The book will go premium at 00:00 on August 6th (Wednesday). I'll update 12,000 words that day, and barring any surprises, updates will return to starting at 11:00 a.m. after the first-subscription day.
So I'm posting today's update early, and then I'll shamelessly ask for first subscriptions at the very beginning!!!
Ever since I started this book, readers have kept guessing that the author is some old fossil reincarnated, some extraterrestrial heavenly demon...
But I know it's just flattery. Personally, I'm nowhere near the level to be called a "heavenly demon."
Before writing this book, I was just some roadside author who had finished two books over at Red Pier.
Though my debut was nothing special, it was still a million-word story with a beginning and an end.
My second book managed to keep food on the table, but after its opening was copied by an author with seven hakimis—the plot structure was exactly the same—they swapped in an eye-catching gimmick and blew up.
Then the world turned upside down: because they became popular while I didn't, I almost ended up being the one accused of plagiarism.
Personally, I think it doesn't matter whether web novels are stitched together or not, just like how I'm stitching together DND now—don't be afraid of stitching; be afraid of stitching badly.
But comparisons are terrifying.
Put side by side, the gap was simply too huge. Truly, far too huge.
It shattered this author's Dao heart and let inner demons run rampant. Even now, I can't forget it.
Thankfully, though, I brought that second book safely to a close at nearly two million words.
After that, I realized something—in an environment that values gimmick-driven stories, trying to earnestly write a story really was my mistake.
So I ran away.
Partly because I wanted a