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Hey!

Some of you who had a look at the comments section last night will
already be aware, but there's going be some changes to the Patreon for
the Guide and so in all likelihood to the update rate of the coming
month (if not longer). There's a minor update as well, regarding PayPal.
All of this is detailed below.

In essence, the current rate of three chapters a week and the monthly
extra chapter has turned out to be a full-time writing job. I can't
maintain that and take contracts on the side, not while keeping up
quality on both sides. Since I've no intention of stopping to write the
Guide, I've had to push upwards the Patreon goal for three updates a
week. It's not significantly higher than what the very generous people
on the platform are currently sending me, but it's enough to make a
difference to my own finances.

Chances are the new goal won't be met for this month, which will mean
return to two updates a week for March. Chapters under that schedule
would be coming out on Wednesday and Friday.

A while back in the comments it was pointed out to me that some people
prefer PayPal to Patreon when making donations, and at long last that's
been seen to. In the side menu, just under the Patreon tab, there's now
one that links to PayPal as well. Feel free to send however much you
like, anything is appreciated -- though I understand very well that it's
not everyone who can afford to contribute. (To clarify, PayPal donations
will count towards the month's donation goal.)

Regardless of all this, I want to take a moment to tell you all how
happy I am that the Guide has ended up with the readership and online
community it has. It's been a pleasure to write the books, so I hope
they've been a pleasure to read -- and that you'll stick with me until
the end of the series.
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