My thoughts and how I will continue in 2023!

Hello dears, 2022 is almost over, and I thought I'd share some of my thoughts with you and how the content will continue in 2023.
First, thanks for all the support!!

When I finished 02 and started IWTBYW, I wasn't sure how the story would be received, but quickly a lot of people loved reading my webtoon and I was overjoyed.

Besides my job and studies, I tried every free second to work on IWTBYW, even if it was very stressful, your comments always made me happy, and I knew this is what I always wanted to do.

So I paused my studies to create more content for you guys.

I've expanded my Patreon and offered more than I did with 02. More and more people supported me on Patreon. I've often had the pressure, if my content was good enough for the money, and I've done surveys and shared the content with you guys, since you're the ones who support me <3

Little by little, I thought, how about a print? Would people want to buy my webtoon printed? Is it good enough and just for fun I started a poll... I figured if 10 people bought it, I would take on this big project. And there were over 80 people? Then my tears came.

When I started drawing back then, my drawings were never very popular, I tried a lot (going with the hype of anime and drawing fanart), but I always wanted to write my own stories, have my own characters.

And now I get fanarts from all the dear readers who love my story, and I can't believe it every time.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Without you, I wouldn't be where I am right now. Without you guys, I couldn't do what my little 10-year-old self always wanted, just enjoy my work and be creative.

I hope we will share many more stories together! <3 THANK YOU!!!

AD-videos

Webtoon will abolish the AD rewards. That means a lot of creators are losing a lot of money, which supported us.

What does that mean? From February (From then on, the ad rewards are deleted) I will turn on ad videos before each episode. I know nobody wants to see ads because they're annoying, BUT I've been able to do it all along, but the money was less worth to me than annoying you guys.

But since I will not have the money from the rewards anymore, I will unfortunately turn them on. I hope you can understand because if you watch the videos, I get a share of it.

IWBTYW print

So now to the print, I'll try to finish the first volume of IWTBYW in January. Then from February there would be a new tier where you could buy the first volume (+ a bookmark+2 stickers).

Now the question is how many pages do you want? I've been thinking about having the first volume printed in A5 format with 100 pages. The more pages there are, the more expensive it gets. At 100 pages, the tier would be $25. You would only have to pay a month to get the print (of course you get the rewards from the cheap levels too!)

For 200 pages, the price would be $30.

(I pay in advance for the prints and have to pay the VAT, my working hours and the shipping myself.

So now the question do you prefer 100 pages or 200 pages? Of course, the print is in color, with a cover, as well as 2-3 special illustrations that I will draw especially for the print. The print will also be available as a +18 version.

That would be all 😊 It would help me if you would give me your opinion on the prints, otherwise I would prepare the 100 pages as a print.

Happy new year!! <3

Btw: Did really someone read my insane block of text?XDDD I thought it would be much shorter... but well.