Hello, Birdverse friends! I am Rose Lemberg, queer, bigender immigrant author and Nebula finalist (among other things). Birdverse is my LGBTQIA-focused multicultural secondary world with a unique magical system, magical geometry. The world is named after its Bird deity. Birds are awesome.

This Patreon is where I share things I would not share anywhere else: snippets, poems, progress reports, thoughts on writing, all kinds of thoughts, drawings, paintings, doodles, letters characters write to each other, goats (goats are also awesome).

$1 level patrons get updates, snippets, doodles and whatever else strikes my fancy.

$2 level patrons get all of the above and also poems and poem outlines; lately I have been working on WHAT BIRD LEARNED, a Bird-themed chapbook of poems contained in birds. Look at a sample page here!

$3 level patrons get all of the above and also Letters from Birdverse -a newish monthly project in which various Birdverse characters write letters to various other characters. Right now I'm doing The Splendid Goat Adventure, which is mostly written by Marvushi e Garazd - a genderqueer person from the Great Burri desert. I love them. Read the first letter of The Splendid Goat Adventure here.

Our next stretch goal ($150) is a monthly Q&A podcast.

Your Patreon support allows me to continue creating.

If you haven't read anything set in Birdverse yet, I'd like to encourage you to check one of these recent stories:

The Desert Glassmaker and the Jeweler of Berevyar - a small happy story about two artists (Uncanny).

"Grandmother-nai-Leylit's Cloth of Winds" is a Nebula-nominated novelette in Beneath Ceaseless Skies (2015). This one is outside the main storylines of Birdverse, but I love it. Carpets, families, autism, trans protagonists, very many queer women.
"Geometries of Belonging" - a novelette (almost novella) in Beneath Ceaseless Skies (Fall 2015). This one takes place shortly after "Held Close..." and is a part of the main storyline. It features Healer Parét, and at times glimpses of Tajer Kekeri. Mind healing, mental illness, consent, power exchange, autism, politics.

My patrons are charged per month of support. Please make sure that you are choosing a level that makes you comfortable.

Thank you very much again, and happy Patreoning!