Still, I'm Asking for Double Monthly Votes

There's an event for May Day, and if I slack off too much, my editor will hunt me down.

So I might as well ask for a vote.

At this point in the story, I think everyone can see that we're in the final stretch.

If nothing unexpected happens, the book will probably wrap up at the end of this month or early next month.

This was my first attempt at a completely new genre. To have achieved these results, made it to 1.5 million words, and likely finish at over 1.65 million, I think that's more than enough.

It's not a matter of being tired. This style of writing is something I'm quite unfamiliar with.

As a forty-something old hand, I was still able to step outside my comfort zone and take on a new style without crashing and burning. I think that's already a huge success.

Of course, the book has plenty of flaws, and I'm grateful to the many readers who were patient with Yunfei and stuck with me until now.

I'm also ashamed that some parts went off track as I wrote.

But whether it's life or writing, there are plenty of things we can't help.

Some readers might criticize me for taking the story in the wrong direction, but the truth is, I caught a mycoplasma infection in early 2024 and struggled through it for over a month. Then, in March, just as things seemed to be looking up, I went and got mild brain fog.

I couldn't think of any new ideas, and even when I followed the outline, I still managed to veer off course.

If you've noticed that I seemed to spend several chapters in a row just writing fight scenes, it was actually because I was in bad shape and barely