Jenny Dolfen

Special Offer is over!

Added 2019-03-25 16:48:17 +0000 UTC

Whoa! We got in 170 people who'll all get a shiny Maedhros pin in April! \o/

Patreon seems to have messed up in a big way; while I have 170 people showing in the right tier, Patreon only gives me 124 addresses. Could all of you in the celebration tier please check if your addresses are correct? Here's how you do that. Maybe that's what causes the problem. I've contacted their help desk about this.

How do you know if it worked? If you got a private message from me two days ago ("You're all set!") OR signed up/switched tiers until this morning, you're in!

One huge request from those of you in Russia and Asia! A lot of you entered your addresses in the Western alphabet, which is fantastic - thank you! There's a handful who have it in their own alphabets. Since I have to enter all addresses online with Deutsche Post, and Deutsche Post refuses to recognise anything more outlandish than an ä, could you please change your address to the Western Alphabet? I know this is stupid, and I have left more than one scalding comment on the Deutsche Post website ("How can you offer international shipping and refuse international spelling?!"), but it's how they roll, unfortunately.

So, what's next? I hope a shipping confirmation for my pins! They ought to arrive within nine days (cue nail-biting!). Then I'll send them through my personal quality control and package them. I ordered 200 pins, so I hope we'll be safe and we'll have fewer than 15% rejects. If I'm really unlucky and there are fewer than 170 pins in perfect condition, I'll have them send me new ones. But as I said, the pin company I chose works with German Carnival clubs, which house some of the most picky and most humourless human beings on this planet (and yes, Carnival and an utter lack of humour are totally compatible concepts here in Germany), so I hope they don't send out any pins that aren't up to snuff!

I can't wait!!

Welcome new Patrons! Hi there, Ahmed, Kiersten, Katarina, and Alexia!

And now - - - Glaurung!