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Paid chapters will go live at noon on May 15, this Friday, at around 12:30.
They might go up ten or so minutes early. I'm not entirely sure.
I won't bother laying out rules for extra updates. Tomorrow at noon, I'll release two chapters first, then spend the afternoon and evening writing more, aiming for four or five chapters in total.
Read your hearts out, everyone, and show your faces in the chapter comments.
Even if you're demanding updates or spamming "That's it? That's it? That's it?" I'll be happy to see it.
It's been ages since one of my books was this lively. It really feels like stepping back into the past.
Also, Qidian charges one coin per 200 Chinese characters, with discounts for members.
More coins means more characters. Some chapters cost more and others cost less simply because their lengths differ.
Now it's time for Ocean's rambling, mostly about my journey as a writer.
There'll be plenty of waffle. If that's not your thing, you can wait for tomorrow's updates.
2019.
I wrote a kingdom-building novel. Its results were so-so: 127 initial subscriptions. I kept my head down and wrote, and by the time it ended, it averaged 630 subscriptions per chapter.
It was pretty much a flop, but I made my peace with that. This was probably just my level.
The book didn't reach two million characters because the advanced technology in the later stages demanded too much theoretical knowledge. I really couldn't keep writing. I got stuck every day, and it was miserable, so I ended the kingdom-building novel.
Only after writing one did I truly realize how much knowledge a kingdom-building novel required. That scared me a