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☆ You all remember "Boy Next Door" ??? ☆
          
          - Well I have some pretty exciting new!
          
          - I published "Boy Next Door", starting in 2017. This story is nearly 10 years old now!
          
          - Similarly to how a separate release of "Boys Will Be Boys" was published, edited and hugely revisioned, so will "Boy Next Door". 
          
          - A separate revision of "Boy Next Door" is currently under work, with a couple chapters of the revision nearly ready for publication. 
          
          - This revision of "Boy Next Door" will instead be titled "Getting Better Otherwise".
          
          - Unlike with the rivision for "Boys Will Be Boys", the revision for "Boy Next Door" (or "Getting Better Otherwise") will have way more dramatic changes. 
          
          - Changes you can expect when reading "Getting Better Otherwise" are: 
              • A change of setting, including the location and year. 
              • A change of reoccurring themes. 
              • Character names. 
              • Motives. 
              • A change of perspective (From first-person, to third-person)
          
          - Lasty chapter 8 of "Boys Will Be Boys" is also on its way for release! 
          
          - Please stay patient with me everyone <3 it means the world to me, and stick around because I have a lot of big projects! Stay safe and take care. 
              

~ Chapter Seven ~ almost ready for release ! ♡

Boys Will Be Boys, new cover image and story description is now available!

!! ♡ ○ Midnight ○ ♡ !!
          
          (12:00 a.m. [U.S. Eastern Standard Timezone]) 

♡ ~ Only one week left until Boys Will Be Boys new revision is officially released !! ~ ♡
          
          Things to know:
          
          - The revision will be posted as a "separate" story. 
          
          So rather than outright deleting or overwriting the original existing version, I'll be unpublishing the original. 
          
          - The current (orginal) version has about seventeen existing chapters released. The revision release with begin with six existing chapters. 
          
          Don't fear less content, however! Many of these chapters are about 15,000+ words.
          
          - Character previously named "Ross", is now "Ezera". Acclimate to that, if you can!
          
          This includes many other huge plot changes, character personalities, thematic implications, and extremes! 
          
          - Lastly, I'm trying to be more mature about my writing style, of course. So, I'll probably drop the habit of creating cast sheets. 
          
          That being said, I'm interested in creating my own character designs and sharing them on the platform. Or, even receiving art from you guys, representing how you picture these characters best! Let me know what you think!
          
          ☆ Keep an open eye for the release of the Boys Will Be Boys revision, coming 7-31-25 ☆
          
          

(7-14-25) I've updated the current publication of Boys Will Be Boys with a note page for all readers, announcing the upcoming revision! The Boys Will Be Boys revision is to be released on the 31st of July (7-31-25). I recommend following up with the new page updated to the current publication, for further details! < 3

Any slight, possible chance of a revival of Boy Next Door?
          
          Genuinely my favourite book on Wattpad. Shame it was never finished…

Thoughts on how you guys can cope with this as an audience? I've been working on a pretty massive revision of Boys Will Be Boys (revision will be updated all at once when entirely complete) and I've needed to finally bite the bullet and rename the character "Ross", to "Isaac"  ! This just seems reasonable to me, because of the religious association with the "Isaac" name, and to avoid the reader being distracted by how comical it is that the two siblings are named "Ross" & "Phoebe". Anyway, let me know if this seems too huge a change for comfort. Always open to other suggestions too, if anyone feels they have other fun options! 

Hi! I’ve noticed you haven’t posted on your profile for a while so I just wanted to say I hope you’re doing well!!

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