Chapter 83: On-shelf Address
Dear esteemed readers, good evening!
I’m reporting to you as the author: this book will go live at midnight on December 1st, 2023.
The autumn breeze of October, like a golden paintbrush, rendered the splendid Palace of Versailles within the pages, and at that moment, “I Was the Crown Prince in France” embarked on a new chapter.
The frost and snow of November resembled a grueling journey that taught me persistence and patience in the ongoing writing process, striving to satisfy you all.
As for December… never mind, I’m not going to try to sound European anymore; it’s too exhausting.
I’ll just speak plainly.
“I Was the Crown Prince in France” began to take shape in June when I came across a book about modern European history. After reading it, I immediately developed a keen interest in the history of the French Revolution, convinced that the era of rapid and dramatic changes brought forth many interesting stories and sigh-inducing characters.
Thus, I was struck by a strong impulse to create, hoping to write fascinating stories. For this purpose, I started to search through various historical documents and materials. It was only when I started looking did I realize the difficulty—many of the historical records lacked Chinese translations, and numerous historical figures had various transliterated names. I even made a comical mistake initially, thinking they were two different people, only to later find out it was the same individual with different transliterations of their name.
After more than three months of searching, I felt I had gathered quite comprehensive material and finally began to write this book. As I wrote, I realized that some segments of the outlines I had initially designed still needed further refinement to truly capture the essence. Even though I wrote slowly, the unwavering support of gifts, monthly passes, and recommendation tickets from you, dear readers, has warmed my heart and moved me deeply.
Through all the stumbling over the past month, we’re finally approaching the launch date, and I am quite emotional. This is the third book I’ve managed to bring to launch, like my third child. Although it surely has flaws, I still love it dearly. I hope you too will fall in love with it.
In the end, what I want to say is thank you to my two editors who picked up my work, Brother Green Bean and Brother Penglai. I was quite worried that my book, being a niche topic, would have a difficult time passing review. But to my surprise, both editors picked it up and have helped me a lot. I truly hope the subscription numbers will live up to their good opinion.
Also, I want to thank the four helmsmen of the book: Adorably Average Caesar, R-island, Uncle Cai Ning, and This Isn’t Good, for their generous donations, along with all the book friends and supporters for their love and support for the book.
I beg you all, on account of the little author who skipped dinner tonight to keep typing away, to contribute a first subscription to the book! Because it really means the world to me, I love you all!