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Trapped in her white trash hell, Layla Danner is failing at life.
Her friend Peyton? Everybody thinks he's perfect, a staggeringly rich, handsome, and well-mannered story book prince. But they don't kn...
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Dear Reader,
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for taking the time to read my story. I hope you found it enjoyable.
Sequel?
Possibly. If I go forward with it, 'What We Became', will take place approximately ten years from where HWW left off. Please keep HWW in your library or follow me for update notifications.
If I decide to scrap the sequel, I may come back and tweak the ending to give a little more closure.
For now, the plan is to work on 'The Quarterback's Virgin' while 'What We Became' cooks in my brain. Also, let Layla rest a little before I put her through the wringer again.
Peyton & Layla Bonus Scenes?
Definitely. But it won't be immediate as I need to figure out the sequel situation first. Please keep 'How We Were' in your library or follow me to keep up with those updates.
UPDATE: I put the still empty bonus book on my profile so you can add that to your library for updates.
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Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for sharing your time with me.
Respectfully yours, Margaret Hahn
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❇️ The Dates
Start date: November 2014 (chapters 1-16) Hiatus: December 2014-April 2016 Re-Start date: May 2016 Completion date: January 2017 (chapters 17-68) Total time: 10 months
❇️ Word Count: Approximately 170k. You guys are fucking champions for reading all of that. Also, this is what happens when writers don't plot in advance. 😅 If I ever get around to editing this thing, my goal would be to get it down to about 90k words.
❇️ The scene that inspired the story didn't make the book. Basically, all of HWW is a giant prologue for 'What We Became'. I didn't mean for this to happen, but it did.
❇️ Layla's character is loosely based on somebody that I used to know who came from a similar background and went through similar experiences. Her story didn't end well and HWW is a pseudo Mea Culpa, from me, to her.
❇️ Normally, I plot in advance before I write. I plotted nothing for HWW, all I had was Layla.
That's right, your bus driver's been driving blind this whole time.
As I gained new readers, and people started getting excited about the story, I kept thinking: "Omfg, I'm gonna crash this thing and have to face an angry mob."
And then I was like: "Okay whatever, if I fuck it up, I'll delete the account in the dead of the night and vanish."
And now I'm all like: "We're here~! Y'all okay back there? If you are, wanna take another ride? *puts blindfold back on, gets behind the wheel of 'The Quarterback's Virgin'*" 😅😅😅
❇️ 90's hair band inspired. Every Bon Jovi ballad is Jake and Layla.
❇️ But I can only write to instrumental or classical. Lyrics trip me up. Most of the time, I prefer silence when writing.
❇️ Song hint for what's to come for Layla & Peyton in New York (Lyrics, no more jail)
❇️ Song Hint for what's to come in 'What We Became'
