Katie

@Ooorah and @LayethTheSmackDown are back with another speculative fiction prompt contest!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412353130-the-flabbergasting-flash-fic-smackdown
          
          @AprilJester pushed me to join the last SmackDown, and that was a huge learning experience for me. I'd never participated in a prompt-based contest or heard of speculative fiction. It was a *ton* of fun. "Of Ice and Snow" was the product of that, and I've since been a lot more eager to experiment with my writing and stretch my skills at every opportunity.
          
          However... I already decided I need to slow down and cut the deadlines this year. So, I won't be joining this one, but I will follow it with interest. And also, I'll bookmark the prompts for later, because I want to start "Of Fire and Smoke" with a spec-fic flash-fic contest, just like I did with OIaS. I, um... kind of need to rewrite OIaS into a traditional novel format first, though, because I need to make the plot more cohesive and really nail down what I'm doing with this series. No sense in going half-cocked and writing a sequel when I'm not even clear on the first book. XD
          
          Well, that's for later. I need to focus on Act 2 of ABT right now. One thing at a time.
          
          Two things at a time. I'm still busy with *The Hidden Crystal* offline. I submitted a query to another agent, and I think I'll try to stick with one query a week. It takes a lot of time to research each agency and agent, and then you have to write a query letter tailored to their specific requirements... One a week is good enough.
          
          (Psst. After I finish Act 2, I'll take a break from ABT and finally write the sequel to *The Hidden Crystal*.) :D

Finished my monthly sweep of Archives!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/370420186-archives
          
          And... there are formatting errors. I've been playing with different dark mode extensions again, forgetting that some of them introduce Shift+Enter errors in Wattpad stories, and what do you know? There are Shift+Enter errors. ToT
          
          Well, Archives is otherwise up-to-date. I'll figure the dark mode/formatting thing out later.
          
          Why, oh why, isn't Wattpad available in dark mode?
          
          *sigh*
          
          In other news, my mom really likes the last two chapters of ABT, which is reassuring to me. I feel awkward writing these recap chapters, but I also feel like they're necessary, so I'm glad they turned out well. It's time to move on, though. The bulk of Act 2 will take place in Obsidian, so to Obsidian we must go!
          
          Yes, I'll explain what happened with the Silvio and Keith side plots at the end of Act 1. Don't worry. I just don't want to have a big clump of info dump chapters that bring the storyline to a halt, so I'm figuring out how to tell all while keeping things moving.
          
          Oh, and I wrote my first query letter to an agent about "The Hidden Crystal"! Statistically speaking, it is highly likely that I'll never hear anything from that agent, so I really shouldn't get my hopes up... but it's hard not to.
          
          I really should update my Substack so everybody outside of Wattpad knows what's going on in my writing life... XD

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Ooh, this looks like a good opportunity. Romance only awards judged by a published author! Sure, why not?
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412214247-romance-awards-2026

I'm feeling better today, and oh, hey, lookie there! Chapter 5 is up!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1635295036-a-beast%27s-tale-act-2-his-princess-chapter-5
          
          Clavis happened. ;)

@katiegoesmew You're welcome :)

Hey, everybody. I caught a bug and have been under the weather since Saturday, so... Well, I'm hoping to shoot for a new chapter of ABT weekly. Chev is mentally taxing to write, and while this is all new material, I have to make it fit with the style of everything I've already written, so I can't just pound it out like I do with a first draft. Anyway... back to checking notifications. Wow, I'm behind...
          
          (And hopefully, I'll get some writing done tonight.)

Heyyy! Would you like to check out my new story? :) You don’t have to, it’s just a recommendation. I swear on all the jelly beans in the universe that you will (probably) be hooked on the first chapter (you’re perfectly welcome to delete this message I totally get it ;)!!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1634612925?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading&wp_uname=Elouisha

Hey author, is Rejected by the ceo complete or there will be more chapters?