Chapter 216: About continuing to update this book

About continuing to update this book

In the past couple of days I saw that the comment section of the new book had been completely taken over by fans of Shrink, and I truly don't know whether to be happy or sad.

To be honest, the book Shrink originally had very good prospects; even I, a newcomer who is a little flop, once fantasized about using it to sell some copyright or something, and its performance also let me see a glimmer of hope. In fact, even though it's only 440,000 characters now, it has been made into an official audiobook, and its play count seems not bad. After all, this book isn't even considered an abandoned work; it just has a beginning.

But continuing to write is really painful; the setting has become vague, many of the plot holes I dug I no longer remember, and I have to review the previous content to avoid contradictions.

This is much more troublesome than plotting a new book.

Therefore I have been hesitating.

Until just now.

I always thought the new book was a flop, but I was told its performance is actually not bad, which let me regain a bit of confidence, as if I'm not that terrible.

Given that, restarting this book might not necessarily be a flop.

That's my plan. After finishing the new book, I will return to continue writing this one, regardless of whether anyone is still reading. If the performance can recover, I will write it as a long epic; if not, I will finish it at a million characters. Anyway, I already have 450,000 characters, so at most I'd waste three or four months.

The author's other skills are mediocre, but his talent for sponging off others is top-notch; he can slack off for a few months, and besides, if the new book does well, the subsequent income can also make up for a lot.

I'm afraid I'll regret it later, so I'm saying this early on, which also counts as pushing myself into a corner.

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Besides.

I originally didn't want to bother everyone with the new book; first, its style is completely different; second, it was originally just a self-indulgent work, meant to practice voice input and regain the typing skills I hadn't used in two years. Its early performance was also mediocre, and I didn't even have the face to promote it.

However, it seems the performance is better than I imagined, so I have a bit of confidence to show off a little in front of everyone.

Especially since I'm currently pushing for the Three Rivers list, I earnestly ask everyone to help contribute a follow-read.

I originally wanted to use the method 'if the new book makes it onto the Three Rivers list, I'll restart this book' to attract people, but that seems to have the suspicion of improper transaction, and I don't really like that.

Therefore, no matter how the new book turns out, it won't affect the restart of Shrink. Even if I'm not allowed to write, I'll still write it.

However, if the new book gets a good start, it can also make me more proactive, speed up its completion, so I can return to continue this one.

So.

I earnestly ask everyone to read the latest chapter of the new book What It's Like for the Teacher to Be a Mage today, stay for 30 seconds, scroll to the end, and that's all.

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I reiterate, no matter how the new book ends, it will not affect the restart of Shrink.

Starting now, I will slowly re-recall the setting of Shrink, review the previous content a few times, gradually improve the outline; if things go smoothly, I might first write a few chapters as a test, but I cannot guarantee being able to work on both projects simultaneously.

Besides, Shrink has already been marked as completed; at that time I will go discuss with the editor whether we can continue updating, and even if that's not possible in the end, I will also change some character names and restart a new book. But that will definitely be after the new book is finished. After all, the old eunuch is too ugly to look at, and I still really like this pen name of mine.

Finally, thank you.