As I mentioned in the last side post blog, I've now finished writing the story I initially planned out. It's come to about 220,000 words, which would, apparently, be a 600 page paperback. There are still two sections for you to go; the last installment will go online on December 6th. Everything is uploaded to the server, so unless there is a server crash you'll get everything on time, and unless there's both a server crash and something happens to me, you'll get everything by then or soon after.

So, do you want any more story after that? Even if we ignore opportunity costs (what I could have earned by writing 220,000 words for role-playing games), I've spent about 80,000 yen on Tamao, on advertising and web hosting. So, as you can see from the torii above, I'll continue if I get at least 100,000 yen, before the written bit finishes. If I get the money before part six finishes (that'll be seven weeks, of course), I'll do my best to make sure that there is no break, and I think I'll be able to manage it. If it's later than that, I'll still try, but I'm less confident that I'll succeed.

There are two ways you can give me money. The most efficient is to click on any of the donate graphics and give me money through PayPal. I can take credit cards, and you don't need a PayPal account.

The other way is to buy something from Amazon.com after clicking on one of the links on this page. It doesn't have to be one of my books (although that would be nice). I only get about 4% of the cover price, but you do get whatever you bought as well.

People who have already given me money: thank you very much. It's included in the total on the torii.

If you do want the story to continue, it's probably a good idea to try to recruit more readers as well, so that the total comes to less money per reader. I can't afford to spend any more on advertising…

In any case, thanks for reading. It's very encouraging to know that people are enjoying my writing.