THE “SAVE THE SKIPP” FOUNDATION!

NO DONATIONS NEEDED: JUST BUY MY BOOK, OR SUBSCRIBE TODAY!

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AUTHOR-TURNED-BACK-INTO-AUTHOR’S NOTE: Yes, there’s nothing like the miracle of transformation, when a person turns RIGHT THE HELL BACK into what they were all along.

But life’s funny like that! THANK GOD FOR FUNNY!!!

So yes, I’m a full-time writer again. And I am loving the living fuck out of it. Am pretty sure I’m currently doing the best work of my life. And am very excited to continue to do so.

But part of the reason I’m suddenly writing full-time is that a big (for me) movie fell through – I would have actually started principal photography THIS WEEK, as writer/director/composer, and finally been paid for my eight months of free labor – and so instead of receiving a nice little check, I don’t even have enough money for rent this month. And rent is due.

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So if you’d like to help keep my ass from being kicked to the literal curb – and if you are one of the awesome people who likes my work, or is enthused by what I do – there are two simple things you can do today that would make all the difference for me.

1) BECOME A PAID SUBSCRIBER! If 100 people throw down $5 today for a monthly paid subscription, I will make my rent. And you will get to read my new novel, THE CHANGE, as it unspools over the course of the next eight weeks. (I’m almost halfway done! And Chapter Eight dropped today!)

Not only would that help me stay glued to my writing seat without helplessly freaking out, but you can comment, praise, or scold me while I sit there, thanks to the handy-dandy “Comments” section!

And haven’t you always wanted to be able to say “That chapter SUCKED!” directly to the writer, the second you read it? OF COURSE YOU HAVE!!! It’s the human condition!

2) BUY MY BOOK THIS IS SPLATTERPUNK! As it turns out, this year’s Splatterpunk Awards (handed out this November at KillerCon in Austin) has nominated This Is Splatterpunk for best collection. And while that’s obviously hilarious, it also means there’s lots of interest in this book.

If ten people buy the $55 signed and numbered limited edition hardcover, I’m in the clear.

And if twenty-five people buy the $20 signed paperback, ditto.

The great thing is, all of these things pay me directly. I don’t have to wait for a publisher or anybody else. You subscribe, I get paid. You buy a book, I get paid. It’s truly a game-changing thing. And it’s the game I’m now playing, for both better and worse, in the new Creator Economy.

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With that, I conclude my pathetic plea for support. THANK YOU SO MUCH for bearing with me! Obviously, I feel like an idiot for posting this. But if I can make it through this l’il rough patch, I think I’m gonna be okay.

THANK YOU!!! I LOVE YOU LIKE CRAAAAAZY!!!

Yer throwin’-it-out-there pal in the trenches,

Skipp