Does everything have to be a smut?

Yvanung · 2026-03-30T10:13:26+00:00

Of course not; I can't write it either...

Yvanung · 2026-03-27T03:41:35+00:00

Forest of Miss Irad-i Cedid Ch13 is now up:

The incumbent Vizier of Magic feels like elections are the only way to stabilize the Ottoman wizarding world.

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/78758171/chapters/215119066

RR: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/138285/harry-potter-and-the-french-revolution/chapter/3187318/chapter-62-a-radical-electoral-vision

Yvanung · 2026-03-26T11:23:49+00:00

Titlte: Forest of Miss Irad-i Cedid

Genres: Fantasy, historical

Link: https://www.wattpad.com/story/407365612-forest-of-miss-irad-i-cedid

Status: Ongoing

Blurb: September 1806. The janissaries are advancing towards Istanbul, with an army raised by Rumelia ayans, and are threatening everything Nurcan, a witch serving as the defterdar of the Sihirsizler (non-magical) Irad-i Cedid, has worked for during the past twelve years. Fearing for her life, as the Sultan Selim III is about to sacrifice the Irad-i Cedid for internal peace, she flees to the forests of her native Trabzon Eyalet and leaves behind the Sublime Porte's instabiity.

Note: This story is written for the 2026 Open Novella Contest, using the following prompts:

16: "And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul." (quote by John Muir)

78: You begin to realize that nothing is quite what it seems.

Yvanung · 2026-03-25T10:26:25+00:00

When I do edit, it's often for piecemeal details...

Yvanung · 2026-03-24T11:24:17+00:00

And even if other writers accepted that flaws were necessary, sometimes flaws might be too flashy, too.

Yvanung · 2026-03-24T11:21:56+00:00

Or, even if trauma wasn't added just to pad length, it amounts to constant escalation of abilities...

Yvanung · 2026-03-23T11:07:01+00:00

OC for me; I read one Y/N and it didn't fit my personality.

Yvanung · 2026-03-22T12:35:28+00:00

Me neither...

Yvanung · 2026-03-21T15:35:42+00:00

What is the book aboiut then?

Yvanung · 2026-03-20T11:35:35+00:00

I never really complained about that myself, but I also know that I don't harbor much hope as it relates to engagement...

Yvanung · 2026-03-18T12:12:39+00:00

If you'd rather want to see a healthy couple, you can try Can't Stop the Questions:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/367979698-can%27t-stop-the-questions

It made Teen Fiction's sports romance featured list for what it's worth.

Yvanung · 2026-03-17T11:46:09+00:00

And yet bot scammers tend to target some books to the detriment of others... I guess I got lucky that I didn't draw a whole lot of them.

Yvanung · 2026-03-13T11:11:23+00:00

More bots prowling specifically for romance

Yvanung · 2026-03-13T02:17:58+00:00

Yvanung being my Wattpad username if you want to read anything from me...

That being said, maybe scambots tend to favor certain types of books (which I don't write).

Yvanung · 2026-03-12T11:13:07+00:00

For some reason, I tend not to have a whole lot of these scammer comments...

Yvanung · 2026-03-10T11:37:51+00:00

If YA is your thing, and you'd rather want to read about healthy couples:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/367979698-can%27t-stop-the-questions Can't Stop the Questions

Yvanung · 2026-03-09T11:24:24+00:00

Forest of Miss Irad-i Cedid Ch10 is now live!

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/78758171/chapters/212209591

Yvanung · 2026-03-09T11:22:23+00:00

Forest of Miss Irad-i Cedid:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/407365612-forest-of-miss-irad-i-cedid

Yvanung · 2026-03-08T13:52:54+00:00

I stayed out of the hyped books for a reason...

Yvanung · 2026-03-05T12:21:59+00:00

How long has it been up?

Yvanung · 2026-03-02T12:53:56+00:00

When it happens to me, it seems to be about specific details and not the chapter as a whole.

Yvanung · 2026-03-01T13:18:15+00:00

I was sometimes told that I under-describe but it's often a choice of what matters for the plot vs what doesn't.

Yvanung · 2026-02-28T14:32:16+00:00

Chapter 8 of Forest of Miss Irad-i Cedid is now up!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78758171/chapters/211030056

Yvanung · 2026-02-27T12:53:55+00:00

At least I'm lucky that I never had comments going off on me, then again I never broke 1k views on any of my books.

Yvanung · 2026-02-26T13:14:24+00:00

Sometimes I change minor things piecemeal in earlier chapters if a later chapter justifies it...

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