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[ Update – 01\/09\/2016<\/strong>: I just launched my Patreon campaign this morning. You can see it here<\/a>. ]<\/em><\/p>\n Here I am. It’s 2017. I’ve been writing professionally for over a decade now<\/a>, and I’m not going to lie: I don’t make much money. I support a family of four, health insurance keeps going up every year no matter what I make, and freelance budgets at publications are trending down. Competition is fierce.<\/p>\n What I’m trying to say is that my professional focus, as it stands now, is not sustainable in the long run. I can see the writing on the wall.<\/p>\n So I’m considering various options. One is a career change. But that is a hard trick to pull off. Maybe I could be a professional graphic designer, as I once was many years ago. I don’t have a degree, so getting a full-time job is tricky. Maybe I could run off and join the circus. Maybe I could run off and join Burger King.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In lieu of making burgers for the rest of my life, I am guessing is that you guys would like to see me keep doing what I’m doing<\/a>: preserving video game and computer history — telling the important, forgotten stories that need to be told. But it’s really hard to make a living doing that these days. It’s possible, but hard. I could use every bit of help I can get.<\/p>\n If you want to see me stay the course, continuing to build on what I’ve been doing since 2005, this is your chance to help.<\/p>\n I’m considering launching a Patreon campaign that would supplement my freelance income (or replace it entirely if it comes to that) by funding deep dives into history and never-before-seen interviews that will be published on this site, VC&G<\/em>.<\/p>\n Right now I mostly do slideshows to make ends meet, but I’d rather spend all of my time writing meaningful history work and interviewing historically important people before their stories are lost forever. Support from Patreon will help me do that.<\/p>\nThe Problem<\/h3>\n
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