*Ranked #22 in memoir* In this memoir novella, Jennifer, a young teenage girl, meets the boy of her dreams, Tyler... or at least that's what she thinks. As the years progress and they overcome the challenges known as high school, Jennifer and Tyler grow close. Will their romance bloom into a beautiful rose or will they miss their chances, letting the petals wilt? Follow them through the eyes of Jennifer as she and Tyler embark on this journey of love, lust, and life's littlest opportunities. Originally published on Wattpad in 2011, but taken down since then, to now become slightly edited with an added epilogue in the perspective of Jennifer almost a decade later, this memoir novella is a curation of prose, poetry, dreamscapes, quotes, letter writing, and journaling. Copyright © 2011-2019 by Jennifer Gioia. All rights reserved. Cover graphic not owned by me.

Wattys 2017 winner in The Originals category!!!! This is NOT a romance between the main character and some hunky guy. These are the adventures of vampire Lena as she lives her life from day to day alongside her human flatmate Carmen. Together they encounter human rights activists (not what you think), overly attached exes, vampire geeks, quarrelsome shapeshifters, some really chill people, and a boy band. Let's Go For A Pint is a satire/genre parody revolving around tropes associated with vampire fiction (mostly tv and film portrayals but written works may be alluded) Season 1 is up. While marked as complete, expect ongoing editing and bonus content to appear. Cover made in Canva

They'd been next door neighbors for three years and only talked twice. Now, Trevor Andrews and Paige Dunham find themselves lying on the roof of Trevor's house, staring up at the stars, trying to find a solution to their persistent insomnia. Little do they know, tonight, they'll find so much more than that... ------------- This is my entry for the #MidnightSunMovie contest. Yay! You had to write a 500-word story about young love blossoming over the course of one night. NOT AN EASY TASK! But the theme of the contest and the challenge of trying to pack as much story as possible into 500 words intrigued me. So, I gave it a go! I'm nervous about how this turned out, but I'd love to know what you think! And please vote if you like it! :-)

Lyra Kennedy joins the cast of Dating Democracy, a reality show where she's paired with the handsome Andrew - but she has eyes for bad boy Patrick. ***** Lyra Kennedy lost her job, her dog passed away, and her boyfriend of 2 years just dumped her. In a moment of weakness, her mom talks her into applying for "Dating Democracy", a reality dating show where contestants are paired up by audience voting. All too soon, Lyra's on a flight to LA, during which she meets a handsome stranger and mourns that she's stuck on the show instead of chasing after him. When the show starts however, she finds out the brooding stranger, Patrick, is another contestant. Instead of being paired with him, Lyra is assigned the handsome, kind, Andrew Hastings. As the show goes on, and things heat up, Lyra finds herself torn between two handsome, strong, passionately different men. Will she choose the charming small town hunk, Andrew, or the irresistible bad boy Patrick? And when her indecision leads her to pursue both of them, how much of her temptation will the world see on TV? [[Watty 2018 Winner]] [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]

A story in which a singer tries to get a silent girl to speak, and learns about her along the way. ~ Intentional poor grammar at one part. ~ A one-shot of about 1.8k words. ~ #3rd place in Cupid short story prompt contest by earnestycommunity and majesticinc

❇️ 2018 WATTYS WINNER! The Originals category ❇️ - "The Breakfast Club" meets "Nancy Drew" in this most unusual YA Mystery. SUMMARY: Five high school students, with little in common other than being descendants of the town founders, are forced to work on a history project together. But when their history project uncovers evidence of a long-buried town secret, the kids must piece together the clues behind their discovery before its legacy comes back to haunt them. ***** Using ACTUAL, archival material (some dating as far back as 1776), The Descendants weaves a tale of mystery and intrigue, constructed entirely from real photographs, documents, and snippets of history from a small, rural town in New Hampshire. What Dan Brown did with conspiracy theories in "The DaVinci Code" and Ransom Riggs did with historical photographs in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," I will attempt to do in "The Descendants," but with teen protagonists and the Cheshire County Historical Society. :-) Why? 'Cause I'm crazy like that! Yeah, I know...History?! Blah! But it actually turned out really fun! :-)