It officially goes on sale at midnight tonight. Unfortunately, I still didn't make it to the second round, because this time there was another big shot with 2,100 readers following the story.
If nothing unexpected happened, I, A Ke, had once again been cast as a speed bump for Douluo fanfiction and kicked right out of the way. Still, this is the best-performing book I've ever written.
But honestly, I'm going to keep at this book no matter what.
Even if it doesn't earn much in the end, I'll keep updating while working my day job.
Before chapter thirty, a lot of readers thought my story wasn't any different from the original. That was because I was laying the groundwork for later twists. I don't like stories where the protagonist is invincible right from the start.
Even if I'm giving the protagonist cheats, they have to make sense.
Because for fanfiction authors, the satisfying moments will always matter more than the prose.
But unfortunately, I don't like writing that way. Even if this book gets a little less traffic and earns a little less, I still want to do it justice.
Just as we grow from ten years old to adulthood at eighteen, and then gradually step into society, it's a process that takes time to mature.
Web novels these days are all about fast pacing and lots of exciting moments. Otherwise, they can't hold on to readers or attract traffic.
But here with A Ke, please allow me to slow the pace down.
Writing novels doesn't pay much. It really doesn't.
Earning more than 5,000 a month is the kind of income only the big shots make. For a tiny, obscure nobody like A Ke, making 1,500 a month is already pretty good.
Writing this book really brought back memories of the days when I wrote Legend of the Dragon King: Striving for Ten Billion.
A lot of people said my first two books didn't have the same feel as this one. I didn't understand what they meant at the time. It wasn't until I reread my own beloved book that I finally understood: I'd left something out.
It was the passion I'd completely lost while writing those first two books.
When I started writing this one, some longtime readers said that familiar feeling was back.
That's right.
As it turned out, high school life wasn't any better than middle school.
After finishing Striving for Ten Billion, I tried writing other stories, but sadly, every one of them ended up abandoned halfway through because I just couldn't keep writing.
I sincerely ask everyone not to mock people who truly suffer from depression and anxiety.
Because the whole process of treatment is truly painful.
It took a full three years. I turned eighteen this year, and only just barely managed to let go and recover even a little of the state of mind I had back then.
Readers who've made it this far might say I'm being melodramatic, or think I simply didn't want to write anymore and made up an excuse. Whatever you say about me, I'll accept it, because it's true that I dropped those books.
But with this one, I truly hope you'll be able to see how much I've grown.
More accurately, it's the growth of A Ke and Xie Xie.
This time, I'd like to ask you all to give me a little more time. Let's grow up together, little by little, and slowly make our way toward the future.
Thank you all so much. Thank you!
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