Before we go any further, thank you for checking in.

And I mean that sincerely. Here's why.

This is what matters to me more than you'll probably ever know. This is not a sales page. It’s me standing in the open, saying plainly what I’m trying to build, and hoping that if it speaks to you, you might stand with me. Not buy from me, stand with me.

Think about that for a second. That’s not nothing.

The truth is, Author Fight Club isn’t finished; it's very close, but not quite there. It’s being built carefully, deliberately, and without shortcuts. That’s why this moment matters. This is not about you buying something. It’s about you deciding whether this should exist at all. And if you think it should, there’s a place for you.

I'm going to assume you've watched the three introductory videos. At the very least, I hope you've watched enough to understand why I built Author Fight Club, why Regression Pricing Theory exists, and why I've spent an absurd amount of time engineering a subscription model that doesn't eventually turn around and bite the people it was built to serve.

If you haven't watched them yet, there's no harm, but they do give the bigger picture. Go back and watch them when you're ready. This page will make more sense once you understand the problem I'm trying to solve, and why I'm stubborn enough to try.

Now, to my point.

I must be a sucker for punishment, because all I seem to want to do is disrupt greedy industries.

I became an author by sheer happenstance, born from a nasty turn of events that stomped on my 13-year dream of becoming a playwright.

And I became a platform developer and founder because I became an author.

How did that happen? I was swallowed up by the greed of this industry. One that is designed to extract money from passionate creative writers before they have ever earned a cent from their work.

That's why Author Fight Club exists.

I believe in this product.

I believe it can shake up an industry built to extract from authors.

But I'm going to be honest with you, because this is not the place for fog.

Right now, I'm afraid this platform may never see the light of day.

Not because it doesn't work. It does.

Not because the idea isn't sound. It is.

The truth: I can't keep carrying the entire thing alone.

That's why you're reading this. Author Fight Club needs people.

So let me cut to the chase.

This is what I need.

1. Beta Testers: The Forge

I'm looking for people with the time, energy and expertise to help me carry Author Fight Club across the line.

Forge members will receive access to two separate accounts.

One will be a dedicated testing account. The other will be your personal Author Fight Club account.

The testing account will be closed once beta is complete.

Your personal account will be free because a Forge seat is a working seat. It comes with a job: show up when you can, test the platform honestly, challenge what needs challenging, and help me make it ready for the people who come after you.

Your participation will be discussed clearly before you accept a seat.

There will be no mystery threshold, no invisible scorecard and no surprise decision made behind your back.

It will be a “roll up your sleeves when you have time” arrangement, but I will expect regular participation.

If you stop contributing during beta, the free personal account may be withdrawn or converted to a paid subscription. Whether you remain as a paid member will be entirely your choice.

But once beta is complete, Author Fight Club has launched, and you have helped carry it across that line, your personal membership will be yours free of charge for the life of the platform. Subject only to the ordinary good-standing rules that apply to everyone, including fraud, abuse or a serious breach of the platform's terms.

You will have earned it.

It will never be taken from you simply because the platform grows or because the arrangement later becomes inconvenient for me.

There are 15 Forge seats.

Once those seats are filled, there are no more.

There is more detail on the Forge EOI page below, but in essence, I'm looking for a deliberate mix of people, including:

• An applied-mathematics specialist capable of properly reviewing and independently validating the Regression Pricing Theory formula.
• Fiction, non-fiction, self-published, aspiring and genre authors who can test the platform from different angles.
• A screenwriter, playwright or someone with real industry experience in either form, to test the Manuscript Engine in screenplay mode.
• A technically capable author who understands both the technology and the creative process.
• Three developers willing to contribute on an ad-hoc, part-time basis when they have the capacity.
• Two authors with genuine marketing or social-media expertise who are willing to help me do the part I openly despise.

If you're still deciding and would like to explore the demo before applying, ask me in the chat. I can arrange access after we've had a conversation about it.

A Forge seat is a non-paid, part-time, ad-hoc commitment.

The reciprocal right is your personal lifetime membership once you have helped complete the work.

No corporate euphemisms. No imaginary exposure dollars. No pretending your time has no value.

A clear exchange between adults.

2. Pledged Members: The Vanguard

Regression Pricing Theory cannot come alive in a vacuum.

A pricing formula with nobody standing on it is just a rule sitting on paper.

It needs subscribers to kick-start the curve.

Without them, the only variable that matters, the subscriber count, stays at zero and the price never falls.

So alongside The Forge, I'm looking for up to 85 pledged members.

The Vanguard is the first weight on the curve.

Fifteen Forge members and eighty-five Vanguard members would place one hundred people at the foundation of Author Fight Club.

That number is deliberate.

One hundred people is the largest founding group I believe I can personally support as a one-man operation if the worst-case scenario ever comes to pass.

Think of it as continuity insurance. We build our lives around software, and sometimes that software disappears. The Vanguard is designed to make that far less likely here. Together, we help keep the lights on in the dimmest of times.

But I want to be completely honest about the eighty-five Vanguard places.

It is a target, not a turnstile.

If eighty-five people pledge, wonderful.

If thirty-five people pledge, we launch with thirty-five and I carry the rest of the financial burden myself.

Nobody's arrival is held hostage to somebody else's.

When we are ready, we go with whoever is standing on the curve.

Now let me be plain about the money, because this is where most platforms begin lying, and I will not.

You will be asked to enter your card details.

You will not be charged until Author Fight Club launches.

Your payment details go directly to Stripe, our payment processor.

They are handled by Stripe, not by me, not by Author Fight Club, and certainly not by some back-room spreadsheet.

I never see them.

I never store them.

