Me, Myself and I

By _OwlFace_

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When you think of a nerd, or a geek, or even a socially awkward girl, you'll most likely picture a girl with... More

00 - The part that nobody reads because it's just info
01 - The Big Bang
02 - Red hot chilli peppers can ruin your sandwich and a girl's Friday
03 - And this is why I hate social media
04 - Hide yourself behind your hoodie and say what's on your mind
05 - The squirrel, the dinosaur and the fish
06 - Damn it!
07 - Papers
08 - Weird, scary and stupid things happen
09 - Thieves at my house
10 - Parties are a lame name for drug dealing
11 - I'm a socially awkward bean once again
12 - Getting to know Trumpet Man
13 - Sort of friends
14 - Broomstick swords, stealing grapes and sexy spoons
15 - Patty's on fire in many ways
16 - Thursday
17 - Dating equals dying (at most times)
18 - Saved by the Invisible Girl
19 - A satanic ritual dedicated to the 7 Dwarves and Red Bull
20 - Surpassing the jerk zone... or perhaps not
21 - The Fantastic Fish is more than just number two
22 - And he had no idea
23 - Water splash
24 - Explorers, fairies, Mickey Mouse, Robin Hood and a guy named Gregory
25 - Preparing myself for hell
26 - Turns out hell is not that bad
27 - 5! 6! 7! 8! Guess who's got another date
28 - The most dreadful karaoke night
29 - With a slushy comes a blue raspberry flavoured surprise
30 - The reflection, the explanation and the realization
31 - Forgive and forget... or at least try to
32 - Goodbye yellow brick road
33 - After effects
34 - Ice cream shenanigans
35 - Why a can of paint is a problem solver
36 - A new hello from Mystery Girl
37 - Galatic X-Machina Battle Royal 2.0 Y
38 (sneak peek) - It's not a date
38 - In which caterpillars become butterflies and butterflies become a monster
39 - For the girl with blue eyes
40 - Because I say so
41 - And now... we wait
42 - Aftermath

To those of you who have yet to get lost in the void

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By _OwlFace_

Hey there!

It's been a while...

So... remember how I said that I wasn't about to do a hiatus because I know how much those can suck?

Yeah... that was... more of an omen than anything honestly.

As you might have noticed I have yet to update in a very long time. I could spend an enormous amount of time explaining why and how and all that jazz, but it simply circles around 2 things: I got way too much work and had some major writer's block.

Basically, I was stuck in the same chapter since August... of 2020. Yeah, when I say major writer's block, I most certainly mean it. These last few years have been tough and weird and complicated in every possible way. Adding to the fact that I was getting to do work that I actually did like most of the time, and you get yourself writer's block.

Furthermore, there was another important enough factor that didn't help my writer's block, and... that is Wattpad itself. I'm not even one of its oldest users. I'm actually fairly in the middle, since I started using it about 6 years ago.

My main problem with the site/app is how commercialized it has become. Back when I started using the app, only verified writers had ads on their books and those only appeared a very few times while reading their stories. When they did, it explicitly said that it was a way to "help the writer". Sure, they weren't exactly fun, but I figured that if it helped the writer in question there wasn't anything really wrong with it. There was a multitude of books you could read in which ads didn't appear. Basically, Wattpad was wonderful and it was fun and for everyone.

Nowadays, you get an ad every three chapters and you're not even able to read most of the books that you previously loved to read. For example, I have a reading list on my account that has two books that I've read previously, which I love dearly, that now I can't read because they're now paid stories. And one of them was even one of my biggest inspirations to write my own original story. Sure it isn't that pricey, but for a website that started as a way for people to share and read other original or so stories in a way everyone could do so, it is a massive change from the original concept.

And all this has left me feeling... dettached from Wattpad. I don't like nor agree with the path the website is taking and don't feel fully comfortable with having my story in it.

(PS: If you've ever found an ad while reading this story, please let me know.)

However, I do mean to end this story. Of course, I do. The chapter I was stuck in finally got done and I already wrote a few others. Plus I've got it all planned out, so that's some help, I think.

I'll try to keep up with the schedule of publishing a chapter every 3 weeks and we'll see how it all goes. Also, I'll start to publish the story on other websites, namely AO3 and possibly other websites that you all might recommend since I don't personally know of that many. That way, not only will other people be able to read my story, but it'll be in places where I feel more comfortable having it on. Whenever I have all those things sorted out, I'll update you all with the correct links.

However, I can't say when I'll publish them. Just know I will eventually.

Adding to all this, the situation in which I started writing and went on writing this book were all... less than stellar. I wrote most of the first few chapters on my phone, hence why there are those weird asterisks and such throughout most chapters. Not ideal, would not recommend it.

Then I started writing on my computer on a Word document so I could later print it all or something if I pleased. The problems occurred once I would try to copy them onto Wattpad or send the text itself to some friends who help me with the story. But, my computer decided to go haywire and it would often omit or join words and sentences which made the publishing progress much worse.

Now, once you add all this into consideration, I hope you can understand why I stopped publishing chapters so suddenly.

In the end, like I said in the title of this author's note, to those of you who have yet to get lost in the void... I thank you. And to those of you who have embarked on this train wreck of a journey with the rest of us while I was fixing other stuff, I welcome you with open arms. Hope you're enjoying the ride.

Now for the bigger question: when is the next chapter coming?

Honestly, I really can't tell you when exactly, but I can tell you other information that you might enjoy.

The story itself will reach 60 chapters and then there will be a special one serving as an epilogue. I will also do my best to spot the errors that appear throughout all the chapters. Not re-writing them. As I think I've said before, this is all but a tryout, a test if you will, to see if I can indeed write a story. And this entire book shows my progress, which I think is important in this particular case.

AND as a thank you for reading this author's note and not completely skipping it (like I personally do in most stories here), I've decided to give you all some sort of gift. As I'm sure some of you do as well, I like to draw. And ever since I started writing this story I've done some drawings through the years. Of the characters that is. My style has since changed a little, but I wouldn't say they're totally horrendous. I'm no professional artist, but I'm not terrible.

However and adding to that, one of my closest friends who also reads the chapters in advance before I write something extremely stupid is a legit artist and has also done a few sketches of the characters.

In other words...

And as always, if you have anything you would like to ask, you can message me on my Wattpad account or email me to theoneandonlyowlface@gmail.com and I'll see you in the next one.

Owl Face out!

"TH-TH-TH-THAT'S ALL FOLKS!"

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