How to Survive at the End of the World: A New Novel

Hey everyone!

I know that since a lot of you guys read ahead on Patreon, some of the RoyalRoad announcements might not really come through. So, if you haven't seen it already, we recently launched a new novel titled How to Survive at the End of the World. And we think you'll really enjoy it. 

I'll start with the FAQ and then drop the RR announcement below. 

What does this mean for Deadworld?

More or less nothing. Our release schedule will remain the same at 5 times per week until the end of book 3. Our original plan for Deadworld  was to be somewhere close to a trilogy and while we are thinking of a  book 4 and beyond, we're nowhere near ready for that. 

More chapters?

How to Survive at the End of the World will be releasing daily  chapters. So that's about 7 per week. On top of that, Deadworld will  keep its 5 chapters per week schedule (with the potential for more as we  get to the end of the book). All in all, that's about 12 chapters per  week for the foreseeable future.

What about Patreon early chapters?

For the time being, we'll keep the Patreon early chapter count at 25  chapters ahead of RoyalRoad. As we approach the end of Deadworld book 3,  we'll start releasing early chapters of How to Survive at the End of the World (HtSatEoftW) to make sure that Patreon subscribers maintain a  25 chapter lead. Officially, Book 3 will end on chapter 152.5, after which we'll add one additional HtSatEoftW chapter for every chapter we consume on Deadworld. 

RoyalRoad Announcement

Big, big news of a big, big announcement variety incoming.

As you probably already know, we are zeroing  in on the end of Deadworld Isekai three, meaning that, since July, I’ve  written an entire trilogy. We are stoked about it and both Dotblue and I  really like how the book ends, and we are glad we could keep up a  breakneck release schedule the entire time.

That intense writing schedule came with a lot  of good, but it also came with certain risks. The biggest one, for me,  was that at some point I’d fall into a rut, keep writing anyway, and  you’d get a lot of “more of the same” type chapters. You see that with  long-standing series sometimes, where the main character gets strong  enough that they don’t have real risk, and every chapter ends up being  “well, I guess he’s a little stronger now, and this skill is level 5  instead of level 4.”

It’s vitally, vitally important that you keep  reading after this next bit: Deadworld is going on a writing break. I’m  going to let it sit and stew for a while, so book 4 is as significant  plot-wise as books 1-3 were.

In the meantime, I’m still a writer, and I  still have ideas popping up at all times. And since I’m realistically  not going to stop writing, that means something huge:

We are dropping a new novel.

The new book is called How To Survive at the End of The World, and follows a character who time-skips straight into  the imminent demise of the entire planet and who, once there, has to  either stay the boring, safe course of grinding rats and surviving, or  go big against overwhelming force, kick the ass of an entire apocalypse,  and save the day.

If I can say so myself, it’s already rad.  I’ve learned a lot about writing with Deadworld, and this novel is  already cranking along in a fun way, even though we aren’t out of the  initial setting-up-the-story chapters yet. When I went into the new  project, I did the author thing where I was a bit worried my second book  would end up not-as-good as my first one. But having reread a bit of  it, I’m now pretty confident that if you liked Deadworld, you will like  or love this. It’s good.

Now, one sad truth about pretty-good-or-great  novels is this: Some of them just don’t get a foothold. Royal Road is  structured in such a way that novels do better if they get momentum  sooner rather than later. With Deadworld, we were learning how Royal  Road works from scratch, which meant we squandered a lot of that initial  opportunity to get big, get subs, and destroy the entire world with  writing. We did pretty good anyway, but we can (with your help) do  better.

Here’s where you come in:

+ Go check out the story. Just reading it  helps, and we're pretty confident you will dig it. If not, no worries -  not everything is for everyone. You do you, no pressure.

+ If you like it, drop us a follow. Even if  follows aren’t how you keep track of your novels, clicking that button  means our follower count goes up, and significant follows at the  beginning are, we think, the biggest factor in making it to front page,  getting more eyes on the novel, and breaking out in a big way.

+ If you really like it, rate it. Having a  few positive reviews in the can means a lot in terms of how many people  Royal Road shows the novel to. Ratings are good, and reviews are better,  but we would be overjoyed to get either, especially on day one. A few  high-star reviews make a huge difference here.

If you absolutely love it, talk about us  other places. Most traffic comes through Royal Road, sure, but if you're  really, really enthusiastic about our projects, adding buzz in other  types of forums helps us a lot as well. We don’t expect everyone to do  this; not everyone enjoys the stuff they read that way. But if you find  we deserve it, and you're the kind of person who talks up things they  are reading, that’s something we really, really appreciate.

For our part, we are going to find three  super-fans who show enthusiasm in some way - whether that’s through art  submissions, talking about us elsewhere, or any other way - and figure  out a way to award them lifetime patreon-type advance access to anything  I write and Dotblue edits (including but not limited to Deadworld, How  to Survive at the End of the World, and more). Our way of saying thank  you to all the readers who have helped us get this far.

Again, you can find the new novel below. We  hope you love it, and as always, we want to stress how much we  appreciate each and every one of you. We love y’all.

Thank you,
RC

How to Survive at the End of the World