(Never mind that pledges aren't collected until the end of a successful campaign, and then shipping closer to fulfillment, but hey! Payday! The one day it's easy to maintain the illusion of extra spending cash! I know what I've got mine earmarked for this week...)

I think I've only ever done one or two through StreamElements, not even through Twitch themselves. Just not worth it with my viewerbase. I'd never even considered doing them through Twitch itself and it's nice to have more reason to not do so.

ANOTHER FUN NOTE (not I won't drop the link a third time in an hour here) Whenever I need to check the text of the book for something and I don't have my laptop handy, I'm checking the version on Google Drive. The out-of-date version titled "How We Saved My Idiot Captain". 👍

To break down Maggie's name: Mag (given name) Quin Treo (matrilineal family name; after Rob's video I might have this be mother's then grandmother's name) peq xa Horla (of the clan Horla; this can probably be the matrilineal family name) vi Ashen (of Ashen, as in location; in this case, a planet)

As her satisfaction with her life rises, so too do her feelings for her captain, remembering the times she shared with Liz and hoping to rekindle what they had.

When Liz reached back out after years as a pirate to offer her a flying job, she didn’t hesitate a moment. Maggie loves the Shrike almost as much as Liz does, and even designed the logo that is now splashed on the ship’s hull and her custom-tailored longcoat that lets her wings emerge from the back.

Maggie had worked alongside Liz in her thankless corporate job, traveling with her often to conferences and other events, rooming and sometimes even sleeping together. She tried her best to maintain a hobby in the amateur dust racing circuit but Liz’s disappearance dumped even more work on her.

Yesterday, my book, The Light of Unfamiliar Stars, raised about $300. I will, of course, not shut up about my book as the day goes on, BUT if Call The Storm gets that kind of love today it will be FUNDED!!

Alt-0197, so many times. And that's to say nothing of how poorly we pronounced her name in the first audiobook, and how much we'll really have to nail it this time around when the time finally comes.

Åsa was a minor character at the end of How We Stopped the Destroyers. I liked her, and at the end there was a tease that she might join Liz. It was natural for her to join the crew for The Light of Unfamiliar Stars, but of course that meant that I (with US keyboards) had to type Åsa every time.

Woohoo! Broke the $1,000 mark, and the one-third mark! Thank you! Onward to the next milestone!