Lizzie Auburn

The ONC is finally over, and we got to see the amazing winners! A Spell Too Sweet was not among them, but it did make it to the shortlist, and I am beyond happy with that. 
          
          Now, I did promise I'd update with the edits as soon as the results were out, but I got so busy with life that I didn't even have time to read (or draw, hence why I only have graphics prepared for a third of the chapters ) But hey, later is better than never, and today is that day. I'm sorry in advance if the mass updates are going to trigger a lot of notifications, but I just want to get it all done in one swoop and have the cleaned-up version available already.
          
          I hope to be out of this busy period soon and get back to reading your lovely stories, and also start writing properly again.

My name is MadisonCiabattari and I love reading A Spell Too Sweet. You chose a beautiful cover for your story and I wrote a fantasy book called Naima and I would appreciate if you would read it and I also love your profile.

I've been off Wattpad for quite some time, but things have finally settled down in my personal life, so I can get back to reading and writing to my heart's content.
          
          The edits for A Spell Too Sweet are also finally done, and they will be released as soon as the ONC is over, together with the new cover! If you'd like to see the cover in advance, I talked about it and shared pictures in the latest chapter of my writing journal: https://www.wattpad.com/1538948275-the-auburn-files-writing-journal-3-story-chats-a
          
          Now if I can just get myself to write consistently, I might have a sequel novella ready just in time for the Ambys.
          
          Do you all have any fun plans for the summer?

As a small update on things going on behind the scenes, I am halfway through editing A Spell Too Sweet! With a little luck, I should be ready to update it all in one go around the end of May. (I was not prepared for edits to take so much more energy than writing the text itself though I need to plan better next time.)
          
          And in other news, I think I settled on a definitive cover concept for A Spell Too Sweet (and its sequel - yes, the sequel is happening, and yes, I'm actually doing a proper outline for it this time). I might post some WIP pictures in my journal book one of these days, as soon as I have some more presentable versions.
          
          Speaking of my journal book, I dropped a really long and rambling chapter about A Spell Too Sweet there, with some random facts and the initial plan vs. final version. If that's in any way interesting to anyone, you can read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/1520447585-the-auburn-files-writing-journal-2-story-chats-a

Hi Lizzie! Thank you for the follow! Hope you don't mind that I followed you back. It's a pleasure to meet you here on Wattpad.

Well, it's done. A Spell Too Sweet is officially marked as complete and submitted for the last round of the ONC (and not on the very last day, for once)! I'm currently working on editing it, and hoping to update it as soon as the judging period is over.
          
          For now, though, I'm going to take things slow and try to catch up with my reading. Speaking of, I'm looking for more light-hearted fantasy stories to check out, so please leave a comment if you have any recommendations!

A month ago, I was talking on here about my last-minute effort to get a second entry to the Open Novella Contest. Well, I'm glad I made that final stretch because, to my great surprise, A Spell Too Sweet ended up being one of the winners for the first round of the ONC!
          
          And now, with one day left to submit to the second round, I am yet again falling on bad habits. I might have just written two chapters over the weekend to make the 8k cut. But they were amazing chapters (at least to me, and I'm usually pretty critical of my own writing). Also, I find it a little ironic that, just like me, the MC in the story is also struggling to figure things out in time for a contest of her own :)))
          
          I have to be honest though, I was hoping to have much better progress this month, but things don't always work out our way, so sacrifices had to be made. The Rune-Bound Heart is going to go into a hiatus for the next month, as I'm going to concentrate all my efforts on completing A Spell Too Sweet.
          
          I will need someone to yell at me if I don't produce two new chapters every week, please.

Is it 1 AM where I am? Yes. Did I just publish two chapters of a second potential novella barely hours before the ONC form closes? Absolutely yes.
          
          Life has been giving me a hard time lately, and I have been adulting very hard, so I deserved a little treat. Yes, staying up late writing is a little treat, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one this applies to. I am very excited for this one, as I finally get to write a little romance (unless the writing muses oppose me again).
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/390311744-a-spell-too-sweet-onc2025

It's a little late in the month, but there is still time to sign up for the Open Novella Contest.
          
          It's been a dream of mine to actually keep up with the ONC (not to win, just to complete a novella), and this year I hope to finally achieve it. I have two projects in the works, and one of them is already out: https://www.wattpad.com/story/389626288-the-rune-bound-heart-onc2025
          
          There is no schedule this time, as new chapters will come out as soon as I finish them. Also, keep an eye out for my second ONC project, which I'll try to post as soon as possible (hopefully before the form closes :))

The last chapter of A Day for Drowning Dragons has been published today, so the story is now complete! It should be a quick read for anyone interested, although a bit less cozy than A Day for Feast and Folly. I'm working on the rest of the series, but I'm a slow writer and with ONC just around the corner, it's going to take some time until a new installment will be ready to publish.
          
          Feel free to share similar stories in the comments of the last chapter, so readers have something to check out in the meantime! 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/388424426-a-day-for-drowning-dragons-feast-and-folly-2