What's all this about then?
An epiphany.
Well, actually, it's more like real life train wrecking my very existence if I’m completely honest. I've been blogging for almost 15 years. I have never looked to monetise any content I’ve created and written on Dear Mr Levy dot com or anywhere else.
I was proud of that, no blog populated with naff adverts. But alas, life comes at you thick and fast and in many ways if I wasn’t too busy with other stuff I would have realised that monetising what I do as a Spurs writer would forever future proof it and allow for an expansive, freedom to do more.
Doing it the right way supports the venture meaning there’s room for more creativity. Rather than churning out copy and paste quote articles and rubbish blogs (diluting the quality) you can skip past on 1000 other click bait websites.
I reckon my work in the past (blogs or social media) has resonated because I write from my heart and mix it up with the occasional scoop of grey matter. I try to retain a sense of balance whilst doing my best to avoid drowning in romanticised notions. But alas, I love all that stuff too. I love getting carried away. Belonging, believing. I love football as a philosophy. I'd go as far as to say this grand escapism is at times spiritual and religious. I'm happy to worship a big golden cock and ball. I'm equally happy to preach about it.
So here we are. Post epiphany, knowing I can give more if I can work more on giving more.
Hence, Patreon.
The blogs won’t all sit behind this pay wall. Dear Mr Levy dot com will remain free, for long form blog articles, as that platform is best suited for epic dissertations and breakdowns.
But here on Patreon is where all the extra stuff can be found. Pocket blogs and content. Two podcasts (check out the Tier for info), subscriber only 'daily and weekly musings'. All to complement DML and my Twitter timeline.
You will be supporting me to work towards doing this at a full time capacity. So sub, still get the freebies, now get the special one(s) too.
- Spooky
There’s content up on Patreon, available for public consumption (two articles and the debut of the Bare Bones one man podcast).
Click here for the promo stuff and expect a steady drip drip drip of exclusive content.
What’s on offer if you sub?
$7 per month
One tier, to allow me to flex my creativity.
Daily and weekly blogs and audio rants. Including...
The Secret Diary of Spooky (breaking the 4th wall with how real life merges with following THFC)
Audio DML Blogs - Audio version of my long form blogs over on Dear Mr Levy. No Tom Hardy, just me narrating.
The Casual Guide to...<insert weekly topic here>
Spooky versus Twitter - Fighting the good fight against social media Spurs trends
TL;DR: The miniature blog that might as well be a Twitter thread
Thought of the Day - What's on my mind, what's on your mind?
From the Archives...A look back at blogs from the past with a comparison to the present
Reactive monologues on latest results, news
Community Suggestions - give me the topic, I'll give you the blog
Exclusive access to two podcasts:
1) 'Bare Bones' - one man podcast
2) 'The Bobby Buckle Experience' - one man and his guest
Why sub? You'll be helping me invest more time to create more content and more subscriber interaction.
As I once said almost 10 years ago, on The Fighting Cock podcast, 'we are professionally unprofessional' and that tagline is something I still wear with pride. I'm not a presenter, I'm not a sound engineer, my voice ain't sexy but...I love Spurs, they mean everything to me and I know my words resonate with many of you. So hopefully this extra content will do so too.
Love x
ta,
Spooky