A bad Nikolaus gift
December 6, which in Germany is "Nikolaus Tag" where people give chocolate as present, was a sad day for me. In the early morning hours I received an email from my Lulu bookstore, telling that due to TOS violation they terminated my account, and made all content unavailable. Regarding my bookstores Lulu had been my main resource of income among my bookstores.
What had happened? From the email I got from Lulu I know that it had been a customer's purchase of a certain story that he may have reported. On the same day I got a notification from my other bookstore Gumroad about the purchase of the same story. Coincidence? I don't think so. He probably tried to pull off the same shit there. Didn't work though. However, now I found out his full name and email address.
During the past two years I donated over $10,000 to organizations who support children in need, enabling them to go to school, have access to food and fresh water, and protection from exploitation. The funds for my donations come from my bookstores and my Patreon page, and without those I wouldn't have been able to do that. Losing the Lulu bookstore might greatly impact my donations. Great job at reporting my work. Really well done.
I created a new Lulu account, but the older stories will not be there. I don't have the time to do the description for more than 120 stories again. The only stories that are available there at the moment are the latest ones of the "Battle of the sexes" series. All coming stories will be available there as well as in my Gumroad bookstore. I deleted all Lulu links from the descriptions under the pictures in my "E-Comics" folder except for the latest "Battle of the sexes" stories.
Most e-books are available at my Gumroad bookstore. Some stories are not available there at all, please contact me in case of interest.
Shinji
Year ends
Hello everyone,
as the year 2021 comes to an end it is time to recap. It has been a year of hard work and daily trouble with all the things that have been - the virus, face masks, sickness, quarantine, and more.
Some may have lost loved ones, I feel with you, I know what loss means. I hope you find the strength to get over it and carry on.
But it has also been a year of fun, don't let us forget this. In between the clouds that surrounded us there were always some moments of sunshine. Let's appreciate those moments and hold them dear.
I didn't make an exact count. During the last year I created over 4,200 pictures for the two Patreon sites alone, 3,600 on my first, and 600 for the second site. Additionally there were the rewards and commissions that I worked on, I am too lazy to count them all, but I roughly created 1,500 to 1,800 pictures for them for a total count of about 6,000 pictures. I never had a thought about it, but seeing the number now - wow.
I want to use the opportunity to say thank you to all my patrons, long term as well as new ones. I donated more than $5,000 this year to organizations that take care of children, girls to be specific, to enhance their chances of attending school, having access to clean water, living in a safe environment. Without you this wouldn't have been possible. From the bottom of my heart I want to express my gratitude for letting me do the things that matter in life - to pay forward to a new generation of young teachers, nurses, mechanics, doctors, and maybe leaders.
2021 is over. Let us forget it as fast as possible. With the hope of a better 2022 I wish all of you a happy, prosperous, and most importantly healthy new year.
Shinji
