Volume 11: Comment Block
Hot damn it’s finally over!!
Well.. let me be honest here. I’ve actually completed this last part of MDQ (including the editing) during the month of March. I just delayed the upload.
It’s the end! Yet I don’t feel like I really accomplished anything. For something that I’ve invested an entire year into, I expected a big celebration or to break down in tears.
But no.
Just a little sentimental. Which lasted for less than 2 hours and then I’m back to writing and drawing.
Sure, I’m happy that I managed to write 500k words in a year. But as amazing as that sounds, MDQ has also been a massive failure.
I write with the intention of doing it full time. So I do have my concerns about money. That’s why I say MDQ is a big failure. So instead of accomplishment, it’s more like meh. It hurt? I guess? It was fun, I guess? Getting scolded by my mom because I wasn’t able to pay attention to her, the pains of having to wake up with a throbbing head and churning stomach early in the morning, forcing myself to write even though I can’t think ideas, the anguish of knowing I didn’t hit my writing quota for the day, the despair knowing that the 2 extra volume were only read by 2 people. The journey was a bitter sweet one. I digress.
There were happy moment too of course. I’m just exaggerating the bad ones. Happy ones being: seeing your comments (and being guilty for not replying), looking at the number count go up, sitting down and getting all pumped up writing a climax scene, drawing illustrations that inform the story.
You know, the little things.
I still remember back when this series got some traction on Webnovel. When there were only around 20-50 chapters publish. I was so stoked. Realizing that there are people eager to read the next chapter. It became the unexpected motivation that pushed me to write.
And all went to hell when I pushed the extra volume. Of course, the hell was all made up in my mind.
Thinking back, all those failures would’ve not happen if I stopped writing. It’s because I’m on the way to becoming a writer that I’m experiencing these failures. So horray! I’ve come a long way. I still don’t see the end yet ahahaha—
MDQ ended quite abruptly, with a rushed ending, incomplete parts and certain plot holes everywhere. I won’t be going back to fix it anytime soon.
I decided against doing final intermission chapters for MDQ. I’m too excited to write <Cookie Cult> that I no longer want to write MDQ.
Currently (that is on 7/4/2022), for WICC, I’ve reached the 40k word mark of the 3rd Volume. Each volume being around 50k words, as usual.
Hey? I’m already so far into the story? Can’t I just post it already? Why I’m I hoarding?
Well.. Unlike MDQ, I intend to improve the quality and double my efforts for this series (waking up 2.40am to write ahahaha). I’ll do 2 rounds of editing instead of 1, fuse my art into the story itself, reduce typo, improve overall reading ease and flow.
I’m also working to create a workflow where I actually publish an ebook a month (with illustrations) to amazon. Yeah, that’s why I need so much of that content buffer.
I don’t think I’ll be doing the paperback version because the quality of the book most probably wouldn’t really meet my standard for a collectible item. I wouldn’t be able to check for any errors in the printing either. So until I find a publisher or someone who’s knowledgeable in the field of print publication, I’ll continue to focus on digital writing.
In any case. I can’t wait for the series to drop. It’ll be cataclysmic.
Eh, wait.
Oh, for those that aren’t on patron, this message would probably only be released when Cookie Cult has already dropped..
So if you’re still here then thank you for reading to the end. It means a lot to me?
That’s so stale.
Man. I suck at being grateful.
Ahem. Let me repeat.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING!! Damn it. You have no idea how much it means to me. Thank you for supporting me even during the times I act like a bitch. Thank you for being patient. Thank you for coming onto my website. Thank you for the comments. Thank you for joining me on this journey.
I hope to see you in Cookie Cult!
<The Writer’s Illustrator is Stuck in Cookie Cult> can be found on:
Scribblehub, RoyalRoad, Webnovel, Honeyfeed and Tapas.
