The Monster Inside: The First Vampire 165 Author's Note and Thank you

Who would have thought that I could write two whole books between March and October of the same year? Usually I'm lucky to write 1 in that time...

Of course, I know exactly why I can write this much, and of course it's because of you guys!

*Fireworks*

*Sparklers*

*Confetti*

*Waiters bringing out a vampire themed cake* (Cause it ain't a party without cake!)

Thank you so much for your support for this second volume, it has meant quite a lot to me and I hope it will continue into the future considering the vast and diverse world I'm only on the verge of creating. At the end of last week (Sunday 29/09 at 5:30pm AEST), I did a check and a tally of the top 15 of those on the site that had contributed the most comments and votes for this story and hence here is the shout-out below:

Top 15 Voters:

1. SoraxKairi – 572

2. Nekomino – 550

3. esmeraldo – 461

4. kehdue – 401

5. Rabliel – 367

6. Twisting_Shadows – 290

7. Triorchan – 275

8. AllMight00 – 273

9. zecond – 248

10. daniel44 – 222

11. DVDD – 200

12. Ivy_Jones – 199

13. Savacou – 191

14. Nourah1999 – 190

15. DD8DD - 185

Top 15 Commenters (good or bad, they all contributed to my motivation one way or another):

1. DaoistLilSpoderman - 122

2. Legion20 - 72

3. SoraxKairi - 64

4. Athrium - 52

5. Chaoticmike - 46

5. Coolio - 46

7. 02842 - 45

8. MazniBanichki - 40

9. K1ra12066099 - 39

10. Crazyreader - 38

11. Nourah1999 - 37

11. peejay2 - 37

13. Dragonia_101 - 36

13. Senior_Nepuko - 36

15. AvidReader962 - 31

15. Everything_system8 - 31

And of course, a special shout-out to those who have posted a review. While I can see that I certainly can't impress everyone, I'm grateful for the kind words and recommendations.

*Let's out a breath*

So...who's interested in hearing about Vol.3? Probs the only reason why you're reading this chapter huh?

*Laughs Evilly*

Okay, enough with the suspense...

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No really, I'll tell you.

So I'm taking a break until the end of October for various reasons.

First and foremost, I'm finishing my degree and applying for jobs for next year so kinda busy with that.

Second, I gotta go back and edit this second volume, possibly change a few things too but it'll be the same general structure for those who can't be bothered going back to read it again. As always edited chapters indicated by a * in the title.

Third, I gotta start writing the third volume, titled 'The Man and The Monster'. Can't tell you much cause it'll give too much away, but there will be a lot of the characters we've met this second volume getting their own story lines. I'll let you guys guess who.

And finally, I'm setting up a P*a*t*r*e*o*n account. Primarily, this account will be used to finance my writing. I would love to be able to send the first volume off to a publisher and get recognition straight away, but that just ain't happening.

"Well why don't you self-publish?" you may ask

Self-publishing to me is like a last resort if no one else wants to publish my book, but regardless of which route I take I still need to get my books professionally edited. Doing it myself or getting friends or family has been how I've been doing it so far, but let's face it, neither me or any of them are professionally trained to spot things that are wrong with my book or give me suggestions on how to fix it. And, like most things, editing costs money...a shit tonne of money that I don't have, hence the P*a*t*r*e*o*n Account.

I'll obviously give more information later (when I post a teaser for the third volume), but essentially Patrons will have access to Q&As with me or with the characters (Will be taking questions from my discord server ONLY), they'll see short stories from side characters, or sometimes main characters, and possibly some extra content about the wider world of Chaos.

Obviously, if you don't want to become a Patron, that's cool too, no hard feelings. You won't miss out on anything from the main story line as all the incidents within the short stories will be at least mentioned in the novels, but if you are interested I'd really appreciate it and you'll be able to see more updates on my discord server so get that link on the title page of this novel.

Okay, I think that's it...for now anyway.

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Oh wait, you probably want dates huh? Silly me, leaving you hanging there...

Vol.3 Teaser & first chapter releases on Chaptail (Hopefully P*a*t*r*e*o*n Page Launch as well but I don't know how long it'll take me to set up so could be the following monday): 21st of October at 5pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time)

Vol.3 first chapter release on Webnovel: 28th of October at 5pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time)

Mark the dates in your calendars dear Denizens of Chaos, and I shall see you then!

Until next time, Happy Reading!

-Jelim

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