Patch notes. 0.0.6
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Removed -- Apology & mostly rant.
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God. Okay, this was unexpected. Entirely so. I am... Overjoyed. Yeah, I am insanely happy in spite of not feeling like I deserve the win. I used some rather questionable methods. Such as having cute covers and a sort of misleading title. The synopsis did have its warning but it didn't help that much. Either way. I am happy that it has happened, even though I am not proud of it. It just feels like those other factors had a greater effect rather than the story itself.
First of all, I am thankful to everyone that has stayed and read through the emotional rollercoaster up until this point. My happiness cannot be described with words. I am simply blown away by the amount of support I've received over this novel; even though it was a gamble and honestly speaking I didn't expect it to do nearly as well as it did. Considering the story themes. And for that - I am thankful.
"I will be gone in pursuit of my ideal. It will incinerate me to dust... But if I don't do it, no one else will." (Let me know if you recognize the source.)
While this quote isn't accurate at all to my current state. It certainly shows the level of conviction I had when I first started writing this novel. Maintaining an insane update schedule along with decent daily word count. As we can see it hasn't withstood the test of time. Andd for that, I am sorry. I simply wasn't mentally strong enough to write so much. Or rather - to write such topics at such speeds.
Sometimes I feel like I am writing a recount of my life instead of writing a story. It can be depressing but seeing how people say that she can move forward - how there is light a the end of the tunnel. It makes me happy and frankly, I wished I saw that a few years ago. Every time I see a comment I get overjoyed and excited. When people like what I write I feel unrivaled joy. Someone enjoyed something I did.
And for that, I am simply blown away. The amount of people that seemed to like the tragic part of the story, the amount of people that hated it. The amount of people that cried during some scenes - it was quite impressing to me. Frankly, I am an author that thinks their writing is super questionable and not very readable, even though I try really hard.
I don't feel like I deserved the win, but it happened. And I am thankful to everyone for showing their support.
When will the next chapter be?
Hopefully by Friday. My life isn't quite sorted out - as much as I would love to put it out right now - at this very moment.
Thank you, everyone - for reading this far. Please continue to follow Leah on her misadventures - or perhaps adventures soon enough. Not everything needs to be dark.
I have another project on the works. Right now it's only a concept that has a bit of worldbuilding planned and some plot - nothing written yet, but hopefully, it can exist in two or three months from now.
- Reader... No. My savior, thank you for sticking by me. For reading all the rants I made. For seeing past that and enjoying what I put out. I have nothing but gratitude and tears, to thank you for it.
I have to say I never expected it to go so far. To get this far. Thank you.
Honorable mention.
An author who wrote more than me - who worked harder than me. It would be an insult to at least not mention their novel Summoned Again? after they put so much work into it in the competition. It was a close call.
Please check it out if you haven't. There is no doubt in my mind that the author loves their novel as much as I do mine.
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Congratulations! I do think you deserved to win, because frankly I love the story, so I think you should be proud of what you did
Omg, thank you. It makes me happy to hear you love it!
@Azrie You're welcome! and thank you for writing it~
¡Congratulations! ^^
Thanks! ^^
Okay, first off, I'll admit, I would've loved to win, but I knew there was no chance of that.
Although, among the qualified ones, I did get 13th place, which was higher than I'd expected
Now, for the real comment:
Congrats on your victory, especially given how close it was. And I hope that this win gets you the attention/fame you rightfully deserve. You've got a lot already, but for someone as good as you are, it's still not enough.
Thank you cat - my faithful commenter. And cheerleader!
Congratulations!
Thanks binary! You should definitely keep reading, it DEFINITELY doesn't get darker.
@Azrie That emphasis on the word "definitely" makes it sound somewhat sarcastic, IMO.
Then again, I DEFINITELY wouldn't put it past you to make it darker even after you said it won't get darker.
Good goings.
Good goings indeed! Howdy!
Just finished a full reread and seeing the change in mood from the author notes was pretty heartwarming to see, so I just wanted to point that out
Oh, you reread it? Wow, okay. Sorry for the lack of chapters, had no internet :(.
@Azrie No worries, I just wanted to refresh my memory a bit, I often do that with stories because me memory is rather terrible because of the minor brain damage I have lmao
But it was like reading a mini story in a story, which was prety heartwarming to see
I must say you have done well with this novel well enough for me to go to your other novel. Nicely done
I might be late, but congratz !
I came here from link by author of Summoned Again?, I saw this novel a few times but dismissed it as just another dungeon isekai.
I would say that first half of your novel is worse than his, third quarters are roughly at similar level and last quarter is yours win.
Em, thanks... What would you say was the changing point? Like story event.
@Azrie Not sure, rather gradular rise in quality as novel got more and more coherent.
@Azrie the first changing point I think was when she met Rin and her purpose changed a little and then the full this is the clear winner has been the final arc where things continue to make more sense as to the her nature... sort of. That’s at least my thought