As everyone who's read the latest chapter knows, I am on a temporary and planned hiatus from January 10th to February 10th.

This is an unfortunate sacrifice I've had to make to cope with university, but it doesn't mean I haven't been checking the numbers and doing some rough drafts every other day.

About half an hour ago I was notified by another Royal Road Author about a pretty big event:

We breached Rising Stars!

A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.

Yeah baby, let's go!

I never expected to actually reach RS's main page. It's long been dominated by established authors that go to great lengths to plan out releases supported by a media blitz and insane release schedules that I doubt I will ever match. But we did it, and that's what matters.

We writers practically feed on recognition, aside from copious amounts of junk food and a reading addiction more expensive than Ol' Colombian. So this had been a nice treat during a pretty crappy period that many of you might have or might be experiencing (midterms), and I'm glad for every single one of you reading, rating, following and reviewing my writing.

In any case, this does not change the schedule. The hiatus will end on February 10th, from which point onwards we will continue with the normal M/F schedule.

Thanks for reading and supporting me, and cheers!

Ian Jager