ProlixRemedy

Alas, my writing goals have only been partially met as I prep to get back into the office post baby. But it’s been a fun ride, Wattpad. You’ve been incredibly helpful with my transition into parenthood. ❤️ 

JonasMirs

@ProlixRemedy Progress is still progress. Congrats on the baby!
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Space_Queen_Q

Good luck with everything, my friend. ❤️
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SierraCBelle2

@ProlixRemedy Bless you as you transition to working Mom! Love reading your creations! Enjoy your baby as much as u can...one thing they dont do is stop growing up!
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ProlixRemedy

Alas, my writing goals have only been partially met as I prep to get back into the office post baby. But it’s been a fun ride, Wattpad. You’ve been incredibly helpful with my transition into parenthood. ❤️ 

JonasMirs

@ProlixRemedy Progress is still progress. Congrats on the baby!
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Space_Queen_Q

Good luck with everything, my friend. ❤️
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SierraCBelle2

@ProlixRemedy Bless you as you transition to working Mom! Love reading your creations! Enjoy your baby as much as u can...one thing they dont do is stop growing up!
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ProlixRemedy

The Nanny Protocol just made it to Round 3! I'm thrilled. This was my first attempt at writing (what I think is) a commercial romantic comedy. ONC occurred during some of the toughest three months of my life (story for another day, I suppose). 
          
          But setting that aside, I am so incredibly thrilled for all the love this story has received and for all the wonderful new people I've connected with through ONC.
          
          Please note: if your book is on my ONC reading list, I will absolutely get to it before the end of the year. So please don't disappear after ONC. I fully intend to keep reading ONC stories long after the contest is over, God willing.
          
          As always, much love. Hope you're having a good weekend.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/407498810-the-nanny-protocol-onc-2026

Coffee-Chic

I can’t believe I missed this post! Congratulations on making it to Round 3! I absolutely loved it and I am happily reading the sequel ❤️ Dips on Gianluca, ladies. 
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MJ_Harris

Congratulations  
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ProlixRemedy

Are we permitted to add an author’s note to our ONC submissions at this point? My story is marked complete, but adding an author’s note won’t disqualify it, right?

Real_nightman

@ProlixRemedy That's tricky, but I'd prefer to wait ... Just so that it doesn't drive me crazy in worry.
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TheAnonymousJester

@ProlixRemedy -- I do not recommend it. The judges went straight into reviewing the third round. While it says only not to edit, if you've made it that far, it's not worth the risk.
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SierraCBelle2

@ProlixRemedy there were lists posted today for stage two...
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ProlixRemedy

~~ ONC SHOUTOUT ~~
          
          "Water and Sand: A Modern Retelling of Ariadne and Theseus" by @NicoletteSalle is a beautiful retelling of the myth of Theseus and Ariadne. The story follows a young woman set up on a blind date by four retirees, and the hilarious, witty journey that unfolds afterward through Naples, Italy.
          
          If you know me and happen to be reading my Grace Sumer series, then you already know Naples and I have a connection. ;)
          
          So if you’re looking for pleasant and immersive slow burn that transports you to modern-day (and perhaps not-so-modern-day) Italy, give it a read.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/408382573-water-and-sand-a-modern-retelling-of-ariadne-and

ProlixRemedy

Aw, thank you, Nicolette :)
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NicoletteSalle

@ProlixRemedy Ahhhh! Thank you   And know that Grace - and all your characters, frankly -  have my heart, wherever they happen to be in the world. You're a fabulous author. Glad to have met you during ONC. ♥️
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ProlixRemedy

Thank you to @ScienceFiction for adding "The Sky Gods of Atlantis" to their Sci-Fantasy reading list, and for adding "The Android of Atlantis" (my ONC submission from last year) to their Robots & AI reading list.
          
          I’m genuinely thrilled to see these two stories, which I love so dearly, continuing to gain recognition and find new readers. It means more to me than you know.
          
          The Sky Gods of Atlantis: https://www.wattpad.com/story/387903304-the-sky-gods-of-atlantis-a-novel
          
          The Android of Atlantis: https://www.wattpad.com/story/389202532-the-android-of-atlantis

nikszabo

Huge congrats!!! 
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NicoletteSalle

@ProlixRemedy Whoohoo! That's excellent news. 
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ProlixRemedy

I’ve been writing pretty actively for the past two years, and I think what it’s really become is a close study of human emotion.
          
          My conclusion thus far is that humans rarely, if ever, make sense. We are contradictory by nature. We love and destroy, fear and desire, cling and run all at once. Logic usually comes after emotion, not before it. And yet… there’s still some strange sense to the madness.
          
          Rumi once said something along the lines of: clarity does not come before action. Maybe that’s part of why we write and read stories in the first place. Fiction allows us to emotionally experience lives, choices, desires, griefs, and transformations almost the same way dreams do or lived experiences do.
          
          So then the best stories aren’t about perfect people making rational choices. They’re about emotional truth… about trying to attain clarity and self-actualization (dare I call that love?) through confronting emotional chaos and our own beautiful, messy existence.

adelineday

@ProlixRemedy This is a new perspective that I haven't considered before. I guess that while I'm very aware of why I choose to explore certain topics in my writing, it's also true that those reasons have been shaped by my own experiences and emotions.
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ProlixRemedy

I’ve got another ONC rec for you by @missivylynn called "Marked."
          
          Marked is written for my second favorite prompt: “You wake after a mafia raid with a vampire bite marking you as ‘claimed,’ but the vampire heir accused of biting you insists they are innocent.” The hilarious vampire mafia whodunit is such a fun ride. As always, Ivy brings layered, compelling characters to life in a short time, which I appreciate. And a couple of my Atlantis and Nanny Protocol characters (Ibris and Grace ;) ) even make a quick cameo in the story.
          
          Read this if you enjoy comedic, fast-paced mysteries with vampires and mafia intrigue.
          
          My vampire-Lycan romance novel, "Bound to the Lycan King: Idrien & Anna," is in turn inspired by this story. I know, I know. We’ve come full circle. XD
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/408136284-marked

ProlixRemedy

Eeehhh I can’t wait for more of this series!
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missivylynn

AHHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SHOUT OUT! ❤️❤️❤️
            And thank you  for encouraging me to write this story, because it came out even better then i could have imagined. i def couldn’t have done it without your encouragement along the way!! Such a fun ride and i appreciate you letting me barrow a few of your characters;) looking forward to seeing them all again in the sequel or prequel (whichever i can cook up first)
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ProlixRemedy

I’m officially nostalgic for an era I never even lived through: the 1960s. Maybe it’s because I keep seeing that aesthetic in marketing lately. Or maybe it’s because I was listening to The Beatles the other day. Or maybe it’s because I’m reading an incredibly compelling slowburn by @nikszabo called “Falling Sideways” set in that era. 
          
          Either way, I’m a big fan. 
          
          I highly recommend the story too.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/402972761-falling-sideways
          

nikszabo

@prolixremedy thank you so much for the shout out! I’m loving your book too ❤️
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