{"id":2293,"date":"2016-10-13T06:50:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T10:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2016-10-12T22:02:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T02:02:24","slug":"two-friends-on-patreon-lee-and-mikey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/two-friends-on-patreon-lee-and-mikey\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Friends on Patreon: Lee and Mikey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would you like to be a patron of the arts for as little as a dollar a month? You can!<\/p>\n<p>Several friends of mine have a presence on &#8220;Patreon,&#8221; an online resource that connects you with creative people doing their artistic things. Usually they promise to produce certain things on a regular basis &#8212; maybe a drawing or painting, maybe a song or a music video, it&#8217;s all up to them depending on their art &#8212; and you as their patron get first access to what they do and often &#8220;insider&#8221; specials as well!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dollar Heart\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cmpalmer\/99806770\/in\/photolist-bZvZTL-aFAEHR-a3218U-ac3xAZ-6FdBo-6g5Qry-7NaPSe-6Fecw-6Fdsr-6bMfa9-66Buq3-abdB8E-bFG2wn-6bMeeQ-bH1eG4-PSZ6X-aFAHsp-HL5aA6-q5Ssn6-dV2NxL-q5DPBY-9Px5o-cxH4gL-bXapE-62QF77\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/1\/29\/99806770_680e578450.jpg\" alt=\"Dollar Heart\" width=\"500\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5><em>(Image: &#8220;Dollar Heart,&#8221; by Chris Palmer, on Flickr under Creative Commons.)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, two of my friends you might want to support are Alethea Kontis and Mikey Mason.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alethea Kontis<\/strong> is primarily known as an author of fantasy novels and two well-received children&#8217;s books in which the letters of the alphabet rearrange themselves. &#8220;Princess Alethea&#8221; often produces humorous &#8220;Fairy Tale Rants&#8221; on video, and her latest novel is <em>Trix and the Faerie Queen<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/princessalethea\">Alethea&#8217;s Patreon<\/a> is set up for monthly donations as low as $1 per month, though higher levels earn additional bonus videos and such.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mikey Mason<\/strong> is primarily known as the &#8220;Comedy Rock Star,&#8221; or on the science fiction and fantasy circuit as the &#8220;Comedy Rock Geek.&#8221; Perhaps his most famous song is &#8220;She Don&#8217;t Like Firefly,&#8221; though his more recent &#8220;The Secret Origins of the Robot Holidays&#8221; has been played frequently on <em>The Dr. Demento Show<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/MikeyMason\">Mikey&#8217;s Patreon<\/a> is set up a little differently, as his patrons pledge per song or music video; however, you can become Mikey&#8217;s patron for as little as $1 for each new song or video he produces.<\/p>\n<p>Both Lee and Mikey have had some unexpected expenses recently, so your patronage &#8212; either recurring, through Patreon, or on a one-time basis by buying a book or CD &#8212; would mean a lot to their being able to continue writing their stories and songs.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\nFor more information:<br \/>\n&#8211; You can find Alethea online at <a href=\"http:\/\/aletheakontis.com\/\">http:\/\/aletheakontis.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; You can find Mikey online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikeymason.com\/\">http:\/\/www.mikeymason.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 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