the-red-jester

"Hey Jester, why no HIAP update in months??" --Short answer: hospital.
          
          SO! As some devoted friends and followers have noticed, this Jester has been incredibly inactive since the spring. This is due to being stuck in the meat grinder of character development. Moving to a new city, getting in and out of a bad relationship, being hospitalized for a brain injury, being hospitalized for heart failure, the list goes on and on.
          
          It's hard to stay motivated when many of our ride-or-die readers have abandoned this hellsite and/or disappeared entirely. Please do check out the latest chapter of Heaven is a Prison if you can. Commenting, voting, sharing and otherwise interacting with stories also helps me stay Wattpad-active in the mess of offline drama. It is much appreciated.
          
          If there are any updates on friends' books we've been missing, do let me know! It's been an absurdly nasty year, so sometimes notifs fly under the radar (especially with the weird social feed update. its awful!)

hey folks! sorry for not reading, responding, or posting anything all month! I was in the hospital with a brain injury (went to jupiter and got more stupider). but it is OKAY NOW!!!!
          
          Let's get back to reading!!!

new HIAP update! stop lurking about and go read it.
          
          also happy belated fool's day to the fools of the world.

genuine question for followers: where is everyone?? it feels like back in 2021 when we first started publishing, there were lots of new friends and readers appearing constantly. but now a lot of those friends have suddenly stopped reading/publishing or just disappeared from the internet entirely. it's been weirdly quiet in the comment sections since mid 2024.
          
          is this a post-pandemic thing? an AI internet graveyard thing? a culture of monetized passion thing? does anybody know? it's been lonesome and we miss our friends!

Here's a little dance for you:
          
          
          
          And if you like what you see here, you'll love the story Heaven is a Prison by me, the Red Jester. New chapter up now. 
          
          whooaaaaaaaaagh

happy gregorian new year!
          
          greetings fellow fools, and apologies for inactivity. this humble jester has been dreadfully ill and travelling all month (the same old excuse). assuming i recover soon, i will be back to harassing everyone in the comment sections of their incredible books.
          
          Managed to post a new chapter of HIAP up today. Do make sure you're up to date on that story. Skipped updating for a couple weeks due to holidays and everything else you can imagine.

hello fellow clowns! couple announcements!
          
          for those of you invested (emotionally or financially) in the Mile 15 film, things are moving along well, and we are hoping for a February release date! yippee! do stay tuned through our social media :)
          
          in the realm of this hellsite: we had to take a short break from wattpad due to travel and health related stuff. gonna be more active as we approach the end of the year, so catchin' up on reading everyone's lovely stories this month!
          
          New chapter of HIAP! made use of the new poll feature in it, just for fun. please go read :))

somehow, the final chapter of episode 4 in HIAP quite literally has -3 comments. been laughing about it all morning.
          
          not sure how that happened. anyway. new chapter up! lets reduce literal --er, mathematical-- negativity in my comment section please.

RAPTURE IMMINENT THE END IS HERE!!
          
          okay now that we have your attention: time for some fun announcements. first of all, we're delighted to announce that our dear friend @insane_over_books has been shortlisted for the Wattys with her heart wrenching story 'Against All Wheels'. If you have a couple seconds, consider checking it out and leaving a vote (BEFORE THE 28th!) on one of the chapters. It's a beautiful story about overcoming feelings of failure and adapting to life with disability, while also featuring one of the greatest rivals-to-friends-to-lovers romance archs you'll ever read. Check it out:
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/393090490-against-all-wheels-%E2%9C%93
          
          On another note, the Mile 15 movie has an official rough cut! What does that mean? It means the film has been all edited together and is just awaiting some colour-grading, insert shots and additional sound work. We're optimistic that everything will be done and ready to submit to festivals by the end of the year!!
          
          Finally, there's a new chapter of Heaven is a Prison out this week. Read it or you'll get left behind in the rapture (KIDDING! JUST KIDDING!)

couldn't post a chapter last week due to an impromptu trip to the ol' provincial capital. but NOW there is a new chapter of Heaven is a Prison up. do enjoy.