Hi folks! I've notice that a lot of authors here seem to do a catchup thread, and since it has been a full week since the release of Orphan, I thought it might be cool to do the same. If you aren't interested in reading, that is cool, the next chapter is releasing within one (1) minute of this, so just click on through. Or... I guess if you're a fast reader you can wait around here with me for a few seconds.
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Hmm.
Oh I have all my fingers, the knife goes chop-chop-chop. If I miss the spaces in between my fingers will come off. And If I hit my fingers, blood will soon come out, but all the same we play this game cuz that's what it's all about.
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Okay, that should be enough. So anyways, some housekeeping. First off I'm going back and shouting out every story that was nice enough to shout me or help me out! This includes and is limited to:
Run! Hero! - This one is criminally underrated and the author is a total sweetheart. You should visit and make their dream come true!
Unhinged Fury - My fellow Rising Star who is probably a big part of the reason we hit RS as fast as we did.
Tomebound - Who helped walk me through a bunch of the stuff on Royal Road that I didn't understand.
This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.
Gilgamesh - Who is a mad lad/laddie(?) who wrote nearly two full books before dropping them on Royal Road and shaming all of us lesser men.
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With that out of the way I wanted to reiterate what I have been saying in the bottom comments for days now. You guys are amazing. When I started working on this it was a passion project but I never actually expected to get any real traction. Imposter syndrome is real and I expected my girlfriend to be the only one to actually read what I wrote, and then only begrudgingly.
Yet here we are.
Each and every one of you is my personal hero. Except the three people since I originally drafted this last night who decided to all rating bomb my story. That was... less than ideal to wake up to.
I expect very positive things for the week going forward. I've been plugging away all weekend to increase the size of the backlog to update Patreon, I've been working on some bonus chapters that aren't quite cooked and I'm hoping that you'll all stay with me for this journey to the top of Rising Stars and the months and years ahead while I finish what I hope will be a work I am proud to have my name on.
If you have the time, the page is here. I won't be harping on it too much going forward since you folks get it by now, but literally every single thing you can do helps when facing down the almighty computer god. A follow is great, a Favorite is better, a rating fantastic and a review outstanding. It is an investment of a few seconds of your time so that you have stuff to read for the next goodness knows how long.
Finally, holy shit you guys are paying me actual money, what is wrong with you? The largesse of my fans has already paid back my spending on one of my ads. That is nuts! Know that the only reason I'm not shouting you out by name is because it is kind of weird to post a bunch of people's legal names. I need like an acronym or some shit.
And with that I return you to your regularly scheduled broadcast.