Kay Wilson

GUESS WHO'S BACK, BABY!! Well, kinda... If all goes according to plan, I will begin posting Shards and Shards updates on another platform. While Shards is being worked on, I will likely be on this other platform. Once (hopefully) Shards is completed, it may find it's way back over to Wattpad.
          
          I seriously can't believe it's been almost exactly 2 years since posting anything on Wattpad and nearly 3 years since updating Shards. But I guess time really flies when finishing your degree and hop-scotching across the globe...
          
          I will hopefully have more info soon! I'm so excited to get back to writing \^-^/
          
          With much love <3
          Kay~

So I’m gonna cut to the chase and finally be honest with myself (and you all) when it comes to Shards.
          
          I don’t know when I will be able to commit the time needed to return to it. I occasionally look at Shards and may add a paragraph to a chapter or tweak the outline a smidge, but it’s not real progress. I’m in my final semesters of college and don’t know what the future holds. Some really amazing job opportunities could be on the horizon for me, and many of them would be time consuming. Or if I end up going to grad school, I definitely don’t know when I’ll truly get back to Shards. While I’ll always hope and aim to finish Shards, I don’t know when that will be. It could be next year, it could be in 20 years, or maybe never… 
          
          When I started WP, my main goals and ambitions were quite different. What those goals once were are now a bit more fantasy than reality, and I am okay with that. Some of the things that could be in my reality are so exciting and I want to do them while I still can – before I get too old.
          
          Also, my goals in writing have somewhat shifted. While the foundations of why I write have been laid for years, the foundation has gotten stronger and construction on that foundation has started. This is a fancy way to lead into discussion of a project I started in 2020.
          
          During 2020, when I did have some more time to write, my writing energy didn’t go much towards Shards but towards poetry. This poetry is strong, emotional, and provocative – more so than past poetry. It was one of my best releases during a horrible year. This is poetry I want to publish, but I wrestle with when is the right time to do so. Hopefully it will be sometime soon yet fear of misspeaking and being cancelled weigh heavily on me. But if I do get cancelled, it might as well be before I finish Shards, right? When/If I post the poetry, I will announce it.
          
          Anyways, that’s all I can really say now.
          Until next time.
          Much love~
          Kay <3

Despite school’s darndest attempts, I’m not dead! The last semesters of school are absolutely no joke… Classes and job hunting be crazy 0_0 
          
          Anyway! I’m here to give a bit of an update of what’s been going on with my writing and all that jazz.
          
          I had a massive break with working on anything Shards due to the previously mentioned but after typing like a mad woman for that past few days (and especially today), I may have just completed the outline for Shards and I finished updating earlier chapters to fit with what has been added to the outline. I’m hoping to start releasing these updated chapters and new chapters soon, but this is a hope as life has been throwing interesting curveballs at me lately and I may do some touchups on the outline before releasing new chapters.
          
          As for the updated chapters I will be releasing, I highly suggest reading them but I may created a separate book with a chapter or two explaining the major changes from the edits. If this is something you all would like, please let me know! (I also apologize in advance for the upcoming notification explosion these updates will bestow upon you.)
          
          I’m also tossing around the idea of releasing a new poetry collection. While I didn’t get much time to work on Shards during these past few months, I did have times to squeeze in some poetry writing. If you all would be interested in me releasing some poetry, let me know and I might start up the collection.
          
          Thank you all for hanging in there! (like seriously thank you) And thank you to all the new followers and readers I have seen pop up! I hope what I’ll be coming out with won’t disappoint ^-^
          
          Wishing you all the best!
          Much love <3
          Kay~

Greetings, everyone!
          
          I wanted to let you all know that I have been working on Shards. Last week, I started from the first chapter to start editing since I had forgotten a lot of what I read due to school. I just finished reading and editing Interview Struggles Pt. 2, though I know I’m going to have to go back over it due to the massive edits I did to it. (Nothing that affects the plot but everything about the flow) These edits (at times) have been interesting to do, especially when I’m not restricting myself to a 2k word count anymore. So, yes. These chapter are going to be longer than what they were. I think the longest one is now in the 3-4k range, maybe 5k.
          
          Anyways, I’m chugging along in these edits so I can have a better outline for the end of this book. And I am PUMPED for this ending. Idk if you all will be tho XD But it will hopefully be entertaining nonetheless ^-^
          
          Thank you all for your patience <3 For those whose stories I was reading before my hiatus, my plan is to get back to them once I’m done editing. 
          
          I hope everyone is having a great holiday season and will get some much-needed rest.
          
