@rhymeswithfry
Hey, Tags aren't working rn and I thought I should ask. Would you like an exchange? I find 'Except Richie' interesting, so that's the one I wanted to read. Incase you are, I'll type this under your requests on FBE... My book is The Playbook.
Congratulations on the Pride Awards! You can dm me on discord (same username) to collect your winners sticker ❤️
We're also having a live reading event of all the winning books on our server! It will be on July 26 at 5pm GMT. There's a link in my bio to join the discord so that you can tune in :)
Except Richie is officially complete!
I'm ALSO thrilled to share that Except Richie was selected as one of the winners of the 2026 Pride Awards! Huge thanks to @FreeTheLGBT for this honor.
Thank you to everyone who read along, left comments, voted, and encouraged Dylan and Richie while they figured out their feelings.
If you've been waiting until it was finished before diving in... now's the perfect time.
Happy (end of) Pride, everyone. ❤️️
@carots-ends I tried to send a welcome message to you in the flex book exchange, but kept getting that same error message! I might need to pause r4rs until they fix that bug, arg! But seriously, no, I plan to keep reading your story. I want to see what happens! If you want to return the favor, that’s always appreciated. Right now I also have r4r for All That and a Bag of Chips, which hits on similar themes as Except Richie, and it’s a reposted edited version of a story that won a Watty in 2022. I also have quite a few complete novels and novellas on here if you wanted to browse. I would just say not to start Before You Knew Me because I’m hoping to revise that and rework it significantly in the near future. Thanks for checking!
Hey! Just finished Except Richie That ending was really sweet I also liked that it touched on topics I haven’t really had to deal with myself—it was nice getting that perspective. Definitely enjoyed the read❤️
Btw, what’s your plan now? Since you’re done with this book, are you taking a break from r4r, or should I just start one of your other books if we’re keeping it going?
For mine, I’ve got only one more chapter scheduled for now. After that it’s all drafts. I kinda realized I’m only halfway through the story after I finished my outline, so I’m thinking of taking some time to rewrite and polish the rest since not many people have gotten that far yet, and I might have to concentrate on quality more haha. But no real plan.
Just let me know what your plan regarding r4r is if you have one☺️
P.S. with the comment bug, this message was originally meant to be posted yesterday
Chapter 24 of Except Richie just posted! I'm trying to have this novel done by the end of the month, so my posts will be off-schedule, but more frequent. My goal: get ready for the Watty's. Anyone else planning on submitting a story this year?
New chapter of Except Richie just posted!!!
Hey everyone!
A quick update on Except Richie: there won't be a new chapter this week. Between being a parent, being a teacher, and the end-of-school-year chaos, I simply haven't had the writing time I was hoping for.
I also spent part of last weekend rereading the first 21 chapters and making some adjustments to the outline for the final stretch of the story. Apparently, "fixing one small thing" in the outline turned into "rethinking the entire last quarter of the book." Oops.
The good news is that I know exactly where the plot is headed now. The less-good news is that outlining took time away from drafting.
Thank you for your patience! I plan to be back on schedule with a new chapter this Monday.
See you then!
HAPPY PRIDE!
Chapter 20 of Except Richie is up. Enjoy!
And some exciting news: Except Richie made the shortlist for the Pride Awards! I'm looking forward to checking out everyone else's stories, too.
Also, All That and a Bag of Chips is being featured on Wattpad's Queer Joy Spotlight!
It's going to be a great month! ️⚧️️
@rhymeswithfry Congratulations on this achievement! Wishing you a wonderful pride month, too. ❤️
Chapter 18 of Except Richie is up. And this one is pretty spicy, so be warned!
I wonder why it’s called Except Richie ngl…. Is it like “anyone except him”? Or maybe something else I’m not getting yet >.<
@milestaylor thank you ❤️ I do sort of prefer the original title, especially because of if I ever wrote a sequel it could be like “Dylan Loves Dick”, but I didn’t want my story to be taken down or something for being too smutty. I think some chapters are already walking that line!
OMGGGGGG HAHAHAHA I actually like both titles equally xDDDD But I get it now, that’s actually pretty clever hehe
Chapter 17 of Except Richie is up! The poll results from chapter 16 was mixed, so hopefully I hit the right balance with the level of spice. Let me know!!!!
@rhymeswithfry you can't scare me im sure it's fitting into the story overall, no pressure
@carots-ends Thank you! But, heads up, chapter 18 is definitely going there… but hopefully because I held back a bit in chapter 17, the scene in 18 will feel more earned. Guess we’ll see what people think!
I actually loved how you didn't put it all out there. There's so much depth in the moments you described. In my opinion, it was just the right balance and written greatly. When i read it, there's no feeling that I missed something. Great job
