmoran tasked against their will with helping a lost human immigrant settle.

Features:
🏳️‍🌈 all-queer cast
🐐 sparkly space animals
👽 humans from a new perspective
✨ non-capitalist society
🎲 picnics and board games!

It's a story of family and friendship, written with warmth and weirdness.

Please do check it out on Kickstarter!

^_^

Just wanted to say the Kickstarter is almost ending now and has done better than I expected. Thanks for the encouragement!

Well this made the reminder-stream go into reverse and reminded me to actually back the KS, which I have now done. I haven't (embarrassing admission) read the first book either so I'm taking the chance to get both. I'm looking forward to reading them!

Thank you for posting this, too I very much get the fear of self promotion and have exactly the same problem, but also I like people sharing exciting things they're making and I hope this space gets the balance right of being able to go "look I did a thing!" without it becoming a Scary Advertising Job too much.

It's not an embarassing admission at all! Thank you so much!

Yeah self-promo is *miserable* but I really appreciate being encouraged to do it somewhere new. I know it needs to be done it's just every time I need to do it I seem to find myself crawling under a blanket and hiding instead ... XD I really like that Exilian is so supportive of people sharing and talking about their projects!

This looks a great book.

Really well written ks page too I'll be having a more thorough read through!

Well done on exceeding your goal by so much already!!

Thank you! I worked really hard on the page so I'm glad it comes across well. ^_^

Hello!

I've been wary of posting this because self-promotion is very uncomfortable, but with some prodding I'm finally here.



I'm crowdfunding my new novel, THE BEAUTIFUL DECAY, on Kickstarter. It became 100% funded in less than 24 hours so it will certainly be published (hurray!) but until it hits the first stretch goal, my costs won't all be covered which ... would be very, very helpful!

What do the dead have to fear? A town of necromancers faces its biggest challenge yet: strange red fungi and the paladins they attract.

A queer fantasy with a dark aesthetic and a kind heart.

Contains:
🧟 pet zombies
🐈 a very good cat
📚 secret libraries
🍄 fungal horror
💜 light queer romance
👨‍👩‍👦 found family
💀 a community of outcasts

I would really appreciate it if you took a look and shared it with anyone who might be interested!

For the video, description, and rewards, check out the campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/381351683/the-beautiful-decay

Absolutely amazing entries. I love how varied this competition is!

Thank you so much to the judges. This was a lovely surprise. ^_^

I know there's huge variation but I've been pondering it nonetheless trying to decide what the level is I enjoy.

A lot of the larger TTRPGs I've enjoyed have both very in-depth and crunchy rules and large amounts of setting and lore.

But then it's also true that the biggest players in the game often have setting and lorebooks completely separate from the mechanics. 5e for example has little lore in it now beyond what is needed to create a character.

I've been thinking a bit on games that use other systems to create them (eg games that use Fate) but there I feel like is often a lot of setting missing from those -- the worldbuilding is in the flavour of how they describe the mechanics.

How much should a ttrpg include setting? How essential is it to the success of a TTRPG?

When I made KIN, it included a light amount of worldbuilding -- enough, I hoped to enable people to homebrew their own stories.

I'm making a new ttrpg now and I think there are more pages on setting and lore than on mechanics, because it is a very simple game and the setting is very unusual and therefore harder to homebrew games for without more info.

I'm just curious where you would like the balance to be, I suppose, or is more better regardless?

hissssssssss

*caws politely*

Brynn!