A Few Words on My New Book (A Must-Read)

A new book is taking shape, and I want to say a few simple words to everyone.

I began outlining this novel last August. The full setting document came to about forty-five thousand words, and it took me a full three months. I packed in nearly every detail I could think of, and it is also the most meticulous preparation I have ever done in my thirteen years of writing.

During this break, I read a great deal of online fiction and found that the whole industry, whether in terms of content or authors, is slowly changing and being remade. The transformation is harsh. If an old writer cannot keep up, then he is left behind.

In the past, readers wanted a story that was thrilling and easy to understand.

Those expectations still remain today, only they have become even more demanding. Readers want excitement, but the plot must also make sense. Showy moments cannot be awkward; they have to land just right. And if there is a little depth as well, so much the better.

So, as an old writer, I must change too. I must become even more meticulous.

Whether it is in the way characters are written or in how the plot is laid out, everything has to be precise to an almost maddening degree, rational, and exactly in place.

It is a painful process: to preserve my own style while constantly shoring up my weaknesses. But for those who truly love this industry, I suppose it is suffering and joy at once.

Only after finishing the outline did I begin writing the opening, and along the way I tore it apart and rewrote it countless times. Here I also want to thank my friends in the circle, thank the editorial team, thank my manager, and thank my wife. They were really harassed by me nonstop, helping me examine the opening and refine the details.

Love you all.

Fortunately, after all this time, the effort was not in vain, and today this new book finally meets everyone.

For me, “Stellar Mark Gate” is an attempt at fantasy. I am fairly satisfied with the current opening. I have done my best, and the rest I leave to all of you discerning readers to judge.

During the new-book period, I hope for your generous support and enthusiastic patronage. I have not appeared on the rankings for ten months, so I hope... I beg... I plead... that everyone can give me a blazing start and welcome the new year!

PS: the new-book update schedule. Two chapters a day, each between three and five thousand words, with updates at ten in the morning and eight in the evening. The way we meet has not changed, and the place is still the old one. Since this is a modern city-based infinite-flow novel, the chapter length is too short to tell a complete story, so the previous three chapters are now two. There is actually more content now.

In addition, every night at eight, please remember to leave your precious chapter comments after the latest chapter. Every day I will draw five readers to receive the lighter you have all been longing for, with free shipping!

All right, I have rambled on enough. What I want to say is...

Draw your swords. The battle begins!

Brothers, charge!

Tips, clicks, bookmarks—I want them all!