Laynie Bynum

I'd say "New Year, New Me" but its March soooo... 
          
          I tend to like life in the shadows, working hard behind the scenes publishing other people's books and writing when I can. But my stories have sat on my hard drive long enough and deserve to see the world. 
          
          With that said, I've posted the first three chapters to three different books today and started a book of my short stories. There's a little bit for everyone, no matter your tastes. So check one out if you have the time. 
          
          Motel Serendipity - My short story collection can be found here - https://www.wattpad.com/story/261890411-motel-serendipity
          
          Elf Costumes and Other Christmas Disasters - a NA (but low-heat) contemporary romance follows Alexa, an early twenties plus-sized hot mess as she decides what is more important this Christmas - keeping her part-time job to buy her niece and nephew presents or falling for the sleigh ride driver her sister keeps warning her away from. 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/252808388-elf-costumes-and-other-christmas-disasters
          
          The Ghosts We Were - A NA (slightly higher heat) second chance romance. Tori Chance has lost everything - her big city job, her big city apartment- and now she has to move back to Alabama with her nosey mom and all the history she tried to leave behind. 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/213972703-the-ghosts-we-were
          
          Once Upon a Dream - A YA Fairytale Retelling - Rosalie Briar is in love with a dream boy. Literally. And now she's found out that her adopted aunts are really nature fairies, their third sister is trying to kill her, AND shes a long-lost princess from a realm she can only see in her dreams. 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/261883723-once-upon-a-dream

Whoaaaaa I love your covers!!!! Who did them for you?

Coming in right before the deadline seems to be how I roll now apparently. 
          
          8,000 words with of Saving Shimmer are officially done for the Open Novella Contest!
          https://my.w.tt/u7neNEFoAU

Thanks for following!

Does your story have what it takes to make it to the end? 
          
          In this battle royale of stories 64 go in, but only one will make it out undefeated.
          https://my.w.tt/6l1ytAauhU

Chapter Six of Fair Youth is out today. This may very well be one of my very favorite chapters of the book.
          https://my.w.tt/YZsYyWxUmT

Thanks for adding Sweet but Psycho to your reading list! Hope you enjoy it and have a great day/evening!

Thanks so much for adding Pandora’s Box: Maenads to your reading list. We ONC writers gotta stick together.

Just a quick update:
          
          I have posted all of Child of Night so that the complete book is available on WattPad and entered it into the @WattPairsMentorship Challenge. If you want to read about a foster kid that learns how to channel her negative emotions into dark magic, please check it out. 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/166639237-child-of-night
          
          The collaboration with @DruidRose , Fair Youth, is up and running with a new chapter coming very soon. If you want to know what William Shakespeare would be like if he was a woman in the 21st century, find out here!
          https://my.w.tt/AZPUg7x7US
          
          I have also started a new story, Saving Shimmer, for the @OpenNovellaContest . If mischievous pixies and brooding bad boy neighbors are your thing, give it a read. 
          https://www.wattpad.com/674915083-saving-shimmer-open-novella-contest
          
          There are so many interesting things going on in January and I can't wait to share them all with you!

Thank you ^^