katiegoesmew

Came from your post on a community award book about using Ai for book covers. Could not agree more. No one wants to put in the time and the effort to do things the right way anymore. Ai has made people lazy and unoriginal. Pretty much every cover on this platform is Ai anymore.

Well, it took me longer than I expected, but chapter 10 is done!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1644114563-a-beast%27s-tale-act-2-his-princess-chapter-10
          
          Fun fact: In the first draft of ABT, the section that has now become Act 2 was a total of 10 chapters long. I'm expecting it to be at least 40 chapters this go-round.
          
          (Take that with a grain of salt. I have a long history of making numerical guesses that turn out to be completely wrong.) XD

And in a spur of energy and motivation, I updated my Substack after 6+ months! XD ToT
          
          Idk if Wattpad will allow me to paste the link here. If not, the link to my Carrd is in my bio, and the Substack link is there.
          
          https://katiegoesmew.substack.com/p/its-been-a-while-e92

Oh? What's that? The epilogue for Rejected?
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1643742119-rejected-by-the-ceo-alpha-mafia-boss-epilogue
          
          Now, to write that pesky plot summary... later. I'm actually halfway through the next chapter of ABT. Double update today? Maybe. Depends on how much I get done. :D

Hello, everybody!
          
          I'm happy. The last two days were absolutely miserable for me, bad enough that I was considering going to the ER yesterday, but I'm feeling much better today, and I'm ready to write! I'm so excited for the next chapter of ABT. :D
          
          My mom doesn't like Gilbert much, which is understandable. He's mostly shown in a negative light from Chev's POV. I'm hoping to repair his image somewhat as Act 2 progresses. Honestly, I think I started doing that in Act 1, but it's a slow, painful process, and the events at the end of Act 1 set him backwards a bit. The next chapter will be a big one for him.
          
          And then, yes, I know I said I needed to get the story moving and get them into Obsidian a few chapters ago, but the characters and plot said otherwise. That journey will begin in a couple of chapters (knock on wood). I'm not going into great detail with that, so it'll get a summary, and then I'll pick the story up in Obsidian castle.
          
          Then... erm... I have broad brushstroke individual ideas for what I want to happen to Ivetta, Chev, Gilbert, Leon, and Yves. Not sure yet how I'm putting the pieces together yet. And narrowing the view to Chev's POV only (if this story were in third person, I could get all kinds of distracted with side stories). But I'll figure it out. ;)
          
          Oh, and per the @OpenNovellaContest's last announcement, everybody on the ONC longlist can edit their stories for the Wattys starting tomorrow. Idk when I'lll do that—sometime between tomorrow and Monday, I think. But I will.
          
          Are y'all ready for Rejected's epilogue? :D
          
          Ugh, that means I have to write a plot summary that says more than just "beware of chaos"... ToT

I've been working on chapter 9 of ABT since Monday, and gosh, I can't stop smiling now. I love how it turned out. :D
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1642600143-a-beast%27s-tale-act-2-his-princess-chapter-9

New mini awards by @Mochi711! Forms open tomorrow, so check everything out and get ready to flood her notification feed. :)
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412827037-lavender-jade-mini-awards-open

Alright, Archives is updated! Check out the Awards and Contests chapters for some new quality ones that have popped up.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/370420186-archives
          
          I moved quite a few things into the Graveyards, too, including the contest I wrote "A Christmas Story" for. I had to publish that story in a standalone book for the contest, but since I don't need that anymore, I deleted the separate book. The story already has a chapter in "A Bouquet of Tales," for anybody who had it on their reading lists.
          
          And... that's all I can think of right now. Foggy day. Still working on the next chapter of ABT, so hopefully I can get that posted within the next day or two.

I haven’t seen an entry form from you yet but you said you wanted to enter the sequel to A Beast’s Tale in the contest. I will save a slot for you in any 3 categories you like, even if they’re full. Just let me know. 

@MagickalMuse2 is back with another award! This one's for ongoing stories she's never judged before, and it's filling up fast.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412900313-the-creative-cauldron-awards
          
          I'm working on my monthly sweep of Archives now, and I think I should be able to finish and update the book tomorrow. As for writing... yes, I'm working on the next chapter of ABT. I think have to come to terms with the fact that I'm just moving at a slower speed right now. The writing challenges were nice ideas, but I doubt I'll be able to hit 20k words by the end of the month, and I don't particularly want to drive myself into the ground to do it. And really, is posting one chapter a week so bad? Not at all. I need to give myself a break.
          
          (Although I hope this doesn't last too long, because I have so many projects I want to work on...) ;)
          
          I'm also tentatively working on a new post for my Substack. It's been over six months since I last posted. Whoops. Need to rectify that. It's a little intimidating, tbh, but I know I'm just overthinking things, as usual. As we all know, I am my own worst enemy.
          
          Okay, back to other stuff.