Afterword

It’s been about four months since the last volume—I’m happy to see you again! This is the author, Kugane Maruyama.

So how was Overlord, Vol. 3: The Bloody Valkyrie? I hope you liked it.

What am I supposed to write in the afterword, anyway? I wonder this every time. All I do is go back and forth between the office and home, so I’m not confident I have anything interesting to say. I’ll just go ahead and reveal (drum roll, please) my four-month schedule.

First, I write for about a month. Then the editor checks it, and in this case, the final story was done in about mid-January. Then after the proofreader’s pass, I get the galley. Then I fiddle with it. I guess, including my pass, it takes about another one and a half months from there? This is how the book gets completed.

So all that various stuff happens, and the total time spent on it is…three months, by simple calculation?

That leaves me open for a month before it’s published. During that time I write the web updates and portion them off into once-a-month updates.

My job is pretty easy, and I can get home pretty early, so it all works out. If you had to work late every day, it would cut into your sleep, and you probably wouldn’t have that free month, either. It’d be tough.

…But how do people manage to put out a book in three months? I wish someone would tell me.

Okay, from here on out, I’d like to give some thank-yous.

To so-bin, to Code Design Studio, Osako, F-ta: I couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks again.

Honey, thanks for all your penetrating insights. I rushed to fix everything.

And to everyone who bought the book, thank you so much. If you have anything you’d like to say…please use the postcard included with the book^* (sorry, you’ll have to pay for the stamp), or if you can see the Web version, I’d be happy if you left comments there.

Okay, next time is…a whole arc of lizardmen! I hope you’ll continue reading!

Well then, see you.

KUGANE MARUYAMA

March 2013

* Please note the postcard was included only in the original Japanese release.