The Next Fix

Okay, guys. Here's the deal. I'm a working writer. I haven't been one long, but I've fully embraced the lifestyle and there you go. But I also give content away for free. That isn't going to change. Doesn't matter where my stuff ends up. In hardcovers, on a multiplex screen, on the back of porn DVD's (someone's gotta write those blurbs, man). I'll never give you two middle fingers and tell you, "Free ride's over, fuckers!" As long as you're willing to take the ride, you'll always have a free ticket. That, as the outlaw Josey Wales once said, is my word of life. And it is true.

And although I feel that's worth something, I've always been hinky about asking or accepting donations. Listeners have messaged me and left comments here in my livejournal asking how they can make a more direct contribution to the author. I've always told them to make their deposit over at Podiobooks.com (because they certainly deserve their cut). In over two years Variant Frequencies has never asked for donations from our audience. It's always been enough for us that you guys listen at all. Seriously. And I doubt we'll start hitting you up any time soon.

So I'm a working writer. I'm dependent on both my income from writing and the rig I use to generate it. I'm also not a thunderously successful working writer. Yet. I've got to hustle. I've got half-a-dozen projects going at once right now in several different mediums, I've got to promote a lot of that stuff on my own in as many ways as possible. My iBook being a total loss is a huge goddamn monkey wrench, frankly. And replacing my entire rig is going to take a huge chunk of my meager operating capital.

Therefore I'm calling on my listeners, fans, fellow in-the-trench wordslingers. Everyone and anyone who digs what I put out there and thinks it's worth it to keep the party going smoothly. Some of you guys have already offered to help out, and dude, you cut me in the best way. For real. There's a button below. Click it. Toss some coinage into the hat. Whatever you can spare. It will go directly toward replacing my gear so I can pick back up where I left off as quickly as possible. I promise. My coke and whore budget is my own.

And hey. Thanks. I will continue my efforts to entertain you with everything in my arsenal.