Book Release Feelings
It took me more than half a year to write this book, "Little Miscellaneous Tasks."
I started writing it at the end of January and quietly wrote until the end of May, accumulating 200 favorites before I actively found an editor to sign a contract and gained some popularity. Others usually sign contracts at 50,000 words and go on the shelf at 200,000 words, so according to the comments from the authors' group, I am both well-behaved and weak.
During this time, I was once recommended as a new book, and my collection exploded from 200 to 4,000, which shocked me, and then I continued writing quietly until now. As everyone said, this book is indeed not very popular... However, it doesn't matter much.
Before signing the contract, I had initially stopped writing, but when I found that there were really readers urging me to update in the comment section, it gave me the confidence to continue. Having people read my work and like my work was indeed a driving force for me to keep going at the time. Later, I was surprised to find that some people rewarded me and sent me monthly tickets, which made me very excited, as it meant my work was recognized. I also didn't want to disappoint everyone's expectations, and began to focus more on the novel.
When I wrote this book, my thoughts were simple. There was a world in my mind, a great story, and a stubborn child. But I didn't want them to just exist in my mind—I wanted more people to see it and to share it with more people. I wanted people to like my work, so I tried my best to write each story well, to make each character full, and to make each plot interesting. So, I devoted all my spare time outside of work to the novel. Because of this, I uninstalled mobile games, abandoned online games, and spent weekends at home writing instead of going to the theater. My unfinished Gundam model also gathered dust in the bookcase. I only played a few rounds of DOTA2 a week to relax and invested almost all of my spare energy into this book.
So, before this book is finished, you probably don't need to worry about me rushing to write another book and start a new pit, as I really don't have the energy to create two sets of characters or the time to write two worlds at the same time. Although there's another great story in my heart...
As a small author, I certainly hope my work could be a little more popular and that my efforts could be recognized by more people. However, I suppose many old readers will leave after the book goes on the shelf, so the Idol of the Academy chapter will end before the book goes on the shelf, and a new chapter will begin, so that readers who read halfway don't feel like they're missing out. Of course, there will be many new readers coming in, and more exciting content awaits, as the grand war is about to begin, and the hidden New Moon finally reveals its claws. When I lurk in the author's group, I often see many authors giving up on their work and starting new ones, or even stopping writing altogether due to dissatisfaction with their results after the book is published. I'm also frequently educated by various experts, but I always feel that my mentality is still pretty good, and I really started writing for interest, without much utilitarianism. What I hope for is to make more people like my work, and I sincerely hope that everyone can continue to support me.
Looking back at August, I wrote about 150,000 words, which is really high-yielding. I hope this high-yielding momentum can continue and even go further, so that I won't be constantly urged by readers to update and say the stories are too short.
In short, I will continue to work hard, bring you exciting stories, vivid characters, ups and downs of the plot, and a colorful world, and hope that everyone can continue to like this book and follow our protagonist's path to growth step by step.
Finally, I'm still seeking monthly tickets... The rule of adding one chapter for every 100 monthly tickets is completely within my capabilities. Many works still owe 30 or 40 chapters of additional updates, which doesn't make much sense. Being an honest author, I will still update if I need to, even if I'm saving drafts before I go on the shelf. I won't mention the difficulties I've overcome (such as the crazy temporary storage of drafts in the two weeks before going on the shelf, when I was still working on Monday morning, received a temporary notification at noon, and flew to Beijing at 5 pm in the afternoon, then spent a week on a business trip, working from morning to night, and every day, upon returning to the hotel, I would force myself to write despite exhaustion, but I fell asleep half an hour after writing each sentence and had to give up and eat five chapters left in storage, then desperately write nine chapters on the weekend. The week before the book went on the shelf, I was notified by my boss that I would be in Suzhou on Tuesday and Wednesday, Guangzhou on Thursday and Friday—doing manual labor during the day, drinking coffee and writing furiously at night. Despite flight delays, I'd still be typing away at my laptop in the lounge, updating chapters and rushing to save my drafts... It was really a very intense month!).In my life, for the first book, I will treat it seriously and keep writing silently. Thank you, everyone!
