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E.A. Colquitt's avatar

Welcome to TT, Nika! I'm so glad you clarified what the potion actually does 😅

This was a nice read - almost like a slice-of-life piece 😊

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Nika's avatar

Thank you! I'm happy to be a part of TT🥰

I'm happy to hear you liked the story, it was actually also meant to be a slice of the witches life so I'm glad you see it like that as well!🌸

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Ángel Michel's avatar

Nika, I’m so happy to see that you are feeling better 🥰 and inspired to write again. I believe we have to take care of ourselves first and foremost, and that in turn allows us to take better care of others and feel truly free and inspired to be creative.

I liked your story very much, specially the cute tension you gave your main protagonist toward the Prince. I liked that you didn’t have her just dying to meet him. Instead, I felt she had real personality. I also really liked that you added her saying she doesn’t do things to harm or force others. For me, I feel this is one thing I look for in the stories I like to read, for them to align with the values I have for my life too. Maybe I’m too picky that way, but for me, it is the process by which I can enjoy things and feel at peace at the end of the day. (Sorry if that was long and hopefully it made sense 😌)

Anyway, your story was fun, it reminded me of the movie Hocus Pocus. I’m not sure if you’ve seen it, but it is funny and I could see the tension between your main characters being fun like that. I just had one question: what was her name? He only calls her witch and I feel maybe I needed to know her name in order to feel closer to her as the main character. Keep shining Nika ✨👍☺️

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Nika's avatar

Thank you for your comment Ángel! I'm really happy that you liked the story. :)

I'm still struggling a bit and trying to find solutions for my overall health, but it's getting slowly better and I really wanted to post something again, and that's how this story came to be. :)

I also need to have my characters align with my values (at least if they are supposed to be good in the story), which is why I now don't really read dark romance books anymore, as I can't really identify with most of them now.

I haven't watched Hocus Pocus yet, but I see it often popping up on Halloween!

The witch in the story actually doesn't have a name, as I wanted it to be only a small scene from her daily life and as she is narrating it, she doesn't really mention her own name. And she hasn't told it to the prince for safety reasons. (Names hold a lot of power!)

But now that I think about it, maybe I should give her a name!

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Ángel Michel's avatar

Nika, I wish you well very soon. Just keep hope 🙏🏻😇

About your story and main character name, I also thought 💭 🤔 hmm , how would she have the name told to the reader if it is a first person account. And I did like the character voice very much, so wouldn’t think changing it would be better. But maybe I was just wanting to know the name somehow because it helps to bring me in closer to the character, and makes me feel like I know her just a little more at that point. 😁 hope I didn’t get too nerdy on that one lol 🤓 take care 😊

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Nika's avatar

Not at all! You are definitely right that knowing a characters name makes me feel closer to them as well. I'll keep it in mind for the next story🍀

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