Hello, dear readers.
As I typed the title of this chapter, I felt deeply moved, and my excitement was beyond words.
I know you may have read many books on this platform, and mine is only one insignificant book among them. But for me, it was the first novel I had ever finished at a million Chinese characters, so it meant something extraordinary to me.
The whole writing process took about a year and two months. Readers who know me may remember the ups and downs along the way. I certainly wasn't a diligent author who updated every day from start to finish. In good months, I managed perfect attendance; when I was busy, I missed plenty of updates. Fortunately, I still brought it to a successful conclusion without leaving out anything I wanted to express, so I was very satisfied with this ending.
I still remember how anxious I was when I first started the novel. After all, the platform wouldn't promote any work before it reached eighty thousand characters. I kept asking myself, and my friends, what I would do if nobody liked my story. Although I thought I had written an interesting opening and created a heroine I liked, would other people find the story interesting and her endearing too?
Back then, I had no way of knowing, but the desire to finish this story kept surging inside me. So I told myself, Write it. Just write it first and see. Setting out is the first step toward every possibility.
I think every author probably longs to be seen, which is why we're always anxious about going unnoticed.
Fortunately, my readership turned out to be fairly good.
This book never became a runaway hit, but it did make the top ten on both the new releases chart