Safety in the Friendzone

by Elizabeth Stevens

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  So, this one did not go as planned. At all.

  It was going to be one of my standard ones. A usual 300-page thing, complete with an attempt at intricate layers, multiple plot-threads and a decent message. None of that happened. As I wrote it, I realised that this wasn’t that kind of story. It was shorter, it was simpler, and anything else was just going to be filler.

  This led to mountains of panic. Mountains.

  I thought I was blocked. For the first time ever, I couldn’t get through it. Nothing helped – reread, working on something else, bouncing to a different chapter, pushing through. It gave me an inordinate sense of defeat and a crisis of faith that this book was so damn hard to write. But then I showed what I had to some people. And my fears were allayed.

  Thank you to Charny and Julie in particular for reading chapter by chapter and assuring me it flowed and it was good. I needed it more than any thanks can express. It was the only thing that got this finished, especially through that unexpected surgery.

  This might not be the story you expected, reader. You might think it’s not as good as my usual. You might think it feels rushed. But I’m proud of it, I believe in it and I stand by it. I told what needed to be told and ditched the filler. And if you got this far, thank you for sticking with it, whatever your opinion.

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  Writer. Reader. Perpetual student. Nerd.

  Born in New Zealand to a Brit and an Australian, I am a writer with a passion for all things storytelling. I love reading, writing, TV and movies, gaming, and spending time with family and friends. I am an avid fan of British comedy, superheroes, and SuperWhoLock. I have too many favourite books, but I fell in love with reading after Isobelle Carmody’s Obernewtyn. I am obsessed with all things mythological – my current focus being old-style Irish faeries. I live in Adelaide (South Australia) with my long-suffering husband, delirious dog, mad cat, two chickens, and a lazy turtle.

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