Announcement: My Quiet Life Rewrite!

Hello all!

I apologies for the silence in the last few months, but as some of you know, I've had a big project in the works:

A complete rewrite of Volume 1!

Which you can find today here:

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/127964/my-quiet-life

This will be the new official My Quiet Life page that will continue to be updated (with Patreon getting a steady 5-10 chapters in advance)

This is a pretty big rewrite so here's a comprehensive list of the major changes:

• 5 New Chapters

  • An orphanage chapter to build on Silika's relationship with the other children

  • The long-awaited "Hare" POV chapter

  • A chapter dedicated to learning the 'secret language'

  • An extra chapter to The Call of the Void

  • The Red Herring chapter was split into two, giving a more satisfying resolution to the arc

• Reviewed story and character arcs

  • The abuse Silika received in her home has been subtly tweaked all throughout the story to be more nuanced

  • The relationship between Silika an the other orphans is more nuanced and dynamic (Including a full-er character arc for the 'Purple boy')

  • The Red Herring arc was heavily reworked to be less confusing. More context, build-up and mystery.

• General changes

  • Grammar, repetition, sentence structure… Completely reworked. Not a single paragraph without at least some rewrites.

  • More foreshadowing 

  • Additional lore

  • Silika is less passive…. Although not a whole lot more effective.

• … And more surprises along the way!

It's been a very big endeavor and humbling in a lot of ways to see how rough my writing was in spots, but also showed me a bit of the spark volume 1 had that was lost in volume 2 and was a good learning experience in the build-up to volume 3.

Speaking of Volume 3, the volume is fully outlined and the writing has begun, but as I'm going to be republishing every chapter of volume 1 (rewritten), volume 2 (edited) and the side story (a few more new chapters on the way for that one!) over the next few weeks, it's still a little way out.

I would really appreciate your support in this re-release! I know I haven't been the most consistent author over the last few years, but this story is my baby and although it's a slow process, I'm still dedicated to seeing it to completion.

If you have questions, feel free to ask in the comments or join the discord:

https://discord.gg/ukthY7Nd7H

Excited to provide you more exciting stories,

Waurpel