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March 2024 Updates
🕑 Added 2024-03-03 17:56:40 +0000 UTCHello, my generous supporters. Thank you for your support and your patience as I work through finishing the stories on my list. During the past couple of months, I have been considering some major changes in how I share my stories with you all. I appreciate all of the feedback I have received back from you, and I want to share some more of my thoughts on the situation with the hope that you could give me some more feedback.
To review, recent changes in how Patreon handles content moderation have made me reconsider keeping this as my primary site for publishing my writing. Many artists that produce work on the same topics that I write about have been removed from the platform. I worry that I might be removed as well. However, even if that doesn’t happen, many of my supporters have already left the platform due to having the artists they support being removed. Although I don’t make my numbers public, I can share that I have lost a considerable amount since the end of last year. Part of this can be blamed on my weak output over the past few months. (Sorry about that.) Most of it, I have been informed, is because these supporters no longer want anything to do with the platform.
So, it would seem that an obvious solution would be to find a new platform on which I can share my writing. My recent poll on the topic indicated that some people would like to see me using either pixivFANBOX or Subscribestar. However, most poll respondents said they would prefer I keep using Patreon. That would mean that, ideally, I would continue publishing on Patreon while starting to publish on one or both of those other platforms. This has left me conflicted about how to proceed, though.
Posting stories takes more effort and time than you might expect, and the more effort I need to put into publishing, the less energy I have left for actually writing. This is my hobby, after all. I work a full-time job that is very demanding, and I only have so much energy left for writing when I get home. The thought of adding even more posting work to my already busy day makes me hesitate to go forward with joining new platforms.
Here is what I plan to do for now. I will remain on Patreon for as long as they allow me to stay. This is where most people want to support me, so this is good enough for now. The other sites might be good as well, but the work I would need to put into setting up new accounts seems like more effort than it is worth. After some consideration, I have realized that I am not particularly concerned about how much money I am making with my writing. Your support definitely incentivizes me to write more, and I am endlessly gratified by it. However, my financial situation is pretty stable, so I am fortunate enough that I don’t have to depend on that support. Setting up new pay sites just to collect a few dollars more that I don’t really need seems like a poor use of my time and energy. I think most of us would prefer that I spend my time and energy on writing, instead. This all might change, of course, if Patreon removes my work, but we’ll worry about that if it happens.
Having said all that, I also believe it would be nice to have some alternative to Patreon where I can share my work without fear of it being taken down and where I can accept your support. While my Discord server already exists as a place where I can post my uncensored work and my Ko-fi page already exists as another way for you to support me, they are both relying on platforms. It might be best for me to consider creating and hosting my own personal website for posting my stories. I am looking into what I will need to do to make this happen. As it is, I think I might be able to create a website over the summer.
Thank you, again, to everyone for supporting my work, even if just through reading and sharing it with other people. I remain deeply grateful and appreciative of having such an amazing audience as you. You make this all worthwhile. Hopefully, you will stick around to see what I post next.
Now, check out the list of what I plan to write and publish soon, including the poll-winning story:
- Teen Witch: Principal - (TG, AR, AP, Mental Changes) - Esme gets in trouble, again. This time she needs to deal with her principal, a strict, domineering woman. Esme arranges for some role reversal with her, as well as a bit of gender reversal and regression. Then, things get even more weird when mind control enters the equation.
- Curses & Crafts: The Pacifier - (AR) - This Month’s Poll Winner - This is the first part of a new anthology series based on the following premise: Imagine an Amazon-like website for magical items. You put in an order, and a package arrives a few days later with a magical item in it. This could be a treat you send yourself or a curse you send to an enemy. Imagine the chaos that will occur when those packages are opened and the magic is unleashed. In this case, a teen boy is preparing for his first date with a girl he likes. His bratty little brother uses this as an opportunity to get some revenge on him. He sent him a package with a pacifier inside, which reduces him into a baby. When his date arrives, she now believes she is his babysitter. Sounds awkward, but what if he actually starts to enjoy it?
- Mary Christmas 2 (The Ending) - Christmas never has to end but this story does. This one could qualify as my first serious extended story. After all the years since starting it, it is finally time to finish the tale. I am committed to realizing the vision I had for it so long ago.
