August Schedule and Monthly News

Monthly News

Fanfic poll results
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Carification on this month's delays
-As I said, there was a bottleneck in my schedule at the end of last week, which meant that my return to regular writing was a bit traumatic (and since I've been working every day on daily activities such as editing and many others instead of getting some things ahead of time, I had to choose between falling two days behind and dealing with a queue of three pending stories, or not writing and postponing my return to writing or dealing with an even longer queue of pending writing. The truth is that, as you know, it's difficult to write stories/novels for other people, and on top of that, I may have become more out of practice due to the several months I spent without writing in that format. However, it's not something I can change (other than getting used to it again), especially since you voted to see more of my written novels (and not just the comics I write based on instructions and then edit with speech bubbles). Also, one of those stories was a prequel (Resin Bath II, which was published in December 2024 without a written story), and I couldn't write and publish the Resin Bath III compilation without doing the Resin Bath II novel (especially because, to enrich the experience, it was decided that the comic to be published for free to the public this August would be Resin Bath II), which forced me to finish not one, but two stories in one sitting (a sitting that ended up being two days in a row and messing up my sleep and eating cycle, where I was constantly writing and deleting things or sometimes getting frustrated, not happy with what I had written and overthinking or getting distracted). I wish things weren't so complicated with me, but that's how it is. At least for now, not only did I finish those two stories, but I also wrote another one (the Sucy fanfic) and edited the next original story (I adapted it based on a story I had written as part of a commission months ago), which brings me up to date with my written stories (at least the ones published on Patreon/Fanbox). so I'll try to write at least one story a month a week as I continue to readjust so I don't lose the habit again) and right now I'm sleepy and hungry, so I'll stop working for today after uploading page 1 of the Sucy comic and maybe the pending publication on Pixiv/DA/etc. (tomorrow I'll edit and upload the next page and see if I can do the same with the rest early so we can catch up and see if it's possible to get ahead on all the editing and content scheduling for the month as we've normally done to prevent these situations from happening again). 

Monthly free story from archive (content as has been done in previous years) rescheduled
-Instead of being at the end of the month, it will be at the beginning of each month (perhaps the first Monday of the first week). This is because I still have to share the three compilations that are pending in the queue (from the previous two weeks and this one), so in order to avoid having the entire schedule and my social media feeds saturated during the last three days of the month and the beginning of the next, it will be done on Monday when our activity calendar is ready. In this case, the first story to be published with this new schedule will be Resin Bath II (since the preview of its sequel and spin-off, Resin Bath III, will be published on August 22nd). Similarly, if there is a sequel about to be published, we will try to make the free comic of each month its prequel or related to it.

Discord introduction for new members (pinned)

-I remind you that access to the Discord server is manual (through the link I leave in the posts), in my opinion it is better and safer that way, and also consider that granting ranks according to patreon / fanbox is also manual (meaning that every time someone enters my Discord server I will ask them what their patreon / fanbox nickname is, so that you won't be surprised if someone with my nickname (irinaizumi) asks you for that information in your personal discord, and at the beginning of each month I'll check using an excel spreadsheet to verify if each member of the Discord server is still subscribed to Patreon / fanbox or not to keep or lose the rank (until renew their subscription again). You can be in my Discord server without being subscribed to Patreon and be able to access the community channels, but without having access to the rank that allows you to see Patreon content on Discord.

-I also remind you that about any old and recent content that for some reason has been lost or misplaced over time, or that is not fully well documented in Patreon / fanbox throughout these 5 years due to the change regarding the logistics of uploading content over time, you can ask me privately on Discord and I'll share them with you (since I've saved everything we've done to date). Remember, I'm open to hearing tips and recommendations if it help improve our logistics and the community (on our Discord server in the #suggestions channel).

Regards
Ina