《The Brotherhood Archive:Crossroads(Revised)》Edict: Pt 2 The Message ch. 5 or it would be here if...
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I'm done.
And by that I mean I'm done with RoyalRoad.
This really shouldn't be a shock because I've mention/hinted at some loss in motivation posting her for month. Pretty much at the start of this year.
The truth is, RR was fun when I jumped in. It was very much unlike where I was posting my work on DeviantArt where every thing novel sized original fiction was drowned out by fan-fics. In fact, if I wanted readers, I had to write short-stories which I'm not good at.
I tried to post on Wattpad and that was a bigger hurtle because of fan-fics and romance. I don't write romance heavy stories and neither do I feel incline to write it the brand of romance that is prevalent there.
As a niche writer, finding a community to insert oneself in is difficult. And I thought that RoyalRoad worked. It was fantasy heavy and I was playing at writing something so different that I would stand out. As it turns out, this place is probably just as bad everything else I've been on. Just different.
At least with every other community I've been on, there was at least some semblance of variety of stories. With RoyalRoad being so power fantasy heavy, it makes it difficult for anything to get a decent shot.
I write too character drivem stories. I'm not afraid of tackling heavy topics. Fantasy writing to me is not full about just wishfulfilment and escapism. It's a way for me to explore people and character. And this place kind of de-motivates you from wanting to do that.
It really kind disheartening seeing so many writers who start out writing something different, end up writing something to taste on RoyalRoad and then abandon their first project they promised they wouldn't. They do it anyway. Any time I find someone interesting to read, they are gone.
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And such a thing benefits me more than any progression isekia fantasy. I'm trying to refine a style of storytelling that is low-stakes and very personal to the characters involved. I've no interest in progress, isekia, or lit-rpgs.
And then there is the bias against female characters on here. And this is something I didn't want to mention and that's the fact that Kiao, of all my POV characters, does the worst. I mean, you could see the drop in views when she was the POV character in Edict the first time I posted the story. Then the views would magically pick up again when Mien was the POV character.
During my second round of updates, it was clear this hasn't changed when the second part of The Priest and Priestess was written. Views just dropped the heck off.
So what si a writer supposed to take from that. Write male protagonists only?
Oh and your male protagonist, he better not be anything other than describe and his interest in females as a heterosexual. Don't write about you character being asexual and how he what he is doesn't jive well with the culture he's in. Basically, don't write a character with a different experience or you lose readers.
Of course, if you write something different, the standard you are held at is completely different. In fact, you feel judged and that you need to write above everyone.
And for me, that means I have to take my time. However, RoyalRoad seems to reward quantity more than quality more. It's all about how fast you writer and as a dyslexic and with the goals that I want to achieve with my writing. The more time goes by, it just feels like I'm between a rock and a hard place.
And then there is just the sense of loneliness I've been having.
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It's already difficult for me to connect to people. It feel like none of my interest in writing aligns with anyone else's. In the past, I felt scoffed out in the fantasy communities for even daring to write anything different. I went from, everyone needs to write epic fantasies like Lord of the Rings to everything needs to be like Worm, to now everything needs to like these four top stories or you are doing it wrong.
I'm really honestly tired of everything always being an uphill battle. Writing with dyslexia is already an uphill battle because I've traits that sabotage me. Not only that but the kind of stories I want to writer and the character I want to explore do as well. I can't even write at the pace I need to go to write a good story. And RR seems to becoming more and more like a rat race the bigger it gets and I'm not going to win.
And this realization has left me frustrated for nearly an entire year.
And I'm not really frustrated anymore. I've moved beyond that to solutions. And my solution is to just leave and just focus on writing and using a platform that allows me to be free from distractions and comparing myself to others.
I admitted to myself several weeks ago that RoyalRoad makes me miserable. And I've been hanging on, but I can't anymore. I don't want to. It's affecting my writing. I've been dragging my feet with updating Edict. And it's not as bad of a process as I am making it out to be. And since I want to feel excited about sharing a story again, this is the solution.
I'm done.
I'm closing up shop.
I'm abandoning ship. I've called in the helicopter and going back to shore, to write in the way I can enjoy it again.
I am also pretty much done with writing platforms as a whole. There isn't any place for my writing to go. It's Wattpad or sites that have the exact same things RR does. None of the smaller ones get enough traffic, as I looked at analytics for all the writing platforms. RoyalRoad, ScribbleHub, Wattpad, and WebNovel are the only ones that don't waste your time. They have enough traffic with people reading. So I'm not posting anywhere else but on my website unless something changes.
https://www.brotherhoodarchive.com/
I do plan on finishing the Archive. All stories will be posted on there in some form.
I'm considering, at a certain point, placing Hy'Ruh-Ha and Crossroad in PDF or EPUB form only. So Edict will join that sort of thing eventually. The site would only host what I'm currently working on. I'm not going the KU route. I really little desire to deal with Amazon. My plan is to likely put it up on Smashwords. I can put it there for free. I don't know. I have to actually see support for that sort of thing.
When it's Dark will be finished. I'm actually drafting out that last three chapters as we speak. I likely post all the chapters up in a week then leave it up for a month or two, but that's going to be removed with Changes as well. I've already deleted the chapter.
