As a Montefeltro patron, you'll receive:

• Advance ebook edition of each upcoming novel, short story, or non-fiction book I publish. Read before anyone else!
  
  
• Periodic discount codes for paperbacks, hardcovers, audiobooks, and art history programs, exclusive to my patrons at this level and up.

As a Sforza patron, you'll receive:

• Everything included at the Montefeltro level
  
  
• A signed paperback of each new book I release, shipping included
  
  
• Free access to new seminars inside my Art History Academy

As a D'Este patron, you'll receive:

• Everything listed at the Montefeltro and Sforza levels
  
  
• Lifetime access to one of the premium courses in my Art History Academy after six months of patronage

As a Medici patron, you'll receive:

• Everything at the above levels
  
  
• As a patron extraordinaire, after 6 months, you can commission a short story dedicated to you! Choose the setting, main character, and general subject matter. What do you want to read? I am at your service.

I'm fueled by espresso!
Patrons who support my caffeine habit are some of my favorite people in the world! :)

Art is a magical thing. It has inspired me throughout my life, and that is what I hope to do for others with everything I create. I want to connect with people. I want to help people feel not alone. I want to help people feel hope. I want to help people feel. Period. If this is something you believe in, something that seems important to you in some way, then this is the place where you can make more of that possible. 

During my years as a full-time author and teacher, I have learned that the only thing I really need is you. Some of you have been with me since the very beginning. You are the ones who believe in me and my work, the ones who support the creation of my writing, the ones who allow me to do what I love every day.

In centuries past, people believed that it was important to support their artists and writers. In Renaissance Florence, for example, patrons of the arts made the careers of artists like Raphael, Michelangelo, and others by letting them lodge in their homes, and by engaging with them and buying what they made. If it weren't for those patrons, well... You may never have even heard of Michelangelo.

Now, I'm not asking you to set me up in your guest room. But... I believe in patronage. I've been a patron of other artists and writers because I believe it's important to support the work that matters to you.

Today, I'm building a community for people who care about books and art. If I've learned anything, it's that lovers of books and art are the most generous people in the world. So I'm using this forum to create a community of folks who appreciate what I'm doing and want to help, whether it's the writing or teaching or publishing.

You make it possible for me to do the work I think matters, and in return, I work my head off. Whether you can afford to be a Montefeltro or a Medici (see above...), you are all equally valuable as my patrons because your support--no matter how great or small--demonstrates that you value what I am creating and want me to continue.

I believe that books and art enrich our lives and strengthen our spirits. So let's make this world a better place--together.