Shadow Trails in Azeroth

I just finished the nucleic acid test, and it seems that our situation is a little more serious. I hope everyone is well.

This book took a total of sixteen months to write from the first chapter to the completion. It is the longest book among all my books, and of course the one with the most words. It can basically be regarded as lighting up a small community. No small achievement.

In fact, I originally wanted to write this book to 10 million words.

Well, after thinking about it, I forgot about it. It makes no sense just to reach a standard word count, and the plots of the last two volumes are honestly very dry and not rounded at all. On the one hand, it is self-limited that War of the Ancients cannot be changed significantly. The plot has put itself into a pit. On the other hand, the story structure of the 9.0 version is indeed a bit stretched beyond expectations.

Of course, there are also reasons for this due to my personal health as a writer.

It is said that this year has been really difficult for me personally. The cruel reality forced me, a fat house who has not exercised in a real sense for more than 30 years, to take the initiative to start a fitness plan. This shows how bad the situation is.

The lack of smoothness in previous years has really affected my writing status in the last period of time. Fortunately, I finally finished the book smoothly. I would like to give myself a thumbs up, and also give a thumbs up to my old brothers and new friends who have accompanied me all the way to this point. Thumbs up, brothers.

For novels, the performance and level of the writer determine the lower limit, but the support and love of the brothers determine the upper limit. In essence, novels are also an entertainment industry, and serving users is the most basic criterion.

Now thinking about the state when I started writing this book, I really wanted to get rid of the shadow of failure, so I pushed myself hard. The initial period of double reading made me miserable, but fortunately I survived. And in terms of results, I have indeed achieved a wave of breakthroughs and leaps. In more metaphysical terms, I have broken a bottleneck. But how far I can go depends on how much I have learned from writing this book and whether I can put it into practice. They will be integrated into my later writing career.

But no matter what happens in the future, no matter what, I believe that the experience of writing this book will definitely become a memorable sixteen months in my life.

Not only has my creative career improved, but the old man's life has also entered a new stage. The birth of my son has also brought about earth-shaking changes in my life. Now that I have finished the book, I am not even one year old from my child. It has been a few days, and I will be busy with this matter for a long time. After taking a good rest, the release of the new book will probably take longer than before.

Hope everyone can understand.

Let’s talk about future writing plans.

First of all, the theme of Warcraft will definitely not be given up. There are three routes that can be tried in the current concept. If you include the Holy Light route that I plan to write again, there are four.

If all goes well, I can write four more books on this subject. At the rate of one book per year, I will have an outline to support my writing career for the next four years.

Other themes will also be tried.

On the one hand, you need to change your mind after writing a book. Otherwise, starting the next book will definitely bring many traces of this book. Similar works basically consume the patience of both the writer and the reader. This kind of stupidity Nothing can be done.

On the other hand, my interest in other fields also makes me want to write about some subjects other than World of Warcraft. Of course, old brothers know that I am seriously lacking in creativity, and I will not easily try things that I do not fully understand, so At present, this other field is still a story from American comics.

That’s the plan for the next book.

There are also many brothers who have been encouraging me to try to learn more new things and extend my interests to a wider range. I have also tried, but unfortunately a person's experience is indeed limited, and the thing about eyesight is really limited. It's amazing. I also let myself watch works like Naruto One Piece, but I really couldn't watch it.

The only god of death that I like is, how can I put it? Its golden age ended too early, and I probably don’t have the space to write about it now.

As for Warhammer, whether it’s 40K or Medieval, I’m actually very interested in both, and have learned about it a bit. However, the other parent company’s style of sending legal letters directly to the author, and Warhammer’s attempt to monopolize the interpretation rights of the original work. This behavior determines that for a long time to come, creation in this field will have extremely high barriers to entry and be an extremely small-circle affair.

As an old man who already has children, it takes a lot of courage to make such a bold attempt.

However, the above also mentioned my writing plan for the next few years. If everything goes according to plan, I will be almost forty when I finish writing the last Warcraft. For the writer's profession, it will be the sunset stage. Who knows the preferences and tastes of readers at that time?

It is a natural law for the old guys to be eliminated. What we can do is not to fight against it, but to serve as many readers as possible in the limited time and create more happiness and relaxing leisure enjoyment.

This may be my writing philosophy, if it can be called a philosophy (laughs).

Okay, I have written enough here. If I write more words, the number of words will be enough to send a V, then I will end it here. It would be rude to waste more time.

Thank you all for accompanying me and His Excellency Blake Shaw for these sixteen happy months.

I hope that everyone, like us, has gained enough happiness from this story, which will give us more courage to laugh at life when we face the cold reality in the future.

We should believe that pain is real, but happiness is also real and long-lasting. People cannot live in anxiety all the time. No matter how busy they are, they should take time to please themselves.

I hope all brothers can be kinder to themselves in the future.

Please believe that you deserve the kindness of this world, and you also deserve the beauty and love that you are looking forward to. Don’t stop. Pain is unavoidable on the road ahead, but relaxation and joy from the bottom of your heart can cure all stubborn diseases.

Love you guys!

See you in the next book.

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Yi Lu Ji Lu \u0026 Handsome Dog Frank, on October 12, 2022.