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Regarding Commissions
6 years ago
Hey folks!
First and foremost, as always, I'd like to start by thanking everyone that has supported me and my writing all this time. If it wasn't for you guys reading my work, commenting on them, faving, saying nice things, getting excited over it and all, I don't think I'd have the grit to keep going with this whole author thing.
But alas, you guys are here, I continue to go and I plan to take it as far as I possibly can! Which brings us to this topic: commissions!
I'd like to start it off by apologizing. I've received many private inquiries about commissions from different people and, while I'm really happy about that, most of you who contacted me already know that I'm no longer just keeping everyone interested in a queue and taking them one by one. At one point I realized that, if I kept doing that, then my queue would just never end! That's a good thing, of course, but it keeps my schedule tight where I feel like I'm always rushing to get to the people that have been waiting for too long.
Therefore, as many of you also know, I've decided that I'll be switching to the more standard opening and closing of commissions so that I can better organize myself and breathe in-between batches of them! What I'm currently planning, however, is a little different from the standard. My plan right now is:
When I open for commissions I'll make an announcement in all of my media. The window will stay open for 2 to 3 days and commission requests with the ideas will be submitted through a form in my website. After the time is up, I will be picking out the ideas that I feel better resonate with me and my style and execute those.
The bright side? No first-come-first-serve. No need to rush to be the first to catch one of the open slots nor scramble to put an idea together really fast. There should be plenty of time to think about what you want and submit. The not so bright side? Well, not everyone that submits an idea will be getting the commission written. There's no need to try hard to appeal to my tastes, I'm actually really pretty damn open when it comes to kinks, but ideas that resonate better with me means I feel a lot more inspired to write them, which results in a better story with a faster turnout and a better experience for everyone. :)
The second big question has been: when?
Well. This timeline has been floating around as well. My initial plan was January, but the month came and went and, while I've been writing more than ever before, I'm still not quite at the free point I wanted to be to get to commissions. Now it's already mid-February and I won't make any hard promises anymore, but I can tell it's supposed to be SOON. Preferably still this month, but no 100% guarantees.
This is why, as I mentioned, I'm still working on the knick-knacks of this. Though I have written well over a dozen commissions for people already, this is actually going to be my first time opening them up to the general public and not only through private inquiries. I apologize for the wait as well, but I just want to make sure I'm in a good place to take up the commitment of commissions and that everything is properly setup and thought of!
And the third big point I wanted to raise here is pricing.
While writing commissions are not my sole sustenance, at the price at which I have been doing them and how long it takes to complete a story, I would surely starve! I have put a little more value into my craft and raised my prices a little bit from what they previously were. I'm still not 100% defined on the final price, but for not I think I will be doing $0.15 USD per word, which translates to $15 per 1k words. You can check the price as well as simulate the price a story of any length would have in my website as well!
All of the commission info, as well as the commission form, is going to be handled in my website at http://www.slethstories.com/commission_info . I already had my previous terms there and I have everything structured for this, but my terms are still being updated. Feel free to check them out early, but there's a chance some things might still change until the time I open!
The purpose of this journal is to be transparent and let everyone know how I stand in this. For those that have never spoken to me about commissions and would like to get something written by me, this is also a note telling them that it is possible, and it's coming soon. If you have an idea you'd like to see done in my style, by all means, I will love to hear it and possibly write it!
This is it! For the lazy, tl;dr :
- I will be opening commissions in the regular style but they will NOT be first-come-first-serve
- It will be happening soon, but no solid promises on when!
- My prices have gone up a bit since the previous commissions I did, but it's still experimental
- Check everything out at http://www.slethstories.com/commission_info , but things are still subject to change
For those who have read this far, thank you! If you have any comments or thoughts about this whole thing, feel free to share them! I'm very much looking to engage in opinions over all of this. :)
And thanks again for everyone's support! You guys rock!
