FLASH FICTION TWO COASTS IN FOUR PARTS i. The shoreline reeked of gas and burning hair. He buoyed far from the ocean, waving through the streets. When the constellations bobbed, he went into Chef's Hut. Ordered jellyfish -the city's specialty, he'd heard. READ NOW FOR PARTS ii. - iv. #PlanetOrPlastic

DISCONTINUED [ ] O P E N in search of reviewers/interviewers, judges, and participants. [ ] C L O S E D T I L L N E X T Y R The Stellar Awards is a yearly competition that opens every May, enabling writers to showcase their talents. Holding eleven genres and thirty slots, only three winners will be selected. date started: may 23, 2018 highest rank: #441 in random #3 in contest

Ellie Sandberg would love to reinvent herself. When she earns a spot at an elite boarding school for young inventors, it seems like the perfect opportunity: A summer away from home, away from her overprotective parents, and away from the hopeless crush who rejected her in the final weeks of school. But no one at the Winthrop Academy Summer Maker Program is exactly as they seem-least of all the charming but mysterious Maddox Cruz. Maddox and his group members are working on a new and improved version of InstaLove, an augmented-reality app invented by a former program attendee, and Ellie soon finds herself invited to join their project. But InstaLove has a history of glitches. Weird little accidents... injuries... users wandering into places they were never meant to go... When a fellow group member goes missing, the tech trail for the crime leads back to InstaLove-and to Ellie. With no one else to trust, Ellie must race to uncover the truth and clear her name...or she might be the next to disappear.

Never poke a sleeping warrior. . . or he might poke back. Noah Hunter's best friend has woman problems. Not a rare event to any man, but she and her friends decide to teach Nick a lesson that goes overboard. When they include Livy, they poke at Noah's protective side since he's secretly in love with her. As an Apache Indian, he knows the meaning of Getting Even.

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A guide full of tips and tricks that hopefully doesn't recount the same old stuff in every other writing book under the sun, Wattpad and published alike. Covering everything from helpful resources like Susanna's Pacemaker to treating setting like character. Here's the link for all my shareable resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUDlQIY8NjF3T4_7oBEp_Aw6ftar65p9S4YQGHIr738/edit?usp=sharing

Sixteen-year-old Sage Greene was locked in a maximum-security asylum for the criminally insane after murdering nearly 200 civilians. It isn't her, though - it's the voices. There are two sides to Sage: the normal, self-conscious teenager, and the Voice lurking inside her head, the one that forced her to strike out and kill. Now, both parts of Sage are being sent into space, destined for a new rehabilitation program upon Mars, with a group of the most dangerous teenagers in America. Before they can reach the red planet, however, they are abducted by a strange alien race and taken away from their spaceship and everything they have ever known to compete in a sadistic set of physical and mental tests nicknamed the Trials. And so far, nobody has survived the Trials. * {Highest ranking: #5 in science fiction as of 9/3/17} [Comment threads contain spoilers at random. You have been warned.] WARNING This is a very dark book that only spirals further down. Murder is discussed and there are slightly graphic scenes.

This is a contest designed to help expose your novel to the greater Wattpad community. Whether you just joined Wattpad or have been an active member for years, the sole purpose of this contest is to assist in the recognition of your book. NBR'S CURRENT CHAMPION REVIEWER: @LLMontez Testimony: I am floored at the level of amazing analysis, it was like having a large group of beta readers. - @h_coyle Because of all of you and NBR, my story is now ranking in fantasy and continues to climb! - @ktflynn Being spotlighted on NBR helped my story SO much! I got some incredibly useful tips and my story even made it to the What's Hot list in the Romance genre! - @AmeVicky02 I was overwhelmed - I can honestly say this is the most thorough feedback I've been given on anything I've ever written (tears up) - @twin_cities Being in the spotlight is cray to the zay! I was overwhelmed with the amount of positive, helpful, and inspiring comments we received. The NBR contest is full of amazing people and is really cool to be a part of. - @KaraMichelleBooks I can't even begin to explain how hard it was to choose a winner and two runner ups. I want to keep you all chained under my bed so I can trade you food and water for feedback. - @cjbirch The feedbacks were awesome! Grammatical errors. Sentence structures. Flow. Descriptions. Everything has been so useful in helping me understand how I can improve. Some of you really put in so much effort to break it down it's unbelievable. - @JovyLow6 Previous featured authors were lying when they said it was difficult to choose a winner--because it's not difficult, it's near to impossible!!! - @PipSqueeks88 Not only do these rounds help expose me to new authors but critiquing others' works makes me think of my own work in different ways and how to improve it.. - @consciousdreamer1 Not exaggerating, this has been some of the best advice I've ever received from readers - @Holly_Gonzalez

*A Wattpad Featured Story * Synopsis: What will you do when you live in the history? When a California girl found herself transported into ancient China, she thought she was going to coast along. She learns quickly how wrong that was. She struggled to survive and to deal with poverty, discrimination, and the war between Han and Xiongnu. In the midst of all, she found love, or she thought so. Reviews： "I cried my eyes out. " ---Wattpad reader "This is a masterpiece." ---Wattpad reader "A fascinating read to an adventure into a tumultuous and defining period of Chinese history. Cultural and historical milieus made vivid and imitate through the eyes of a teenage girl." ----- Amazon reviewer "The author weaves and develops Shiaonu's character with these underpinning questions. Shiaonu's irrepressible personality powers her forward through fear, danger, and sorrow. Her kindness and smarts protect her. She touches and enriches so many lives. And yet, when the tsunami of history flows through, she finds her way, something transcends time and space." --- Amazon Reviewer "Who said the romance is dead?" --- Wattpad reader "If this book becomes a movie, I will watch it a thousand times." --- Wattpad reader "I love it!!! Thank you for making a beautiful story and I also learned so much. Your story makes me laugh and I like it so much. " --- Wattpad reader "This story has led me through a series of such emotional rollercoasters that I'm at loss for words. This book has truly been inspirational with a love story that sails through time. " --- Wattpad reader ||A Wattpad Featured Story || *All Rights Reserved *All pictures and videos belong to their rightful owners.

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