WHERE THE F*CK'S MY HAPPY ENDING?!

WHERE THE F*CK'S MY HAPPY ENDING?!

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WHERE THE F*CK'S MY HAPPY ENDING?!
WHERE THE F*CK'S MY HAPPY ENDING?!
writing a novel when the world's on fire

writing a novel when the world's on fire

don't scream at me, but maybe we need a little less information?

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Adrienne Gunn
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I’m writing a scene in my new novel that takes place at the 2003 VMAs. (I know, I’m excited too!!) I’ve got a million research documents that I’ve put together for this book—everything from Y2K slang to fashion to important cultural events—but when I started this VMA moment I suddenly realized I needed to think about how information traveled in those early aughts years.

If something big happened at the VMAs, how would you know about it?

i wonder if xtina’s management worried that if she didn’t kiss madonna first no one would remember that she kissed madonna at all?

I texted my college roommates to find out if we even had a DVR in 2003.

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