The news of Radish Fiction announcing the closure of the app on Dec. 31, 2025 shot through my heart last week. I received the message as a writer on Radish Fiction, and I have to say, it saddens me to no end. I thought I’d found a permanent home for this Kpop Romance. It is turning out to be a temporary stop along it’s publishing journey. I had it on Kindle Vella, with a modest following and income. Then, Vella closed. I found a new home for it on Radish Fiction. Now, the announcement of its closure means I will be needing to come up with another plan for this serial novel. It’s feels a little deja-vu.

What does this mean for readers of “Love Over Kpop” if you have been following it on Radish Fiction? I will do the goal I set out to do, and that is finish the story on Radish. Coins can still be spent on the app, and the story is in Time-unlock. So, it can be read a lot of the time, by waiting for episodes to unlock. Radish Fiction will likely announce a time that you won’t be able to buy coins anymore. I am hoping this will be near the later part of the year. So, I will finish the novel first, and readers can get through it. Basically, there is a real ticking clock trope happening for all the stories on Radish right now.

“Love Over Kpop” is being scheduled with an editor to be finished in October. I have the episodes mapped out in a writing schedule, and it looks like I should approximately finish the serial novel either mid-month or near the end. Which will give the novel a few months more on Radish Fiction, for everyone needing to finish it there. Then, it will go to a new home. Where that will be, I don’t know yet. Either I can self-publish as a novel or upload it to another serial novel platform. My first choice is to put it on a new platform if I can. If you have a suggestion, please put it in the comments.

I have noticed reads going down on the story. I can understand that. Readers are likely really turned off by what has happened. But I want to keep my promise to you, that the story will be done, and available to be read until the end of the year.

The hard part might be finding a new home for this serial novel. There are fewer and fewer places for serialized novels. If you have any suggestions, please put them in the comments. I’d appreciate it. Plus, any comments you have on this subject will be read and answered.

As readers and writers using Radish Fiction, we’re all in this together. I am happy I was accepted and have been able to get almost half way through my story by the time this happened. I feel, as a writer, the most important thing is to finish the story for the readers that are enjoying “Love Over Kpop”. I owe you all that.

I will keep you updated on any new home I find for this serial novel and other developments as they happen. Thank you so much for your support and reads. I appreciate you, because without readers, writers have no audience. You mean the most out of this experience. I have you as a reader now.

Thank you.

Here is the link if you have coins to spend or want to see info about “Love Over Kpop” on Radish Fiction while it still exists until Dec. 31, 2025:

Until next time, stay safe and keep reading,

-Marilyn