Hello and welcome back. I have been gone for nearly two weeks, mostly due to RL work. In this time, I have discovered a few things, namely –

Writing is tough work. I am highly critical of writing. When I first began, I dived in thoughtlessly. Now after careful planning, I can see that I have to write a lot more to improve. But don’t worry; I am not going to stop writing Arthur Red because I need more practice.

Second, balancing is tough too. Writing and editing takes a lot of time (or perhaps I am slow). Whatever the reason, it is difficult for me to write even 8000 words per week (my original plan). Instead, I have decided on a general 6 chapters a month. That comes about to 17000 words. You will definitely get more, depending on various factors. But 6 is the bare minimum I am aiming for.

Third: Popularity. Well, I need this series to get more popular. I feel disappointed with the lack of readers and their comments. I thought if I posted more, I could get more viewers. That partly led to the chapter 5 fiasco (pushed too late in night, wrote crap). Now, I have decided to push it slow and steady, with focus on the quality than quantity. However, I am accepting all suggestions on how to make my series popular here. This brings us to the next point.

Chapter 8 and 9 which was supposed to go together on Saturday is released individually on Friday and Sunday. Chapter 10 and 11, which was supposed to be released on Sunday, is pushed back to the next week (undecided on whether to release separately or not, comment your opinion). As of now, this thread is my suggestions and updates, while the loading screen is completely for Annotations.