Michael Clark
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Four Years in the Making: Butcher of Gadobhra Volume One!
🕑 Added 2025-07-22 20:35:04 +0000 UTCThe first chapter of Butcher of Gadobhra appeared on Royal Road on May 19th, 2021. I'd been pondering the idea of writing as I read more and more litrpg during the pandemic, and had a lot of time on my hands. The beginning of an idea emerged, just a screw around story to amuse myself. Some people were amused, others weren't :) Some of the early chapters were awful. I'd forgotten my grammar and spelling, and I had a few 'clever ideas' that sort of fell flat. But over time, the story grew.
After five months, I had 200 followers. That grew to over a thousand over the year, and things really started climbing. Aethon Books contacted me and offered me a contract. We started with Tunnel Rat, since it was a single point of view story. Butcher kept growing. After four years, and gaining 10,0000 followers, I'm happy to have the first volume of BoG join Tunnel Rat on Amazon.
Having books on Amazon and slowly becoming a professional writer is still surreal. It wasn't what I set out to do. But looking back, I can see how I fell into it. I've read comic books for nearly 60 years, starting at age 5. I love serialized stories and have owned Comic Shops for 37 years. Gaming was my other passion, running and playing Dungeons and Dragons, and other games since college. And of course, MMOs. I started with Ultima Online after playing all the other Ultima games, then EverQuest, WoW, and now Project Gorgon. I dabbled in a dozen others along the way, and countless computer RPGs. In some ways, I was always preparing to write Litrpg.
Now, let's get to the part where I creatively beg and grovel for a favor. Getting traction on Amazon is tough right now. Their rating system rarely updates, and new releases aren't getting the push they normally would. If you have an account over there, please toss Butcher (or Tunnel Rat) a review and a rating. Have KU? How about re-reading the book? Both will help me out a lot. I'll be happy, and being happy makes me write faster. I might even have a couple of extra chapters lying around to celebrate.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFT9SDHJ?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin
Comments
eloi Boco
Congrats, but the real question is when book 2 is dropping? Ending book 1 where it did was diabolical
Ender419
Congrats WK!! I instantly fell in love with BoG after reading the first chapter on the first day you posted it on Royal Road and instantly signed up for your Patreon when it became available. As a fellow Jerseyan I would do my best to support and wish you continual success on this journey!! Will be leaving my review shortly.
