Abigail

Hello, friends, readers, other interested parties... 
          I hope everyone is OK, or at least finding what they need to get through.
          
          I like to think I don't bother you all with too many announcements, but I'm actually stoked that @lgbtq have included my "Getting Sentimental" on their monthly Pride Shelf of picks for this month. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1619282993-pride-shelf-%F0%9F%8C%BBmay-%2726-picks
          
          The Pride Shelf picks are a great way of discovering queer content. I've taken their recommendations on trust many times before, with no regrets, so it's lovely to be featured. Check them out, and I'm genuinely not saying that just because of this month's choices. 
          
          I can also cast-iron guarantee your life would be the poorer for not checking out the utter wholesomeness of @The_Weekend_Write-In community (whom I name-check in my interview for the above). If you are a reader, there are weekly short bites of loveliness; if you write, you are always welcome to share a short piece of loveliness to a one-word prompt. As this whole business proves, sometimes that @The_Weekend_Write-In prompt leads to a whole burst of creativity, in ways no-one expects.
          
          Take care
          Abi xx

Fantasy isn't always my thing to write (I enjoy reading it), but I've always been quite proud of 'The Listeners' from my Short Stories 2020. It's set in a world where each of the four elements has a mortal representative, and looks at what can happen when the mortals have something to hide.
          
          Anyway, I'm pleased to say that it's been included in @Fantasy's 'The Clockwork Equinox' seasonal anthology: https://www.wattpad.com/story/261824321-the-clockwork-equinox-fa-vol-spring  
          
          Woo! 
          A x

Hey lovely soul ❤️,
          Thank you very much for adding my story to your reads. Really hope you enjoy it ✨

Thank you for adding Water & Sand to your reading list!

Hey guys new chap is out now :p
          
          Chap 8 : I’m at my limit tonight Mian
          Novel : Arranged for love 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1620821332?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create_on_publish&wp_uname=Mian2102
          
          Thank you for voting, commenting, sharing ;p

Hi

I have just read the most insultingly condescending post on here that I've read for a good long while. @Ambassadors have recently posted on their Conversation about the Bechdel Test, and I am frankly shocked. Genuinely. 
          
          Surely no-one writes stories any more where women aren't named, say fewer than six words to each other or share less than a chapter ("one minute of screen time," in the original test jargon; it's for films). 
          
          I am very pleased to say that all the women in my stories have minds, names and cognitive ability, can form meaningful sentences in actual languages sufficient to communicate with both each other and any men they might encounter, and take up every single one of my chapters.
          
          They even manage to get themselves up in the mornings, hold down jobs, and remember to feed and hydrate themselves, between making the effort to name each other and say all of five words in conversation.
          
          Are we really still fighting this battle in 2026? I'd have thought we'd be at least halfway up the hill by now. No?

Hi! Thank you for the follow ♥️ 
          
          I hope you enjoy Root and Ruin and have a wonderful weekend,
          
          Evelyn 

Hello thank you for the follow. I hope you enjoy reading my stories - Gray :) 

Have you discovered @The_Weekend_Write-In? 
          
          The idea is that a one-word prompt is given every Friday, and any stories that result are shared in the comments. 
          
          If you read, it is collection of short stories (100 or 500 words) which builds up over time and can be dipped into as you wish. The whole is a wonderfully varied mix - by turns, fun, touching, thought-provoking and unashamedly entertaining.
          
          If you write, it's a fun little challenge with no pressure and very manageable  criteria. 
          
          Best of all, the community that the Weekend Write-In project has built is very valuable. It is welcoming, friendly and relaxed; there are no preconceptions, no pressure; every story, and every reader, is welcome. Everyone has their own take on the prompt, and on the resulting stories, and that is what makes it so much fun. 
          
          I can honestly say that discovering this little safe corner of Wattpad has been invaluable for me, both creatively and emotionally, since I did so back in 2024. Do yourself the same favour, and swing by.
          
          Take care
          A xxx