The short version: Still moving forward. I had hoped I would have it by the end of February but now it looks like end of March or the beginning of April for opening the door.
If you want a little more context for this post, the following links might be useful:
It's been two months since I last posted, though I really intended to post every month until my sites are up again. It doesn't help that Patreon keeps letting people subscribe (and apparently charging) even though I paused it. SubscribeStar, on the other hand, is much better behaved (I wrote that before they changed their Terms of Service without notice on the 12th). And I also thought I was posting these chapters at the end of the month, not the beginning since usually the last two weeks are my “writing phase.”
On the subscribers front, I know the software will be “done when it's done” and it will be a work in progress that will improve in the following months but it is getting so close and I'm getting so impatient to get it set up properly.
There are a few usability things that need to be solved before I can do that, but I got to see it pull down Patreon subscribers last week which was awesome and by the end of next, you should be able to claim your account by logging into Patreon which will wire everything together and you'll be able to browse my sites. SubscribeStar should also be done by the end of the week after that. After that, there is a punch list of things I need that the developer is prioritizing and then I'll set it up, wire everything together, and let everyone try it out.
... and then fix all the issues that pop up.
My intent is also to wait a full month after I open up the site again before I turn on payments. Mostly a thanks for being so patient.
I also need to finish switching my site over to using basic authentication again, which is mostly ripping out a bunch of logic and replacing it with the old version from Git.
Speaking of writing, I have a new Urotsukidōji story called If No One Was There that will be available for everyone (sharp tiers and higher) once the site goes live again. It is in the same vein of That Poor Nurse and based on scenes from the first move in a “what if” scenario. I think it's pretty hot, so I'm looking forward to everyone reading it.
Rodo will take longer since it is 4-5 iterations of my website behind. On the other hand, I also have 10-20 more stories I need to clean up and post on that site, so maybe redoing Rodo will encourage me to do that.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me or post on the various subscriber sites.
Thank you for everything.