For anyone who has read my work and stuck around
Thank you.
God Bless
-L.J. McEachern
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This Strange New Life
Seems like I got a new chance. Better not fuck it up then, since I really want to see what it feels to have a family. Power is pretty lame alone. Best used to build things and protect people. Did a lot of building 'till now, lots of research stuff and all. Now, let's protect the people that I love and that loves me back. An enjoyable life with my loved ones. Whatever the cost. Mufufu~~ What can I do, my siblings are so cute~~ maybe I'll try having children at some point~? --- PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION ^p^ ---- This is an extremely slow reincarnation story, with heavy usage of dialogues and diminutive descriptions. Chapter are posted whenever I feel like it, because I won't burn myself down like I did before. Chapters will often be around 2k words. The first arc, Life in Valince, will be at least 50 chapters deep, and the main character won't get to her 1 year anniversary over the span of this arc. As I said, it's a slow, character interaction, dialogue-heavy story. Lots of feeling, slice-of-life etc, with some dramatic events that shape the rest of the story ^^ AND PLEASE, STOP PESTERING ME ABOUT JAPANESE. this story contain a very limited amount of japanese words, used in context for a reason and that are part of the mystery of the worldAnd the bad guys use german (not because nazi buit because german is badass)And there’s also french. Please be open-minded. I’m not a delusional weeb and this kind of thing, and it would be very appreciated if people could be more polite.If you don't like it, I don't force you to read it, but a lot of people seems to like this novel nonetheless, so maybe you should give it a shot. ---- Lux's here! Yeah I know I should work on ToL and ToF but I had another idea, then another one. So here it is. Story talk about a war vet that reincarnate and can finally know what it is to have a family. I like engineering, creating things and all, so I'll try putting production scene in this. Like all my stories, it's about love, be it with family, friends or lovers. I like my coffee with so much love sugar that half the planet would get diabetes. You're warned. Also, the MC is quite OP, but I keep a progression curb and she still has things to learn, which she will eagerly do. After all, curiosity is one of her main drives, with a thirst for love and utter hate of loss, be it losing a battle or losing someone she loves. Ha, nearly forgot. CONTENT WARNINGS AREN'T FOR SHOW. Sex, of course. I'll try to explore sexuality as a male, a female, and some other PoV that can't be categorised like that, not exactly. Also, beware the yuri/yaoi. I don't limit myself to straight couples. Gore. A lot. Blood everywhere, guts spilling and all. I don't do censure. The Mc cut a wolf in half? you get the details of what is inside it. Traumatising content. I dunno. No NTR, no heartbreaking drama. However, some of you may dislike the way I handle bodies and flesh. Got some feedback about body horror on my previous works, but everyone as a different border separating transhumanism and body horror. Mine is pretty high. How high? Go read The Other Labyrthin to have an example. To put it in simple term, I've no problem at all to describe alien bodies, change in human bodies, interactions between differents strange species etc. Expect a lot of tentacle, bio-incubator, spawning pool à la zerg. Profanity. Well, I think you fucking got it in the very first sentence of this synopsis, ain't right? ---- THIS IS A WIP (work in progress)! Earlier chapters may get retconned or completely changed, structure of the story isn't set in stone, all the usual stuff. ANY HELP IS WELCOMED. Want to throw me your idea? Shoot! Spotted an error in the text? Comment! Seen a plothole bigger than the impact zone of a nuke? I'll gladly hear you out and try to fix the problem (somehow ;-;) --- Cover: John Martin - The Plains of Heaven (c. 1851) ---- Official Editor: TheZouave (starting from ch25 onward) ---- List of thanks: Necrotyr (English) Asviloka (English) Damokles (Review) David Talon (Review) JHA (English) Helbom (English) Slee202 (Common Coherence) NEEDS_MORE_DAKA (First First) Srayan (English) Koooomakimi (Dialogue Flow) Emagstar (English) Apocryphal (Review) ToasterForker (Review) Ellen Taylor (Review) Zak (English) PrimalShadow (English) Elliot Flanders (HUGE THANKS for the re-write of the poem "Tale of Ashen Night" Go check their work, it's good ^^) Lance Wheeler (Huge thanks for the English edit on each chapter ^^) (If you think you should be here because you helped me, feel free to ask, pointing the reason, like the comment you gave that could have helped me ^^)
8 198Ignis
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8 172The Immortal
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8 83Diner of a Returned Hero [Ver. English)]
Choi, Kyeongho 35 years old, his looks are somewhere in between normal and handsome. His temperament is stiflingly dull. He is very much content with whatever is given to him and is also subtly thoughtful of others. Possesses power that can even match the Demon King. Albino Real name is Carnis de Rufs. Kyeongho nicknamed him albino. Pet of the Lord God and the Guardian. He is the one who established the awakening system to protect the Earth. Possesses unexpected aegyo and clumsiness. Synopsis Kyeongho returns to the Earth after 10 years of protecting the world of the spirits from the attack of Evildom. But it turns out that Earth has been attacked too? Can Kyeongho, who dreams of an ordinary life working at his mom’s restaurant, save the world from the monster attack?
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