Mar Café

Well, I did it!
          "Vengeful Creations" (the novel) is finished, at last!! ✨️✨️
          
          The insane holiday season really slowed me down, but I was able to mark the book "complete" tonight! Yay!
          
          Fun little factoid:
          The original novella version (from 2021) was 32,160 words, while the novel version is 68,770 words!! Whoa! Pretty amazing!
          
          Please check it out! Whether you like slice of life, historical fiction, sci-fi, paranormal/horror, fairytales, superheroes, Norse mythology, Shakespeare, video games, or romance, there is literally something for everyone in this book! ❤️
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/399765698

WOW!! "Vengeful Creations" is currently #1 in:
          Shakespeare
          Writer's Block
          Hamlet
          
          And #3 in:
          Clone
          Virtual Reality
          Evil Vs. Good
          
          Whoooohooooo!!! :)
          
          Come join Cristina Castillo on her crazy adventures through the worlds of her imagination! From Asgard to turn-of-the-century London she's "out of the frying pan and into the fire"!!!
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/399765698

* Runs in wearing sheet * Boo! I'm a ghost! Trigger Treat! * shakes pillow case* Candy?

Just when Cristina Castillo thinks her journey through her fictional worlds couldn't get any weirder, she ends up in...ASGARD?!?  And a certain God of Mischief wants a favor...
          
          Check out the latest updates of "Vengeful Creations"!
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/399765698

Huge thank you to Wattpad @Fantasy for featuring my novel "Where the Sakura Bloom" on their Isekai reading list!! I honestly didn't think any profile would ever feature that story!
          
          WTSB is a Narnia/Oz-esque story that takes place in a fictional land much like Imperial Japan. I began working on it in April of 2004 and finished it in April of 2025. A twenty-one year project!
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/374205457

Huge thank you to Wattpad @Ambassadors for adding my novella "A Bartender's Guide to Paying it Forward" to their Diverse Fiction reading list!
          
          Bartender's Guide is perhaps my most personal story (the protagonist has autism, like me), and seems to be one of my most beloved stories in the opinion of my repeat readers. Thank you to everyone who has given this unusual story a chance! ❤️
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/333699172

Huge thank you to @ChickLit (or they may be changing their handle to @ContemporaryChickLit) for featuring my novella "A Bartender's Guide to Paying it Forward" on their Diverse Lit reading list! ❤️
          
          Bartender's Guide is a journey of self discovery for an autistic bartender named Tate. Many of my readers have told me it's my best story on Wattpad! Thank you to everyone who has read it!
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/333699172

I'd like to thank Wattpad @Vampires for adding "Carpe Noctem" to their Vampire Spotlight reading list!! ❤️
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/240985909

Why is the protagonist of Cristina's abandoned stalker novel her doppelgänger?? Find out in chapter 10 of "Vengeful Creations"!
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/399765698

A very exciting development for a great author friend of mine!
          
          I've been enjoying the creative stories of @bigfivedonaldduckfan for years, and my absolute favorite book of hers is #FreakshowFriday, the sequel to #WitchcraftWednesday. Well, I'm not alone in my love for this novel, because #FF has made the Wattys Shortlist!! Huge congratulations, AJ!!!
          
          You can find this book (and it's predecessor) in my Masterpiece Collection. Don't miss out!
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/368728559