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More seriously, I guess if you guys wanted an update here goes : 
          
          I’ve sure been busy, that can’t be denied. You can chalk it up to one word which I’m pretty sure explains a lot : college. Yeah, studies, all that. Been taking most of my year and pretty hungrily. I was actually planning on hitting Wattpad up for last Summer, but that had to be cut short because I got drafted into doing some six-month work, so I didn’t really get any Summer vacation.
          
          If I have to pronounce myself on the state of my books, well… nothing’s really off the table actually ! I’ve been writing on my side, even making some true irl projects. I simply don’t think what I’ve got for now is worth uploading all at once with an announcement of some big return. There ARE a few chapters to multiple of my books that are in the oven, but for now I’m saving it all up until a day where I have enough to say, steadily upload one or two per week for a good while. 
          
          
          Finally, there’s something else that’s pushed me to write to you right now. And that’s Inktobertale. Two years back I myself said there likely wouldn’t be a 2023 book to seal the trilogy, and as expected there wasn’t. I didn’t even find the prompts of that year very fitting for the plot I had in mind. But today I have brand new prompts for Inktobertale 2024 and to be fair… I like them a lot ! I definitely think they can fit worth my story. Still, I’m not sure the timing is right and that I’d be able to give you the final Ink Book in its best form. We’re already on the second anyway. So I’m not sure whether to start this enterprise now or wait another time ! (And in the latter, I would definitely reuse some or this year’s prompts.)
          
          All in all that’s what I had to say. I’m sorry for being so dry on updates but I wouldn’t want to get your hopes up so I’d rather stay silent until the day I finally can come back and tell you so, with that tasty consistent upload schedule.

Holy SHIT guys I was just out for five minutes what the hell happened

The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is my favorite isekai

And ofc I’ll make up for that lack of activity

Hello again. 
          
          As you’ve noticed, I’ve followed through with my prevision and will not be making an Inktobertale 2023. I did like multiple of the prompts, and they suited the narrative I had in mind for the final book of the trilogy, but nonetheless I didn’t want to dive in and repeat last year’s mistake without making sure it would all be to my taste.
          
          I may actually break my flawless respect of the prompts so far for my own when I DO make it, but if I do, rest assured it’ll be for the greater good of the book’s narrative. 
          
          So for those who came back to check for an Inktobertale 2023 book, sorry, better luck in 1 or 2 more years hopefully! Btw I’m curious, would you rather more detached, Ink-n-friends shenanigans, or one big narrative throughout the chapters with a unique antagonist ? There’ll probably end up being both, just like the 2 previous times, just curious which you prefer.

I know this is all I need to get clout but this is a ship-free, smut-free (until proven otherwise) account.
          
          I would rather die a man than live a cheater. If that makes any sense to you.

Sometimes I wonder if people even like what I write.
          
          Then I remember I’m some virgin writing Undertale fanfics on Wattpad. No one expects quality from me and that’s hilariously reassuring.

Alright,
          Debriefing time.
          I’m gonna go straight to the point, I think the Inktobertale 2022 book was way inferior to what I managed to write in 2021, and the reception seems to confirm that impression. Could this have something to do with the fact, I forced myself to release chapters much more regularly (except for a few 0 released one day-2 the next day moments) ? I doubt it. I think that the book in itself lacked most of what made the first one so good. Regular, quirky dynamics between characters (opposed to Ink being alone the whole-ass thing), original, isolated one-shots (versus a long story that felt very pieced together), among a few things. I suspect this might also be linked to this being my SECOND book, which brings problems that I talk about in the very first chapter (the whole “I should read the first book first ?!?!” thing). 
          
          So now what ? 
          Well, until the last moment, I was very unsure if I was gonna participate to Inktobertale 2022, make a follow-up to my most successful book so far. And now it’s done, and poorly so. So is it a sign that I should give up ?
          
          Or should I see this as a 1-1 scoreboard ?
          You see where I’m going with this ?
          
          I’m very much unsatisfied with the Inktobertale 22 book, so I’m going to make things right. I *want* to make a third book. And it’s probably going to be the final Inktobertale book. A trilogy, which I’ll be proud of. And for that to be the case, I’m also decreeing that THIS DOES NOT MEAN I’LL PARTICIPATE TO INKTOBERTALE 2023. I will wait, for prompts that inspire me, bringing me to create a story I feel CONFIDENT IN. 
          
          So yeah. 
          You might also get an update about my other books in the near future.
          
          TLDR : Inktobertale 22 book bad, will make a third one to conclude the trilogy, but only once I’m sure I can do it right, so it might be Inktobertale 2023, or 26.

For certain reasons, I’ll post no chapters today, and two tomorrow.

Idk if that’s ironic or a blessing, but someone actually just hearted the entirety of the Inktobertale 2022 book (thus far)