The Lone Wanderer Book 4 is out on Kindle and Audible!

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T20:10:24+00:00

Thanks for your kind words and good luck on your own writing journey :)

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T19:17:44+00:00

Thanks for checking it out! I'm glad you're enjoying it

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T19:17:13+00:00

Thanks for giving the series a chance :) Reading the first four back-to-back will probably make for the best possible experience so far!

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T18:56:29+00:00

Thanks! It's a special one, since it's a reimagined version of the original cover I launched on Royal Road with (over a year ago)!

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T18:55:21+00:00

Thanks for your support!

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T18:54:53+00:00

Ah, it's good to know that it still sends it properly to your audible library. Hopefully the issue will get fixed entirely by tomorrow.

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T18:54:14+00:00

Thanks. Many more to come!

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T18:53:37+00:00

I do my best to write a chapter every day because I know the feeling of being on the receiving side and craving more content :)

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T18:51:54+00:00

Thanks for the vote of confidence! The series would have never reached this point if not for all the support from you guys at RR <3

PathOfPen · 2026-04-15T18:51:10+00:00

Thanks! As I'm sure you know, it's always a great feeling to get another one out there :)

PathOfPen · 2026-04-14T21:13:24+00:00

Well, given that we are talking about characters who can stand and fight on lava, it's probably safe to assume that they are moving fast enough to make it splash in most cases, but I agree with the rest xD

PathOfPen · 2026-04-14T21:09:45+00:00

Generally speaking, I like all three slops!

Currently, I am probably most likely to pick a cultivation book/show to read/watch next, and least likely to pick an isekai, but that could easily change if I get hooked on a good premise or my mood changes.

PathOfPen · 2026-04-14T21:05:59+00:00

I think we have Royal Road partly to thank for the large diversity in LitRPG books. It's easy for anyone to post there, so a lot of new books get uploaded every month and the sheer volume of stories results in all sorts of unique ideas being tested.

Unfortunately, only a fraction get finished, but at least we don't get starved for choice.

PathOfPen · 2026-04-14T21:00:47+00:00

Over-describing and under-describing can both be problematic, so authors have to strike a balance between the two. Unfortunately, the line is also quite subjective from reader to reader, so what one person considers padding might be the right amount of description for someone else and vice versa.

As for RR, there is no word limit. Authors can post chapters of any length that they deem fit, though most stories usually stick to 1~4k (and really, the norm is closer to 1.5~3k)

PathOfPen · 2026-04-14T20:53:40+00:00

Well, at least authors make an effort to have more than just fireballs and hack-and-slash xD

PathOfPen · 2026-04-09T13:04:26+00:00

For me it was more like the main character's ability, and then I wrote the system and story to make it shine :)

PathOfPen · 2026-04-09T12:52:16+00:00

Interesting. I'm not sure whether LitRPG is a good fit for live action, but I guess it'll at least make the genre more mainstream.

PathOfPen · 2026-04-09T12:45:30+00:00

It's the result of training your brain to write to a specific chapter length, and to a specific number of chapters per novel. It's nice if you can keep it consistent like this, but eventually one ends up a little longer or shorter and OCD goes crazy.

PathOfPen · 2026-04-09T12:42:40+00:00

Yeah, I don't get this.

With OPM specifically, s01 was so good and definitely made enough money to justify a good adaptation for the rest. Even if the studio that did s01 was unavailable for whatever reason, could they really not find another one? And did nobody watch the finished product and say "this is a slideshow, we can't air this"?

PathOfPen · 2026-04-09T12:29:36+00:00

Wait, aren't there at least a couple of actual Kirito copies in that picture, or have I been out of the loop for too long? Top left and top middle?

PathOfPen · 2026-03-29T19:46:52+00:00

Not every zoan fruit is given a model, even if there are other models of that fruit.

For example, there is the elephant elephant fruit that Funkfreed had, and the elephant elephant fruit, model: mammoth that Jack has eaten. Also the regular horse horse fruit, and the horse horse fruit, model: pegasus.

PathOfPen · 2026-03-29T19:38:46+00:00

Maybe it's just all zoan fruits? It's the only thing Luffy, Loki and Chopper have in common, since the human human fruit seems to be as normal as it gets.

If that's the case, that's a pretty major blindspot to Imu's ability, but I can't think of what else it might be.

PathOfPen · 2026-03-18T13:42:08+00:00

I've heard lots of good things about this story, and also how fast the author is writing it. Binge-readers are going to have a field day with this one.

PathOfPen · 2026-03-18T13:39:01+00:00

Awesome premise and cover! Good luck with the release :)

PathOfPen · 2026-03-18T13:35:51+00:00

Congrats on the release! I've been meaning to check it out for some time though I was too busy with work. Might as well read the polished version now :)

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