**SAMPLE ONLY**A decade ago, Ellie was heartbroken when the love of her life chose his Hollywood party lifestyle over her. Can she forgive him and give love a second chance? ***** Thirteen years ago, Ellie Cooper struck gold. She secured a coveted movie role that sent her life spiraling out of control. Landing in the arms of Wyatt Burgess, her world-famous co-star with some hard-partying ways, she was enveloped into a world of clubs, romance, and drugs. But when one of Wyatt and Ellie's best friends overdoses outside a nightclub, Ellie gives Wyatt an ultimatum: the lifestyle or her. Wyatt makes the wrong choice. Now years later, Wyatt is out to set things right. But Ellie has moved on; she's in a committed relationship and has left the party life behind in exchange for something more stable. There's just something about Wyatt though that sets her heart on fire. And now Ellie is forced to choose between the new world she has carved out for herself and the passionate whirlwind that allowing Wyatt back into her life could bring. Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of drug use, including an overdose. There are mentions of sexual abuse and harassment, which may be triggering for some readers. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] 2020 Watty Award Winner - Romance #1 Romance, NA, and ChickLit

Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley of Alice in Chains are best friends and did everything together, from playing practical jokes on each other to endangering their lives with every drug known to man. After Layne's fiance, Demri, passes away, Layne finds a way out of the hole when he realizes the consequences of his actions. He is able to pick himself up and continue his love and passion for singing. Jerry is not so lucky. He's so far down in the hole that he gives up playing guitar and withdraws from everything and everybody, except for the needles. Despite his isolation, his friends never leave him, especially Olivia, the love of his life. Olivia and Layne love Jerry, but it gets harder and harder to be at his side when he wants to be left alone. He's no longer funny and witty. He's not just sad; he's depressed. He's not just angry, he's explosive. Those close to him only have so much strength before they'll have to carry on without him.

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Here is just my list of tips of how to avoid creating/writing a Mary-Sue character. Take them as you wish. Greatest Achievements: #1 in non-fiction!!!

A new student, named Jane, meets a guy at school. They become friends and do a lot together, until he moves out to Olympia. This is a story about Jane being with Nirvana before and after fame.

1971. Maxigan Richardson was only 13 when she met John Simon Ritchie in Hackney. Realizing they lived a mere two blocks away from each other, they became friends in no time. John and his friend, John Lydon, both eventually yearn to be by her side. Lydon meets a chick named Ramona and quickly forgets all about Maxigan, giving Ritchie an opportunity to snag her. Despite John's greatest efforts, Maxigan looks straight passed him and falls for Sid Vicious. It's now 1978, Maxigan is faced with the burden of having to take care of a junk-sick Sid, right after the death of his beloved, Nancy Spungen. How can she cope with Sid, after he's lost the very thing that means most to him? ...Or has he? Credit to Baconator666, co-author and creator of this story.

Kimberly Abram is a good girl. She gets good grades, dresses properly, and never stays out passed curfew. On the other hand, there's her childhood friend John Beverly, A.K.A. Sid Vicious, a rowdy teen who just scored a chance to hit it big with his new band, the Sex Pistols. Kimberly, reluctant to lose her friendship with Sid, follows her mate into this gritty new world of punk rock. But for how long can Kimberly be a spectator in Sid's self-destructive, new lifestyle? And what will she do when Sid meets a groupie named Nancy who only seems to drag Sid down even more? Will Kimberly's love be enough to save the punk rocker? Or is he just too far gone? Rated R. ✿ special thanks to @MiyakawaHara for help with translations and perfecting Noelle's sassy quotes. ✿