The payment method simply remains secured with Stripe and ready for launch.

Before any payment is taken, the final launch price will be posted on the public ledger and communicated to you. You can then decide whether you want to continue. That is your right.

At launch, Vanguard members pay the live launch price, the same price as everyone who follows.

I want to be clear here. If you change your mind before launch, leaving will take one clear click.

There will be no retention theatre.

No twelve-step cancellation obstacle course designed by somebody who thinks user experience means making departure feel like dental surgery.

You cancel the pledge, and Stripe releases the saved payment method from Author Fight Club's future billing authority.

It cannot be quietly charged later.

Your Vanguard place will return to the available pool.

The purpose of The Vanguard is not to trap you.

Now, for the payoff.

To reciprocate your pledge, I'll give you full access to the Author Fight Club demo the minute you pledge.

It is a fully functional demonstration of the platform, allowing you to become properly familiar with it between the day you pledge and the day we launch.

The demo resets every 24 hours. Content export is disabled, for obvious reasons.

And long term? I will give every seat on The Vanguard something more concrete than a vague promise.

Once Regression Pricing Theory drives the live subscription price to match the floor price, your personal Vanguard subscription drops to:

$0.00

You will still receive an invoice each month.

That invoice will read:

$0.00

I want it to keep arriving because I want the promise to remain visible.

I want you to see the system working.

I want you to know, every billing cycle, that your Vanguard pledge is being honoured by structure, not memory, goodwill or some future version of me having a generous day.

If subscriber numbers later fall and Regression Pricing Theory lifts the live price above the floor, your Vanguard subscription will temporarily reactivate at the live price.

When subscriber numbers recover and the live price returns to the floor, your invoice returns to $0.00.

That is the cycle.

If the storm ever comes, together, we keep the lights on.

When the curve recovers, the platform honours the people who helped lift it into existence.

3. Early Adopters

If you're the kind of person who likes to get in early and ride the wave, bugs and all, you can join Author Fight Club now as an Early Adopter for:

USD $17 per month

Early Adopters begin paying immediately.

This is not a pledge or a reservation.

You are joining the pre-launch platform and receiving access now.

You'll also be invited to regular online catch-ups with The Forge and The Vanguard as the community develops.

So if you would rather stay at a distance from the development work but still want a voice in what Author Fight Club becomes, you will be welcomed with open arms.

I want to reiterate that current price modelling suggests the live launch price will be somewhere between USD $20 and USD $25 per month.

That remains a projection, not a final promise.

But your Early Adopter price will not jump at launch.

You will remain at USD $17 per month until the live subscription price drops below USD $17.

Once it does, you will move to the live price and ride the curve with every other subscriber from that point forward.

It's my way of saying thank you for stepping aboard early.

A Few Things Worth Emphasising

Current modelling projects that, after launch, the live price will fluctuate within a projected range of USD $6 to USD $25 per month..

Once again, those numbers remain projections.

They are not yet final prices.

But the model has already undergone rigorous testing and I'm confident we're on or near the mark.

However, pricing will not be finalised until the appropriate members of The Forge, particularly the applied-mathematics specialist, have reviewed, challenged and independently validated the formula.

Once that work is complete, the final pricing range and launch price will be published to a public ledger before launch.

If the final price is not what you were expecting, you can rescinded your Vanguard pledge at any time. That is your right.

The Fight Engine inside Author Fight Club is not a toy.

At its core is a complex, Manuscript Engine designed to handle the work of composition, manuscript management and publishing preparation.

The manuscript engine enforces a clear formatting boundary. It supports industry-standard formatting, tolerates some fringe properties with warnings, and flags anything outside those bounds as non-compliant.

It also includes a customisable work console with creative and administrative pipelines, timers, emotional-quotient tracking, idea capture, prompt management, AI assistance and social-media drafting tools.

The platform is community-based.

The Lounge includes video, audio and chat so members can meet, work together and help each other grow.

The Library stores your manuscripts and allows you to share them privately with selected members, create conversations inside the manuscript itself, or share work with the wider community if you choose.

The Classroom contains industry-specific guidance, tutorials, templates and practical tools for learning the platform and navigating the publishing process.

Author Fight Club also includes AI-assisted editorial capabilities, including chapter-by-chapter editorial passes across an entire manuscript.

It supports BYOK, meaning you can connect your own AI provider key.

The next major ambition is Mickey Scholar, Author Fight Club's own private AI language model.

Mickey is still a dream in my mind, not a launch promise.

But it is the direction I want the founding community to help me pursue once the platform is standing on its own feet.

One Last Thing

I'm not some mythical cyber ghost floating behind the machinery.

I'm a real person.

I'm an author.

I'm also the idiot who decided to build this entire platform himself because apparently finishing a book was not enough punishment for one lifetime.

And I'm monitoring the chat over there.

Not a bot.

Not a support department.

Not a carefully sanitised FAQ pretending to have a pulse.

Me.

If something is unclear, ask me.

If the pledge feels uncertain, ask me.

If one of the membership paths sounds right but you need to understand the details before committing, ask me.

I would rather have an honest conversation now than have anyone join Author Fight Club under a misunderstanding.

Nothing is knowingly hidden.

Nothing is off the table for discussion.

This platform was built out of the sheer frustration of writing a novel, trying to get it seen, and almost being swallowed up by the system. Sound familiar?

This movement is not a trifle.

It is a genuine attempt to disrupt an industry that has become far too comfortable profiting from the people doing the creative work.

If any of that moves you, even a little, choose the path below that fits you best.

Only genuine and willing participants, please.

Yes, this is a small leap of faith.

But then again, so is every book worth writing.