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  Hi there, everyone!   It’s been a while since I’ve posted a free update, so I figured I would say hello. There are quite a few things I’ve been working on and a lot of content that is in the works to be dropped very soon, even for free followers (although paid supporters will receive much, much more).
  First of all, it’s SUMMER CAMP!!! That means, you should expect at least thirty-two more articles to be published in the world of Secret Agent Someone over the course of July (nine have already been released by the time this update is issued. Check My Summer Camp Pledge 2025 to see). Summer Camp is also going on in my Discord server. Join us there for community, support, and fun!  
  Second, it’s ArtFight! Despite my previous reservations, I finally caved and put some of my WILLOWISP characters into the game. Now, in addition to our beloved Handsome Co-Host, we have the Petrichor Four: Stewart, Lin, Kay, and Ezekiel! You can check out their pages (if you have an ArtFight account) here. They’ve already been attacked multiple times. XD Paid supporters got a sneak peek at their profiles with supporter benefits. For those of you who are familiar with my medieval fantasy world of Wynsumheord, we’ve also got the bros Magnar and Syndri on there now (and they've been attacked, too)!
  Third, I’ve been streaming weekdaily at around 11am ET (sometimes a little late, like today :P) You can catch me on twitch.tv/wordigirl for writing sprints, worldbuilding talks, and other shenanigans! I'm also set for a slot with OhHow this upcoming Sunday, July 20, 2025 at 6am ET!
  Fourth, we have NEW MERCH in the shop! Paid supporters receive discounts every month for various products, and even sometimes access to exclusive items before they are available to the public!
  If you would like to find out more about supporter tiers, you can do so at this page . There are so many perks and roles that you can earn for as little as $1 USD per month!
  Things have been quite hectic but I’ve just been trying to keep praying and keep going. Thank you all for any support you have shown, be it monetarily or otherwise. I appreciate your interest in this project! God bless and much love to all.
  #update #summercamp #progress #support #secrets

Hi there. I have a lot going on right now but I have updated my supporter tiers and have added new merch to my shop. I'm trying to do my best to reach my current Ko-Fi goal before next week. All support is appreciated! Please do check #paid">my subscriptions page and let me know if you have any questions.

PS. Play May should be happening soon! If you'd like to be involved, please check out the Adventure April article and be sure to fill out the Google form.

#support #donation #tip #subscription #adventureapril #playmay

My #ZineQuest project is still live on #Kickstarter and has been 20% funded.   Check out The New Agent Manual!   #thankyou to all the amazing backers who have already shown #support ever so generously! If you haven't yet, or would like to increase your pledge, it's not too late! The campaign will remain open for 11 more days and will end on March 13th (which is actually MY birthday). Having a fully funded first Kickstarter project would be a dream. God bless and much success to you all with whatever you're working on! Sending love and hugs. <3  

I checked off some resolutions!

My New Year's Challenge Entry is now serving more of the purpose it intended. Check out some of the fine beans and articles I was inspired by (and sneak a peek at my shortlist for the Generic Article Category)!
  Also, I'm planning to make Someone's Birthday BIG! I've mentioned it here and there, but Someone Elsewood's birthday only comes every four years. 2024 is one of those years and I don't want it to go to waste! No matter how unimportant Someone insists birthdays are, I'm telling you, shenanigans will be afoot whether he likes it or not! And you will probably really like it. Get ready for behind the scenes content, fun audios, interesting stories, secrets, and more! To help you get the most out of next month, I've decided to announce that there is a...
 

NEW TIER UNLOCKED!

 

The cheapest way to get the goods AND support your local WILLOWISP branch! For the low low price of $1 USD, you can become a Temporary Dependency, gaining access to BIRTHDAY SHENANIGANS and other secret sneak peeks. But beware: this discount role is only available for a limited time. Once the window closes, there's no telling when (or if!) it will be opened again, so take advantage while you can!

  So, if you'd like to support me on Patreon or Ko-Fi, you can do so by just paying $1 usd per month. Remember, you can cancel any time! So if you think that you'd not like this after February, you can simply drop it.
  Thanks again to you all for being awesome! I pray your New Year has been going well. Sending love and hugs.
  #WBResolutions #KoFiChallenge #support #birthday 3shenanigans #fun #daily

Sending prayers for a wonderful new year for all you beautiful beans! This update comes a little late and it's not quite complete, but I needed to publish it now or I'd keep falling more and more behind. Check out my New Year's Resolution article to find some of my plans for 2024 and be sure to follow my world to get updates when milestones are added or achieved. Don't worry. I don't mass notify spam. ;P #WBresolutions #NewYearsResolutions #support #plans #2024      

Hey there! Merry Christmas Eve. I pray you all have been well. Just stopping by with a Christmas gift for you! You may have noticed that Dark Green Neckties have been temporarily replaced with Red Christmas Present Bowties in my Ko-Fi shop. For every one you buy for me at my Ko-Fi shop. you'll be entered in a drawing to win a New Year's prize from my shop! All #support is appreciated. #kofichallenge
  I pray you all have a blessed and safe holiday. Sending lots of thanks, prayers, love, and hugs.

