Happy SUBTEMBER!
If you are reading this, you have found Gibberish, the home for fiction from me, Scoot. If you’d like to know what to read, may I recommend my “START HERE” page as a starting point?
I write Science Fiction and Fantasy with occasional forays into other genres. I am currently writing a Fantasy serial called Find The Blackpage, which will be wrapping up in a few weeks.
If all that interests you, now is a good time to consider a subscription, paid or free!
What Is SUBTEMBER
SUBTEMBER is an annual subscription drive. I’ve been writing here at Gibberish since January, 2023—I’ve published a lot of fiction, and a lot of works I am very proud of. One thing I haven’t done yet is publish anything1. SUBTEMBER is an opportunity for you to help me accomplish this!
From Now Through September, a Paid Subscription to Gibberish is 50% off!
A paid subscription gets you:
Access to my backlog of stories. My very first year of fiction, 2023, is nearly entirely behind a paywall—more goes under every month!
Access to my Dev Diary series of BTS dinkum thinkum
Early Access to the Anthology I am working on!
A paid subscription helps me:
pay for professional anthology editing
bring this anthology to you faster
That’s the thing—I’m going to publish this anthology come hell or high water, but I have no idea what the publishing process is like and so I’m breaking it down in my Dev Diary series step by step. I’ve got the list of stories pretty well nailed down. Some of ‘em will be expanded, and with editing they all will almost certainly look different. With your help, I can make this happen soon2.
“I would love to help but I can’t do a paid subscription right now—what else can I do?”
No problem! There are plenty of ways you can help, and some of those ways can even earn you paid subscription benefits without spending a dime!
Referrals
Substack has a native Referrals program!
Click that button, it will take you to a ‘leaderboard’ page, but at the top is a custom link unique to you that you can use to send to your friends. If two people subscribe (for free!) to Gibberish, you will earn a 6 month paid subscription; if you get more people to subscribe, you will earn more time.
And listen, I don’t differentiate a paid subscription earned by referrals or not. Helping get the word out about my fiction helps me TREMENDOUSLY. Sharing my writing with a friend who likes Science Fiction or Fantasy would be a big help to me and hopefully brighten their day too. And you still get the benefits of being a paid subscriber! You’ll get to see the Dev Diary series and help me make major decisions as I work towards publishing an anthology, and many future things, too!
Ko-Fi
Maybe you don’t want to sign up for a subscription, but still want to support the anthology project. You can send a one-time contribution through Ko-Fi, and make sure to mention SUBTEMBER and I will make a note so you can still receive the benefits of helping bring this Anthology to fruition!
You can enter any amount, and 100% of it will go into the “Gibberish Anthology Fund” where I am saving up to make this happen. If you use your Substack Handle in the contribution also, I will give you a 1 month paid subscription comp for contributing a one-time payment through Ko-Fi!
Like, Comment, Subscribe, Share
Maybe wrasslin’ up subscribers to earn a comp or contributing through Ko-Fi aren’t your speed. No worries! These are four3 things you can do that help me tremendously.
LIKE my stories, if you enjoyed it. Listen, I’m not going to lie to you—it’s still a rush to know that my writing makes an impact. If you enjoyed it, if it stirred a little something in your spirit, I would love to know. leaving a LIKE on my stories tells me you read it and by golly you enjoyed the experience.
COMMENT on my stories, if you would like! Comments are a unique chance for me to hear exactly what stirred in your spirit, even things you didn’t like are good to hear directly from you. I love to write, but more than anything I want to write stuff that people enjoy reading. A comment means a great deal to me—leave a comment!
SUBSCRIBE to Gibberish! You don’t even have to get a paid subscription. Every subscriber is a vote of confidence, every subscription says “I want to receive more of this in my inbox”. If you are already subscribed—THANK YOU. You’re helping me a great deal just by being here and reading. If you’re not—you’ve gotten this far down the post, why not take a flyer and check me out?
SHARE my stories with a friend. This is arguably the best way you can help, whether you are trying to earn a paid sub or not. The shortest path to success for any writer is just to be recognized. If you like my fiction, and you know one person who would also like my fiction—share it with them! Tell ‘em Scoot sent ya!
THANK YOU
Any way you participate in SUBTEMBER, even if all you do is read this post and nothing else—thank you. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day so many of you would read my writing. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would have written not one, not two, but FOUR episodic serials for your enjoyment. This, right here, right now—this is a dream come true.
If you’d like to help me get to the next dream—a paid subscription would do it. But from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU. Thank you for being here, today, right now. Because right here, right now—you’re making my dreams come true.
Happy SUBTEMBER everyone, and God bless you!
With love,
-Scoot
Okay I POD’d Sandbox Earth but the cost-to-length ratio remains unfavorable. What I mean is I’d like to start getting my work on amazon lists and bookstores.
A Gibberish Anthology for Christmas??? Wouldn’t that be something. As long as my prediction doesn’t go the way of civil war predictions. “He’ll publish by Christmas!” (smash cut to 5 years later)— “It’s here!”
non-monetary!
You know iys August,right? ....lol