Monthly Recap: April 2026

Hey, another month totally in the black! And I am now actually in the black for the year! Fucking finally!

First off, I did two events, and one of them I made a good chunk of money at (Jordan Con). You can read about it and the one I lost money at (Stellar Fest) on my blog. This month is also when all the money from the workshops I taught hit, so that was cool. 

Also, super neat, I had my first purchase of a game from my BBI website. Someone bought a 3 dollar digital copy of The CCC. Nice. 

Beyond that, nothing much stands out. I've made 940 bucks net this year, out of 6,200 dollars gross. Which...is gross. Kinda. But hey, something to work on. 

Income (Book Sales):

• $0.00 - Website Book Sales

• $86.56 - Online Book Sales/KENP

• $0.00 - Book Sales - Ingram

• $1,601.00 - In Person Book Sales

• $27.19- Audiobooks  

• $0.00 - Consignment

Total: $1,714.75

Income (Other):

• $53.16 - Patreon

• $775.00 - Appearance

• $0.00 - Amazon Affiliate Income

• $19.68 - Amazon Shirts

• $0.00 - TeePublic Shirts/Merch

• $0.00 - Freelance

Total: $847.84

Income (BBI):

• $24.00 - In Person

• $0.00 - Tabletop Games on Itch.io

• $3.00 - Website Sales

Total: $27.00

Expenses:

• March Taxes $27.71

• March Taxes $41.57

• Schedchie $9.35

• Hotel Room Jordan Con $250.00

• Parking Jordan Con $40.00

• Hotel Room Stellar Fest $177.19

Total: $545.82

Monthly total made:

• Income: $2,562.59 ($884.14 last month)

• Expenses: $545.82 ($139.61 last month)

• Net Income: $2,016.77

Yearly Gross Total Made:

• $6,207.21

Yearly Net Total Made:

• $940.39

If you would like to leave a comment on this blog, a version of it has been posted on my Patreon and my Subreddit.

Ok, I will talk about this more soon, but I am about to really overhaul things in this space. Really. That said, i hit 25 paid patrons on Patreon! How cool is that?! And I had a few newsletter signups that happened organically through my site. Nice. 

Otherwise, it was pretty much business as usual. 

Anyway, here are the numbers:

Social Media Growth:

• Facebook Page Follows: 1079(+4) 

• Instagram: 880 (+15)

• Facebook Fan Group: 355 (+3)

• Youtube: 148 subscribers (+0)

• Email List: 587 subscribers (+5)

• Discord Server: 72 (-1)

• Threads: 281 (+5)

• Bluesky: 208 (+3)

• Patrons: 25 paid/48 free (+1/+3)

• r/Talesbybob: 23 (+0)

• Total: 3634 (+34)

Podcasts:

• Podcast Downloads (Monthly): 369 (-85)

• Podcast Downloads (Since April 2022): 6,352

BBI Social Media Growth:

• Instagram: 131 (+2)

• Bluesky: 5 (+0)

• Threads: 27 (+0)

Here's what I am thinking I will do:

• I will write at least 10,000 words on Jubal County 7.

• I will work on both new CCC zines.

• I will finish the Thorn Hollow zine.

• I will plan out my social media strategy with Schedchie.

• I will decide on how I want to go about publishing all my new zines.

Here is what I planned to get done this month (copy/pasted from last months recap), with its status:

• I will write at least 9,000 words on Jubal County 7. (Yep!)

• I will work on both new CCC zines.  (Nope!)

• I will finish the Thorn Hollow zine.  (Nope!)

• I will plan out my social media strategy with Schedchie.  (Nope!)

• I will decide on how I want to go about publishing all my new zines.  (Nope!)

I got a lot done! Here is a list:

• Did a staggering number of 10 page critiques

• Worked on Jubal County 7

• Handled my emails

• Paid taxes

• Booked some rooms

• Did Stellar Fest

• Did Jordan Con

• Created a Howard Marsh age timeline

Alright, alright, alright! April is behind us. Thank god.

The funk has elevated into a full blown crisis of faith as it were. Expect a blog post about it sometime this weekend hopefully. Suffice it to say I am not hitting on all cylinders. 

On the plus side, I did write over 11k words. And I made a good chunk of money. So what do I really have to complain about, right?

Quick summary:

• Word Count: 11,650

• Hours Writing: 11.25

• Hours Working: 17.5