Finding success with the book would be nice but isn't the point. Having had a creative pursuit through this game, it wasn't something I could just drop entirely. I was gonna write the book anyways and simply announced it here for those who did want to read it, even though I don't expect everyone to want to read a novel.
AVN's and novels are very different and not everyone who likes VNs likes books, and that's fine.
Also if the doubt is about my writing abilities, let me just say no one is more aware of the flaws in Evermore than I am. I've always been super critical of my own work and I'm not delusional enough to think I'd be able to write a great book right out the gate after cancelling Evermore. I've had to practice and learn a lot to write in this new format. That's the main reason why I haven't announced a book release yet. I started a long time ago but had to stop because I knew I needed more writing practice before I was actually comfortable writing a book that I thought would be good.