- Fountain of Youth Water Park - (AR, AP, Uneven) - What if the fountain of youth were a water park, a secret place where people go to change themselves for a vacation? The slides will make you younger, while the stairs will make you older. The other attractions have different unusual effects. What will become of a pair of families when they unwittingly enter this magic water park.
- Babysitter Reversal - (TG, AR, Mental Changes, Reality Changes) - A 30-something-year-old man and the 19-year-old teen girl babysitter he's cheating on his wife with are punished as the babysitter is turned into elementary school age girl and the man is turned into a teen girl and older sister and babysitter of the now elementary age girl.
- My Best Friend the Witch: Boyfriend (AP, AR, TG, Shrinking, Growth, Reality Alteration) - Esme needs a boyfriend for a party. Since no guy is willing to do it, she transforms her friend into a guy to fill the role. Unfortunately, her friend starts absorbing the maturity and masculinity of the other guys at the party, transforming everyone’s lives in the process. Expect to see a lot of age and size changes as well as some unusual relationship dynamics with teen girls being stuck with very youthful boyfriends.
- Babysitter Girlfriend - (Next Chapter) - (Male AR to baby, diapers) A teen boy wants to date a cute teen girl. Unfortunately, her parents forbid her from dating and keep a close eye on where she goes. However, some dark forces can transform the boy into a baby, so she can pretend to babysit him. (This one has gotten much darker as I plotted it out. In fact, it might end up as one of my darkest stories when it is done. I think you will enjoy it.)
- Chronological - (AR Story) - A character wakes up one day in their own body from when they were a child. The next day, they wake up as a teenager. The day after, a baby. It becomes clear that they have begun traveling through time, living their life out of order for some reason. Will they figure out how to get back to the present? (Not sure if I want a male or female protagonist for this one. Would be happy to try non-binary even. Let me know what you would prefer.)
- Virtual Escape - (AR, AP, Shrinking, Growth, Animal, Mind Control) A teen girl’s immersive virtual reality experience is hacked by her bratty younger brother. What will she do when he decides to put her through some humiliating physical and mental transformations?
- Vacation Body: Dolly - (Doll TF, Inanimate, Shrinking Woman) For her vacation, a woman buys a spell that will shrink her to doll-size and occasionally transform her into an actual doll. She enjoys some play time with her boyfriend before being doll-napped by her little niece. Will she be able to get home again? What might her naughty nephew do to her before then? (This could become a series with different TFs.)
- The Kinky Wizard’s Ring: New Story Arc - (Shortstack TF, Shrinking, TG) Mo has some new problems. She has been transformed into a little green-skinned goblin. She has also lost the magic ring after insulting the wizard. It looks as though she will be stuck that way until a little pixie appears at the bistro. It turns out that the pixie is a transformed person now stuck wearing the ring and wants to get rid of it. The wizard asked to be returned to Mo, but will he go back? And, what secrets does the pixie have to hide?
- My Roommate Turned Into a Genie - (TG, Size, Age, Animal) A frat-boy type guy is transformed into a pretty blonde woman genie when his roommate tries to summon a genie to be his wish-granting slave. Despite his new body and supernatural powers, the genie dude keeps on acting and dressing like a total bro, more interested in video gaming and sports than warping the fabric of reality. He can grant wishes, if you offer him some beer, but watch out. He was never the smartest guy, and his wishes tend to go a bit wrong. What misadventures will they get into now?
- Teen Witch: Toes - (AR, AP, Muscle, Feet) Some boys in Esme’s class request she give them a way to grow bigger and stronger. She takes their money and casts a spell. However, they are shocked to learn that the spell will only transform them if they suck on a girl’s toes. They refuse to do it until they discover that they will get smaller and weaker (and younger) if they don’t suck toes. Most of them give in and do it, but one of the boys is too stubborn and keeps getting younger. How young will he get? Will he ever get to suck a girl’s toes to grow up again?
The Next Story Idea Poll for April will be posted around March 18th. Anyone paying $3 or more can vote in the polls, and, if you have paid at least $5, you can add an idea to the next poll. Message me here or on Discord or send an email to me at lostandwhatever@gmail.com before the 18th.
If you have any other questions or comments to make, contact me through Discord (I am “lostandwhatever” there) or use one of the links below.
Thank you all!
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