You see recently there has been a huge influx of readers coming to my wordpress site, and I'm pretty sure you already know why as probably came to know my story through it.

For those who don't know though, it's simple. A user by the name Fablecrusher (Tacky) left my first comprehensive review on Royal Road a few days ago. I think two. And it made it to top review and now life is good. A-Zero is blooming like a real flower guys.

I want to use this opportunity of me opening a new section to send a HUGE THANKS to Mr.Fablecrusher. If A-Zero really becomes something respectable in the future, I'm sure it'll have to do with the boost that he had provided it with these past few days. So Thank You so much Mr.Fable and I'm extremely grateful.

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A Follow up message:

As an Author I feel obligated to provide quality content for my readers and am striving to constantly improve myself to do so. This is something I believe all writers on Royal Road feel. After experiencing the effect of a mere hundred or so words (No depreciation) on my novel I want to use this influx of readers to send a message. A message that I'm sure you have all gotten sick of by now.

Writers are selfless people, especially those on royal road who provide entertainment for free. Under such a criteria perhaps even I could be included hahaha. But aside from being selfless, most writers are extreme narcissists. This is no joke. I mean it legitimately. Writers write because they seek attention, they seek self fulfillment. And when a reader responds to their work, shows their care and attention, us writers feel a wave of satisfaction.

No. Perhaps a rush of ecstasy would describe it better.

From my limited experience on Royal Road, I have come to realize that out of the thousands of people who may come in contact with your novels, a very limited few would comment, review, rate. Most? Not even a simple thought on the story, or question towards where the plot may be headed.

Now I know for one that I act as a hypocrite when I say this. But as an Author of a small time novel, I have come to know the feeling of constant insecurity.

Ever since I had begun revealing my works (if you could call them that) to the public eye, I have been infatuated with the statistics. Particularly comments, views, ratings. I didn't care for money or fame. Perhaps it had once been in my head when I had just begun, but those thoughts have long been discarded for a constant search of recognition. I believe I've said this before, but when I upload a chapter I would always refresh the forum every few minutes in hopes that someone had responded with something, anything. It was like I had become a twelve year old child seeking peoples attention.

Every reader that passed without a comment was an affirmation of my doubt. There have been moments where I believed that the novel had gone astray. Perhaps the plot was uninteresting, characters bland, or even that I was just unsuited to writing. Of course now, after twenty eight chapters and couple of months on RoyalRoad I am no longer as worried about myself. My confidence has definitely been boosted by this experience. But this story is not only about me.

There are many, many aspiring newbies (haha) out there who wish to test the waters of the writing field. And I cannot help but think that innumerable amounts of them might have quit due to the same feeling I had instead managed to conquer. This post is not a command, or a writer begging for comments. This post is me wanting to address something much larger than just me and my novel. I want others to know the joy of writing, and not just the disappointment of having to quit half way. Writing doesn't have to be a job, for me and I'm sure for most on Royal Road it's just a hobby. But it can certainly become just a job, and some people just gradually burn out and leave.

You have all seen (well maybe not) the effect of a single review on A-Zero by Mr.Fablecrusher. If we could just spend a little time, 2 minutes or maybe even 5 minutes, to tell the writer you enjoy that you appreciate them. Then I believe Royal Road will soon be chock full of quality writers, not because they were born that way, but because they were encouraged to improve and so they did.

Again, I want to thank Mr.Fablecrusher for the first comprehensive review on A-Zero I have ever received. I want to thank all of my readers for first, even considering my novel, then second, continuing with it. I bear no grudges against those who have not commented. There are many circumstances and this post was not intended to guilt trip those of you out there. This post is meant as a positive message so that writers on Royal Road and maybe even other website may have a brighter future.

Thank you for reading.

Ps. If you're searching for a Tl;Dr. There isn't one. This message is meant to be read as a whole, or not at all. Thank you for understanding.

With that, I'm out. See you in two weeks.