Anyone Want To Feed My Cats? :D

Over the years many of you have asked about ways to support me and John financially, which is super flattering, but I never wanted to go down the road of shaking the virtual coffee cup for spare change, as it were.

However, times are changing, online ad revenue continues its downward spiral, lots of folks use RSS or AdBlock, and I'm not ready to throw in the towel just yet. All of that plus some lofty future goals have forced me to re-examine a few things I've always rejected out of hand. Things like a "donate" button. :/

The good news is I really LIKE my future plans, and I think you guys will, too. The only trick is making sure John and I can continue to make a living doing what we love.

SO, rather than keep putting this off and writing and re-writing this post and endlessly worrying about it, here's the thing: see that pretty new Epbot box in the sidebar over there? --------->

If you don't see it, scroll down a bit. I'll wait.

[hums Ghostbusters theme]

Find it? Sweet.

By clickety-clicking those buttons, you can either become a monthly Epbot supporter through PayPal (for as little as a dollar), make a one-time donation (also for as little as a dollar), or, YAY FREE OPTION: shop Amazon through our affiliate link. With holiday shopping upon us, just using that link alone would be a hugely wonderful thing.

I do know about Patreon, but this is kind of a test run to gauge interest. If enough of you are crazy sweet enough to want to help keep Epbot going, then I have some fun ideas for prizes, raffles, etc. for supporters. And if we end up with tumble weeds, well hey, then I'll know this was a dumb idea.

I hope to share more with you all in the next several months. 'Til then, thank you, thank you, a million times over. Your comments on my last post alone make me want to build a big ol' geeky commune and move in with you all - only not in a creepy way. (John could cook and build us things. It would be GLORIOUS.)

Barring that, I want to keep sharing projects and photos, making you laugh (and maybe sometimes cry), and geeking out with you for as long as you're willing to read my nonsense. In fact, I hope to get to do even more of it!

But first, somebody's gotta feed this face:

... and I guess Tonks' face, too.

But, you know, PRIORITIES.

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Quick Update: You can tell I'm new at this, because I forgot to mention that particular Amazon link only works for U.S. purchases. Boops. Here's the link for Canada, and here's the one for the U.K - though the U.K. referral program is apparently going away soon.  

If enough of you would like it, I'll see about adding Canada's Amazon link to the sidebar, or we could do the same thing we do over on CW, and include the links in the footer of every post. Unless that'd be too annoying. Um. What do you guys think?