Hello everyone. It has been a very, very long time. A little over a year and a half. Lot has happened during that time. And a lot hasn't. It's been truly, hard times. But my fire for writing has never ended! Even if it got stomped into crap.
I remember I only level up with likes. It was my third book series and technically, my fourth book.
It was far too ambitious. It was crafted perfection, lightning in a bottle, engineered to be truly amazing. But the spirit was willing but the mind was waning. In hindsight... I was too impatient. I wanted to be a full time author faster, sooner, immediately. I was already writing 2 different book series and seeing the patreon money be a 1/4 of what I needed to do things full time... it caused me to rush into things.
This book was always going to fail. I simply didn't have the time, the energy, or even the brain to do it. It was 5k words a day, tied to the MC's actual day to day (this was, surprisingly, the hardest part), with patreon dropped care packages from readers (meaning I needed to make one every day, with good effects, while still making a good story), made with hardly any long term plans for it, and a few others bits and bobs that I was completely making up as I went along.
And we made something amazing!
More than any other book I've created, this one wasn't solely mine. It was everyone's. From your likes, to your reviews, to your favorites, to your everything. You decided it all along with me. I truly enjoyed this, even if it hurts my soul deeply that I had to drop a book not after a book 1 or 2, but right in the middle. It stings. This book was the straw that broke the came's back and signaled my hard spiral down afterwards. Yet it wasn't bad! I was merely not strong enough lol.
But Ambition has been forged and ironed out. Lines were drawn backwards. And now, after having worked on it for the better part of the last year and floundering for the start of this one, I've created my newest creation.
Ki Horizons.
I really do need to eventually get a more light hearted cover, it really paints the story a bit more gritty than I feel it is. My dreams of being an author haven't died, for they are not dreams. I am an author. Now I only need to make myself become a successful one! I'm practically already half way there lol. I know not many of you who watched this book may still be around, but I know a few are. And this is for you. Not my book, that's for everyone and anyone, but this message out to you. It won't be like I Only Level Up With Likes, but it will be a new and fun adventure. I can only promise that this one is going to be better than the last ones. And I hope you enjoy it, if you decide to give it a shot.
This will probably be my last message out to anyone that still follows this book for some reason or ever sees these posts. Goodbye for now and and thank you for all the support.