When I typed out the 30,000-word draft of our book, I submitted it to many editors, but the editors of various websites said that the writing was not good, and it was useless except for the writing.

When I voted for the editor-in-chief of a website, I asked for 30 yuan for 1,000 words, and some editors said, is it a bit too much for you to ask for 30 yuan for 1,000 words as a rookie writer. I asked if you had read my manuscript, and the other party said that he had read it, and it felt so-so. Later, the editor-in-chief said that the narrative ability and writing were okay, and he could barely buy it out, but he couldn't give such a high price, and asked me if I could go to their website to write it.

I asked him how many words he was going to give, and he didn't answer, so I didn't answer.

Then I submitted the manuscript to several studios, but they were all lost, and finally I gave the manuscript to Black Rock, and the answer I got was similar to that of a general website, that is, to sign it. At that time, I wanted to post the manuscript on China's largest website, but I thought that I couldn't become a god, so I boiled it and became a god, and if it didn't work for two years, it would take three years.

But when I was in college, a writer who was also working hard with me, worked hard to write a 160,000-word book every month, and then sold the copyright directly, 600 yuan a copy to sell to others, he said that he has sent it now, he is the god of the black rock network, he said you must be able to, come to black rock, I said okay, here it is.

Therefore, the reason why everyone can see this book is really thanks to the platform of Black Rock.

When I wrote this book, I didn't have much enthusiasm, because I was just telling some stories I heard when I was a child in the village, and nothing else, and I thought that I could write 1 million words and I didn't have much hope.

At that time, I also prepared four long manuscripts, one is a modern fantasy called "Dream World", which tells the story of the pair of big and small treasure brothers in our onmyoji, the upper and lower worlds, rising from the darkness A human boy, from the slave world all the way to the dream world. I only showed this manuscript to one reader and one friend, and when they read it, they all said they were very moved and wanted to see what happened next. Like them, I read the manuscript back and forth a dozen times, and I wondered what would happen next. But sci-fi was too hard to get up, and eventually I gave up.

There is also a sci-fi funny, called "Infinite Destruction", imitating the capital Z that no one dares to imitate, when this article was cast, a certain network editor said that he didn't understand what you were talking about, and he didn't cross into it with 20,000 words at the beginning. I said that what I wrote would never cross in, imitate the Z big, make some stalks, and attract readers more, he came along.

So I asked, have you ever read my manuscript?

The third manuscript is called "Brother", from a female perspective, the first person interpretation of the love story between us during the Republic of China, this manuscript I have five years of accumulation, stop and go in the middle, the manuscript is in my hand, and I have been working in the north and south for several years.

Later it was lost, and only a few pieces of paper remained.

I read the content on that piece of paper and cried over and over again, but now the female frequency is all those titles like "Husband slowly crawling", "Cute Mom against the sky", "Past and present life, petite cute concubine god and prince", suddenly someone wrote a piece called "Brother", it's strange that it can become popular, and finally the story is written for a small half, and tens of thousands of words will end up without a problem, and the three children I described did not grow up in the end and died in my hands.

The fourth manuscript is a pure fantasy "Divine Soldier", written 60,000 words, this is a book that I have thought about for eight years, checked a lot of information, and wrote 60,000 words, the protagonist has just grown up, and I found that there is no meaning in writing it.

There are so many good stories that never have an ending.

And now let's talk about the Onmyoji Secret Record.

Onmyoji Secret Record, in the early days, it was difficult to promote, because the first chapter of the opening chapter was revised back and forth dozens of times without much good effect, too many people complained, and the word "no mountain in northern Jiangsu" was complained about at least a thousand times.

The theme of Onmyoji is very difficult to write, basically ten out of ten are written in ten bad endings, all of which are written from the Cultural Revolution period or the liberation period, and later, there will inevitably be some modern things, the protagonist will be upgraded, everyone will become more and more powerful, and many people can't accept it, just like they can't accept their own growth.

Therefore, no one is optimistic about the Onmyoji.

In the early days, I posted on Baidu little by little, posted in tribes and forums, attracting hundreds of people to see, at that time I knew that once I gave a recommendation, there must be readers, and as a result, the website gave us an unexpected promotion, and finally, the rise of the Onmyoji.

But the results of our Onmyoji have always been mediocre, neither high nor low, crushing the works of the little gods of some websites, but they have been hovering outside the top ten, in fact, the name of the Onmyoji Secret Record is not good, the name alone is not attractive enough, it looks like a book of street goods.

Unlike some of the books of the great gods, the Onmyoji Secret Record has dominated various lists on the Black Rock, and many great gods and small gods have created new records on the Black Rock, with daily sales of more than 1,000, daily sales of more than 10,000, or even more, but our Onmyoji does not have it, and the highest time is the ninth place.

After the rollout passed, the rest of the period was basically hovering around 20.

Writing a book in Black Rock is fast to become a god, and it is also fast to become a ghost, and if a chapter is not written well, the reader will leave, so I have never regarded myself as a great god, I am just a writer.

When our editor informed me one day that you were already a great god, I was really scared because I didn't know what to do next, whether I would be as unlucky as before.

Now, don't worry about it anymore, this book, I can already grasp it, all the outlines and stories have been formed, not where to write, many things have been roughly known, just how to express them.

When many people look at the website list, they have always wondered, hey, why is that rotten book still in this position after a few months, and the name of the aunt towel and the dirt scum on the cover still make many people not want to click it.

Nowadays, the industry is sluggish, and my income has been declining, even if the ranking is still not low, but I have changed from two chapters a day to at least three chapters.

Because I resigned.

My original job, also with my efforts, in half a year, from the original 2000, rose to more than 4000 later, including food and housing, but in order to write books with peace of mind, in order to no longer stay up late every day, no longer wake up every morning to find that I have nosebleeds, tired and unable to work normally, I must drink all kinds of coffee and drinks.

I gave up my job and started ours.

I thought that my income was higher than my salary, and I thought that I could realize my dream of not having to be a home all over the world with the help of Onmyoji, but now it seems that it is no longer possible.

I was surprised by the drop in income, and when the editor comforted me and said that everyone was like this, I was still in a state of panic. At first, I wondered why the books on the site seemed to end at a million words, but now I know. No matter how well it is written, it is one or two million words when the income begins to drop significantly. Too little and too little that doesn't fall.

And the world of our Onmyoji Secret Record has just opened, and when I have just sorted out all my thoughts, knowing such a thing, I can foresee how big a blow it will be to me.

I thought about whether to finish the book in a hurry and start the next new book, otherwise, my own life is likely to be a problem, I calmed down for a few days, didn't tell anyone, and finally decided to calmly start writing our book, because this has become my habit in the past few months, I am also used to seeing you, used to seeing you in the book fan group, used to your comments and encouragement to me or something, just like you are used to refreshing our book to see if it has been updated.

The people who stayed behind are all die-hard fans of Onmyoji, and I don't want to say much about thanks, I just want to say, I'm with you.

There's so much to say, so let's stop here.

The following answers to one of the questions that everyone wants to know the most, which is the number of words.

In the original outline concept, Onmyoji was up to 1.5 million words. Later, as the world spread out and the number of characters increased, I found that the number of words in the book could increase indefinitely, 3 million, 5 million or even more.

Now it seems that it is impossible and unnecessary to write so much. I don't know exactly how much, but not much, but I try to finish the story and walk through the days of crying or laughing together with everyone.

In the next chapter, I'll start answering your questions.