Thanks for choosing to join my crowdfund! Keep in mind that I have a full-time job and am fully able to support myself, so please don't feel the need to financially support me. This is purely for my readers who want the perks listed on the side or for whatever reason behoves you.
I hesitated in creating a crowdfund for a long time because 1) I wasn't sure if I could provide enough value to dictate having people pay for my fanfics that I always intended (and will always intend) to be free and 2) I never had a need for the money. However, after some thinking, I figured I would create one because I know how you sometimes want some way to support the creators that you enjoy content from and also as a way to connect with my readers.
If you have the time, please take a look at this blog post:
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1306720
It goes over why I upload so inconsistently now; it's an 800 word post (probably the shortest amount of words I've ever published to this website LMAO) and goes over burnout and recovering from it and what I learned in that time. If you want to join a discord to chat with me/talk with me, please let me know and I'll give you an invite link to it (for anyone reading this who isn't a part of my crowdfund, this is for you too). The server doesn't have a permanent invite link yet and is still relatively small, but I'm on discord often and will likely respond to your message really quickly. Thanks again for choosing to join my crowdfund, and hope you enjoy your stay!
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A note from the founder: As the founder of Asianfanfics, I've met many wonderful writers on this site. As I've gotten to know them over the years, I've come to find that many of my friends here struggle to get by whether it be paying for school, everyday essentials, or what really gets to me, medical bills. After trying to see what could be done to help through crowdfunding, it became clear that dedicated crowdfunding platforms take out too much in fees. That's why I started this program just for authors so that they can receive the support they need without a middleman taking a chunk out of it. I wish you all luck in this and all of your other life endeavors and hope you all succeed.