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March 2020 Update
5 years ago
Hi everyone! Here's a few updates to start off March.
TAKING A BREAK
This month will mark the one-year anniversary of my aunt's untimely passing. And as luck would have it, I'm battling a few health issues. I decided to take a break from writing for a while so I can rest up, brave the emotional storm coming my way, and get back on my feet.
END OF CRINKLECAT?
I want to take the opportunity to those who reached out to me on FA, Twitter and Telegram about the previous two journals. I appreciate that people understand my desire to, at some point, move on. Again, I don't have a timetable on when I will close shop and deactivate this account, but I will certainly provide advance notice.
FURRY WRITER DILEMMA
When I discussed the eventual end of CrinkleCat, there was a discussion among my friends and readers that took place privately and ended up spilling out publicly -- and that's fine. Nothing personal or any sensitive nature was disclosed. In fact, what came out of these discussions was a sobering but insightful look at furry writers, especially those who publish erotic work.
If you take a look at any art that you like, you get that booster shot of instant gratification. That's something you can immediately hit +fav on and support. And when it comes to commissions, you're easily able to imagine your fursona in that art style or scene. If that artist has a Patreon, you know that money you spend on subscribing to that artist will go toward a quality product you can immediately appreciate. But with stories, you have to commit time and patience to read and derive enjoyment from that work, and it doesn't exactly offer the instant gratification element that will garner a bunch of +favs, likes or follows. I can write a story, spend days crafting the content. But an artist that hammer out art, create fanfare and buzz from a live stream, and upload it to social media within maybe a few hours. The turnout is a lot faster, the appreciation is a lot more immediate, and the incentive to support the content creator financially is a lot stronger than with a writer.
I could write and publish more stories if the product I churned out was a lot more lucrative for me to do, but it isn't. And I don't blame anyone for that. It boils down to simple psychology. I have my readers and a decent amount of Patreon subscribers, but at the end of the day, it simply isn't enough. And while I'd love to keep producing work that people can read for free, it feels as though my free work is not that valuable. After writing a non-anthro book that sold well, it became distinctively clear to me that the most financially effective move would be to publish books or premium digital content. Since FA and other furry sites don't yet have a mechanism to better incentivize reader support of writers, I'm not going to fare any better than I'm doing right now as far as having readership and paid subscribers.
Long story short, should CrinkleCat continue, it may have to be a premium-only venture on a platform where written content is valued as much as art is. But even then, by producing erotic/kink fiction, I'm only limiting my appeal to a limited demographic.
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Anyway, those are my two cents! - CC
TAKING A BREAK
This month will mark the one-year anniversary of my aunt's untimely passing. And as luck would have it, I'm battling a few health issues. I decided to take a break from writing for a while so I can rest up, brave the emotional storm coming my way, and get back on my feet.
END OF CRINKLECAT?
I want to take the opportunity to those who reached out to me on FA, Twitter and Telegram about the previous two journals. I appreciate that people understand my desire to, at some point, move on. Again, I don't have a timetable on when I will close shop and deactivate this account, but I will certainly provide advance notice.
FURRY WRITER DILEMMA
When I discussed the eventual end of CrinkleCat, there was a discussion among my friends and readers that took place privately and ended up spilling out publicly -- and that's fine. Nothing personal or any sensitive nature was disclosed. In fact, what came out of these discussions was a sobering but insightful look at furry writers, especially those who publish erotic work.
If you take a look at any art that you like, you get that booster shot of instant gratification. That's something you can immediately hit +fav on and support. And when it comes to commissions, you're easily able to imagine your fursona in that art style or scene. If that artist has a Patreon, you know that money you spend on subscribing to that artist will go toward a quality product you can immediately appreciate. But with stories, you have to commit time and patience to read and derive enjoyment from that work, and it doesn't exactly offer the instant gratification element that will garner a bunch of +favs, likes or follows. I can write a story, spend days crafting the content. But an artist that hammer out art, create fanfare and buzz from a live stream, and upload it to social media within maybe a few hours. The turnout is a lot faster, the appreciation is a lot more immediate, and the incentive to support the content creator financially is a lot stronger than with a writer.
I could write and publish more stories if the product I churned out was a lot more lucrative for me to do, but it isn't. And I don't blame anyone for that. It boils down to simple psychology. I have my readers and a decent amount of Patreon subscribers, but at the end of the day, it simply isn't enough. And while I'd love to keep producing work that people can read for free, it feels as though my free work is not that valuable. After writing a non-anthro book that sold well, it became distinctively clear to me that the most financially effective move would be to publish books or premium digital content. Since FA and other furry sites don't yet have a mechanism to better incentivize reader support of writers, I'm not going to fare any better than I'm doing right now as far as having readership and paid subscribers.
Long story short, should CrinkleCat continue, it may have to be a premium-only venture on a platform where written content is valued as much as art is. But even then, by producing erotic/kink fiction, I'm only limiting my appeal to a limited demographic.
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Anyway, those are my two cents! - CC
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