CRASHING: Introduction to Heartbreak

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'This is what comes after coming of age', it says on the cover of "Speeding Through a Blind Curve". 

"CRASHING" is, well, it's all the mess that happens before that.

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[This story serves as the PRELUDE to a SERIES]

Early 2015, I took on the #SparkNA challenge of finishing a New Adult novella, minimum 20,000 words, within 2 months. I did it! I survived and finished "Speeding Through a Blind Curve". Then while the manuscript was undergoing a few changes, and I was waiting for signs from the universe about bringing it out into the world, Ms. Mina Esguerra issued another challenge to us in the form of #WriteBreakUpSongsAbout. This is what I have for it so far. <3All Rights Reserved

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