Rovik Miller · Book Two · Science-Fantasy
The Outside
The Outside almost never happened. I mean that literally. While I was writing this book, I landed a real job — one that actually paid the bills. The wonder of it. My dinner table was always loaded with food, and for the first time in a while, that felt like enough. But I didn't have the time, the mood, or the energy to write.
The idea for The Outside was still there — it never left. Every night before I fell asleep, I'd run through the scenarios in my head. Where should Rovik go next? What does the Outside feel like at midnight? What does Kblekt do when no one's watching? Months passed and it was still just that. Scenes in the dark before sleep took them.
Then I resigned. It was a perfectly okay job. I won't pretend otherwise. I learned a lot, I earned what I could, and I saved enough to come back to the only thing I've ever really wanted to do. Write. And eventually — finally — I finished this book.
That fight. If you've read it, you know exactly which one I mean.
I also wrote a free short story set in the world of Rovik Miller — and I want you to have it. Fair warning: it contains major spoilers for The Outside. If you haven't finished the book yet, close this, go finish it, and come back. You'll thank me later.
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