First and foremost, as always, I'd like to start by thanking everyone that has supported me and my writing all this time. If it wasn't for you guys reading my work, commenting on them, faving, saying nice things, getting excited over it and all, I don't think I'd have the grit to keep going with this whole author thing.
But alas, you guys are here, I continue to go and I plan to take it as far as I possibly can! Which brings us to this topic: commissions!
I'd like to start it off by apologizing. I've received many private inquiries about commissions from different people and, while I'm really happy about that, most of you who contacted me already know that I'm no longer just keeping everyone interested in a queue and taking them one by one. At one point I realized that, if I kept doing that, then my queue would just never end! That's a good thing, of course, but it keeps my schedule tight where I feel like I'm always rushing to get to the people that have been waiting for too long.
Therefore, as many of you also know, I've decided that I'll be switching to the more standard opening and closing of commissions so that I can better organize myself and breathe in-between batches of them! What I'm currently planning, however, is a little different from the standard. My plan right now is:
When I open for commissions I'll make an announcement in all of my media. The window will stay open for 2 to 3 days and commission requests with the ideas will be submitted through a form in my website. After the time is up, I will be picking out the ideas that I feel better resonate with me and my style and execute those.
The bright side? No first-come-first-serve. No need to rush to be the first to catch one of the open slots nor scramble to put an idea together really fast. There should be plenty of time to think about what you want and submit. The not so bright side? Well, not everyone that submits an idea will be getting the commission written. There's no need to try hard to appeal to my tastes, I'm actually really pretty damn open when it comes to kinks, but ideas that resonate better with me means I feel a lot more inspired to write them, which results in a better story with a faster turnout and a better experience for everyone. :)
The second big question has been: when?
Well. This timeline has been floating around as well. My initial plan was January, but the month came and went and, while I've been writing more than ever before, I'm still not quite at the free point I wanted to be to get to commissions. Now it's already mid-February and I won't make any hard promises anymore, but I can tell it's supposed to be SOON. Preferably still this month, but no 100% guarantees.
This is why, as I mentioned, I'm still working on the knick-knacks of this. Though I have written well over a dozen commissions for people already, this is actually going to be my first time opening them up to the general public and not only through private inquiries. I apologize for the wait as well, but I just want to make sure I'm in a good place to take up the commitment of commissions and that everything is properly setup and thought of!
And the third big point I wanted to raise here is pricing.
While writing commissions are not my sole sustenance, at the price at which I have been doing them and how long it takes to complete a story, I would surely starve! I have put a little more value into my craft and raised my prices a little bit from what they previously were. I'm still not 100% defined on the final price, but for not I think I will be doing $0.15 USD per word, which translates to $15 per 1k words. You can check the price as well as simulate the price a story of any length would have in my website as well!
All of the commission info, as well as the commission form, is going to be handled in my website at http://www.slethstories.com/commission_info . I already had my previous terms there and I have everything structured for this, but my terms are still being updated. Feel free to check them out early, but there's a chance some things might still change until the time I open!
The purpose of this journal is to be transparent and let everyone know how I stand in this. For those that have never spoken to me about commissions and would like to get something written by me, this is also a note telling them that it is possible, and it's coming soon. If you have an idea you'd like to see done in my style, by all means, I will love to hear it and possibly write it!
This is it! For the lazy, tl;dr :
- I will be opening commissions in the regular style but they will NOT be first-come-first-serve
- It will be happening soon, but no solid promises on when!
- My prices have gone up a bit since the previous commissions I did, but it's still experimental
- Check everything out at http://www.slethstories.com/commission_info , but things are still subject to change
For those who have read this far, thank you! If you have any comments or thoughts about this whole thing, feel free to share them! I'm very much looking to engage in opinions over all of this. :)
And thanks again for everyone's support! You guys rock!
Samt517
~samt517
Happy for you man! For anyone curious, sleth is great to work with. Excited to see the future stories!
Sleth
~sleth
OP
Aww man, thank you so much! XD ^ Coal here is AMAZING to work with too for the public record! :P
