Final Thoughts (More Extras to Come)
To all readers who made it to the end:
It's over. I'm speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.
The original plan was to write a million words, but it ended at 740,000. There's definitely a discrepancy between imagination and reality.
As you may have noticed, I omitted some content in the middle, skipping two academic years.
In my outline, one academic year was supposed to be a large-scale collaboration with Doctor Strange, but later, due to some issues with Strange 2, I felt a lot of pressure and basically cut it all out; another academic year was supposed to specifically depict the Global Wizarding War and World War II, but I didn't actually start writing it. So, it's more than 200,000 words shorter.
As you can probably tell, the update frequency has been very low since August, only about 2,000 words every two or three days. I'm really sorry!
The author had just graduated from university and went straight to work after updating his blog for a few days during the holiday. In late July, he squeezed in time to write about 4,000 words a day in order to achieve full attendance.
However, I still didn't get the full attendance bonus for July. On the 28th, I carelessly posted it three minutes late, and the bonus that was almost in my hands was gone. I almost had a mental breakdown at that moment. And as you all know, I didn't post the next chapter until the 31st.
Adding to that work and finding an apartment, I wasn't quite settling in during July and August, so I simply stopped updating and significantly reduced my update frequency. I'm truly sorry to my readers who still support me! orz
Now that it's finished, I can finally relax a bit.
Then I'd like to tell you about the book's achievements--
Because this was my first time writing a book, I encountered many pitfalls and received a lot of criticism. I even tried out a trial run, but it was a short-lived success. My average daily subscriptions reached nearly 500 at its peak, then dropped to around 300, and now it's around 400. The results are mediocre, but for a complete novice author, it doesn't seem too bad.
As a new author, I am truly grateful for everyone's love and support!
As for those who criticized me, I appreciate pointing out the pitfalls I made. I won't repeat them in my next book. Thank you.
However, I'm still planning to add a comment feature based on fan value. Many people who read pirated versions and have no fan value come to criticize the chapters after they've been officially released, which is quite annoying and I don't want to see it anymore. So, I'm setting a comment feature based on 1 fan value. Please forgive me.
In addition, I will be releasing some side stories to fill in the gaps in the setting and resolve plot points, as well as providing endings for some important characters, roughly one chapter every three days. I won't be clicking the "completed" button until after releasing the first side story, so please be patient, my investors!
Finally, the outline for the new book is almost finished, and it should be published in about a week. Please come and support it!
Sincerely yours,
Dust Ripple