It's quite fascinating when you see the Patreon excuses in their original form in the Kickstarter.Exactly. I mean, sometimes I think so myself, you've been posting on these threads for 3 years, yes you like the other posters they're witty and lovely, but isn't it a bit petty and obsessive, the same threads for 3 years?
Then I remember stuff like the kickstarter.
It's genuinely vital that people like Jack DO get called out. Just because the manipulation and fraud is low level in terms of quantum and fame, doesn't mean it's not damaging - to the most vulnerable as well.
When the emperor is parading through the streets demanding adoration, but is wearing no clothes....it needs to be talked about.
And so much of it is potentially avoidable or could have been planned for if you're self-publishing a book?
"Not to mention contemplating 4377 envelopes to write and stuff and post some time in May" - why are you writing them? Print labels.
I'm not surprised your hand seizes up and you have wrist pain if you're typing constantly on a laptop, that's a display screen equipment nightmare (regardless of if you have a pre-existing issue or not). Get an external keyboard and mouse and do your wrist stretches like the rest of us who earn our living constantly tapping away at computers do.
"and still continued to limp up to the post office lugging a suitcase of books / dragged books through the rain, wheezing with a chest infection" there's such a thing as couriers