"𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒓" I can say that I've been Miss Sweet Misery for the last time, except this was just the start back when California dreamin' was our scheme during a hectic global pandemic. Love stories are overrated, and yes, this is one of them. A really strange one, actually. But it's also so much more than just a love story. It's a story of eight star-crossed teens brought together by the cities of Glendale and Los Angeles when we probably should've been staying at home... but the friendship was so strong, how could we possibly not see each other every week? There were crazy adventures and there were crazy confessions, and yes, there was also heartbreak. It's all part of a cliche coming of age and this was ours. - yours truly, Emma Suarez INSPIRED BY: minor + IMYIS by Gracie Abrams and Love Story by Taylor Swift. 2026 update: A lot of the earlier chapters were worded super bad and not very YA sounding, but I'm working on making it less poetic/word vomit and more natural for a teenage pov!

Up until she turned 15, Emma's life was ordinary. Living in Los Angeles, she had a few friends, and loved learning history. She had a fascination with magic growing up, but after elementary, she moved on from the foolish idea, learning the hard way that magic isn't real and that it's only a lie Hollywood had fed her. But her whole perspective shifted again after the passing of her grandpa. She discovered that he had kept a secret from his whole family-that he once was a warlock. He had given up that life when he moved to L.A. in the 1970s, but Emma and her cousin Carolina are determined to learn every trick in the spell book he left behind. Fast forward to a year later, Emma's life takes a new turn. During junior year, a mysterious new student from San Bernardino catches her eye. He's mysterious, intriguing, and mostly keeps to himself, but why? It's what she wonders every day when they cross paths. Who in Glendale would want to be so secretive, anyway? Bobby Staten-that's who. Due to Bobby's classic leather jacket and dark aesthetic, Emma and her friends constantly joke that maybe he's a vampire and that's the secret he's hiding. It's no longer funny when a series of gruesome killings occur at Verdugo High, described by local officers as a bloody mark found on the necks of the victims. Strangely, this same pattern had appeared earlier in spring at a San Bernardino High School. Coincidence? Rebecca, Emma's other cousin, thinks not. Rebecca quickly suspects a connection and begins investigating Bobby's past and persona. As Emma befriends him, she struggles to believe that someone like Bobby could be capable of crimes so vicious. Rebecca reminds her that one of the only ways to permanently kill a vampire is with a stake through the heart-in much more poetic terms, heart right through Verdugo.

Our story starts in New York, where eighteen year old Rose Sinclair made it a secret well kept from her parents that she no longer has any ambition to head to summer camp. Despite officially being an adult for months now, she still fears disappointing them even though she knows that she'll never live up to their expectations. It seems that the only exciting part about this summer camp in these woods is a singing competition that will be held there, and perhaps some familiar faces-from her former high school- that will accompany her in this brand new chapter of adulthood. While running around the woods all alone, she falls upon a rusted journal and she whimsically takes it into the care of her own bare hands. To her nonchalant surprise, the journal Rose finds contains the untold early life story of retro actress Briar Rosenberg- and these well-kept diary entries don't hold back Briar's secretive past. What she learns is shocking but also comforting to know that despite having grown up in a different timeframe, Briar wasn't all too different from Rose and her group of musical rebel friends. As for Briar Rosenberg, an aspiring actress she could've been, and a movie icon she became. Her longing dream to be a household name on the big screen didn't become reality until she was casted with fellow family friend and actor, Julius Phillips, for their 1954 live action "Sleeping Beauty" film. After all the critical acclaim and praise they received, Briar became Hollywood's next "it girl", being casted in all the major roles in Cinema. But it seems as nothing is as it truly seems... years later, after acting for so long in multiple movies, Briar has grown exhausted of her fame and is tainted by the illusions of the Hollywood lifestyle. There's only one person that her heart tenderly recalls on a daily basis, and it's the one person she can't have.

