#ivyandwrite

Also, small announcement! I’m sure like none of y’all around here care at this point, but lol.

I’m slowly working on scrubbing my old Ivy Legacy posts. 🥺

As some of y’all maybe know by now, I’m working on writing actual books off of this world I’ve created. I’m about 1/4 of the way done with draft 1 of book 1 (Elliot & Clementine’s story), and while the story is literally unrecognizable at this point, I still don’t want the ‘old story’ lingering around. I’m not fully deleting it (I could never– this blog’s had a chokehold on me for too long lol) but I am archiving it, so I’m the only one who could view the old posts.

It is seriously the end of an era, y’all. The Ivy’s were my thing. Once I ended them, I was never as consistent on here again (that coincides with a lot of other things, but I digress). The Ivy Legacy was how I grew this silly blog in the first place. It’s how I connected with so many cool people on here 🥺

But while it is the end of that era, it’s also the beginning of a new one! I’m SO excited to bring these characters and stories to life in a way that does them justice. I have been writing like a madwoman over the past 2 years. I’ve replotted probably over a dozen times. Rewritten tens of thousands of words. I’ve devoured SO MANY BOOKS just to learn more about what makes a book good. I’ve grown exponentially not just as writer, but as a storyteller.

And of course, I wouldn’t be here, writing these things, if it weren’t for this place. And for this weird, broken game. Which is nuts to think about lol.

When the time comes, I will be MORE than happy to offer some of y’all ARC (free, advanced copies of the book, in exchange for honest review on public platforms) copies of the book as a way of saying thanks to those of you who’ve stuck around and remember how I got my start. Maybe I’ll even do a paperback giveaway on here or something 🥰  just something to say thank you to this place, and those of you here who’ve supported me. 

the feedback from my alpha readers is............. so fucking beyond 😭😭😭😭😭😭 like it literally is making me dizzy how much they’re loving it 😭😭😭 it feel SO WEIRD. 2 of the 3 have said it literally reads like some of the published romances they’ve read this year, and that they’re so impressed it’s a first dratf 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

my nervous system is doing that thing where its just TERRIFIED of success lollllllll what childhood trauma causes that one again?! loll.

like. it feels SO GOOD. but its so fucking SCARY as well lolll. and like. feels... weird to own it?! like i feel EMBARRASSED that they like it so much 😂 like i want to downplay it and be like “well, i’ve been working with these characters for like 7 years, and working on this novel in some iteration for 2, so it’s not reeeally a first draft”. which is so toxic to myself!!! like bitch!!! own it!!!! you’re a good writer, sorry!!!

😭😭😭😭😭😭

feels. so. freaking. GOOD.

going to start submitting in the new year, but if you wanna take a peek at the premise of my book (and if yall have feedback id be happy to hear!), then beloowwww the cut 👀 

the creative muse literally made me her bitch, yall. i barely ate. i haven’t showered. my husband had to beg me to cook the other day 😂 i was CONSUMED by this. in the best possible way.

but more importantly.... my manuscript is done 😭😭😭😭

i feel like i literally gave BIRTH to this thing. i wrote like mad this week, racing to the ending. it is 100000% the most amazing thing i’ve ever written lol (which after 2+ years of working on it in some fashion, it damn well better be 😂). i am literally in awe that it’s done. equally happy as i am sad that its over.

i just need to write the epilogue, run through edits, and then it’s time to get it out to beta readers :’)

one of my alpha readers, who is a literal angel and an overachiever who already started reading, just DMed me this about my WIP 🥺🥺🥺

just it to the end of chapter 4 or 5, and I must say… you’re writing is almost indistinguishable from the published authors I read. I’m really really impressed.