This week, we have 2 new Premium Members thanks to the random pickerwheel prize draw! Congrats @Lacie Forde and @Cristal Vancarson, you both won FREE premium memberships as part of TCU's holiday celebration. Hope you enjoy!

I want to give a big congratulatory shout-out to @Zak King for being the first TCU member to hit level 5 thanks to their activity in the group. A true achievement. Thank you so much Zak, for being here and being such an active contributor. Zak has earned and unlocked his level 5 bonus and gotten a shout-out in one of my podcasts! You can hear his shout-out airing in the Smash Writer's Block Podcast - Episode 10, airing on Spotify January 28th 2026. Don't want to wait that long? TCU members can exclusively hear it now if they've unlocked access to #Introduction - Smash Writer's Block , Episode 10 is the first podcast in Module 4, episode 4.1. Once again, way to go Zack! You can listen to the SMASH Writer's Block Podcast on Spotify, here

Join me in welcoming the newest member of The Creators Union, @Cristal Vancarson ! Thank you so much for being here!

1st Step VIP Level In a nutshell, the growing catalogue of over 160 projects and intellectual properties will be fully accessible to VIP members from the birth of ideas and rough concepts all the way to completed, professionally published projects. VIPS will have a Co-Producer or equivalent credit on all professionally completed projects. VIP members will have a chance to review, edit, share thoughts, contribute and influence the direction of projects. Projects consist of professionally produced, published, released and distributed comics, books, games, video games, animation and more. These projects will be released after making it through every level of The Creators Union Membership. Members will vote on which projects and IPs should be developed first. All VIP members will receive physical or digital releases of completed projects. 2nd Step Premium Level Members will vote on which VIP projects they would like to see moved forward, further developed and produced with the Premium member team. Premium members will have the opportunity to review, edit, share thoughts, contribute and influence the direction of projects. Premium Members who are involved in a project will earn an Assistant Producer credit in any projects that they contribute to. Projects consist of professionally produced, published, released and distributed comics, books, games, video games, animation and more. These projects will be released after making it through every level of The Creators Union Membership. Members will vote on which Premium level projects should be moved forward and further refined at the Standard Membership Level. All Premium members will receive physical or digital releases of completed projects. 3rd Step Standard Level After members vote on which projects should move to the Standard Tiers. Standard level members will have the chance to review, edit, share thoughts, contribute and influence the direction of projects. Standard Members who contribute to a project will earn a Line Editor/Contributor or equivalent credit on any project they contribute to. Projects consist of professionally produced, published, released and distributed comics, books, games, video games, animation and more. These projects will be released after making it through every level of The Creators Union Membership. All members will be able to vote on additional projects, properties and spin-offs relating to standard projects.