I don't know what it's like for full-time writers, but for an amateur hobbyist like me, writing isn't everything in life.
Every day, aside from work, I have to take care of my family. Only then can I use whatever time remains to type away, and that doesn't even include unexpected situations.
Before National Day, I went to Changsha for a meeting, and the higher-ups handed down a godawful work assignment. For at least the next year, my workload will be more than double what it is now. But I still want to keep writing—not only this book, but the chapters of the next novel as well.
I admit that my update speed is my Achilles' heel, and this kind of light novel is exhausting to write. There are simply too many things to think about. For someone like me, who already has limited time, poor health, and clumsy hands, even managing one update a day is honestly quite a strain.
Many times, I made up my mind not to stay up late, yet in the end I still couldn't stick to it. I have insomnia now, and it gets even worse in unfamiliar places. When I attended the author salon in Guilin, I suffered insomnia for two out of three nights.
When it comes to protecting my health, my resolve falls far short of my obsession with updating. It's been two years now. Aside from serious illness or the occasional specially announced power outage, no matter how difficult or exhausting things became, I never stopped. Those of you who have followed this book should know that Dot Sprite's skill is average and the pace is slow; the only thing that won't come back to slap me in the face is "persistence." Persist, and persist again.
The next book will