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𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝗜'𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮.
Hello, I'm Grace, the founder of The Opalescent Community!
𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂! 𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗱? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁?
Hi, it's nice to meet you too! Well, I love Wattpad, and once I found out about communities, I just had to join one. But that just didn't cut it for me. Not to mention that it was basically impossible to find one that wasn't Discord based. So, I decided to make my own community. One where you didn't have to have Discord so everyone could join.
The name is a funny story. It went through many stages before I settled on one. It was originally going to be The Gem Community, but that was taken. Then I went through a couple of gemstones for a name. Then it was almost The Opal Community. But after some thinking, I decided The Opalescent Community was the best name. It could still have opal themed colours, but it was something new.
Now, the theme was a bit tricky. I could have made a theme, but I wanted it to be the best it could be. So after a bit of searching, I decided on pammipurnima to make the theme. She was extremely sweet during the entire process, never once faltering.
𝗪𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹! 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁. 𝗜𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗜 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲. 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗜 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 pammipurnima 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲. 𝗜𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁!
𝗦𝗼 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳? 𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱?
Yes, I am. Well, it takes patience to run the community by myself, but I can't take all the credit. It also requires understanding from all of the community members, and I'm grateful to them for that. I'd say it's harder than I imagined, but I prepared myself for difficulty when I got into this.
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗜𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴. T𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹? 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿𝘀?
I take some time to focus on the community, even if I'm busy. I think that is the key to a successful community. You have to make sure that you take some time for it and anything it needs. As for starting it in the first place. It's going to take a while, so you need to expect that, but don't forget that it's okay to reach out for help when needed- It's a hard job.
And you're so sweet for saying that!
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲! 𝗜𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮.
𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗻𝗼𝘄'𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰...𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝘆, 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗶𝘁? 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀. 𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼, 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲?
Well, one thing I'm excited for is my new book to be published "How. To Vampire". It's a teen fantasy with some romance too, and should be released within the next few months. And community wise, I can't wait to get it off the ground by publishing some new shops and awards!
𝗢𝗼𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁? 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮.
Well, here's the description: Akira never thought things would turn out the way they did she never even thought it was possible. Fiction, fantasy, supernatural, whatever you want to call it. It happened. She was a vampire.
Akira is sent to a summer program at a boarding school the summer she is turned into a vampire, but when she arrives, she realises that this school is for blood suckers, Just like her.
But what happens when a group of rogue fanged freaks start causing trouble? Trouble so catastrophic that the vampire world hasn't seen anything like it in hundreds of years.
And what if this band of vampires is the reason she was turned?
Oh, that would be great if you could join our awards, I have no doubt you would be a finalist!
𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮. 𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀. 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁.
𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳, 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱?
Oh, well, I'd love to thank you and all the rest of Mellonia Community for all the wonderful opportunities you present to not just me and my community, but to everyone on Wattpad! Great job!
𝗔𝘄𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂! 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.
Of course! Thank you for having me!