Cara M.S.

Y'all, Ivy Castle Wishes for a Princess is at 300 reads!!! It's been a year since its release, but it really is my pride and joy that I do plan on expanding once my life feels it's at it's rightful spot to truly channel all of my creativity and passion into it.
          
          Besides that, Ivy and Bella are on Wattpad's OFFICIAL Pride Month GxG Reading List! EEEEEK! How did I get here????? Impostor syndrome through the ROOF!
          
          Thank you to all who have read, voted, commented, and supported Ivy's journey and my writing since its release for ONC 2024. It wouldn’t have made it to 300 reads, or the GxG Reading List if it weren't for the immense amount of support! This has really made my day.
          
          In the meantime, have a happy pride month! I know I'll be <3
          
          - Cara

I've officially submitted The Fifth Life to the final round of ONC 2025! A wild ride, with a pretty meh piece of work in my honest opinion (I'm pleasantly surprised it made it this far), but I'm very happy I participated, nonetheless!
          
          We'll see if I want to stress myself out next year and impulsively join on the last day, but that's a future Cara problem.
          
          Congrats in advance to our future winners, and I hope you all do this journey again next year!
          
          With love,
          Cara

Woohoo! Chapter 3 in the books. This ONC is definitely going to need some editing after all this is said and done, but I'm quite happy with how it's going for a spur of the moment kind of thing.
          
          Unfortunately, I'm going to have to really haul into it, as my math is suggesting 2-3 chapters a week if I want to finish this the way I want. Well, that's what I get for ambition!
          
          Good luck everyone :)
          
          

Good morning! (Or afternoon/evening depending on where you are!)
          
          I know my account has been dead this past year, but I just wanted to announce that I am participating in ONC 2025 after such a successful year with Ivy Castle Wishes for a Princess back in the start of 2024!
          
          My new work is called The Fifth Life, an adventurous novella about a group of strangers, none of which remember who they are or what they're doing, living five different lives in five different thrilling worlds.
          
          I've just published the second chapter, and I can't wait to get this ball properly rolling!
          
          I hope all goes well for you guys with this upcoming announcement of who will pass round one. If it doesn't go as well as you hoped, I truly wish you keep going with your book(s).
          
          A special thank you to all those who have already read the prologue and chapter one, as well as adding it to their lists!
          
          Let's all support each other. Comment your ONC 2025 submission and I will gladly read it!

The longlist is as far as ICWFAP made, but holllllllllly!!! I really wasn't expecting to get that far in my FIRST YEAR, and thank you to everyone who has supported me, and each other throughout this quite stressful time! Congrats to all the shortlisters, and soon enough, the winners!!!
          
          May you all find what you have been looking for this ONC year and I hope you all have reached your goals!
          
          Onto our next adventure!
          
          Love, Cara

We made the longlist!!! Congratulations to everybody!!!

Woo! Cut it close for the finale, but I did it!
          
          Anyways, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
          
          Just needed to get that out. Very happy to finally mark this as complete! Enjoy the last chapter!!!!

HUHHHH?!?! Ivy Castle has officially been picked as a round 2 Ambassador's Pick?!?!?!? I cannot believe it has come this far, let alone became an Amby pick!!!!! Congratulations to all of our other round 2 Winners and Amby Picks!
          
          Here's to 1 week closer to our 20k deadline <3

Chapter 9 is now live! 2 more chapters to go before I get to officially mark my first COMPLETED book!!!!!
          
          I'll also do a small "read at your own discretion" if you're not a fan of a little steam for this chapter.
          
          To add, to not risk getting Ivy Castle deleted, I will be changing everyone's ages to 18 to match the new guidelines that are coming tomorrow! Happy reading!

Oh. My. GOODNESS!!!! GUYS!!!! Ivy Castle has made it through round 2 of ONC and qualifies for round 3! I couldn't be more over the moon and I really couldn't have done it without your guys' support <3
          
          This truly means so much to me as this is my first ONC, and hopefully the first of many more to come :)
          
          Congrats to those who have made it this far! And to those who didn't make it past the first or second round, congrats on this special journey and I hope you all can press that "completed" button and share that amazing accomplishment with the rest of us soon. Be proud of your hard work! I hope you all have a very great rest of your ONC season and enjoy the last fleeting moments of it, as it has gone by so fast!
          
          Love you all, and a new Ivy Castle chapter will be posted tonight or sometime this weekend!