The Growth of a Titan

Chapter 491: Hiatus Announcement

For my long-time readers and new ones, thanks for reading thus far. But I bet you’re wondering ’Where’s the rest of the book?’ Or ’Are you going to stop updating another book again?!’

You new readers might have even skipped to this Chapter.

However, do not fret my readers, I will continue TGT as by the end of the last Chapter you can see I am going somewhere with the story. I’ve already plotted out a few hundred Chapters I do plan writing.

"Well, Tsetth, if you’ve already plotted out so much of the story why are you disappointing us by suddenly putting this book on Hiatus?"

Ehem, if you will let me explain. The reason for the book’s hiatus firstly has to do with, as might have guessed, a lack of readers. Or at least the perceived lack of readers due to the lack of comments.

Oh now, now, don’t worry this isn’t me casting blame on you guys. As a silent reader myself how could I?

Oh, and by lack of readers, I don’t mean a lack of money. As I am now, I’m not overly focused on making money from my novels, it’ll be good if I do, but more so than money I want recognition!

No, not like that. What I meant is that I need recognition and reader support to motivate me to write so I know that what I’m writing isn’t a waste of time. I obviously enjoy writing TGT personally, but sometimes I can’t help but feel that it’s all just pointless to continue writing when no one probably cares. And you can see how that mindset slowly affected my update schedule as at the beginning I got a sense of accomplishment when writing TGT but now a year later I feel hesitant whenever I open up Word doc to write a new Chapter.

Secondly, and the more important reason the book is on hiatus is because I couldn’t get this damn book idea out of my head for an entire year!

While I was feeling unmotivated to write TGT this idea kept raring its head, tempting me to just write one, maybe two Chapters. I did end up writing one Chapter... then that number turned into three, then five, and soon ten. After that, my thoughts on writing this book had calmed down and I started focusing on TGT, determined to return to daily uploads, but every time I went to write a new chap of TGT, that folder with those ten chaps kept staring back at me, tempting me to open it.

That was like six or seven months ago, and recently I was looking at the folder and thinking that those Chapters must be complete garbage, that I was merely looking at them through rose-tinted glass.

With that thought I finally opened the folder fully preparing to cringe at what I wrote all those months ago.

However, after I read Chapter one, I suddenly found myself at Chapter ten within the blink of an eye. I only realized that I was unconsciously and eagerly reading Chapter after Chapter when I couldn’t find Chapter eleven no matter how much I stared at the folder.

Also, this weird thing happened where I was actually angry at myself for only writing ten Chapters, I really wanted to continue reading.

I think I had that feeling because after so long I had forgotten what I wrote so I wasn’t reading the Chapters like an author who wrote them, but as a reader. Having that reaction of wanting to read Chapter eleven solidified the idea of me putting TGT on hold to write this book.

Of course, I’m me and everyone else is everyone else, what I might enjoy you guys might not. However, I had that feeling of wanting to write for the sake of writing that I had lost when writing TGT.

But to make sure I don’t make the same mistake I did with TGT, I even put some restrictions on writing this book.

One, it will be no more than five hundred Chapters.

Two, I’ll only write it after I’ve done extensive research.

And three, until I plot out at least the first volume and ensure that it won’t be an extremely long series so I can get back to writing TGT soon after, then I won’t start.

After doing all of that for the last couple of weeks/month, I’ve finally decided to pause TGT this month and start my new book.

By now you guys are probably wondering what that book idea is all about to get me so excited.

Well, that book is a book about... zombies.

It’s a zombie book.

"..."

Okay, okay, let me explain. So I watched Train to Busan and All of Us Are Dead sometime last year, and that sort of got my brain itching with ideas. The idea for this book rose to the top and I couldn’t stop thinking about it since.

I know this isn’t a popular troupe on Webnovel, and most of you guys might not find it interesting, but if you liked the murder mystery arc in TGT then you’ll know I have a knack for crafting suspenseful storylines and twist reveals. I think my writing shines mostly during character drama. Furthermore, the murder mystery arc in TGT was done on a whim after I watched Knives Out 1 and 2, meanwhile, I’ve already taken the time to plot the entirety of the first volume of this book.

So, in short, please support my new work!

Its name (for a lot of reasons, with exposure’s sake being the main one) is "Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies"!!!

The title is a play on words, and I’ll leave the synopsis for it below to pique your interest in reading because it’s already out!!

Again, I’m sorry for putting TGT on hiatus. I will continue it after finishing AICSZ, but I hope you guys will support my new book.

Synopsis for Apocalypse: I Can See Zombies

Jin-woo had never considered himself someone ordinary.

Okay, that sounded like an arrogant thought to have, but he was definitely unordinary. He would always be reminded of this whenever he had to take his antipsychotic medication for his schizophrenia. It also didn’t help that he was starting High School with the whole school knowing this fact because of his little... slip-up?

Of course this comes with bullies targeting him, but that wasn’t new. He was determined to do his best to avoid them and not draw any unnecessary attention to himself... But that was impossible as some God seemed to have cursed him to be in the same class as his bullies, and that nosy popular girl who wouldn’t stop talking to him in front of everyone.

How many times did he have to say they weren’t friends, much less childhood friends for her to leave him alone?!

However, what might be worse than being in the same class as your bullies and that annoying girl, was being in the same class as your bullies and that annoying girl, while being trapped in there because of a zombie virus outbreak... and somehow being the cause of it?

Should he stay, or chance it with the hordes of zombies outside?

What would you do?

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Warning: This book contains uncomfortable themes such as Domestic Violence, School Bullying, and brief mention of Teacher-student relationship.