You also get an unlock key for Virtual Flower to create flower, and tree-like geometrical shapes, pure geometrical forms and the special animated "star spheres". Also, Activity Timer

You also get my Recorder Tunes from the Heart - for just about any instrument if you can play from the treble clef.

 

 As a thankyou, you get a copy of my Lissajous 3D software. You can use this to make  beautiful relaxing animations, or just run its screen saver to enjoy the patterns. Details here.  You also get my Touch Mars?, Case for Moon First and MOON FIRST (with Astronaut gardener on the Moon)  formatted for kindle.  Useful if you have kindle or use their reader on your computer.

AWESOME - all the above and also you get an unlock key for all my software including Tune Smithy, which makes "tunes as intricate as snowflakes" Also Bounce Metronome, for musicians, check out the Astonishing Bounce Metronome. Also access to a password protected directory with all my ebooks  formatted for kindle



MY INCOME

In 2016-7 I earned $275 from kindle books. Of that, $50 was for my book Doomsday Debunked, all the proceeds of which go to suicide prevention charities (currently Befrienders Worldwide)

I earned $2,781 from the music software. Keen buyers, but it's a niche market. 

The reason I'm able to get by is because I live in the UK and the government has "working tax credit". That means that the tax office pays me rather than the other way round, to encourage small businesses and those with a small income to continue to work. I get around $3,513 in working tax credits on condition that I work at least 16 hours a week (because I'm over 60). And that's it, so a total of $6,520 (approx) for last year (the original figures are in pounds as I'm in the UK but I've converted them to dollars here).

For me that's enough, as I live a simple life with few costs and I have my own house through an inheritance from my mother. But as you can see, a small income from Patreon could make quite a difference.

I will continue as before, blogging, writing, selling my software. If you wish to become a patron, then think of it as a way to show your appreciation and thanks and to encourage me to keep going. Though to be honest, I'd continue blogging and writing my music software anyway :). So I'm not sure what to do by way of rewards etc.

It may also make some things easier such as buying books or traveling if I need to go somewhere, or buying computer gear if that's needed. 


Here is the rather wonderfully retro Russian film "Luna" it comes from:



 I haven't done a video intro yet, so the video is a clip from he rather wonderfully retro Russian film "Luna" which relates to my Astronaut Gardener on the Moon.


This is a frame from a charming Russian movie about the Moon made in 1965, before humans landed there.

​You can watch The full movie, in restored colour, with machine translation subtitles for part of it.


AMATEUR COMPOSER

I'm also an amateur composer, completely untrained (no connection at all with the composer "Robert Walker"). 

This is a book of 163 tunes I wrote for solo recorder which you can buy on kindle. The first few tunes are available for free with "Look inside". 

Recorder Tunes from the Heart: 163 New Tunes for Solo Descant or Tenor Recorder. With a Folk Feel and a Refreshing Spontaneity



So, sometimes I may be doing amateur composition like this too. Sometimes it's to show some of the capabilities of my software.



ABOUT PATREON

If you don't know about it, this is quite an in thing now, a way to support someone to continue doing their thing, whatever it is, usually creative folk. Most patrons support with between $1 and $5 a month, so it's a bit like crowd funding, except that it's a repeating amount like an income. Patrons can join and leave at any time.

Sometimes you offer rewards, other times, they just have the satisfaction of supporting you and seeing you do your thing and the creations are free.


So anyway I'm doing one of the latter type. lf any of you want to support me, here it is. And do share with anyone you think would be interested, thanks :).