Hi, everybody. Hope I find you all in good health.
Hard to believe it's already been a year since I started writing. 300000 words. Wow! When I first started writing, I had so many ideas — still do. But I also had my doubts. Now I see we all just have to be brave enough to take that first step.
Unfortunately, it's that time of the year again. My semester exams will take place in December. In fact, I had my Internal tests this month. But somehow, I pushed through, writing about 6000 words per week—all because of your love and encouragement.
But I really need to study a bit now, in the little time that I get out of my 9-3 job. So I will be seeing you all again in January. Here are a few spoilers for 4th year, just to make sure you come back —
Death Eaters have a deadly 'close encounter' at the World Cup final.
Ben starts the Pokemon Tournament at Hogwarts.
Triwizard Tournament — King Kong vs dragon, Iron Knight, Ben faces his biggest fear.
I also have another announcement regarding the story. You know, when I first started writing, I had no intention of publishing the story so soon. In fact, I was going to wait until I had written atleast 100 chapters and then release them. But I made a mistake and instead of just saving the draft of the first chapter, published it. I was going to delete it, but then I saw some positive comments and I just kept writing.
Most of the time, I don't have any chapters stockpiled and I just write on the fly. This is why I had been taking help from AI lately as I just don't have the time to sit down and write peacefully. Anyway, I think my initial slow release speed hampered the readership of an otherwise decent story.
So, I am going to brush up the chapters and re-release them under a new cover— HP: Ancient Magic of the Gods. That way the story won't just sit and collect dust for the next month. I will finish releasing the 97 chapters in the month of December, and then from January 2026, we will continue our journey into 4th year. If possible, please drop by and write a short review, for which I would be ever so grateful.
I know it's a bother. Trust me, I know. But sometimes, when life gives you lemons, all you can do...is wish they were tangerines.
This is CIPHER_RAIGE. Signing off.