So, remember how I said I would publish this year? I might blame the Valentine vibes, the week of games and connection… I might even be playing a game of chess, not checkers with myself, but I just went for it. Tuned out my fears with music (and ok, donuts too) and just… took a week to edit and hit publish.
Is it polished agent perfection? No, but it’s not meant to be. It’s just me, putting an idea out into the world on Wattpad and seeing if anyone finds it. Only the most terrifying thing lol. But it’s gone live now, and I will share again on Saturday.
Fractured Ever After lives with the first book, Devour Thee Slowly.
It’s serialized so it’s a bit different, but I think the Friday Fictions have helped prepare me for publishing in this way.
And no, it’s not hit me yet that I can claim publishing status as a real author with something new to put out there, but it will. You guys will hear it first if it matters. Just pushing publish doesn’t make me any louder than I am here, now… at least not yet. But it’s only day one, chapter 5 publishes Saturday morning, and I’ll have 2 chapters a week with a 22 chapter story so there’s more time to see what happens in this new journey. I’m not expecting overnight anything. I’m just simply hoping that someone somewhere finds it interesting. It’s got all the warnings I think it needs in the intro chapter, but the title warns that it’s not fast and if you have read me before you know I get deep in a mind now and again.
What’s the summary before you click out to read chapters? (If you ever feel like you missed a chapter, it’s under the Library tag, under the series label Fractured Ever After)
Some muses don’t ask permission. Some writers fear completion. And some love stories require both souls to finish what they started.
Celeste thought inspiration was something you chased. She didn’t know it could chase back.
A writer arrives at an isolated retreat, desperate to finish something, anything. She’s never completed a story. Every draft dies halfway through, every character fades before the ending.
But this retreat house feels different. Alive. Waiting. The ideas come sharper and stranger here. Her characters feel too real, their desires bleeding into hers. The voices won’t let her run from the blank page. And the story she’s writing? This dark, obsessive romance won’t let her go until she writes the ending.
“If you think I have had my fill of you, you still haven’t grasped how deeply my obsession goes.”
And some graphics for the first chapter quotes to give you a sampling? Catch up day is Saturday when I treat you all like my dark disturbed valentines and share more treats.
Wattpad book cover
A Lady of Mind's Observations 