Bird By Bird: Some Instructions On Writing And Life Novels & Stories

David, you returned thinking you could fix everything, but your words froze me to my core. You said I ruined everything that should have been perfect. I begged you to live—for our unborn child—but the woman you held wasn’t me. It was Kate, my fake sister who’d stolen everything from me for twenty years. Abducted at 10, I fought through unspeakable hardships to find my family, only to be despised by them. I watched Kate take my wealth, my parents' love, and even my husband. She told me to disappear, and I was cast away in darkness. Bruised, tortured, and broken, I waited for the end. But I opened my eyes to a hospital room, with a pregnancy test report on the table, dated the day before my death. I was reborn. Given a second chance, I vowed never to repeat the mistakes of my past. I’d leave this toxic family, this horrible marriage, and give up everything for my baby’s future. But then you came, David—begging me to come back with tears in your eyes. Could I return to you after everything? Then came Ronan Darkwood, a mafia don with power, wealth, and a deadly reputation. He claimed me as his own. In his world, I found strength, love, and protection from the horrors of my past. As I fell for him, I realized that everything I thought I knew about love and family was wrong. I have a second chance, and I won’t waste it. Will I break free from my past and embrace a future with Ronan, or will the chains of betrayal tear it all apart?

My husband thought cheating would break me but he was wrong. I let him keep his lover… and took his pack and three alpha bikers wolves bound by loyalty and blood… and me... their human mate with a hunger for revenge. I discover I’m more than a pawn.. I’m their queen.. and anyone who comes for what’s mine won’t survive the night..

Ava Hart was nothing but a disposable wife divorced the moment her billionaire husband’s first love returned. But after the divorce, Ava blooms into the woman every man wants. Now the man who discarded her is watching another claim what he lost. And this time… she won’t come back easily.

“You should have died.” His voice was cold. “But I saved you… and now you carry my heir.” I froze. “You’re lying.” “Am I?” His eyes burned into mine. Neglected by Mate, Accepted by His Brother Maddena thought finding her mate, Alpha Lucas of Fangsmoon Pack, would be her happy ending. Seven years of a childless union didn’t shake her loyalty—until she finally conceived… and he accused her of betrayal. Branded a cheater, sentenced to death, and cast into the sea, Maddena lost everything. But fate had other plans. Rescued by a mysterious Lycan King, Lucas’s estranged twin brother Damien, Maddena awakens in a world far from the cruelty she once knew. As truths unravel and forbidden feelings ignite, Maddena discovers a heartbreaking secret: her child doesn’t belong to the mate who betrayed her… but to the brother who saved her. Torn between vengeance, truth, and a love she never expected, Maddena must choose; return to the past that broke her or embrace the future that could heal her.

Eureka was forced into a marriage with Raymond Blackwood, the CEO who never wanted her. Lies, betrayal, and a broken heart sent her running.   Years later, she returns successful, with a teenage boy Raymond doesn’t even know exist, and the quest to find her daughter because she gave birth to twins, but one was stolen. When fate brings them together again, the truth behind their broken marriage starts to surface.   Can Raymond fix the damage he caused, or is it too late for forgiveness and love?

“Mate?” Olivia. An omega. Pack’s runt. Pushed and taunted. A small white wolf. Olivia had a mate, one she was so excited to meet, she was 18. Her mate, an alpha, rejected her, abused her for years. She had finally found an out, she finally escaped. Running from her past, she stumbled on rogues that were about to kill her, she accepted that she was going to die, until an alpha saved her. The unknown alpha turned out to be her second chance mate. Olivia wasn't ready for a mate, especially not an alpha mate. She didn't want him. Alphas always hurt omega, this one isn't any different. There was one problem. The mate bond. Olivia couldn't deny it much longer. Would she be able to fight it? Would she give in to it? Would she reject the alpha?

Since the age of 12, Aurora had known that she would be Raymond’s future Luna and wife. However, just before inheriting his Alpha position, Raymond found his fated mate—a rogue girl named Giana. Forced by his parents, Raymond had no choice but to marry Aurora. Yet on their wedding night, he abandoned her to be with Giana. Tormented by the mate bond, Aurora ended up having an ONS with a handsome and charming man. But how could that man turn out to be Raymond’s best friend, the Alpha King’s nephew, and notorious playboy—Kane…?

My wife, Evanna Johnson, is cursed with a love hex. She needs to bed a man in order to dispel the hex's effects. I'm overrun by anxiety and panic, and yet Evanna refuses to let me help her out. Instead, she rushes into her male best friend, Clay Armstrong's arms. Evanna tells me, "It's not that I don't believe you. Getting hexed is no child's play. Besides, Clay and I work better together. "A polished, well-raised man such as yourself won't understand the matters of the military." Just like that, I'm forced to listen to Evanna's unbridled moans the whole night outside the room. Later on, I decide to divorce her. But she tugs at my sleeve while begging me to return to her.

Lyra Vale was never meant to be seen until the night her world shattered. Her father was found in blood while she watched her mother being attacked by ferals. Her life instantly collapsed, and the only refuge left was the last place she belonged… in the arms of Alpha Kael Draven. The moment he saw her, the bond snapped into place. “Mate.” But instead of claiming her, he rejected her because he believed she was wolfless. Trapped in a territory where she was unwanted and unprotected, Lyra became the center of something far more dangerous than rejection. As enemies closed in and secrets unraveled, Lyra discovered the truth: She was never weak. She was never wolfless. And the Alpha who cast her aside may have just rejected the most powerful Luna alive.

Cameron Donnelly, a dashing young werewolf Alpha turned to a vampire at an early age to escape death and ensure the survival of his pack, The Crescent Moon Pack. Davina Pierce, a beauty to behold, running away from her dark saddening past with a lot of secrets and pain. All he wants is to rid his pack of this ancient curse stealing their lives, and causing mayhem. All she wishes for is to forget her true identity and the path she's destined for. Cameron wishes never to find his destined mate, and she couldn't agree less that her love was a complete waste of time. He lives a life always combing for answers while she seeks one of a normal, less interesting tale. What happens when something far greater than any of them has another plan that's quite different from what they have in mind? She's written in his destiny and he's fated to hers. What happens to these two opposite lives, when he discovers that she's the one who holds the answer to his curse and he's the past she desperately wants to avoid? ***EDITING currently in Progress***