Alex☕️🫖

How is everyone doing? What's everyone working on at the moment? 
          The revisions are going... slow this weekend! I'm now at the stage where a lot of rewriting needs to happen! It's both exciting and nerve-wracking- and tbh, the imposter syndrome never goes away! I thought it would! LOL
          
          Just a small reminder if anyone wants to keep up to date with my revisions and/or work, and wants to stay in contact, the best way is through my discord server: https://discord.gg/KgMBHQ3rMw

Where did July come from? I'm not sure! This month (specifically, the 10th!) is mine and the husband's 10th wedding anniversary - now THAT is scary! Yes, I got married at 21! Scary how time flies. 
          Right now, I'm hard at work doing revisions for Royally Bumped - I'm on chapter 12 at the moment! My agent is absolutely AMAZING and together we've got the direction, I'm just chipping away right now! 
          How is everyone doing?

Looks like edits for Royally Bumped are starting this week! Im so so excited! One step closer to hopefully getting a deal! EEK

Hey guys! I promised people a "How I got my Agent" post... it's now up on my Substack!  If you're interested, take a look and subscribe if you want to keep up with news about my work. 
          https://open.substack.com/pub/alexorchard/p/how-i-got-my-agent
          
          I also have a discord server where I'll be on the look out for beta readers soon, so if you're interested in that, join my discord. I also share sneak peeks there and talk about the publishing process as it happens, and a few of my very old books (that were popular here) are up to read for free there too. You can also socialise and discuss anything writing (or not!) on the discord, so hop in and make friends etc! 
          https://discord.gg/KgMBHQ3rMw

To follow on from my last announcement: I'll be on the lookout for some beta readers and stuff in the future (still working on books at the moment), but that'll be the only way to read some of the newer stuff I'm working on, some older stuff I'm rewriting and all that before it goes... well, who knows. I'll probably be looking for beta readers for Midnight next as I'm beginning to get to the end of it! 
          
          There are also old books that I won't be looking to be getting published (think Fragmented Lies and Confession at the Altar if you remember those?) that are now ONLY available to read, FOR FREE on my discord server. 
          
          If you want to become a beta reader for me, let me know and/or join my discord server where I'll be posting as/when I could do with them. I can't pay for it, but I'm always happy to beta read back for people or do something in return (or hey, just read and spam you with comments) 
          
          Discord:  https://discord.gg/KgMBHQ3rMw

Hi! Now that ONC is over for 2025, I have unpublished BOTH. One I intend to extend into a novel and send to my agent (still feels weird saying that), the other maybe I'll adapt and make a novel out of in the future. 
          I'll probably be back on Wattpad posting stuff in 2026 ONC, but for obvious reasons, I'll be unable to share stories here. 
          I'm still over here, logging in every so often, reading stuff and seeing everyone! PLEASE SAY HI IF YOU WANT!!! <3 
          A better way to keep in contact with me is via Instagram or my Discord server: 
          Insta: https://www.instagram.com/mini_moxx/
          Discord: https://discord.gg/KgMBHQ3rMw
          
          Below is also the link for my newsletter (announcement below this one) where I'll soon (been a busy week so I'll probably do it next week!) be sharing how I got my agent etc (still weird to say that!) 
          
          Stay tuned! <3 THIS IS NOT GOODBYE. Just a no more updates for now <3

Hey! If anyone is interested, I will (soon!) write some posts about my querying stats and journey on my newsletter/blog over on Substack. As my journey unfolds I'll also be using this as a way to tell people news and goings on! 
          It's free, and a great way to follow me and my journey too! 
          https://alexorchard.substack.com

I love your background so much! It’s so pretty!!!

Congratulations. Dedication and hard work paid off. It is well deserved. 

Hey guys! It's time for the ANNOUNCEMENT. I will be being repped by a literary agent for Royally Bumped! I've been querying RB since April 2025 and my new agent (holy crap I cannot believe this!) offered to represent me, Mila and Kai to hopefully get a book contract. He's also representing me in my (hopefully!) career so with my other books too, should things go well! 
          I'm so honestly thankful and in absolute shock still (I got offered on Monday!) and it's been a WHIRLWIND of a week - I ended up with 2 offers, so it's been a weird sort of decision making process. But my new agent (AHHH) believes in me, my book and my career so let's GOOOOO! 
          Thank you to every single one of you who has ever supported me in this journey. This is literally my life goal (one of them! Onto the next one lmao) and it's been a crazy ride! Hopefully one that ends in a good place with a book deal lmao. 
          If any one is interested in the journey, let me know and I can do a post somewhere of the journey so far. But it's been 20+ years of hard work, nonstop writing and editing and tons of tears! Im SO Excited for this step!