Katie ⚓

Absolutely STUNNED and over the moon that Chimera made the ONC shortlist. I do so badly with awards and things on Wattpad that I can't quite believe it XD So happy to see so many novellas I loved on the shortlist but sad not to see others there who totally deserved to be amongst the list ♥️
          
          xx 
          

Congrats to everyone who got through onto the longlist! Really pleased Chimera got through.
          
          But I'm even more pleased with the fact that I did my very first podcast today with Rock, Paper, Swords, a historical fiction podcast on Spotify. I was SO SCARED but it went really well and I talked about the process of writing histfic, queer representation, research and even mentioned Wattpad! I'll post a link once the episode is out but I'm so happy I conquered my (very bad) social anxiety today ♥️♥️

Hey everyone! Quick note from me. I have been very busy offline with book 3 of the Nightingale/Courtney trilogy and I'm finally seeing the light with what has been a very thorny, difficult book. 
          
          As for Wattpad, I had tentative plans to start uploading another sci fi, Darkside, soon, hoping to enter it as Ongoing in the Wattys. But I see now that in the new rules, a story entered as Ongoing one year can't then be submitted as Complete in another year. So that means I won't be rushing into doing this sci fi (which I...probably didn't have time for anyway XD). 
          
          However, I have been planning it and will hopefully start uploading later this year once Book 3 is sent off (dependent on the plans for my next offline project which already has some ideas down and I'm excited to pursue). 
          
          Before uploading Darkside though, I want to finish my Moby-Dick retelling novella (another sci fi). It's nearly done and I'm excited to share it! 
          
          And I'm also excited (and terrified) for ONC longlist results soon! 
          
          Xxx 

Hi everyone! Just a quick note to say that I might have to step back from Wattpad a bit now ONC is over. I will try and catch up with reading the ONCs I have in my library and lists but I'm experiencing a bit of a crisis of confidence in my off-Wattpad works and am struggling with my manuscript a lot. 
          
          I don't really have anything to post on Wattpad atm until my Moby Dick space AU is completed offline (want to try out the scheduled posting for that!) so it won't change anything about my Wattpad writing but it just might take a bit longer to get anything up here.
          
          Good luck to everyone in the ONC, I'm kinda hoping Chimera does okay to give me a bit of a boost in faith XD
          
          Xxx 

I’m rooting for you for Round 3, and I really look forward to book 3 of the sublime Nightingale / Courtney story. They have my heart! 

I've just submitted Chimera to Round Three of the ONC! This is my first completed ONC entry and my first time submitting to anything beyond Round Two of the ONC so I'm excited. I've loved reading and interacting with people through ONC and thank you to everyone who has read, commented, voted on Chimera. 
          
          What's next for my writing? My main focus is off-Wattpad now, as you know. I have Book 3 of the Nightingale/Courtney trilogy to finish and send off, and then I have a couple of projects that I will be focusing on but I can't say anything about them at the moment. 
          
          As for Wattpad writing, I *can* say about that haha. Chimera is my first dip back into science-fiction after a long time away from writing it and I have fallen back in love with the genre. Wattpad will be my space (no pun intended) for my sci fi stories within the 'Stars Lead the Way' universe, including: 
          
          Astra Nova - When a ship goes missing in the hostile Lacuna system, broken BASE astronaut Veronica 'Ron' Walsh has to team up with the BASE's rival space agency on Mars, and their rising star Astrid, to find out what happened to it. 
          
          Darkside - Commander Rhett Palmer is sent to the decaying moon base Colchis to discover its viability for future operations, uncovering intrigue and secrets along the way and dealing with his own past trauma. 
          
          First of all though, I will be finishing my Moby-Dick space AU novella, The Heartless Void, which I have got about 25k down of and meant to finish before ONC took over! 
          
          Thank you again for reading and supporting. I'm still hoping to gain some visibility on Wattpad and hope that sci fi might be the way! 
          
          xx

Thanks so much for adding Double Edge to your lists! ^.^

So in light of the changes to Wattpad's DM feature, I thought it'd be worth saying where I can be contacted. To be absolutely honest, I barely used the DM feature on here – the one use I had for it was blocking those creepy guys that message you 'hey' and then ask if you're married which are a major icky problem, so it'll be good to see the back of them. All my social media can be found in the linktree on my bio and you are free to message me on Insta/Twitter/Discord etc. 
          
          I think it's also worth saying that, though there seems to be a mass exodus from Wattpad at the moment, I won't be leaving. I have had my issues with Wattpad and visibility but the bottom line is there is not another reading and writing community like it. I have made many friends here and Wattpad remains the best place for me to put my non-publishing non-histfic work. I'm still hoping to gain some success here so I will be staying.
          
          All the best xx

Congratulations to everyone who got through Round 2 of the ONC! So great to see lots of names I recognise on there and stories I love. Chimera got through and in more good news, she is now complete! Sitting at 33k words, I’m so happy with how she’s turned out and I’m so pleased I finished with plenty of time to spare and a comfortable word margin.
          
          Thank you to everyone who has read Chimera and commented and voted! I appreciate all of you. Now, head on over to see how the sci fi ends! I will be uploading more sci fis soon as I have fallen completely back in love with the genre!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/361879929-chimera--onc-2024

It's The Devil to Pay's publication day! For all of you who have followed me on here for a while, you'll remember Leeward which was originally all up on Wattpad and then a couple of years ago was picked up by a publisher. The Devil to Pay is the second book in what turned into a three-book trad pubbed deal! 
          
          I'm so excited to have this out in the world. It was a tough book to write, following Leeward, and I went through a lot of stages of frustration and lack of confidence. But I fell in love with it by the end and am so thrilled that people finally get to read it! 
          
          Thank you to everyone who has been with me for both my Wattpad stories and my published books. I'm so grateful to have met so many amazing people on here!
          
          Here is the link to The Devil to Pay if anyone is interested: https://geni.us/TDTP
          
          xx