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The Slave Prince Is Home

Home: a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates. - again from a reliable dictionary I found online.

The Slave Prince was written back in 2013. It was the second novel I wrote after a few novellas and novelettes. When The Slave Prince was done, I moved on to writing more novellas and novelettes, while editing it in between. 

I don’t know what it is about The Slave Prince, but I can’t seem to grow tired with it. Usually after rounds of edit, I get bored with a piece of work. It’s like I’ve had enough of that particular world, and I don’t want to go back unless I have to. But with The Slave Prince, it’s different. 

I find this homey-comfort in the book. Whenever I pick it up, it’s like I’m taking a road trip home - to a childhood memory where life was once carefree. Meeting the characters again feels like a reunion with old friends - friends that haven’t aged or changed under the pressures of reality. There’s this welcoming, tingling warmth, alike a hot cup of coffee on a rainy day. And despite the editing that needs to be done - the horrors of grammatical errors - I belong.

It’s true, I guess. The Slave Prince has been with me for 3 years that it becomes a place where I flourish. It has changed in shape and form, while I slowly grow and better myself in the art of writing. Though I wouldn’t dare say The Slave Prince is a masterpiece and the next Harry Potter, it grew up with me. As much as Hogwarts is home, so is Alpenwhist. 

I’d like to share more of this book with you, as the contest runs for the next few months, if that’s OK with you. Not the chapters per se, but the world itself. I’ll also add more chapters if you want me to. The book is complete and will probably need one last edit, but I don’t mind putting up more chapters. Just let me know in the comments section.

Till the next update, thank you for all the pre-orders so far. I wouldn’t even place top 10 if it weren’t for your support. And I certainly cannot believe the standing of my book right now. Is this for real? So thank you, thank you, thank you! With 11 more weeks to go, I’m shaking my legs at the edge of my seat, while wiping the beading sweat off my forehead. But I’m also very excited to see what happens next.

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