Today, I was surprised to find that my book had disappeared from the new releases chart. Only later did I see my editor's message saying it had already been scheduled to go premium.
What could I say? It felt a little too early to go premium, but so many upsetting things had happened lately that I didn't know what to say anymore.
Anyway, I still hoped you would add the book to your libraries and subscribe, if only to see what would come of nearly a month's effort...
If you thought it was decent, please subscribe.
If you had some spare cash and wanted to let the chapters pile up before reading, sorry for the trouble, but please turn on automatic subscriptions.
If you felt I hadn't earned that support and wanted to read on a pirate site instead, I wouldn't insist. After all, having anyone willing to read my book was already a tremendous source of motivation.
With school starting and exams coming up, I could only manage three updates on the first day of going premium. Once I finished dealing with all the school odds and ends this month, I would aim for six thousand or even eight thousand characters a day next month. Any more than that would be beyond my energy.
No matter what, I would finish every book I signed a contract for. A new author's road was bound to have a few bumps.
There would be pitfalls to stumble into, and struggles in darkness no one could see.
As we Shandong folks said, who gave a fuck? As long as someone was still reading, I would finish it. The road stretched on and on, with loneliness as my only companion, but if I could catch sight of the firelight in others, I would have