Light novel author Masami Morokuchi announced an indefinite break after a lack of response from his fans regarding his recent work.
After publishing several books in print and online, Morokuchi is calling it quits. He started seriously considering this option from early July for several reasons.
His lack of motivation to write came from having almost no requests or responses on his fanbox.
It is a platform which allows users to earn money by blogging and depending on the amount of time a user spends reading a particular blog.
And when readers don’t show interest in a writer’s work anymore, it becomes hard for the writer to create.
Morokuchi stated that this whole thing did not bother him until recently but he saw the warning signs almost two years ago.
This somehow made him believe that he doesn’t write well anymore and that he should quit.
He also mentioned poor sales at events and lower mail-order amounts, to the point that he has leftover stock. And he finds this situation extremely embarrassing.
Although he went on to say that even though he would optimistically share updates with his FANBOX subscribers, he was met with silence.
He said that if the stories are only interesting to him, he can fantasize about them himself instead of spending the time and effort to write thousands of words.
Morokuchi is the author of the novel version of the Noel The Mortal Fate video game.
Morokuchi noted that the game remains popular and is entering its final arc, but his book version is not selling well.
He stated that even though the fourth volume was released in October, Kadokawa has not contacted him about future volumes.
He said he would still write about this series if Kadokawa requests, but considered that it may not happen.
The novel series’ adaptation is contingent on sales and Morokuchi stated it was explained to him that the novels could be cancelled if sales were poor.
Morokuchi’s Are You Alice? novel series is based on the writer Ai Ninomiya’s Are You Alice? drama CDs which in turn inspired the manga by artist Ikumi Katagiri. Yen Press published the manga adaptation in English.
About Masami Morokuchi
Masami Morokuchi made debuted with the 2005 novel Scorpion, the first in his Densetsu Kari (Legendary Hunting) series.
He followed it up with four more novel series, Satsujin Kikanjo, Shingetsu ga Noboru made (Until the New Moon Rises), Are You Alice?, and Teiden Shōjo to Hanemu no Orchestra.
His one-off novel Tokuno no Kuni no Amaterasu won Kadokawa’s web novel contest hosted on its Kakuyomu site in 2016.
Source: Official Website
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