First standalone update

I had insomnia and couldn't sleep.

So I figured I'd post a standalone update and chat with everyone for a bit!

Once I posted this, I'd go write!

Maybe I'd fall asleep after writing for a while.

Ever since I started updating this book on the seventh of last month, every day had felt like it had a little something extra.

Yeah, pretty good!

When I first started writing, I kept hoping things would turn out this way or that, but mainly, I had my eye on Qidian's 1,500-yuan writing subsidy for going premium.

A month later, my whole mindset had changed, you know?

It just felt like this had become part of my life. Every day, I kept thinking about writing, writing, writing...

If I went a day without writing, I felt terribly uneasy.

After posting an update, seeing the number of favorites go up by only a few that day made me feel like absolute crap.

I wondered if nobody liked reading what I wrote, whether I'd get scolded because my writing was too poor, and whether I'd get dissed again if I missed an update the next day.

I just couldn't feel at ease!

A few days ago, on the seventh of this month, the book got a different contract, so I wondered if I should update more every day, but I found I couldn't manage it.

I wrote too slowly. I couldn't compete with those tentacle monsters.

I didn't have much free time either, so I figured I'd let it go for now!

I'd also stockpiled a few chapters over these past days, though not many. What worried me most now was whether I could hit Qidian's update word-count requirement for the subsidy after going premium. If I couldn't, wouldn't I be screwed?

The more I thought about it, the colder my heart grew.

I really had to work on my writing speed!

All right!

That was it for my first standalone update!

Everyone, if you've got recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, anything at all, could you spare me some?

Those were needed for the rising star rankings.

So, please!

If the ranking were higher, more people should see it.

I'd been writing for a month and a few days. I checked the favorites and saw there were 479; by tomorrow or the day after, there should be 500.

Because I gained around ten favorites a day.

Hehe!

I didn't know when I'd reach 1,000 favorites, but I should get there before going premium.