I started the Fan Film Factor.com blog site back in January 2016, creating articles and features about (mainly) Star Trek fan films...both old and new. Since then, I've written and published more than ONE THOUSAND blog entires providing fans with news, retrospectives, editorials, and interviews (both text and audio) with the creators who bring these heartfelt projects to life.

There is, quite literally, nothing else like Fan Film Factor anywhere on the Internet.

On average, I spend between 10 and 30 hours each week preparing these blogs. That includes researching, writing, proof-reading, interviewing, sound-editing, graphics preparation, and responding to reader comments. It's a commitment that I take extremely seriously and has, so far, been entirely a labor of love.

Now I'm asking for a little financial help from my readers and supporters. It doesn't need to be much...just $1 or $2 a month would mean so much because, like many of you, money has gotten tight for my family during this pandemic and economic slowdown. If my efforts from blogging can bring in a little extra, it would make a huge difference.

Already this Patreon has reached a level where I can now afford to cover the $400 annual cost to pay for the blog's web hosting, domain registration, SSL certificate, and security services to protect the site from hackers. And I truly appreciate the support a number of you have shown so far.

In the end, I'm not looking to make a lucrative career out of blogging about Star Trek fan films. I'm continue committing my time and effort no matter how much or how little this campaign brings in. But if you share my love of fan films and my appreciation for the FANtastic people who work so hard to make them, then I invite you to be a part of that love that makes Fan Film Factor so special...with your support for my efforts.

Whatever your choice--to donate or simply to visit regularly and read more about fan films--I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing in this wonderful community with me.