Starting now, I’m campaigning to get at least 100 people to buy an entry in The Histories so I can buy a new computer. That’s 100 people sending $10 or more to my Ko-Fi or PayPal OR joining my Patreon at the same level.
The Histories is my quirky encyclopedia project (now a wiki) wherein I write absolutely true short histories about real people. Lots of folks have already been included in the wiki, including my good friends Paul Weimer, Brandon O’Brien, Stina Leicht, and more, plus really awesome writerly folks like Premee Mohamed, T.J. Berry, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Diana Rowland, and more. These folks are wizards, space pirates, immortals, mad scientists, and so on!
Anyone can get an entry for themselves or for a friend or family member OR expand an existing entry (your own or someone else’s). If that interests you, read the Buy an Entry page for how to get one and some of the basic rules (what you can request, etc.).
Why?
As some of you might have heard, my desktop computer has hit its limit and has begun the normal process of decline that all computers eventually go through. I can still do a lot of the stuff I normally do, but resource-intensive stuff has become more challenging or outright impossible. Given the age of the computer (about 8 years), upgrades are basically pointless. Even if I could identify the problem, I’d spend more money updating a machine whose ceiling is at least half a decade out of date than is worth it. Computers are weird.
While I can *live* without a new desktop computer, getting one would make it so I can continue doing things like streaming geek chats, Skiffy and Fanty live shows, and games and make it easier to complete fan activities (podcasting, fanwriting, editing, etc.) and professional activities (it is so much easier to grade on a desktop). All of my streaming activities will end when this computer dies because, well, none of my other devices can reliably handle that level of computing.
I’ve been thinking about getting a new computer for over a year now, but I’ve not been able to financially justify it due to a combination of financial adversity and very expensive bills coming due. Basically, all my earned income is going to pay for things that, in the grand scheme, are more important (family, home repair bills, car bills, life bills, and, eventually, student loans).
And since I’ve got this weird hang-up about working for money and an even weirder hang-up with feeling like normal everyday life stuff isn’t really a great reason to ask people for money (I’ve got issue, lol), I’ve decided I’m going to do a thing involving The Histories. And that thing is?
I’m going to write more of them.
So…let’s see if we can get this done, shall we?
