A New Year's Letter to My Readers

The website recently launched this activity where you can write a letter to your readers. My operations manager also reminded me of it. I was a bit lazy and didn't want to write, but I thought I should write one. Writing a book isn't shameful, so I should participate in some activities to generate some traffic and monthly subscriptions. I can't be too lazy.

Looking back at 2023, this book was published in February, and it's been exactly one year since then. I've updated 2.3 million words in that year, which is relatively satisfactory.

The book reached nearly 8,000 subscribers in its first month of release, and it's still hovering around 9,000 now, without 10,000. It's a bit tearful to say, but it's still acceptable. I expect it to reach 10,000 after it's finished.

When this book was first published, I wanted to participate in the Big Dipper Project because the author was not yet 30 years old at the time, and I thought I could also take advantage of the benefits for young writers.

The event turned out to be a disaster, because while it restricted writers to those under 30, it also restricted them to those born after 1994. The author was exactly half a year older, making him a young person under 30 but an old person under 94, meaning he looked young but was actually quite old.

So I couldn't participate in the event at the time, but it perfectly matched the book title: "Cultivating Immortality in My Later Years," and "I'm Writing a Book in My Later Years."

The above are just some self-deprecating jokes and anecdotes.

Wishing all my readers a prosperous and healthy Year of the Dragon of the Year of the Dragon!

Remember to cast your Year of the Dragon vote!

I bow my head in respect!