Before anything else, I want to say I'm sorry. Have you ever had bad news but you knew good news was on the horizon, so you just let things... linger? I have before and this is one such example.

  I won't be continuing Slimy Slime.

  I knew I wouldn't be continuing it more than half a year ago, when I self published it and it brought in basically nothing in terms of money. Hell, I probably knew when I released the damn thing on amazon and even before. And I should've said something. But life just kept happening. And happening. And happening. I feel like I've aged a decade in the last 2 years alone.

  And then I began to think "It's already been so long. Everyone must already know this book is dead and gone. I'll just, I'll tell them when my next book is ready. Give them something. It shouldn't take long."

  It has been over a year since the amazon release. Probably a year and half, realistically, since I put out any chapters for this. And your support meant the world to me. The comments, the reviews, the discussion, the enjoyment, the annoyance, and all. I would wake up excited to see what anyone said. I truly learned from this book what it meant to be an author and I found it great. At no point did you not all buoy me up. Even the failed amazon was my own damn fault from multiple hiatuses, to self publishing it myself, to more. That was entirely my own failure and one that didn't even need to happen.

  The main problem was just that, I think I felt a bit ashamed. Slimy Slime was my first book and that meant I made so many mistakes. On all levels, not just writing wise. The worst was the reviews and people that seemed laser focused on the sexual elements of Slimy Slime. I realized then and there, I couldn't even show my family my work. They were always uh, not alright with that side of things lol. Slimy Slime wasn't meant to be a sexual book per se. The original CYOA I based my book/build on (Dance on the palm of evolution), had a lot of sexual elements and it felt wrong to not include those. I always thought goblins were, well, bestial and should definitely be more free spirited. And that someone obsessed with slimes in that way, should be a little off their rocker. It culminated in some pretty harsh criticisms up and down the board just I was starting out.

  I say all this, because for those reasons, my other (far more adult) story, was unable to be published. I tried. I was turned down, a lot. It killed all momentum for me to even look for a publisher for this one. I didn't even try, expecting failure. So I thought I'd self publish, when I finally got my head back in the game.

  What a disaster that was.

  Being an author isn't all about money. But I'm not the kind of person that can write and work full time at another job. I've tried, a lot. It just doesn't happen. It's like having two jobs and inevitably, since I don't 'have' to do one of them, I stop doing the one that isn't bringing in anything. This wasn't meant to be a blog, but I'm the kind of person who writes by the seat of my pants, and this is where it took us. All I really wanted to say was:

  The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.

  I'm sorry. I read a ton too. I know what it's like to wait forever for more content from a book series you've never given up on. I should've put any doubt to rest, a long long time ago.

  Slimy Slime will not continue.

  But I am still a writer. I am still an author. And I want this to be my full time job. I want to look back in ten years and have a hundred books under my belt, at least. I want to make content you all enjoy or hate, that people talk about, that brings people wanting more one way or another. I want to make things interesting, spark an idea or two, introduce new concepts, make people shocked. I want to do all that and it be more than a hobby that feels exhausting. I want that to be my career! And in that vein, over the last better part of a year, I've made a new book.

  Ki Horizons.

  It's a good book. It's, honestly I think, a lot better than Slimy Slime. After all, Slimy Slime was my first book and technically, this is my 5th book. I've learned and grown in skill and I genuinely think you all will enjoy it. The above really says it all about the story and if that doesn't sound like your thing? I get it. But if you enjoyed what I did with Slimy Slime, I encourage you to give it a shot.

  Thank you all for all you've ever done for me.