Howard and Sandra Tayler
CREATOR
8 days ago
Project Update: Schlock Mercenary ON SALE! 10-50% off select items
We had an adventure here at Chez Tayler. While Howard and Sandra were out of town the young adults holding down the fort reported that half the power was out at the house, but that none of the breakers were blown. We contacted an electrician to solve the mystery and he discovered that the main power box on the outside of the house made exciting sparks when we re-set the breakers there. For reference, this is not what a well functioning circuit should look like:
Per the electrician, there should be a zero charring, even less-than-zero sparks, and the entire system should be brought up to the new code with grounding wire and surge protection. He was very calm, but repeated himself several times: “You need to get this replaced as soon as possible.” We interpreted his repetition as “please please fix this before it sets fire to your home.”
So we fixed it, and it set us back $5,000.
This bill came just one week after Sandra took a trip to the Emergency Room (chest pains that turned out to be a new symptom of an existing condition rather than something serious) and just days before she agreed to travel to assist her elderly parents move closer to the support network of their kids and grand-kids. The unexpected expenses have stacked up quickly.
Things could, of course, be ever so much worse, but the financial circumstances have definitely gotten crunchy. Fortunately, we have an easy way to address this.
Welcome, then, to our NOT-A-FIRE Sale!
This sale is how you celebrate and help us pay for not having a fire. Yes, we’ll be posting updated thermometer images right here on our sale page, so you can follow along if you wish.
Anyone who buys non-apparel merch from our store, will get this Not-a-fire-sale thank you card for free!
If you pick a non-merch support option and still want a post card, ping Sandra ([email protected]) and she can make that happen.
Ways You Can Help!
- Share your love of Schlock! Introduce new people to the comic, the Discord, the Patreon, or anything else Howard and Sandra. This is a great way to help if money is tight for you.
- Buy a Starter book! We’re featuring four books that are a great place to start if you’ve never bought a book from us before, or if you want to get a book for a friend or a library. We’ve made them all 25% off. (And they all have fires in them!)
- Buy from our store! We have a handy sale page [link to sale page] Some highlights are:
- Sign up for our Patreon (Or increase your Patreon support level) this helps us not only this month, but for many months to come. We offer hangouts, insider posts, and fun freebies.
- If you don’t need stuff and straight donation is more your style, you can donate via Paypal
- If you want to follow along with progress, we’ll post updated thermometers on our sale page. Free to join and follow along.
Whether or not you participate in our Not-a-fire-sale, thank you so much for being part of our community!
Howard and Sandra Tayler
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