A Note on Going Premium

I'm quite happy that my first book was successfully published.

Writing a book is really not an easy task. You have to pay attention to the growth of data, readers' reviews, plot arrangement, exciting moments, character development, and so on.

I also encountered some major difficulties, such as writer's block, chapter blocking, self-doubt, and most importantly, poor performance, which greatly affected my creative state.

Writing this book was a sudden whim. I don't read much fanfiction, so my understanding of this genre is not deep. As a result, it took until around 140,000 words to start connecting with the original work. Fortunately, I received a lot of positive feedback from readers.

There are even readers who have been consistently voting for me every day since the book was first published, and I am very grateful to them.

This book has never performed well. In the early stages, it didn't do well even without any promotion, so when I tried to get it recommended, it only got the worst recommendation on the computer. Even so, it only gained 400 favorites in a week, including organic growth, which is one of the worst among the recommended books. It was a disaster. The follow-up reading was also not ideal, and then the promotion was interrupted until it was finally published.

I've only accumulated 4,200 favorites so far, and it might drop a bit more after it's released. I've been keeping an eye on it, and the normal ratio of favorites to subscriptions is 20 to 30 to 1. It's hard to say for fanfiction, though some even have a ratio of over 100, meaning only one subscription for every 100 favorites.

Of course, this subscription ratio is basically enough to discourage people from buying in, and even a miracle couldn't save them.

Subscriptions are the foundation and lifeline of a book, especially for a novice author like myself.

I'm not really against freebies, as long as no one criticizes me. But the data for this book is what it is. If the subscription rate isn't good, there's no point in even considering whether the results will improve. It's hard to say whether I'll even qualify for perfect attendance. It's a complete disaster.

So I hope everyone can still subscribe and support us. Now you can watch videos and earn coins at the Qidian each chapter on Qidian, which is a kind of free service. If you are willing, you should be able to follow about three books at the same time without spending any money.

I have a general idea of the overall plot of the Earth arc, so I will definitely finish writing this part. As for the space arc, we'll see how it goes. These days, no one has it easy, and only a minority can afford to write this out of love and provide their own food.

Spending a lot of time on a book that doesn't make money is something you can tolerate, but your family can't.

Actually, I think my writing is pretty good, especially in terms of character development. For example, the female protagonist Wen Zhi'an was written on the spur of the moment. I originally thought of using characters that appeared in the original work, such as Ai Chen Qian Shui, but I felt that if I suddenly added any romantic scenes at that time, the style would be a bit abrupt. So, this female protagonist appeared in the early stages.

I've never written a book before. With the idea of "taking advantage of my ignorance," even if the book flops, I should at least practice my writing skills. So I thought I'd give it a try. At the time, I didn't have much confidence, but as I wrote, I felt quite comfortable with the character Wen Zhi'an. I felt that I at least liked him.

There are also Lin Tangtang and Jia Yi, but unfortunately, due to the nature of the subject matter, too much attention was paid to them, which would have put the cart before the horse, and they could only be touched upon superficially.

Many people say that the Earth arc is too slow, but in fact, the Earth arc in the original novel is already very compact. Luo Feng spent most of his time fighting monsters and leveling up, yet he still managed to write a lot of words.

To quickly leave the beginner village, I would have to abandon the plot and characters, write nothing, and just quickly level up by following the original story. However, writing about fighting monsters and leveling up is my weakness. If I were to write it that way, the result would probably be tasteless.

Furthermore, I want to emphasize the two aspects of mindset and domain in the Earth arc, which means giving Hong a high-level version, rather than following Luo Feng's path.

I don't really want to write most of the original plot. If I continue writing the Space Arc, I will write about the Genius Battle, but I don't know about the others.

Most of Tomato's books have a single storyline, meaning he writes about the Limit Martial Hall and hardly mentions other forces. He also writes about Virtual Universe and doesn't mention forces like the Giant Axe Battle Arena. Moreover, the various forces hardly interfere with each other, which is quite different from other novels and fanfiction. They either follow the protagonist's route or rely entirely on their own original creations.

My idea for writing the Devourer fanfiction was that I felt the world-building background of this book had a lot of room for development, and there was really no need to stick to Luo Feng's route. To this day, no author has been able to match Tomato's grasp of the satisfying aspect of leveling up. Someone like me hasn't figured it out yet, and leveling up is not satisfying at all. If I follow Luo Feng's route, I'll be nothing.

Unfortunately, the initial results were not ideal.

Okay, I'll stop here. It will be available for purchase tomorrow at noon. Please support it if you can, and hopefully it can still be salvaged.

Wish me luck.