Jaci Calemonte

I'm absolutely hooked on the Devil's Deal Trilogy. But before I buy Wattpad Premium, I wanted to ask if you plan to publish this trilogy f.e. as an E-Book?

Happy International Women's Day! 
          
          How are you celebrating?  Let me know in the comments. 
          
          Warriors in the Garden made it to round 2 of ONC 2026. I'm having fun trying to keep the story down below 40k words while exploring the Romantasy genre, let me know how I'm doing!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/407662934-warriors-in-the-garden

Hello  

I decided ( on a whim) to try my hand at the ONC (Open Novella Contest) this year, with a foray into Romantasy.  Who else is giving ONC2026 a try?  If you are, feel free to post your book link in the comments of this announcement.  If you're a reader, take a look at them! 
          
          I just started writing, and I'm hoping that the story takes shape. I'm having fun so far. I have written spicy stuff before, but not for this profile, so I'm giving it a try. 
          
          Elemental Thief Fans, despair not. I also began the initial steps of starting the editing for Sword of Empires. 
          
          And Oath Breaker is almost done! I think according to the schedule, the last update will be around the 20th of February!  Then the Truth Seeker series is complete! Thank you to everyone who has supported me: it is my earliest work, and though not perfect, it was the storyline that got me back into writing in a dark time.  The book you're reading now is nothing like how it was originally written, but I'm happier with it. 
          
          Thank you all for your support, and I wish all of you the best! 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/407662934-warriors-in-the-garden

I hope everyone is doing well, and I wish you the best this holiday season, whatever you are celebrating. There is a lot of ugly in the world, but it is my sincere hope that you see and experience the beautiful in ways that outweigh the rest. 
          
          Do you have time off to read ? Or is this a busy season for you? 
          
          Oathbreaker, for those who are following, is going to be updating three times a week until it is finished, with some bonus chapters posted on Yule/Winter Solstice. After a bit of a break for my brain ( I wrote 50k + words in November, did three research papers, five final exams this past month - I think I passed it all though) I hope to start editing my next offering to get it posting on a schedule as well. 
          
          Again, all the best to everyone into the new year.

Hello 

The rewrite for Oath breaker is done! 
          
          I'm going to be editing it and then setting up a schedule for releasing the rest of it, on an expedited format ( multiple times per week) now that I've finished. 
          And then next... I have been thinking about starting Elemental Thief Part 2 in the new year, if there's interest in that.  Part 1 has reached over 10k reads, which is very cool. 
          
          Love you all, wish you all well!

So Wattpad is beta-testing polls in stories now. 
          Not sure how many authors have access to them, but I've added them to a couple of chapters in Oathbreaker just to play along.  I have been having more luck writing in the last couple of days. (yay me) 
          I need to finish Oathbreaker. It's more a project as a gift for someone who reads the hard copy prints I do, than anything else.  But I'm hoping that I continue to make progress. ( maybe even finish by Christmas to give it to them as a gift) 
          Then... well, I turned my Swordkeeper omnibus into a "series" ( Elemental Witch & Thief) cause that's an option now on Wattpad, so I may continue with that. 
          
          Current reads: 
          And Then She fell - Alicia Elliot 
          Diplomacy - Henry Kissinger
          a bunch more for my university courses on feminist international relations. 
          
          How's everyone else doing?

I had the same the same offer just a few days ago and chose to ignore it. Happy to know that you did as well.

Am I the only one getting those "visual artists" comments on my stories, wanting to turn my work into a comic or collaborate? 
          
          I mean, don't get me wrong, my favourite part of Wattpad was the opportunity to find other writers and artists and spark one another's inspos. I miss that a lot, I miss having a community ( the forums were a good time for me) And everyone from my community has kind of fallen apart and gone their own way. 
          
          But if anyone else is getting these comments, please be careful. People will use this to steal your work. I don't know for sure, but I had fallen for it with someone who even had an art gallery down in Vancouver. Next thing I know, Elemental Witch part one ( the part I sent her when she offered to help edit) was on Amazon being sold under a different name. 
          
          People and companies prey off our desire to have our works read. Just like there are "editing" and "publishing" companies that charge authors thousands for "packages", eating off of our hope of breaking out of the void, there are people out there trying to catch you unawares. 
          
          If I had the capability, I would try to build a community that would allow us to flourish together, but I find that like my writing, my voice gets lost in the grey murk of the rest of the noise.  Stay safe out there and I wish everyone all the inspiration and literary enjoyment, whatever it may be. 
          
          What I'm reading now: 
          Unbury the Bones
          Flourish
          Great myths of Popular psychology 
          The Angel of Indian Lake
          
          Love you all. Drop me a line if you want!