Evergreen_GL_Pine

Since I know there is a lot of evil in this world, I hope this story is able to help us all realize there is still good in this world.
          
          Though I am a certified wildland firefighter, I do not have a degree in forestry yet. So, especially since it is the summer, I work in a store just to make extra money.
          
          Today at this store, it was pretty slow and we are on the main street of my little town in rural Minnesota. This car pulls up, and something was obviously wrong with the car. This older couple walks in, and they explain that they are from Edinburgh, in the UK, and they are just passing through while trying to get to a different town which is about an hour and a half away. They also explain that their rental car won't start, and were wanting to know if anyone who worked at the store could help.
          
          Myself and two of my coworkers (we were the only 3 at the store) go out there, and one of my coworkers uses a jumper cable that she had in her car to try and get the car running. It does, and then shuts off completely again after a minute or two.
          
          The only option is to hopefully get the car to a mechanic to be fixed. Due to these people not being from the area, or even the USA in general, I called every single car dealership and mechanic shop that was in my town, and finally one of them said they could get the car fixed today due to it being an emergency, as I explained the situation the couple was in.
          
          So, a tow truck was called which ended up taking a while, and this couple was just sitting around in our store for about 2 hours. Right before we closed, the lady called and said that the accelerator had completely given out, but the car was fixed and they had made it to the town they were headed to.
          So, I just hope this shows that there is still good in the world.! promise we are not, and lots of people in America will want to help others out.
          
          -G.L. Pine.

I have a huge announcement to make!
          
          I am proud to announce that The Legacy Of Avaloria Trilogy is complete!
          
          It has been such an adventure then past few years, as I was writing this trilogy, and I am so proud of what it has become today.
          
          Looking to the future, I want to talk about some things.
          
          The next step for this series is to be published, hopefully with physical copies. Though, I do not know when that will be, and it will most likely be years from now. 
          
          I also want to talk about my writing here on Wattpad. Due to this having been a massive, multi-year project, I will not be publishing any new stories anytime soon. I want to focus on promoting this series, but also I just need a break from writing after such a large project. 
          
          This does not mean I will not be doing any reading. It is actually the opposite! I plan on staying active on my social medias, and here on Wattpad!
          
          Thank you for all of the support!
          
          -G.L. Pine.

Just wanted to share something really cool that I recently did.
          
          As many of you know, I am a certified wildland firefighter. I was contacted by a former teacher of mine, and they asked if I would speak to some of her students about the certification I received, but also about the additional training I will be doing in February of 2027.  By agreeing to do this, I hope I was able to inspire someone, especially one of the girls, that you can be a firefighter and be a woman. 
          
          I am fortunate enough to have parents that told me they would support me in whatever I chose to do with my life, even if that was working with trees and fighting wildfires for a living. Yet, I know many other girls and women are not that fortunate. 
          
          Firefighting in general has been seen as a more masculine career path, and I’d say it is. It is a very demanding career, and statistics wise, over 95% of firefighters are men. I just don’t think that should be used to deter women from having a career in the field. Many women who are going into a career as a firefighter were told that they aren’t cut out for it, or that it is not the right field for them. I have experienced this, and it almost caused me to not go through with getting certified. 
          
          So, I just wanted to share this because I hope that I was able to inspire one of these students that firefighting is a career path that is and should be available to anyone. 
          
          Thanks.
          
          -G.L. Pine.
          
          

Just wanted to know if anyone else if experiencing this. It could just be my Wattpad acting up, but I can’t reply to some comments that people make, and I can’t reply to some message board posts. Just curious if anyone else is experiencing this.

It is nice to meet you! I found you through Reddit. I'm excited to get to know your writing! Have a beautiful day!

An important announcement regarding The Best Of Wattpad Writing Contest.
          
          The stories advancing to the final round of judging has just been released. Due to schedule changes with one of the judges, it has been released early.
          
