Dear Readers,
Welcome to the very first monthly newsletter!
I have been looking for a way to keep everyone updated without cluttering the story with endless author notes, and this seemed like the perfect solution. Going forward, I will update this newsletter on the 1st of every month with story news, upcoming events, random author ramblings, cat-related disasters, and whatever else chaos has occurred since the previous update.
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📚 This Month in Rebirth of the Technomage
Upcoming Bonus Chapters
🎉 June Celebration
10 Bonus Chapters releasing on the 1st of June.
🎉 Father's Day Bonus Chapter
An additional bonus chapter will be released on Father's Day.
To all the fathers, stepfathers, grandfathers, mentors, and men doing their best for the people they love—thank you. You matter more than the world sometimes gives you credit for.
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🎁 Reader Giveaway
One of the rewards Webnovel gives authors for maintaining a consistent release schedule is a redeem code that can be shared with readers.
For the last two months, I have released at least one chapter every single day without using my Leave of Absence.
As a reward, Webnovel issued the following redeem code:
Code: ABDHYZKZ8SP3M2UGA
The code can be redeemed by:
◇ 10 readers
◇ 10 FP per reader
First come, first served.
I spent quite a while thinking about how to distribute these rewards. In the end, I realised I simply could not pick favourites.
Every reader matters.
Whether you have been here since Chapter 1 or only arrived yesterday, whether you comment every chapter or silently lurk in the shadows, you are part of this journey.
Each of you is a bright shining star helping light the road as I stumble my way toward the dream of becoming a full-time author.
So each month, whenever I receive one of these rewards, I will place it here in the newsletter and let luck decide who gets it.
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✍️ Author Updates
For the past two months, whenever I have managed to steal an hour or two from reality, I have been working on something very exciting.
An author website.
I have so much worldbuilding, lore, character information, and behind-the-scenes content I want to share with all of you. I would love a place where I can talk about Ascara, explore the history of the world, showcase character profiles, and eventually share proper artwork.
Right now I am slowly gathering content and saving funds.
My dream is to eventually commission or generate professional-quality character artwork and worldbuilding illustrations. One day, if I am lucky enough, I would even love to create small video trailers.
But dreams are built one brick at a time.
So for now, I save what I can, work when I can, and slowly move forward.
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📝 Editing Corner
One thing having amazing readers has taught me is that writing is a journey.
Every single day I learn something new.
• Sometimes it is a grammar rule.
• Sometimes it is a pacing issue.
• Duplication issues.
• Sometimes it is discovering that I accidentally forgot to write an entire scene that only existed inside my head.
As a result, I have started slowly revisiting older chapters and editing them where possible.
I would like to think my writing has matured since Chapter 1.
Whether that is actually true or simply wishful thinking remains a matter of debate.
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🐾 The Cat Chaos Report
Winter has officially arrived on my side of the world.
Somewhere, someone appears to have misplaced the thermostat and turned the sun down to its lowest setting.
I am freezing.
As a result, my dream has now evolved from:
"Become a full-time author."
to
"Become a full-time author who can follow summer around the world."
Unfortunately, fate decided that wasn't enough excitement.
My daughter-in-law recently arrived with two rescue kittens.
Now, any sensible person would have said:
"I already have four cats."
Unfortunately, my daughter-in-law knows me.
She knew perfectly well I was incapable of saying no.
So now there are six.
The newcomers are a brother and sister Persian mix.
The little boy is mostly white with a grey spot on his head and a grey tail tipped in white.
His name is Powder.
His sister is mostly grey.
I wanted to call her Talcum.
This suggestion was immediately vetoed by everyone.
Apparently I am not allowed to name things.
So she became Nimbus.
Very dramatic sigh.
Nimbus is... special.
After a month of scientific observation, I have estimated her survival rate without human intervention at approximately 0%.
She gets lost constantly.
To clarify:
She does not actually get lost.
She merely believes she is lost.
For example, if her human leaves a room without informing her, she immediately assumes she has been abandoned forever and begins screaming as though the apocalypse has arrived.
Recently she climbed out one side of a window, walked less than two metres along the windowsill, reached the next window, discovered it was closed, and concluded she had become permanently stranded.
This resulted in another dramatic rescue mission.
The good news is she successfully caught a moth.
The bad news is I strongly suspect the moth was suicidal. (She was yawning, and it flew into her mouth.)
Nimbus then spent ten minutes traumatised by her own success.
This week they are due for vaccinations.
Please keep me in your thoughts.
I have a feeling I may need a drink afterwards.
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💭 Final Thoughts
Thank you.
For reading.
For commenting.
For correcting my mistakes.
For theorising.
For making me laugh.
For taking this journey with me.
Writing can sometimes feel like shouting into the void.
You remind me every day that there are people listening on the other side.
And that means more than I can properly put into words.
May your week be filled with good books, good food, warm blankets, and significantly fewer lost kittens than mine.
With love,
Tracy