Hello, friends! There is a similar post like this on Mark Watches, just in case you’re curious.<\/p>\n
I have not seriously changed the Mark Does Stuff schedule–one post per weekday on each site–since the sites debuted in late 2010. I’m very proud of that, and I only made this decision because of the sheer magnitude of work I will need to get done in 2019.\u00c2\u00a0Starting with posts on December 31, 2018 and continuing from here on out, both my sites will only update on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays<\/strong>. This is a slight reduction in the amount of videos and essays I am producing for all of you. On weeks where I am not traveling or writing\/editing fiction, I will do posts for Tuesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n The reasoning for this is simple: my schedule for 2019 is immensely full right now, and I am worried about overworking myself and burnout. To give you some context: I have four short stories due by the end of February; I have two first drafts of novels to write in a single year for 2019; I have nearly 50 events planned by the end of April. After that, there are other things in the works that may make things even more hectic. (👀👀👀👀👀) (Hoping those emojis show up.)<\/p>\n Reducing to just six total posts\/videos a week will make doing both this\u00c2\u00a0and<\/em>my fiction career possible. As it stands, I’m basically working two full time jobs at once; it takes me about 30-35 hours just to get a normal week of Mark Does Stuff done right now.<\/p>\n Thank you so much for the understanding and for nearly a decade of support for this weird little project. I’m not stopping any time soon, and this will help make that a reality. If you are interested in supporting me further, as this reduction in videos will certainly eat into my finances a little, I have a Patreon<\/a> that’s active and includes multiple perk levels. You can have access to my private blog for just $1, or a private Slack community for $35, and so on. There are plans in the works to bring back video-less reviews like the old school Mark Reads posts, and while these will be posted publicly, the entire series will run on Patreon first. (The first two big suggestions:\u00c2\u00a0Summer in Orcus<\/em> by T. Kingfisher and\u00c2\u00a0Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell<\/em> by Susanna Clarke.)<\/p>\n Thank you. All of you. I truly have so much fun doing this, and I want to keep having fun. I appreciate the years and years of support, and here’s to many more years of me being unprepared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello, friends! There is a similar post like this on Mark Watches, just in case you’re curious. I have not seriously changed the Mark Does Stuff schedule–one post per weekday on each site–since the sites debuted in late 2010. I’m … Continue reading