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Lexa Woods | FFAU

I’m sorry it’s been so long. I didn’t know if I’d ever make it back on here, to be honest. Life is so different than it was when I started this, but I’d always hoped to come back. I so rarely have the time, mental space, or energy to write, but I never stop thinking about this community and the stories we’ve told together.

Despite feeling really overwhelmed with life right now, necessity is forcing me back to writing.

I need to raise about $2,500 to cover an unexpected car repair bill and vet bill that hit at the same time. I work at a very small nonprofit that unfortunately doesn’t cover my expenses as it is, let alone two large, unexpected emergency expenses. I’m not going to be able to make ends meet this month as it stands, so I’m reluctantly asking for help.

If you have been along for the ride for a while, then you know that it is important to me to never put my work behind a paywall if I can avoid it. I’m at the point where I almost can’t avoid it, but I’m going to try. So here’s my plan:

My hope is to get two story updates out in the very near future: A Home Once Found and Polis 433, likely in that order.

If you’ve been on the Polis 433 journey with me, you probably know that I’d hoped to do a rewrite of Polis 433 to be more in alignment with my personal values and address some of the military and other aspects in the story that I don’t feel great about as I’ve grown as a person. I don’t have the time or energy for that right now, so I plan to update it as is with the caveat that I acknowledge it needs work and hope that you’ll stick with it as it evolves.

What I’m hoping by for in return, is that if you have the means, to consider donating to my emergency fundraiser for my dog’s vet bill and car repair cost here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WNBUNMKTZYGL6

If you have any questions or just want to say hi, message me, I’d love to hear from you.

-EC

Hi again babez, 

Most of you know how I feel about Patreon--if you don’t, the rundown is that I think it’s really important to keep content that serves an important purpose or fills a great need (such as LGBT+ representation, Clexa fandom content etc) open and free to the people it’s really important to.  That’s not to say that I will never use it. However, if I ever were to use it, it wouldn’t be for any of the works I have in progress or the works I’ve discussed as coming up (i.e. PSI, finishing I Do, etc.) and I would always have non-patreon content on the side.

That being said, living in LA and working in a mostly free-lance based industry takes a toll on one’s financials. Therefore, in lieu of setting up a Patreon, I’ve set up a ko-fi page. Give to it, or don’t, it won’t change whether or not I’m outputting content, it just makes producing said content a little easier on me. Feel no pressure or obligation--it’s just there when you feel like it/can.