--- title: "Afterword · Vol 1 - Failed Experiment" url: https://deovandski.github.io/HusbandOutWorld/novel/vol-1/afterword/ section: Light Novel spoilers: public layer first, Behind The Scenes after sources: [Legacy/Behind The Scenes/Light Novel/Arc #1 - Dubious Contract/Vol 1 - Failed Experiment.md] --- # Afterword *Vol 1 - Failed Experiment* Hi\! Nice to meet you\! I’m Deo\! Hope you had fun reading\! It will be weird to say this, but I’m actually not big into reading—I know, right? What a weird thing to say coming from me, speaking inside your head as you read the afterword of my first book. Well, but here we are\! Somehow\! Funny story actually: it all started right before sunrise on October 15, 2019, when I had an extremely vivid dream of me being *isekai*\-ed. The dream was so vivid I could smell, touch, and even taste things, but I startled awake right at the climax plot point\! That sucked, but as I woke up, I suddenly felt this extreme urge, as if an outside force steered my thoughts and actions, to sit down and start writing as if my life depended on it. But of course, things would never go that easy—not long after, I met a huge roadblock with one of the characters as I literally couldn’t visualize her. Her name was Magi, and even with a backstory and personality written for her, I simply reached a point where I thought I had to give up. However, I’m known for being a persistent asshole, so I decided to approach the problem creatively. That’s when I went to Freelancer.com and posted a contest titled “I need an anime illustrator to bring one of my characters to life.” If you are curious about my mental state at that point in time, then you can still look it up—needless to say, that conquest led me to meet Mitsukiven, an awesome illustrator that I worked with ever since that fateful day to bring countless characters, and world lore to life\! She was a pillar in allowing my imagination to grow stronger, the world to feel more vivid, and the characters to become more real\! I also would like to thank my friends and family\! My parents were always there to lend support, including Fluffy (the family doggo) as well\! The cat I adopted while writing this book didn’t help me as much, possibly because her *tsundere* behavior is too strong, hence her proper name of Maddog. She had to return to the shelter, but then I found a little precious furball called Peeta\! He’s so cuddly\! I’m probably spoiling him too much, but I’m not even ashamed to say that. Anyway, this was an opportunity cost for sure, but also something that I really wanted to do. Thank you all who supported me, even while I was dealing with the worst parts of my GAD. Also, special thanks to the thirty some beta readers, and Bookbaby.com who helped me prepare for my first book launch\! Last, there are least twelve books planned (correlating to the first three story arcs). That is why I am teasing you with all this world lore, as the plan is to have Harry, and you, grow up in this world together\! I am planning to release one per year, at least for now, since I also work full-time developing software, plus I need time to go fishing, gaming, meditate, and hit up the gym\! But if enough of you out there have fun reading this book, then I will certainly consider making this opportunity my top priority. For more information, visit the website below\! I made available a glossary of sorts for those of you who really want to learn a bit more about the world, but do not want to wait for the next book. The Glossary there will be kept mostly up to date with what Harry knows, but you could likely infer some spoilers if read too much into it… just saying ;) https://www.ahusbandoutofthisworld.com/ Regards, Deo (デオ)