“Don’t worry. Everything will be alright…“
 

-Someone Elsewood

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Hello, wonderful people. Today's Update is a bonus for everyone to read: both paying subscribers and free followers!

  I am so grateful to you all for being awesome and supporting me throughout this journey, Not only have some of you been subscribing, but adding one-off donations which is just so amazing. Special shout out to Dreamcartographer for donating to my Ko-Fi the other day while I was streaming on Twitch! <3
  I have been trying to be less shy about promoting my projects and soliciting donations as of late. Right now, I am not in the best financial situation, but I appreciate what I have. I know that it is not at all anything to take for granted. Still, it would be lovely to be a bit more comfortable and not worry as much. Especially considering that I am about to get laid off from my primary place of employment at the end of January. I still haven’t found any substantially promising substitute. Last time I got laid off from my main income source, I tried to see if it was a sign to maybe start doing my creative gigs full-time and figure out if I could survive from that alone. Unfortunately, it didn’t really take off as much as I needed it to. It was not enough to sustain me, so I had to scramble and find another “real” job. I suppose we’ll see what happens this time.
  I love to support people, but, sometimes, it seems that I am giving more than I am receiving. I need to work something out if I want to be balanced and successful. I suppose I’m just trying to treat people the way I want to be treated, but the golden rule can sometimes make me lose all my gold, unfortunately lol. Perhaps it will get paid back to me one day. Until then, I just have to keep praying and keep going.
  Though I’ve been attempting to improve, I should strive harder to become even better at self-promotion. It’s something that I have been trying so very diligently to work on. I am attempting to find a balance between being wayyyy too passive and being a total nuisance who begs people for donations every time they look up. It seems that neither of those strategies has worked incredibly well for me so far. Either I am doing nothing and asking nothing and getting nothing, or I am doing things and asking things and not getting too many things. Some people have complained about not having a lot of success, only selling a few hundred copies a year lol. I can’t even say I’ve done anything close to that. I know everyone’s situation is different, but, from what I’ve gathered, I feel like people looking at me from the outside think I am more successful and well-off than I really am.
  I am thinking of starting a fundraiser project to see how much I can collect. I really want to build up the hype around Someone’s birthday next year, and drafting up a goal to earn a bit of money will ensure the festivities will be really super extra special! I have a lot of things planned; short audio dramas, story snippets, cool surprise streams, and more! I want at least one piece of new content published every day in February leading up to the big shebang on the 29th itself.
  A lot of people don’t actually notice how expensive it is to do all the things that I do. And I do this a whole lot, most of the time offering it to everyone for free. It takes up a lot of my time and attention. It also costs a lot of money to compensate the voice actors satisfactorily. I want to pay them well because they do an absolutely spectacular job! But I’m also doing some of the voices, along with editing and publishing, producing, advertising, designing, writing, and everything else, but I am not compensated. It’s fun and all, but working seven days a week and still trying to find a way to get things together can be very taxing and costly. I know this, but I don’t really know a solution to the problem that I can implement on my own. I don’t want to stop doing it, but I need to figure something out. People suggest I delegate, but delegation costs money. That’s another reason why I do a lot of things myself.
  Sorry for this lengthy rant. I say this to say thanks to all of you who are following me, paid or not, because you help to motivate me and keep me doing these things for you all. I truly appreciate and cherish your generous support. Words cannot describe how much you mean to me. Still, the inevitable mention is that, like it or not, money makes the world go round. This is one of the reasons I may take a hiatus on certain projects. Thank you for understanding.
  If you are able to support, I will be eternally grateful. If not, but you know people who might be willing to chip in a bit or two to help me out, I would really be honored if you shared my links--my projects--any of my works with anybody. And if there are any perks you’d love to see to help you feel more compelled to contribute to my efforts, please shout them out. I’m going to try to get merch up and stuff like that. I already have some things going that have been established for a while, but I don’t do enough advertising. Perhaps I’ll be changing that soon but hopefully not to the point of painfully unbearable annoyance lol.
  I love each and every one of you so very much! God bless and great success to you with all the stuff! Sending so many prayers and hugs. <3
  #writerslife #update #support #love