@uschibear
There is a contest I'm intrigued by, and I hope a few of you will be as well.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/397541386-the-ever-generating-story-awards-tegsa-2026
F4f? follow @bougeycat I've already followed u thanks :))
The drought seems to be over. This chapter is shorter, but at least it moves us forward. Chapter 13 of Tangled ties is live and ready to read.
https://www.wattpad.com/1635194415-tangled-ties-chapter-thirteen
I'm dealing with multiple health issues at the moment. Fortunately all the testing and medicine adjustments have lead to the underlying culprit, and the remedy is now in place.
My body doesn't like the abrupt changes, but I'm adjusting.
The last issue is an adjustment to my prosthetic leg which will come in the next few weeks. The whole mess has made it difficult to immerse myself in my writing like I want to, encouraging Writer's Block to raise its ugly head. I'm beating it back though, albeit slowly.
So, patience please. I'll get back to updating more regularly soon.
@uschibear — Great news that the cause has been identified, Karin. Relax and allow the new things to evolve – your writing should evolve with them.
@Glory_feeling2 I blame the auto immune issues I have. They are numerous and can overwhelm me at times. I think we might have it under much better control soon. Thanks for your support.
I woke up this morning to a wonderful surprise. The ONC 2026 round two winners and ambassordor's picks for round 2 were up and to my shock and delight, I was on both lists for Footprints. Melinda was doing a jig congratulation me, and I've been saying thank you to everyone for their congratulatory messages.
I'll say it again. Thank you everyone. Especially those who have read and left comments for me. The number of editing hints I recieved, helped me out more than you will ever know. Footprints is over 1K reads now, which is the best any of my ONC novels have done to date.
Now we wait.
Hopefully the longlist will be out sooner than later. I just wish we could edit again before it comes out. There are still errors I need to correct. Sigh.
You can read Footprints here:
https://www.wattpad.com/story/407439149-footprints
@ uschibear I didn't expect much myself; I knew that I tended to be denser than what ONC judges were used to.
Chapter 12 of Tangled Ties is up and ready to read.
https://www.wattpad.com/1628306592-tangled-ties-chapter-twelve
I managed to finish all the prompts for Versification 2026. I'm half way through the list of submissions. I'll be able to get the rest of them before the deadline.
I'll be back to my regular writing now, so expect new chapters of Tangled Ties and Orange Moon.
There are a couple of regular events I'll be taking part in along the way as well. I counted up the works in progress, there are four major novels. I also have a book of poetry, one of flash fiction, a very disorganized autobiographical type, and one of short stories. Not all of them are published here. If you want to read the rest, check out KnottyKnitter on Inkitt.
Versification ended up at over 15k words. It's surprising how fast poems and short fiction can add up.
@spacetodream Thank you. 20 done is impressive! I'm retired an inguling my urge to write like a full time job, so I am sort of cheating.
Congrats! I got 20 out of 30 for the month. Had to stop in order to finish my ONC Novella! You are certainly getting the words down. Huzzah! :)
Thank you to @adultfictionstories for putting Footprints on your AdultFic Writers ONC2026 reading list. What a wonderful surprise to discover when I was checking notifications.
That’s fabulous — Congrats! I have Footprints on my reading list and look forward to it! :)
I found another unique book club to join. The format is still in rough form, but it sounds very promising.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/410234710-the-comfort-corner
After long consideration and knowing it will eliminate me from any consideration for Ambassador's Pick and Winner's judging for round 2, I've decided to add a new chapter 2 to Footprints.
https://www.wattpad.com/1624424477-footprints-chapter-two
@ZonderZorg can you please read it?
@uschibear — A superb idea to insert this, Karin. It fills in many later gaps that seemed invisible while reading, but now with this, it's even more seamless. And as Aueldeanders said, editing was opened after the 23rd.
@audeleandres Thank you for clearing that up for me. It's been bugging me for quite some time, and I didn't find the answer to this when I was looking. But researching these things isn't my strong suite either. I never submit too early. I've got more editing to do in any case.
@uschibear no it is ok they said we can edit after 23th April.. the first 8000 words and if you didn't submit for round 3 it is fine to add more