You know what I just realize? My profile picture is old AND my profile says I'm 23 when I'm nearing 26. Which segways into what I wanted to talk about.
I'm not going to apologize for dropping the ball on oooooh everything. Because at this point, I'm done. Come January 1st 2019 I'm saying goodbye to Wattpad. I'll be taking down everything I have up. I've been debating this for so long, holding on for mere bragging rights of a story that reached nearly 4 million views and the attention another got via various media sources greatly in part to the wattpad staff and not at all to my own abilities.
I came to Wattpad at the age of 18, having an idea for a silly little story upon eating a spicy sauce at a Colombian restaurant that turned into thousands and then millions of views and a literary agents and publishers knocking at my door when I was just 19. I'm nearing 26 now and much has change, mostly for the good.
I still write, but not about elementals or faeries. Now I write about gods possessing people, deadly magic, and sisters arguing over pastries and marriage. Not all in the same story. What I'm saying is, I don't feel that what's up here represents ME anymore. I don't feel like this is who I am and I don't want it to stand out as what defines me anymore. I'll always be thankful for what Wattpad did for that teenager/young adult figuring out this new landscape of storytelling, but it's time for me to move on. I don't know what that means entirely, and while I always intended to keep these stories as sort of proof that "hey I sucked once but look where I am now - you can do it too!" I mainly just want to be done. Wattpad isn't what it used to be for me anymore, and that's fine. Things change. I'm not complaining. I'm just changing too.
So come January 1st 2019 all of it will be gone. If you want to know how Ice Princess ends just ask. I actually still cry rereading the sequel (which WAS drafted). If you have any questions ask. But I'm done.
Goodbye.
Janine