          Much love,
          Kay <3

Hey-o, all!
          It's been a minute, hasn't it? Just wanted to make a message to let you all know that I'm still alive and have actually been working on some edits for Shards the past couple weeks. Though I'm swamped in school work, I need something to de-stress and I've been missing Shard so much T-T I also need to reread what I've written in order to make a better outline for the end of this story. Most of the edits are nothing significant - mostly fixing repetitive words, descriptions, grammatical errors, and the like. As of now, there is only one fairly significant change that I'll reveal when the edits are done. I'll release these edits once I have finished the outline (or maybe sooner if I get impatient XD). I will make a separate 1 chapter "story" explaining out any significant changes in the edits so those of you who have been keeping up with Shards don't have to reread everything if you don't want to - though, I wouldn't mind the reads ;) 
          So when you happen to get a ton of updates on Shards one day in the near-ish future, I apologize in advance and don't say I didn't warn you XD
          Thank you for taking the time to read this update ^-^ The end of the semester is nigh! Which means the end of the hiatus is, too :D
          Much love <3
          Kay~

Hello, everyone~
          
          It's been over a month since I last announced anything and wanted to let you guys know about a bit of what's going on.
          
          With Shards, I have had to halt my work entirely on it because of school. As I have been told by faculty and students, I am in the toughest course within my major this semester. This is no lie and I'm feeling it. The insane work load from it plus my other classes makes it impossible for me to take the time and attention Shards needs. I'm upset because I am not able to partake in the escape Shards provides me and this will mean you all might have to wait until 2021 for the next update on Shards (unless I somehow finish the outline before the end of December).
          
          For those whose stories I had been reading or told you I would get to, this will also be on hold. When I read your stories, I like to take it in, offering advice where I can as well as fangirl the heck out. I cannot do this because of school. I am so impatient to get to these stories. Once this semester is over, I have all intentions to get back with or start reading your stories. I miss them T-T
          
          I will pop in and out of Wattpad every now and then (I don't like notifications getting way filled up) so if you see me comment or message on something, that's just me attending to notifications. 
          
          I really miss you guys and can't wait for this semester to be over for so many reasons XD
          
          Hope everyone is hanging in there during this crazy year ^_^
          
          Much love <3
          Kay

Good luck with your semester Kay! School comes first but I am very excited about where Shards is headed. 
          Keep up the good work 

SHARDS UPDATE!! This might be the last one for the next little while as I get ready for the semester and all the chaos ensuing to start back up. I'll definitely be working on the outlining and writing for Shards when I can, but progress will definitely be slowed. Abandonment is not an option! (Although some characters might think it is... >-> XD)
          
          Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter ^-^
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/110363618

Hello, everyone~ I wanted to let you know I just finished the next chapter of Shards. I plan on releasing it in the next couple days once I finish edits on it. This chapter really kicked my booty, which is why I am late with it T-T This chapter was rough on me because I've had a big lack of planning in Shards, something I intend to fix after this chapter. This means I intend to have a much clearer plan, and to make this plan, I have to take time off writing chapters to make it (something I started while writing this upcoming chapter). Starting this better outline in addition to school starting soon and other things life has thrown my way will substantially slow my update on Shards. While it will always be my hopeful goal of updating once a week, I should not go more than a month without updating once I've gotten this outline finished. Also starting with this upcoming chapter, chapters in Shards are going to be longer than their normal 1-2k word range. Chapter limit on stories and things already planned for upcoming chapters will make the previous word range pretty impossible to meet. Chapters may now range in the 2-4k on average.
          
          I have many interesting things in mind and planned for this story so I hope you stick along for the ride with me. For those of you who have, I cannot be grateful enough ^-^ For those who are just starting, thank you for taking interest, too :D I'm happy to entertain you all with my very messed up dystopian world XD
          
          Also, a BIG thank you for over a hundred followers! I'm thankful for each one of you <3 
          
          Much love,
          Kay Wilson <3

Hello, my lovely followers ^-^ I’m making this announcement because I’m sure many of us are rather shooketh at the fact WP closed their forums. I’ve seen other writers discussing possibly leaving WP due to it and wanted to let you all know my plans.
          
          For the time being, I do not plan on leaving WP or stop writing/uploading chapters of Shards. I’m going to try riding out the storm to see if something new and better can come from this chaos going on. However, if WP does not bring any sort of the forums back or fix their algorithms to better suggest stories to readers, I may consider moving my writing platform elsewhere. While I have never been a writer for the sake of attention, I do plan on creating some sort of career from my writing because writing is a passion of mine. With this being the case, I have to think what will be best for me to reach an audience and build a readership to further my path in the field of writing. Wattpad is still full of opportunities, which is why I plan on staying, but closing the forums does create a fear that I will lose valuable resources to better my writing skills and reach a wider audience. If the tide turns for the worst and I happen to leave WP, I WILL let you all know well in advance before I move and what my plans will be from there.
          
          I do not want to leave WP as I have met some great people on here and have gained amazing readers like you all <3 This is a scary time for writers on WP so, please, have patience for all of us as we are trying to figure out what we are going to do.
          
          Thank you all so much for your support and I wish the best to everyone during this crazy 2020.
          Much love to all of you!
          ~Kay <3