          The final winners will be announced on June 21st, 2026.

A question for all the writers on here.
          
          Why do you choose to continue writing?

An important update regarding my stories here on Wattpad.
          
          I’m coming on here today to announce a new story, while also sharing my plans for my current active project, The Rise of Avaloria.
          
          To be honest, I’ve recently been experiencing a bit of writer’s block with my current story, and I’ve found that working on another project alongside it helps me regain inspiration and creativity.
          
          That being said, this does not mean I’ll be abandoning The Rise of Avaloria for months. I fully plan to continue working on it during this time, but I also feel it’s the right moment to focus on another project alongside it.
          
          A while back, I mentioned a story titled Ashes of the Withering. I absolutely plan to return to that story eventually, but it is going to be a massive project—similar in scale to The Hidden Royal series. As that series begins to come to an end, I don’t feel now is the right time to immediately begin another huge undertaking like that.
          
          Instead, I’ll be working on a story titled Under Royal Review, which I briefly mentioned at the beginning of 2026. I’ll be making more posts about the story very soon.
          
          Thank you so much for your continued support.
          
          — G.L. Pine

This is going to be a more serious post here on Wattpad.
          
          I considering waiting until I completely finished posting “The Rise Of Avaloria” to Wattpad, but I think I should briefly mention this here, and I will go into more detail once that story is complete on Wattpad.
          
          As many of you know, The Hidden Royal was my first story I ever posted on Wattpad, and the first story that I fully completed. I want to talk about what the future holds for that story. When I first posted this story to Wattpad, I never thought that it would actually gain some traction and that people would love it this much! As more people started reading the story, and I finished the sequel and started the third and final book, I started to think more seriously about the next steps for this story. Which is getting it published.
          
          I’ve looked into both traditional publishing and self-publishing, and I’ve come to the decision that self-publishing would be best for me. Yes, it is a lot more work, and I’ve had people tell me how it is harder to gain money from it, but I was never writing this story for the money, or even the reads on Wattpad. 
          
          My reasoning for starting this story, which eventually turned into a trilogy, was that I wanted to read a story with a similar premise, and I was never able to find that. So, I decided to write it myself. As time went on, I learned about an awesome website called Wattpad, and I published it here. Back then, I never had plans of actually getting it published and on shelves, but as time went on, I realized that maybe I should look into it more.
          
          I’d like to say that I won’t be self-publishing it anytime soon, and I don’t know when that will be, as it most likely will be years from now. I just wanted you all to know what is coming sometime in the future, and that when that time comes, I will be removing it from Wattpad.
          
          Thanks.
          
          —G.L. Pine.

Just wanted to come on here and share my insane find at a thrift store.
          
          I was wandering around a thrift store where I live, and it is one that you can sometimes find good stuff, but generally I don’t find much. There was a section with handbags, wallets and purses, and one of them caught my eye. It was a Louis Vuitton purse.
          
          I actually walked by it, thinking it was a fake, as it felt like one of those “too good to be true” moments, and I know that it is common to find knockoffs of designer purses in secondhand stores. After wandering around the store for a while and not finding anything good, I started walking back to the front of the store, and I walked by the rack of purses again, and this time I decided to actually look at this purse.
          
          I probably spent 30 minutes looking at this purse and using Google to tell if it was a real or fake. To my surprise, it was a real one, and not a poorly made knockoff. It also had a tag on it saying to make an offer at the front, so let’s just say I snatched this thing up and hurried to the front of the store.
          
          I ended up buying it for $100. Which I know to some may seem like a lot, but if you compare it to the regular price for this specific model of purse from Louis Vuitton’s website, I saved a LOT of money. Especially since it was in super good condition. (If I were to of bought this purse from Louis Vuitton it would have cost me about $2,800).
          
          I’d consider myself an unlucky person, so I’m not sure where this luck in that store came from, but I got an insane deal! 
          
          —G.L. Pine.