Lady Lucia Update (May Edition!)

Happy May, everyone!

Just a few things to announce and mention this time. I’ll start with the Patreon milestones just below, and then will note a few changes in my usual weekly posting schedule before laying out the calendar for the coming month. Other than that, I’m just staying the course and hoping that some of the aforementioned changes will help us break out of the current Patreon plateau so I can put out some more stories as we hit those patron and pledge milestones. Let’s get right to it—

PATREON MILESTONES

PLEDGE GOALS  Current: $1060

Part-Time Writer: $3000

Publish a new, full-length story.

At least 50K words in length, and posted all at once when we hit this goal. Like the short story(s) from the Patron Goal rewards, this will be a Patreon exclusive story. 

Full-Time Writer: $6000

Additional weekly Patreon story post.

PATRON GOALS  Current: 190 patrons.

Short Story 2: 200

UPCOMING POSTS

I’m going to try something new starting this month.

Like I mentioned earlier, there’s been a bit of a plateau on my Patreon recently. While I love how much free content I’ve been able to put out over the last year, I am still really hoping that I can make enough off my writing that I can eventually quit my day job. With that in mind, I’m going to shift “The Babysitter” to my Patreon moving forward, and have one fewer website upload day in favor of offering a Patreon writing day instead. Current patrons, this obviously won’t affect you in terms of what you have access to. Everyone else, please consider pledging! Only $5/month for over 20K words of exclusive content on each of those months.

To those already pledged, check out the higher tiers. There have been SO many polls where a couple more people would have made a difference. For this month, “The Road Trip” only won by two votes, and “The Babysitter” took it by literally one. Heck, the CYOA poll was a tie this time around. Then the third tier gives you the ability to vote and to compel me write more of whatever story you want; if you’re impatient and want something updated beyond the regular schedule, consider that pledge option! I won’t get into the higher tiers, but feel free to give those a look as well.

What does that mean for the coming month? The stories with the most votes were “The Road Trip” and “The Babysitter.” The former will receive an update every Tuesday, and the latter will be every Thursday; both of those will be found on Patreon. Saturday will alternate between “The Teaching Assistant” and “The Tutor,” starting with the former, as it received more votes. The rest of my stories will continue being available for free on my website, though I plan on slowing down the free releases of my Patreon story parts; those will now be once a week instead of twice a week. Finally, the other highly voted stories will appear on the calendar below, as will the ones requested by Tier Three patrons.

But wait, there’s more! During this transitional month, I will also hit all the stories that haven’t had very much attention lately—”The Senior,” “The Dancer,” and “The Sister,” in that order. I also plan on merging the niche and erotic stories back into one section. That one’s just personal preference; Now that I’ve tried it both ways, I think I like the visual continuity of how updates are released more than I like separating genres out.

Hopefully all of that makes sense. If you’re a more visual person, then just refer to the calendar below.

Note one: While Tuesday/Saturday Patreon posts have a higher word count, the Thursday Patreon posts will maintain website length.

Note two: Once we get to June, I’ll have a slightly different approach for how the Patreon Story Focus votes are reflected on the schedule. This Tuesday/Thursday thing is for the sake of transition. For those of you that have commented/messaged me about how you would love to see more of the stories that only get a post every couple weeks, I should be able to solve that for you with these additional upload days. Stay tuned!

Whew. Now, for the actual calendar:

Tuesdays: The Road Trip (Patreon)

Wednesdays: Free Exclusive Content Release

Thursdays: The Babysitter (Patreon)

05/05–The Senior

05/06–The Teaching Assistant

05/08–The Dancer

05/12–The Faire

05/13–The Tutor

05/15–The Housekeeper

05/19–The Sister

05/20–The Teaching Assistant

05/22–The Prefect (x2 length)

05/26–The Faire

05/27–The Tutor

05/29–The Prefect

05/01 (Patreon Story)

05/02–The Step-Sister

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To those who are pledged, please check the “Acknowledgements” page on my site! I just did some spring cleaning on there, as I’ve noticed Patreon can be a little finicky about showing new patrons and dropped patrons, especially when it comes to those who manually do it month to month. If I’m missing your name, please let me know so I can recognize you for your contribution. And, as always, also inform me if there are any misspellings, if you’d rather stay anonymous, etc. etc. Stuff like that is a quick fix, and I want to make sure I do right by all of you!

CONCLUSION

As always, thank you for the continued support! The pledges, the comments, the private messages, and even the rare few of you who have mentioned me on forums here and there. I really do appreciate any and all ways you’ve each been able to help out. Having enthusiastic readers is what encourages me to keep writing! Until next time . . .

Much love,

Lady Lucia