May's Newsletter
Hello, everyone!
The year is progressing quickly. Wild, I say.
As a form of protest against the passage of time, let us delve into this month's newsletter with remarkable slowness.
I have no way of controlling your reading speed, but don't give in! Fight!
Pipeline For The Month Of May
Here's what to expect for May in terms of Subscribestar-exclusive content.
The Bleach Prompt Poll Winner from January:
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(Bleach) Ichigo and Orihime are happily married in peace. One day, their thick blonde friend Rangiku stops by their home to invite Orihime to a girl's-only trip to America. At first, Ichigo was hesitant in letting Orihime go, but Rangiku made it clear to Ichigo that she needed this; Plus, they would be safe at a close friend’s home. Ichigo gives in. Rangiku totally doesn't have anything planned for Orihime with her hung black futa friend, right? (Futadom, BBC, NTR, Femdom, Tough Love, Reluctance, Corruption, Manipulation, Big Tits, Fat Asses, Womb Fucking, Anal, Rough sex)
The OC Prompt Poll Winner from March:
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(OC) Rachel won’t stop violently acting out, hating her mother, and only slightly less her father. After he reveals to her that she is adopted, he is surprised at how well she takes it, though it is a problem that she is regularly bringing new female friends over, all of which are highly fuckable. To make things worse, his sleeping pills have been giving all sorts of vivid erotic dreams. It should be fine to indulge, since they are just dreams… (Big Tits, Big Ass, BWC, NTR Wife (Unaware), Inferior Wife, Implied Harem, Dirty Talk, "Daddy Kink", BDSM, "Daughter", Spanking, Insulting Mother/Wife, TitJob, Anal, Creampie, Goth, Teasing Outside Of The “Dream")
Also, we shall have a Prompt Poll this month. As always, the official announcement will be made around the 20th, and the poll will likely start around the 25th. There are no tag restrictions this month, so go wild!
Removing Some Tiers In June
This is something I’ve been considering since I closed my queue at the beginning of the year. I recently decided on it, so it’s time to make an announcement.
I’m going to undo the Hero, Commissioner, and Noble tiers. Starting in June, they won’t award any more benefits. If you’re on those tiers today, make sure to either switch tiers or cancel your subscription, since you’ll be charged pointlessly once the month turns.
I made this decision to have more control of my queue and schedule moving forward, especially when I finally reopen for new commissions. Because these tiers award words every month, it means I’m indirectly accumulating a backlog, open queue or not; Plus, it feels weird for me to have my queue closed when people have paid for words and can’t spend them because I'm not taking commissions.
In the future, I want to be able to have special periods where I run multiple polls, or publish more chapters of Subscribestar-exclusive stories, or even where I can take time off for one reason or another. That sort of thing is difficult if I'm always accumulating a backlog one way or another, which is a snowball-in-the-making.
Naturally, I am always thankful to everyone for supporting me. I can only do this for a living because of everyone’s support, so I dislike undoing tiers that people have supported me through for so long, but it's something I've concluded I must do. I thank you all for understanding.
Here are answers to questions that might arise:
- What happens to my banked words?
Literally nothing. The tiers still have their benefits this month, so you gain your words and are free to spend them in a commission once I reopen my queue. Next month, however, there will be no new words awarded, so don’t forget to switch tiers or unsubscribe.
- What does this mean for Prompt Polls?
The Hero, Commissioner, and Noble tiers awarded the right to submit 1/2/3 prompts every time there was a prompt poll. Since these tiers will no longer exist, I’ll increase the number of Prompts I accept from the Fighter Tier to 25.
Those who want to submit prompts in future Prompt Polls will be able to do so via the Fighter Tier, as many subscribers have done for several months now. You send me a prompt, I approve of it, and then you pay 5 USD to include it in the poll.
A change that might occur is the following: I will probably raise the limit of 1 prompt per Fighter to 2 prompts per fighter (assuming the 25 total limit hasn’t been surpassed). That number may go up further or back down to 1 depending on demand.
This change doesn't apply to the current month. Hero, Commissioner, and Noble subscribers are still able to submit their 1/2/3 prompts this month, as the tiers are still valid for May.
- Will there be other tiers to replace these three?
I would definitely like to add some other tier in the future, but no relevant benefits come to mind for it, so I currently have no plans for any new tier. For now, I believe this page will only have the Patron and Fighter tiers. If you have any ideas for new benefits that I could award to a supposed new tier, let me know. I'm all ears.
- What does this mean for the month of May?
Literally nothing. This month’s subscription is as valid as always, so you get to submit your prompts and gain your discounted words as normal. Starting on June, these tiers award no benefits, so you should switch tiers or unsubscribe. I understand your decision either way and thank you for your support so far.
- I had to murder three people to get one of these slots. I’m sad.
I appreciate the sentiment, but know that you have every word you banked through your subscription and can submit your prompts this month as normal. Though the tiers will cease to be from June onward, you’re getting your subscription's worth as normal this month, and are free to spend your banked words in a future commission.
On an unrelated note, please stop murdering people, what the hell.
- I am on neither of these tiers. How does this affect me?
It doesn’t. Carry on with your day and take care. There is a murderer on the loose.
Oh, though I do hope this sets the foundation for me to start bringing more Subscribestar-exclusive content and prompt polls forward, since it’ll grant me greater control of my queue and help avoid backlogs.
- Does any of this mean you're tired of writing/burning out?
I wonder if anyone's going to think that, so I figured I'd preemptively address it before being asked: Absolutely not.
My head is pre-cooked with tons of ideas for several stories that I reeeeeally want to get out: Adding A BBC To The Family; Welcomed Into A Depraved Futanari Family; House Of Temptations; Living Life Without Regrets and Stacy's Got The Wheel (yes, these two already have their next chapters cooked in my head despite having just come out); A comedic and smutty Spy X Family fic inspired by an old prompt; Something Persona-related with Haru or Makoto, probably; Some crazy OC ideas - the special Usurpman style of 'crazy'; Etc.
I LOVE doing this for a living and it is surreal that I actually get to do it for a living. I want to get better and better at it and maybe even make a NSFW game at some point (not that i have any plans yet). So, don't sweat it.
I think that about covers this subject! Thank you all for your understanding and support!
Any Updates On The Queue?
As may have been noticed, I have almost brought things back to the present! This month marks the last Subscribestar-exclusive stories in the queue, and my commissions queue is almost at its end too.
I hope to soon start announcing which stories will be getting sequels next months and whatnot. Similarly, I hope to open my commissions queue somewhere around the end of June, early July; Maybe.
No promises. I’ll let you all know when I know. That said, when I do open, I’ll be very careful to never snowball again – part of this effort is the tier changes I’ve announced above.
Alright! This concludes this month’s newsletter.
Did you read slowly and carefully in a protest against the passage of time?
It’s okay if you didn’t. The real protest was the friends we made along the way.
Also, careful with that murderer. They’ve killed three people already and are hungry for more.
In terms of content to come, I’m clearing up a few commissions (all of which are large, one of which is very large) before I get started on the Bleach story. It's been a while since I watched Bleach, so I'll need to familiarize myself with the characters a bit. Expect lots of great smut for the month of May!
As always, thank you all for your continued support! Let us have a great month of May!