When I drew concept arts and pages just to myself and didn't upload them (between May 2018 and September 2018), I wasn't concerned about my tempo or stability of my work on comics at all.
But since I've uploaded for a several month, got some readership base and a couple of patrons, I started to feel responsibility to them, to make updates at least once a month. Maybe to someone ~130 readers and ~20 active readers looks like not a big number. And 3 patrons look even more ridiculously, to worry about them.
But I worry, because these 3 patrons are some real people, who pay real money, even if there are very small money, every month for my content (of questionable quality). And these ~20 active readers are also real people, who regularly comment and like, and many of them mentioned that they are looking forward to new updates and would like to see updates more often.
Unfortunately, after almost 10 months of developing the story (6 months at public), I feel decreasing of my interest to it and some lack of inspiration. I wouldn't worry, if there were no readers. But since there are some readers, and these people wait for updates, I feel that I need to devote at least several hours per week to it, and make an update with at least 5 pages every month, to not dissapoint people and to don't make them forget about story at all.
From the other side, I don't want my comics to turn into one more duty. After all, I have made it for self-expression and resting from other duties at the first place. I always say that creative process should at the first place be pleasurable to author, or otherwise, what is it all for? So I would like to take a pause, untill I will feel inspiration again. But how to combine this view with respect for readers and responsibility to them?
Any advices?