I wanted to chat a little.
First, let me introduce myself: I'm someone with terminal laziness and severe procrastination.
The reason I started writing this was that I'd recently gotten into beast-taming novels and wanted to find one in the female-oriented category to read. There were too few of them, and most had rather dated settings, so I decided to just write one myself.
I'm also someone who watched Pokémon from the Kanto Region all the way to the Kalos Region, so there shouldn't be any issues with me writing general beast-taming concepts...
Even though I knew there were fewer readers in the female-oriented category, I still decided to write a female protagonist for it.
After all, I'm a girl...
As a new author, I published after writing just two chapters. I had absolutely no backlog; it was purely a spur-of-the-moment thing. Then I got contracted after writing a little over ten thousand words, and I was really happy at the time...
Later, I realized that being contracted or not didn't make much difference—there still weren't many readers. Since it was the female-oriented category, I'd already been prepared for that, so I let myself go and updated once every two days...
After half a month of letting myself go like that, I got a trial recommendation. My editor contacted me and only asked that I not stop updating during the trial recommendation period. It was my first recommendation, so of course I agreed.
Although I didn't understand at first why my debut on Qidian had its trial recommendation on QQ Reading...
My first monthly vote and my first long review were both from readers on QQ Reading, and I was still very excited. In the heat of the moment, I promised that I wouldn't stop updating or abandon the story...
Thinking back on it later, though, someone as lazy as me might still occasionally miss an update...
As someone with terminal laziness, I don't really have a backlog. Every day, I put off writing until it gets late, then write for a while, play on my phone for a while, write for a while, and eat something for a while...
Later, I passed the recommendation PK and got another round of recommendations, so I still couldn't stop updating.
But by then, readers were leaving comments, voting, and sending tips. It felt like people were actually reading my book, so I became a little more motivated to write. During that period, I could often finish updating by a little after six in the evening.
To be honest, I thought about taking a day off many times during that time...
Because I felt that updating once every two days was the most comfortable pace...
But because people voted and commented every day, I kept going.
At first, I'd excitedly reply beneath every comment. Now I don't anymore, because I'm afraid people will urge me to update...
Although the number of readers isn't much compared to other books in the female-oriented category, going from writing alone at the beginning to having people leave their mark every day is already more than enough for me.
As for going premium, my editor told me about it two days ago. May 23rd...
It feels way too soon. I don't have any backlog at all, and going premium basically means I need to post a lot more chapters...
I put it off until the 22nd, and I still haven't started stockpiling chapters.
But don't panic. I've decided to drink coffee tonight and write more so I can update more tomorrow...
Also...
Most new authors write two chapters a day after going premium because of the full-attendance bonus.
But because I missed updates five times between signing my contract and going premium—those were all accumulated during the period when I updated once every two days before getting recommendations—even if I update two chapters every day after going premium, I won't qualify for the full-attendance bonus.
I only found that out later...
I was sad, but also a little happy. It felt like I'd found an excuse not to update twice a day every day...
I know the number of readers will drop sharply after I go premium, but it's okay. I won't abandon this story!
If the results are good, I'll work hard to stockpile some chapters and post more.
If the results aren't good, I'll still update steadily and won't abandon the story. Even if there are fewer updates, it's still the sincerity of someone with terminal laziness!
I really wanted to list out and thank the readers whose names I see every day, but it doesn't seem quite right to put that in these thoughts on going premium. I'll properly thank everyone next time...
Let me also answer a question everyone might be more concerned about: whether there will be a male lead.
When I read romance novels, I like angsty, deeply emotional love stories...
If I wrote one, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to stop myself from arranging some melodramatic, heartbreaking romance for them. That wouldn't fit the tone of this book, so I probably won't write a male lead.
Lastly, please support the first premium chapter, since the chapter posted on the 23rd will be something I stayed up writing with coffee...
Mm, that's all.
Thoughts on going premium, perfect...