Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard-Chapter 793 - 472: Uesugi’s Official Artist_2

In his spare time, Uesugi Sakura would pick up a pen to continue drafting his novel. Would adjusting the sentences here improve it? Would describing the roadside trees’ type more clearly enhance the immersion?

It was his first time drafting a novel, and without a mentor to guide him, it was like crossing a river by feeling the stones.

"Uesugi-kun... are you writing a novel again?"

"Yes." Uesugi Sakura nodded, looking up to see Kobashi Rikai standing beside him. She had just finished making a cup of coffee for a customer.

"By the way, about the draft I gave you last time, could you share your impressions?"

"Impressions...?" Kobashi Rikai looked at Uesugi Sakura, "I can’t help feeling Uesugi-kun is a very ruthless person."

This evaluation...

Uesugi Sakura was a bit intrigued and continued to ask, "How so?"

"Though they are such good childhood friends, you have Uesugi-kun kill the other off in the second act. It feels as though Akisuki-kun’s last belief in life suddenly collapsed."

"Then, do you have the motivation to keep reading?" Uesugi Sakura asked further.

"Yes, because Akisuki-kun has become so miserable, one would want him to get better, and think about how to handle the 2 million yen inheritance he has, and what’s the deal with the girl he met in the café."

Uesugi Sakura nodded, pondering, "So, it seems there’s still quite a bit of anticipation, so the arrangement isn’t entirely unreasonable."

Kobashi Rikai looked at Uesugi Sakura with a strange expression: "As I thought, Uesugi-kun is a very ruthless person."

...

Although he didn’t know what Todaka Keichiro and Towa Rina were murmuring about him today, Uesugi Sakura decided to submit his work to the Light Novel Library tomorrow.

No matter if it gets accepted or not, at least it’s the first step.

The next day, Uesugi Sakura got up from the couch early, reviewed his work once more, and submitted it online to several light novel libraries during working hours.

Currently, the submission process mainly involves directly submitting the completed draft to the editorial department’s email or delivering it for review at a venue set up by the editorial department.

If it’s okay, they will contact you.

Congratulations, you can start serializing.

The outcome of submitting this way is that the editor will only place you in the "Newcomer Award." If you perform well, you will stand out and get the opportunity to debut.

Winners of the Newcomer Award can get a direct debut opportunity, along with relatively generous prize money.

Authors who win gold or silver awards can also discuss and amend their drafts with editors to get opportunities to debut.

If a novel reaches its fourth volume without being axed,

then, congratulations, the market has shown you have gained a group of hardcore fans.

If it really doesn’t work out, the editor will suggest you first serialize for free on the "Become a Light Novelist" website. If the reaction is good, they will contact you for a print publication.

Popular IPs like Demon King, Shield Hero, Jobless, RE0 all came from there.

Uesugi Sakura planned to first submit to the Newcomer Award to see if any editor would be interested, and then go along with it.

Online submission is the last resort.

After clicking the send button in front of the computer screen, Uesugi Sakura immediately felt relieved.

He took a sip of plain water beside him and began to read other popular light novels.

Honestly, the popular light novels nowadays are all like, I Am the Reincarnated Sage, I Am the Reincarnated Demon King, I Am the Reincarnated Hero After 99 Deaths.

There are very few novels like Uesugi Sakura’s, which lean more towards literary and realistic emotional types.

Oh well, might as well watch them. Since they’re so popular, there’s always some achievement and method to their success.

Uesugi Sakura spent the entire morning at home reading and waiting.

Hanamaru Hanabi asked him several times since getting up about the current submission situation.

However, Uesugi Sakura could only reply that no library company had responded yet...

In the afternoon, Uesugi Sakura went to work at the café and went home at eight after his shift.

He sat on the balcony, took out his phone, and checked his email, still no messages.

This... it’s already eight in the evening, the editors should be off work by now, why hasn’t there been a reply?

"How about Sakura-kun posting it online instead? Hanabi actually really likes your novel."

Uesugi Sakura listened to his wife speaking beside him and could even hear the heartfelt encouragement in her voice, as if she was afraid of him being discouraged.

Oh no, he’s not that delicate.

Uesugi Sakura signaled to Hanamaru Hanabi: "Go to sleep now, you have class tomorrow morning. Let me finish my sketch from yesterday first."

"It seems like Sakura-kun is going through a hard time."

"Yes, studying, writing novels, and working part-time at the café in the afternoon, the day just passes like this." Uesugi Sakura sighed at this point and smiled at Hanamaru Hanabi, "So, I need some encouragement from Hana-chan, a hug and a kiss would be the best."

"A hug and a kiss... feels like Sakura-kun is such a child."

"Being a child is good, haven’t you heard? Every man is a child, secretly wanting to act spoiled with the girl he likes."

"Sakura-kun’s spoiling..." Hanamaru Hanabi started imagining this scene, seeming to connect it to something strange, she shook her head quickly, "Too weird!"

"What’s weird about it." Uesugi Sakura was unconcerned.

Looking at the cool night sky outside the balcony, Hanamaru Hanabi said to him: "Sakura-kun, you should sleep early and wait until tomorrow."

"Okay, I’ll sleep after reading for a bit."

"Um, good night."

"Good night."

Yawning, Hanamaru Hanabi went to sleep in the bedroom, and after studying some light novels, Uesugi Sakura lay on the couch to sleep.

He hugged Shasha, inhaling the scent of Hanabi-chan above.

Thinking to himself, another day without sleeping with his wife...

...

Wednesday, early morning.

Uesugi Sakura woke up to the alarm, as usual, washed his face, brushed his teeth, and changed clothes.

Until he took out his phone to see if there was any news and suddenly noticed an unread email on the screen from Kadokawa Bunko...

Could this be... a letter from an editor?

Uesugi Sakura hurried back to the living room, poured a cup of hot water, sat on the couch, and carefully read the email sent by the editor:

[Dear Mr. Hanabi (Uesugi Sakura’s pen name), Hello, I am Morisaki Taiichi, the editor of Kadokawa Bunko. Do you have time to meet at the location below this afternoon? I am very interested in your work; it has great potential...

(greetings omitted)]

Attached below the email was the address of Kadokawa Bunko.

After reading this brief reply several times, Uesugi Sakura checked online and confirmed the address was indeed Kadokawa Bunko’s.

Does this mean it’s a success?

And it’s from Kadokawa Bunko, one of the three major libraries.

To be honest, Uesugi Sakura didn’t feel overly jubilant, only that his novel could continue to be written.

However, the editor only said to meet and chat, and hadn’t decided whether to sign a contract.

There is still a lot to follow up on.

Uesugi Sakura picked up his cup, took a sip of hot water, and as he stood up, he happened to meet Hanamaru Hanabi, who had just gotten up and walked out of the bedroom, sleepily.

She was wearing a blue shark pajamas, with a wide-open shark mouth atop her head.

"Hanabi-chan." Uesugi Sakura wrapped his arms around her petite shoulders.

"What’s up...?" Hanamaru Hanabi muttered sleepily, squinting her eyes, her voice weak.

"I did it."

"Did it? What did you do?..." Hanamaru Hanabi yawned.

"A library contacted me to meet and discuss things."

"Sakura-kun... did it?"

After a long while, Hanamaru Hanabi finally understood what he meant. For some reason, her cheeks were already red in the morning.

"Mm." Uesugi Sakura nodded with a nonchalant expression.

Having comprehended, Hanamaru Hanabi showed a joyful smile, tinged with the cuteness of just waking up: "Then, congratulations, Sakura-kun."