"Last Christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next year, you caused it to break- and no, I don't care if those aren't the exact lyrics George Michael wrote. And no, I probably won't have someone special this year. " In which five teenagers in Los Angeles find themselves consistently in love and/or heartbroken each and every Christmas season. Three stories in one: TIS THE DAMN SEASON that Isabel and Harry stumble upon the same issue again and again. Harry prefers white christmases- life in general- in New York... but could Isabel be the one sole reason to move back to their hometown in Silver Lake, Los Angeles? Or is this just another case of wishful thinking and delusional deja vu? Can the holiday season stir up some bold decisions to once again ignite their true love? LAST CHRISTMAS and every Christmas after, Emma gives her heart away to loves she deems as 'someone special' but it always ends in heartbreak the following year to come. Will this cycle ever stop? In a world full of Bobbys and Cindys and Heathers, it sure doesn't feel like it. Well, at least she got to write a song or two about it for her future chart-topping albums. ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE, two laidback misfits in disguise ( Angel and Sophie ) roam through the facades of their parents expectations of what their future ideal careers should be. When the holiday season approaches, it only brings the two together, closer then ever, willing to take any risk when the materialistic doesn't amount to the support given to one another in a world that feels so cold.

"I'm miserable and nobody even knows!"

❝ 𝙛𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 ❞ hi, it's me clara again and this time around i've decided to head forwards a new route in my songwriting- possibly a side of my songwriting you've never seen. you've probably read my heartbreak songs, and that's great, but i've moved on to a new chapter of my songwriting and there's truly nothing like this. i feel like i've begun again, but at the same time i'm going back to the basics. just know this feelings not rare, and i'm still figuring out this coming of age. it's all coming down like the aglow shore of the waterfall, whilst the moonlight reflects their light across. i'm not even trying to be poetic rn, i'm just simply referencing songs that you'll soon see and i'm so excited!! i really do hope you'll enjoy these, just like you enjoyed 'sweet misery'?! i've come a long way since then and there's so much new songs to come! STARTED: may 27th, 2023 COMPLETED: april 27th, 2024 REVIVED: november 27th, 2024

2 years following the covid-19 lockdown, 16 year old Isabel De La Cruz feels fumbled and overwhelmed about school re-opening again. Sure, she might be attending Hollywood Performing Arts High, which is a dream come true, but daily encounters with her ex, Harry Goldwyn, is what she loathes about the situation. He's already let her down twice and she's not willing to hurt again, all for the name of love. For Harry, what once felt like home sweet home, now feels like foreign land, with the occasional hint of deja vu. He only moved back from New York in hopes of winning Isabel's heart back. What will it take for Isabel to act less harsh towards the dumbfounded boy and finally forgive him for all his wrongs he never meant to make in the first place? All Harry wants is another chance to make it up to the only girl he's ever truly ever loved. Third's the charm, but is this all too much to ask? Revolving around the fictional setting of Hollywood Performing Arts in Los Angeles, 2 teenagers and their friends stumble through what seems to be a coming of age coveted in clarity. 4 years truly is a long time for everything to change since their initial encounter. With the occasional hint of deja vu, are past mistakes capable of being repaired? ~ Re-write of my 2022 original story 'Deja Vu; ~

❝ I take my denim jacket, wear rose colored lenses. Sun rising, I walk the streets-somewhere in Los Angeles.❞ ⤜♡→ songbook no.1 of my original lyrics for my future debut album ( tbr sometime 2030 or before?! ) + the EP before that, 'Heart Right Through Verdugo'. These set of songs are inspired by my travels in the city/county of Los Angeles while being the most heartbroken I've ever been. Life goes on. Live laugh love L.A. Bittersweet Rebeginnings are only a boulevard away ཐི♡ཋྀ ˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ STARTING POINT: Somewhere in Los Angeles, CA ☾⋆｡𖦹 °✩ END OF THE TRAIL: Santa Monica, CA

Simply a little Christmas songbook with my festive original lyrics for the holiday season! :) I wrote my first ever Christmas song on actual Christmas Eve 2021 and that was actually the start of my debut album 'Sweet Misery'. Although the Sweet Misery aesthetic is now far from winter nights, I've continued to add a few more Christmas songs throughout these past few years, no matter what the songwriting era was. Whether you love Sweet Misery, Faded Daydreams, or Tainted Illusions, this contains the vibes of all three and the best part is it's wrapped in Christmas aura!

❝Love looks great on the screen, press rewind and repeat, but what happens behind the scenes? Once the cameras off and the crowd is gone. Tell me, is love just a facade that looks good? Do you love me here in Hollywood? ❞