Autumn Masters is a failure in her own mind. She is about to let her dream of being a writer die when she is given an opportunity that may be too good to be true. She has to navigate dating, sex, attraction, writing, teaching, and learning all at the same time. Will she survive the torture, use it to her advantage, or be swept beneath it all?

The Torture of Autumn

“Because I wanted you to write,” she said. She put her fork down. “It’s important that you write, Steve-o. Right now, that’s all that matters. It doesn’t have to be good; it doesn’t have to be important or structured. I don’t have to see it. All that matters is that you write it. The more you write in a day, the better. But right now, this early in the stages of things, I don’t care if you sit down and write jokes you’ve heard in a bar for three hours. All I care is that you sit down and write.”


Steve raised his eyebrows and nodded. “Okay,” he said. “So you told me to write a topic just so I’d have something to focus on?”


Chapter 13: Writers Write