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October 22, 2015
Sam Before He Became Sam
We wrote a lot of character backgrounds before we came up with the characters that you know and love in Good Riddance. There were lots of nights spent writing from prompts just to give our brains a jumpstart and get the creative juices flowing. Sam, initially, was more of a loner who had an eye for Rachel, who […]
October 21, 2015
It’s Our One Week Birthday!
Just one week ago, we released Good Riddance and it’s not like we can let this day pass without a little celebration! So, for today, we’re giving Good Riddance away for FREE! You can click on this link and it will be delivered to your Kindle (or your Kindle App on whatever device you have) instantly. […]
October 20, 2015
The Story Behind the Story
So, other than “How are you going to spend your first million dollars?” the number one question we get is “How did you guys come up with the story of Good Riddance?” And as much as I’d like to say that the idea for this book came to us in a flash of lightning and […]
October 14, 2015
Order ‘Good Riddance’ now in the Kindle store!
Well, it’s official: Good Riddance is a real (e-)book! As of October 14, 2015, it is available for purchase in Amazon.com’s Kindle Store. Click here to buy your copy now! Only $3.99 (or FREE with Kindle Unlimited). Thank you in advance, and we hope you enjoy it! -Whitney and Collin
October 12, 2015
Chapter 4 – Friday, December 4, 1998
The curtain on the Ronald Miller High School’s gender-bending version of A Christmas Carol was set to go up in just a matter of hours, and naturally Chloe Patrick wouldn’t shut up about it. Everyone—teachers, students, and anyone else who would listen (and even more who wouldn’t)—had heard how she knew she would simply be […]
October 9, 2015
Chapter 3 – Wednesday, December 4, 2013
AJ Sheridan tossed a handful of flour on the cutting board and plopped a ball of dough down, kneading it gently. As the owner of The Crumb Cake (home of “Lexington’s Sweetest Treats” for the past four straight years, according to the The Week’s annual readers’ poll), AJ was there every morning between four and […]
October 7, 2015
Chapter 2 – Thursday, December 3, 1998
“You invited me over… I oughta at least be able to pick the music.” Rachel picked up another plastic icicle off Maggie’s perfectly neat Laura Ashley comforter and hung it on the plastic tree in the window, as the radio blared something horrendous. “Aw darn it, my grunge is all packed away for my bouts […]
September 30, 2015
Chapter 1 – Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Chloe Patrick was dead. Really dead. Remember Ray Brower? The kid in Stand By Me whose body was found by the railroad tracks? Chloe was precisely that dead. Her life came to an abrupt and unceremonious end as she was hanging kissing balls outside her four-bedroom Victorian house on a brisk December afternoon in East […]
