@bababoey2u
@bababoey2u Hi there, how are you? I recently re-read your book cause I had nothing interesting to read. I was wondering if there is any updates for the second book yet? I really hope you'll continue it cause it is still one of the best reads for me. Anyway, hope you're doing well and would love to hear from you again!
@syxibxni Hey!! First off it's so good to hear from you! I'm always thrilled whenever anyone from Wattpad checks in about GR. I can't believe you still have the book, and that you still occasionally read it lol. So far no publishing news on GR and the rest, BUT the latest draft of GR is done and is with my first round of beta readers. The consensus from the ones I've heard back from is that the ending is cant-put-down gripping, so I'm insanely excited about that. I'm probably going to start querying literary agents this summer in the downtime after I finish my PhD. My goal here is to go the traditional publishing route. I elected to rewrite GR just because...well, I thought I could do a lot better lolol, esp since it's been like 13 years since I wrote the original draft. Feel free to shoot me a message if you want to talk more about it, Id love to know what things about GR really pulled you in so I make sure I preserve them!
I hope you’re okay, last time we got an update was last year . I am still patiently waiting for you to publish your next book. I am money ready please take it to support your work. I am desperate to read what happens next.
@NiniKoun omg I'm so sorry it took me a while to see this! Believe it or not, I actually just finished up the GR rewrite draft yesterday! I sent it out to 3 of my beta readers. There are a couple of weak points still, but this whole manuscript is infinitely, INFINITELY stronger than it has been in the past, while I think staying true to the characters and the themes of the original. I had been holding off posting an update until my next short story publication comes out--I can't talk about it since I'm not under contract yet, but it's going to be a big one and pretty representative of what my writing style has become since my Wattpad days. It's actually really gratifying that there are ppl still interested in the story!!!
Hey all! New update on the Gods Rising re-write and other recent publications of mine now live on GR itself!
I’m so exited to see this, I haven’t been back on Wattpad for a while and this update made my day!
Hi! I just saw a notification about Gods Rising from a few weeks ago, but I am unable to view it? Not sure if it is no longer up or an issue on my end. Looking forward to hearing any news! Thanks!
Hey everyone! Popping in for a 2022 update on GR! I'm on the last 5th of the book. Admittedly it's diverging a good bit from the original here, so it's been slow writing as I parse out what I want to happen and how I still link certain character threads together. That said, I've been really enjoying some of the character work and worldbuilding! I've grounded some of the Techaran species in ways I'm really proud of, and I think it's going to be a much better ending if I can successfully sell the mounting unease and tension. On my personal side of things, grad school is ramping up so I've been crazy busy. In my free time, I've started bouldering and playing capoiera, which has been tremendously fun. I've enjoyed becoming a more physical person since I was definitely a couch potato before, and it's been helping to deepen my understanding when I write fight scenes and such. Hopefully, my next update will be when I finish it!
Hey everyone!
Just thought y'all were owed a bit of an update since it's been a bit over a year since I started the rewrite of GR. So far it's actually going...shockingly well?? I'm taking a bit to reevaluate how the ending is going to go, but so far I'm enjoying it. I'm enjoying writing it. Things are more sophisticated, less heavy-handed. I'm feeling like I'm doing a better job with Eldaterrian culture. I've got 2 beta readers who genuinely (and to my great surprise) enjoy it. So, I think it'll take me maybe another 6 to 8 months to finish the first draft, and probably another 3 to finish tweaks since I have to go back and shift some stuff but...idk, I'm cautiously optimistic this time around. There'll definitely be a big announcement if anything cool happens, but for those of you still interested I figured I might as well slap an update on this site.
Hey everyone!
I'll be doing NaNoWriMo this year to keep me on track writing GR. Who knows if I'll keep it up because I'm also writing a fellowship application at the same time but oh well! If any of y'all are also doing it, I'd love to add some of you as buddies.
If you just want to follow along, here's my page!
https://nanowrimo.org/participants/orphera
@Skyhuntress i give you infinite credit for starting up a new book like every November, that's an absolute superpower
@bababoey2u Lmao NaNo is at its best when it's a last minute decision. No time to worry about plots of preparation, ITS ALREADY NOVEMBER FIRST AND YOU GOTTA WRITE AND AAAAA or uh, something c: WHO NEEDS SANITY NOT US
@Skyhuntress YOOOO!! Im hype!!! And lol I make NO claims to sanity over here, it was a totally last minute decision
Hey all!
Just an update on my progress re-writing GR! I just broke 100,000 words today! It's definitely need some refining when I'm done, but in general I really like this version. I think I really build to certain events better.
Anyway, that's all! That's my update, as sorta anticlimactic as it is. I hope you guys are doing well and staying safe!
Hi all,
I posted an update on my progress rewriting GR to the book itself (my post was way too big to fit as an announcement lol). It's not the fantastic news you've all been hoping for, but for the first time in a long time, I can say that it's going really well!