"In which a young Earnest Watts drives strangers around New York, only to find that a beautiful Madelyn Moore becomes less of one." Earnest Watts has decided that there are only ten types of people in the world - that is, until the day he meets the exception. After dropping out of his sophomore year of college, Earnest becomes a taxi driver in an attempt to figure out his life's direction. There he encounters a variety of colorful personalities, all of whom prove his theory correct. However, when he unexpectedly meets rising Broadway starlet Madelyn Moore, Earnest begins to question everything he knows - especially when it comes to matters of the heart. Ranked 127 in General Fiction - 6/27/16 Second Place in @breakthecliches Metaphor Heavy Category - 8/19/2016 Full novella available for purchase on Amazon Aug 1st, 2022. © by Sydney Druckman 2022. Early matters subject to change.

He wanted to kiss her.

"just hold me," and he does.

Ella Jane's annoyingly average life is upended when she catches her classmate, Ryan Hunter, breaking into her house. Ryan owes a mysterious group of men a lot of money - $5,000, to be exact. He has two months to gather the money on his own, or he's a dead man. Instead of turning Ryan over to the cops, Ella offers to help him get the money. When robberies, money, guns and love are involved, nothing is black and white. For Ella and Ryan, there is only gray. (extended description inside)

→ finished ← Claustrophobic and agoraphobic, Alaska Gouramie doesn't leave the house much. She whiles her days away nurturing her goldfish, Gordon. Her life is passing her by. Elver Harrison James is scared of fish. He won't go near the pond at the bottom of his garden. He will do anything to stay away from those water-loving freaks. Alaska's mother forces her to leave the house. It's just a trip to the park, no big deal. Until Alaska falls in the pond. And Elver is the only one around. Teen Fiction #118

the road trip of a lifetime. [ cover by blissom / trailer by blissom ] [ started march 30th, 2013 - ended february 18, 2015 © paulina r. all rights reserved ]

they were miles and miles apart, with a promise of forever.

"Why jump?" "Do you know what another word for 'autumn' is?" she asked. He stayed silent. "Fall."

"There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds."