Maria Killjoy

I've decided to unpublish and not submit the novel-length version of The Spying Cat to the Wattys, due to some fine print in their terms where it says: 
          
          "In submitting an Entry/Story, each Entrant permits Sponsor to (permanently and free of charge): Use Entry/Story to train Sponsor’s ML Model;"
          
          Yeah, no thank you. I'm already beyond annoyed that scammers on this website have put my story through AI to generate semi-believable comments that they've read it.
          
          I guess I'm officially done. I will no longer be posting any new content on Wattpad. I don't have a lot of skills or assets in this life, but I have my stories, and I am protective of them. I don't want them floating around the AI space, being used to generate somebody else's stories...
          
          I will keep my old stuff on here because I don't want to lose all the amazing comments and progress I've made (the scammers don't seem to be interested in old stuff, anyway), but anything new will only be available on the Ink itt app. Find me there as Maria Killjoy. Thank you for everything ❤

The extended, novel-length version of The Spying Cat is scheduled to publish throughout the next week, so I can submit it to this year's Wattys before August 5th. Check it out below! It contains over 20k words of extra content - new supporting characters, updated names for existing characters to avoid confusions, more romance, action, and side-quests! Hope you enjoy ❤
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/398638153-the-spying-cat-extended-version

Hi:) I didn't see any preferences on your page so I thought I'd ask... maybe I please try to promote my book on your page?❤️

Hi @Wattpad I would love to know which one of your editors is so enamoured with Ingrid that you keep throwing her around on featured reading lists lol. I'm confused. Grateful! But confused.
          
          After being taken off the small-town stories list, Whiskey Latte is now an Editor's Pick/on the Reading Radar. Yay! So, now I have a question. I have been revising Vodka Espresson offline, the second instalment in Ingrid's odyssey, and while the storyline hasn't changed, I like to believe the execution has been improved.
          
          I don't want to replace the old version and lose hundreds of comments. But would anyone be interested to read it if I updated it as a new, separate version? Would that be too confusing? Let me know.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/193834082-whiskey-latte

Looks like Whiskey Latte (and another story) got knocked off the homepage-featured list for some reason. 'Twas nice while it lasted lol. Big thank you to everyone who's dropped by and checked out my stuff! Much appreciated, and I hope you enjoy reading ❤️

Hey, everyone! I've run out of my allowance for writing messages on conversation boards lol, so just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all of you checking out Whiskey Latte - and so much of my other stuff! It means the world to me ❤️
          
          Hope you enjoy whatever you choose to read of mine, and I look forward to hearing from you!

By some strange stroke of luck, Whiskey Latte is currently being featured on the homepage - and is the only story on its list with less than 15k reads. It's also probably the only short-format story (it clocks around 17k words).
          
          So, if you fancy a quick read this weekend, about young people who grapple with life, commitment, and other woes, Wattpad recommends...
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/193834082-whiskey-latte

A nice surprise today - @ContemporaryLit just added Vodka Espresso to their Feminist Lit reading list! Thank you!
          
          This may seem like a minor achievement in the grand scheme of things, but as my first completed novel, written during a time when I was still growing up and fleshing out my worldview... I'm proud it was acknowledged as Feminist Lit in 2025 ❤️
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/194686365

Well, I was looking forward to the ONC prompts this year, but they seem a little heavy on magic-library stuff, and kinda light on everything else.  I was hoping to revive my vampire fiction with this occasion - we'll see if anything strikes my fancy.
          
          What about you all? Found anything you like?

In case anyone is interested, I am currently publishing an extended version of The Spying Cat over on Inkitt.
          
          The first 3 chapters are the same, chapter 4 is brand new, and a couple more chapters of new content will follow. The story overall remains the same, with 6 to 9k words of new content.
          
          Check it out, you might like it :)
          
          https://www(dot)inkitt(dot)com/stories/romance/1323219