Monster Girl Menagerie – Celestial Archive

Hi, Drifting Embers here,

First of all, I want to thank you for all the support you have provided, without which I wouldn't have come this far—so, Thank You!

With the end of the volume 1 at 60 chapters and over 94k words, I'm left feeling rather conflicted. The numbers might not be something to be proud of, especially in our community, but it's something that represents a hurdle I have faced and overcome. On one hand I'm proud, on the other, not so much...

A lot of things happened in the past couple month: my exams, work and then my sister falling ill. Which affected my working schedule and in short made a mess of my work. I guess, that's probably why I'm not particularly proud of the later half of this volume. Of course, I wouldn't blame it entirely on that.

When I first started writing this novel, volume 1 was intended to be an introductory volume—one where I basically introduced characters, the world and magic system and then set basis for the plot moving forward. It wasn't supposed to exceed 30 chapters, but... here we are.

Volume 2 is where I actually set things into motion, progress the plot and all that. This will probably be the longest volume of this novel. So, look forward to that.

Volume 3 is the climax, where we wrap up the plot. Tie ends and reach conclusions, basically. It will probably be only as long as Volume 1 itself.

At last, Volume 4 is meant to act as the Epilogue; it will be the shortest volume. And with that I will have hopefully wrapped this book up.

On the side note, I have decided on rewrite the Drifting Dao. It needs a bit of refinement before I put it into words and present to you. That said, I'm currently in the midst of writing a fanfiction by the name of Rust & Radiance. It's set in DC Universe with Jumpchain mechanics—specifically Celestial Forge. Now if you know Brockton's Celestial Forge, then you should get the gist of what I'm cooking. Nowhere near the level of Lord Roustabout, but... You get it.

Four chapters are already available on my patreon. If everything went well, it should also become available here before the end of this month.

Thank you once more for all the support.