What's the original crafting story? (Another rec request)

[Quantum]

(I completed The Sleeping Dragon (Guardians of the Flame) and am looking for my next read in my quest to cover the LitRPG subgenres.)

Barring the original crafting story, if it's an entertaining and well-paced story that covers all the crafting tropes, I'd be interested in that too. ^_-

[R.J.]

The original? Legendary Moonlight Sculptor?

[GaiusPrimus, Kindle Wizard]

What were your thoughts on The Sleeping Dragon? It's been about a decade+ since I read it and I've been wandering how it holds up between the early 2000's when I read it to now.

[Quantum]

Unfortunately, it suffered from having to meet the mass paperback size requirements. Obviously, they cut out a lot of the actual quest itself, which should've been 75%, but it was crammed into 40-50%. So, the pacing was terribly off. Proofread-level editing was excellent, but they cut corners on editing for dialogue and consistency. Character development and plot were pretty strong. Although a brief scene, The Dragon at the end really came alive for me.