Brendan O.

Hello all, 
          If you follow me, you'll probably have noticed a ton of notifications about new stories being published. 
          I have decided to begin publishing all of the novels I have been working on over the last decade! Feel free to read the first chapters of them and leave me any feedback! I would love and appreciate that so much.

Hello, everyone. I am looking for some beta readers just to read a few opening chapters of a few newer works!
          I've been absent on here for just about 2 years, but over those two years I've been working on several novels in my spare time - six to be precise! 
          And so, what I wish to do is post the first chapter of each of these works-in-progress and open them up to critiques and feedback from people who follow me on here. I would love it SO much if you volunteered to do this, as I am only asking you to read the FIRST chapter of these works. (If any of the books intrigues you enough to read further, I am definitely open to that as well.)
          Please let me know if you are interested in doing this and helping me out! 
          I will be posting these works shortly.
          You can either read all of them, or just the ones that interest you.
          
          One is a Young Adult Romantic Drama, one is a near-future A.I. dystopia, one is a near-future tech dystopia, one is a near-future dating sci-fi, one is a religious first-contact Sci-Fi, and the last one is a religious dark urban fantasy.

Well, folks. I have not posted anything on Wattpad in.... *takes out a calculator*
          31 months! That's just over TWO AND A HALF YEARS!
          Wow. Well... I don't really know how to explain myself. 
          But however! I just posted the first chapter to a brand new story. Yes indeed! And I would oh so greatly appreciate any comments & feedback on it in order to sustain me during the rest of the writing of it, to keep my motivation and self-esteem up, and such. You know how it is. 
          
          Oh, I suppose I should mention the story itself. It's called We Were Never The Same, and it's about a small group of people who survive a nuclear bomb detonated on their city by getting to a bomb shelter in time. Not exactly happy-go-lucky stuff, I know I know. But it'll be quite a ride, I promise. More character-driven than boring event-describing type of fiction. So take a first look and tell me what ya think. 
          
          Thanks much! And see you around!
          Brendan

Here's something pretty cool! Just recently I was on a trip out to Toronto, Ontario, Canada (I'm also Canadian, btw) for a little while, and while I was there I got to stop by the Wattpad HQ and check the place out! A friend of mine had gotten a job there and moved to Toronto for it and he showed me around. 
          It was cool to get to see where all the magic happens!

Well, my friends. To say that "It's been a while!" would be a massive understatement!
          A hearty hello/bonjour, etc. to all whom I've interacted with on here over the years.
          I won't make this too lengthy, but I've got 3 things for you to make note of:
          
          1) I guess I'm back in business on Wattpad (woo!) Gimme a shout and say hey!!
          
          2) Great news for followers of my novel SAD ROBOT!
          I hadn't posted an update to this book in a year, but I am now going to re-post the most recent draft IN IT'S ENTIRETY. Since it is DONE-ZO! But I won't do it all at once (slow down now...), but I will, as of today, start putting up several chapters a day over the next couple weeks until its completion. Even more reason to give it a go! I've got high hopes for this quirky, fun little novel so hopefully it being posted in its completion will take its popularity to new heights. 
          So hopefully you'll get on board with that. 
          
          3) For readers of THE BOOK NOOK: Man....this novel has changed SO much since I was still posting updates of it over a year ago. Like seriously, I'm not even sure the later chapters of the wattpad version even still exist in any remote shape or form. So I reeeeeaaaallllllyyyyy don't know what to do with this novel anymore! I'd have to entirely delete so much of what exists on wattpad right now for anything to make sense! 
          Any advice???
          
          Great to be back,
          Brendan

Hey stranger! Came across you on another profile :-) It reminded me it's been a bit since we've heard from Hiram. Any updates on the near horizon? Curious minds... :-D (congrats on your year anniversary with wattpad btw!)
          ~ Sara

Whoa, I didn't even realize it but I passed my one year anniversary on Wattpad just a week ago. Unreal. Feels like just yesterday my friend Tim was still trying to persuade me to give it a try and start posting my book on here. My, how time flies.
          
          Also, for any readers of "Sad Robot", you might just want to give Hiram the Robot a follow on Twitter ;) 
          He's got some cool news, plus never-ending unique takes on human life. You can find him @Hiram_the_Robot
          
          Thanks for one year of awesomeness, my good friends! :)

Hi Brendan! 
          Thanks for the vote and for for your lovely comments on my book 'The Phantasmic Travelogue'! Hope you enjoy it. 
          I think I've seen you before. NBR, right? 
          Have a great day! - J

Hey, friends. So the big secret is finally out. If you've been wondering why I haven't been updating my novel The Book Nook lately, it's because a little while back I signed on with Tapas Media Inc, who are an indie e-book publisher that specialize in publishing books in weekly episodic format.
          They just released The Book Nook TODAY! And I couldn't be more excited! 
          
          So, download the Tapas app and check it out!
          It's a newly edited version, updated from the draft you see on Wattpad. They launched with the first 27 chapters and will be releasing two per week from here on out. You can read the first 4 chapters free and all following chapters will only cost you about $0.08 per chapter! Not a bad deal! 
          Oh yeah, and I get a percentage of that money, so any purchases also help me, the author, out too!!
          
          Thanks for following along on this journey. :)
          

@BrendanOlenick Thanks for the follow!! :-)