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            <p>If you're interested in supporting my writing work (and development work, if that's your bag!), I will be eternally grateful! I have a few mechanisms for support:</p>
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                <li><a href="https://patreon.com/makyo"><strong>Patreon</strong></a> — I have this set up as a per-creation support, rather than a monthly. That might change, but for now, it’s super useful for me and really easy on patrons. We all have dry-spells, after all, and I’m no exception. I have a few support levels:
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                        <li>$1 — Behind the Scenes: get a patron-only perspective on my work with blog posts, polls, and early access.</li>
                        <li>$5 — Draft Insider: all the above, plus access to early drafts.</li>
                        <li>$10 — All Access: all the above, plus access to crazy things like notes, sketches, images, etc.</li>
                        <li>$15 — Guide Me: all the above, plus a say in what I write. Suggest stories, give me characters, edit my stuff for me!</li>
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                <li><a href="https://gratipay.com/makyo/"><strong>Gratipay</strong></a> — Gratipay works more like a tip system, but it also allows users to pledge on a schedule. The benefit of this is that it’s super lightweight, and also works well with GitHub.</li>
                <li><a href="https://ko-fi.com/drabmakyo"><strong>Ko-fi</strong></a> — Ko-fi is another tipping site, and is nicely integrated with PayPal. It’s also got a bit of a friendlier interface than Gratipay, one that folks are more used to.</li>
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