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Happy New Year! My 2025 resolution is finishing a book and getting it published. For those who have read or dipped their toe into AP I think that's going to be tabled for now, it needs a rewrite and I'm too distracted to tackle it.
          
          I will also probably not be on Wattpad any more frequently than I've been in 2024. It was a failed experiment, and while I had some fun here, I really haven't accomplished anything significant with my writing or building a community.
          
          I still love you all though and might occasionally publish here. It's not the platform I wish it was, but it still has some merit.
          
          Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season!

Yooo.., we are paired for this month. Soo I got a doubt (really stupid).. Should i read rewriting vision or original vision to give feedback 

I was wondering if I could talk you into taking a look at my Yellowstone story. I saw a comment from you on anohter story and you shot from the hip which I appreciate! My story is titled "Yellowstone: Love and Cowboys".  Interested to hear what you'd think!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/359003810-yellowstone-love-and-cowboys

Just poking my head in to see what's happening. As expected, not a lot. Over this summer I will be pulling most of my library, though I have plans to edit and re-post the writing guide people seem to like.
          
          WP was never more than an experiment, and it could have been a good one if the people managing this platform weren't content to strip it down to its bare bones and never actually improve the experience for either authors or readers.
          
          Here are some alternatives for those of you who may be looking - all of these beat WP in most ways except for traffic, but since the majority of WP's demographic is so narrow I'm not convinced it matters.
          
          - Miraquill
          - Sweek
          - Writersky
          - Commaful (meh)
          - Inkitt
          - Penana (meh, tho a LOT of WP stories would probably find a home here)
          - Belletristica
          - Neovel
          - Fanfiction.net
          - Writing.com (a more serious, craft focused site)
          - Reedsy (great resources, great place to post for beta readers)
          
          Also don't forget to jump on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. The author communities in all three spaces are huge. Just be careful with Booktok and stay out of the aggressive threads, it can get kind of toxic.

It's time to find a new platform. Wattpad is continuing to cut writers off from each other and from readers, beginning with their annexing of the message boards and never following up with a promised replacement.
          
          This change might not kill the platform, but I have no use for a social media outlet that is eliminating its social media components. There've been no meaningful improvements to the platform since 2020, and they keep degrading it simply because it's easier than dealing with the same problems everyone else is successfully managing.
          
          I don't pay for the service so they can do what they want, but they can do it without me.
          
          I'll still be here for the time being (for the few who care), but you'll also be able to find my work on Reedsy, Writers.com and possibly one or more alternatives. Check out my IG for updates (link in bio).
          
          On the plus side, this is simply incentive to get my work published once and for all...

Job fears, specifically the potential loss of mine in the near future, are rearing up again. It's a shame because the company I work for is good, the people are good, but the loss of an important contract and bad timing on a couple of others means they have to consider selling. And if they sell, it's a near certainty they'll downsize. My name is at the top of that list. Not sure what my options are at this point, but I've been through worse. I'm just trying to manage the anxiety while I wait to see what happens.

Mama cat had another litter of kittens, another five little furry beans. It's fun but stressful. Cost to neuter here is over the top, and I've been too busy to plan a road trip to have it done for free. Would have been too late anyway, the little hussy got knocked up over Christmas. It shouldn't have been an issue but the winter has been so warm there wasn't an off season for breeding.
          
          I managed to find homes for 3 of the last batch, and I have no doubt I can home the rest of these little buggers. Awful cute though. How bad could having 8 cats be?

One reason I haven't been posting is because I haven't been doing the hard work. I've been writing, but between my job and my after-work commitments I end up brain fried and the last thing I want to do is deep-edit a manuscript.
          
          On the plus side, I've still been writing. It's all first draft material, penciling down crappy ideas and piecing together loose storylines. I'll have a lot of material to work on when I finally come up for air.

Hey, so I haven't been very active lately. Change in jobs, change in social life, change in pet to human ratio... many changes. I'm gonna try to get more active, but I wanted to stop in and recommend swinging by @ShutUpAndWriteClub. They're launching a literary magazine and are looking for books to review.

Hello, thank you for all of your comments on my story, SARANG! I will go through them as soon as possible. Thank you so much for taking the time to read it.