All right, it was time to write another launch note.
The book would go premium in the early hours of March 4. Honestly, it had come rather abruptly, right in the middle of a transition chapter, which probably dampened everyone's enthusiasm for reading.
I had originally planned not to write anything and just muddle through it—the author writing quietly, the readers subscribing quietly.
Besides, this book was old wine in a new bottle. No, more accurately, it was old wine in an old bottle.
Living off past work was pretty embarrassing, too.
But there were still some longtime fans who had been nagging me for years, hoping I would rewrite a story similar to Big Dragon... Of course, some longtime fans had also been asking for a rewrite of Heavy Card, and even for two "disappeared" works.
So I had always wanted to rewrite a story about elves and dragons. Then, after several openings I wrote were shot down by my editor in a row, Warm Dragon was born.
The title was pretty cheesy.
But it suited the theme of the story, so even though quite a few readers criticized it, I insisted on keeping it unchanged.
So far, this book's results had been fairly average. Maybe it was because the pacing was slow, or maybe my writing ability was limited.
I had also considered whether I should speed up the pacing a little.
The writing environment had changed too much compared to a few years ago. The emergence of short videos had further accelerated readers' preference for fast-paced stories. Qidian's recommendation system was also constantly being reformed. Big-name authors might not care, but mid-tier authors like me really struggled to handle it.
Sometimes I even wondered whether I was no longer suited to writing, whether I had been left