Abigail

Hello, this to remind you that we have sent you an email for your applied permanent judge position in our awards. 
          
          Regards,
          Bluebirdawards 

Anyone out there who is a reader, have you considered the role of a critical friend? 
          These people @BlueBirdAwards are looking for a bank of readers to help them run their awards series. Having done this in a modest way before, I know it will involve giving positive criticism on stories you wouldn't otherwise encounter, and in the process discovering some great writing. I can recommend it as a two-way valuable way of volunteering the time you would be spending on here anyway.
          
          Details here: https://www.wattpad.com/1571640845-the-profile-book-blue-bird-awards-permanent-judge

More "well well"s from me.
          
          Another thing of mine has appeared on @Romance's reading list for Pride month. https://www.wattpad.com/1541474080-romance-picks-anthology-pride-month
          
          God knows if it's any good, I have no idea these days; never really did have. I just write what I want to. But, there we are. It's my latest, I enjoyed writing it,  and now it's on a reading list. I'm not complaining.
          
          Hope everyone is feeling safe, happy, and positively "seen" - not just because it's June but because that should be the norm. God knows, it seems we need to remind those "in charge" just now that a little bit of basic humanity, tolerance and charity goes a long way - it's not playing identity politics, or even hard politics. It's being reasonable and moral. Don't harm people - it's not rocket science, is it? (Until it's all about rockets, apparently.) 
          
          Is it?  
          
          Stay safe
          Abi x

Well, well.
          Georgia has been featured on @lgbtq's parade of fictional characters, all part of Pride Month (June) 2025
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1550821487-with-pride-with-love-the-wattpad-pride-parade/page/3
          
          I have several updates for this in draft, but have been distracted. Best pull my finger out and crack on, now she's Officially Recognised.
          
          Any writer will probably tell you that they have no favourite character, because they're all our children. Absolute nonsense, we all have our favourites. I really like Georgia. The fact I know where she is going, but this hasn't resulted in updates, says more about me than her. 
          
          I truly love you all. Wattpad is still lovely, if different from how it used to be. Never mind. 
          
          Isn't this the point of Pride? We're all lovely, we're all different, we all have our own take on ourselves and on life. Somehow, idiots aside, we'll all find a way of living together too. We'll get there.
          
          Stay true to yourselves, stay strong (you are strong, even if you feel you aren't), and take time to enjoy life as it is in the moment. 
          
          Abi xx

Hello folks
          
          Hope everyone is well, and enjoying reading and writing. This time of year seems to be busy on here, what with ONC and various other challenges and so on; given the calendar cycle of my workplace and some part-time study I've started, it's also busy IRL, so they've mostly passed me by this year. 
          
          Anyway, this is just a quick post to acknowledge @ShortStory for adding two of mine to their reading lists (nice surprise when I checked in this morning!)
          
          "The Friend Request" is in their Quick Reads (1-3k words) list
          https://www.wattpad.com/list/1564707873
          
          "A Coffee at the World's End" is in their Short Shorts (3-5k words) list
          https://www.wattpad.com/list/1564707943
          
          I enjoyed writing both these, and remain quite proud of them. 
          
          Lots of love, 
          Abi x

Thanks so much for the follow!!

Hello folks
          Happy Pride Month x
          
          @MermaidAriel13 is curating a reading list of LGBTQ+ stories/authors for the duration of June. It's an eclectic mix already. and it's only 3rd of the month. Bodes well for this most eclectic of months.
          
          Abi x

Hi all. Hope everyone is well. 
          Have any of you out there who are also writers had a story pulled recently with no notice, and for no discernible good reason? 
          
          For the handful of you who'd read "Not Getting Burned" and liked it, I'm afraid it has apparently, unaccountably and suddenly, fallen foul of Wattpad's content guidelines. The only crime I can think of that it committed was being a bit bad joke- and pun-heavy, and not being finished; but then as regards the latter, it wasn't even the most egregious example of that sin, amongst my works.
          
          Hey ho. 
          
          I've launched an appeal but am not expecting a favourable answer.
          
          Stay safe and well.
          Abi x

Hello folks. 
          I hope 2023 has got off to a positive start for you. 
          
          For anyone who's enjoyed "Taking A Hit": it's been fun to catch up with Michaela in the "Short Stories 2023" collection - in response to a BadAssReads' "Rebellious New Year 2023" prompt.
          
          All the best,
          Abi x

Hello, I hope this is okay to send I have a new book that might interest you, of course it could also not, this is just a try to see if people like it so if you can I would love if you could give it a shot: https://www.wattpad.com/story/327971716-my-life-now