Alrighty, let me get the announcements out of the way first because the rest of this is probably going to be... verbose.
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1. AS INDICATED BY THE LAST CHAPTER, THIS ISN'T THE END OF THIS UNIVERSE!!! I'm not going to say how much more I'll be writing for the sake of not making any promises I can't keep, but I intend for there to be at least one more large novel (working title: "Meet Me on the Mountains").
The main pairing? Leo and Sinclair... eventually. (Readers, I come in peace...)
I won't post it until I've written the whole novel and had time to edit it, so I'll be putting this book's status on hiatus for quite a long while; however, there is a definite ending on the novel that is currently up without really a cliffhanger.
2. How would y'all feel about a Discord server to hang out in? Let me know in the comments, please! I'd like to get progress updates out, but I don't have any social media accounts under my pseudonym apart from the ones in the novel's description.
3. Any Q&A questions? I'll answer in the comments!
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Anyway, I can't believe I'm writing this...?
Well, regardless, here I am. This has been a long ride trying to get this novel posted, and I could go on for hours about it.
First of all, I'd like to thank anyone who bothered to read, click, interact, or whatever else! You all have helped push me through my first novel, so I really cannot thank y'all enough.
Specifically, I thank any commenters and reviewers (and anyone who sent me votes)! While this list is certainly not exhaustive (and I may add one or two others if my brain wants to work with me later), I would like to take an extra moment to mention three authors here on Webnovel who I've interacted with a lot: beloved_writer ("Love Save Me Detective"/"Time to Wake Up"), MayDreamer ("Irene The Lady Who Turned Down Fate"), and koshi_ ("His Ruthless Ex Wife").
I really love seeing the feedback and reactions to each part and/or talking to y'all, so thank you for making this a fun experience on Webnovel!<3 It's always lovely to see y'all on Discord or Inkstone, and I get so happy each time!
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I'll save the flowery thoughts on the story for a self-review that I'll post in its entirety on a later date.
To sum what I intend to say up, though, I've read/seen lots of BL/GL works on various mediums throughout the past... 6 years, perhaps? So I wanted to write something similar of my own with some other identities included because, well, that's my life (however quiet I am about it offline), and those are my friends. As for other motivations, a pretty random photograph and a critique on an older short story by my best friend who refused to read it (thanks, bro) somehow led to this. Writing this has definitely been one of the highlights of the past nearly two years!
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Again, thank y'all so much for reading, and I hope to see you all in the future on this story or perhaps soon on my other one!
~dreamver2 :)