When I wrote The Worst Boyfriends Ever, I was heartbroken. And not in a cute, poetic way. But in a "what the hell just happened to my life" kind of way. So, I did what any emotionally deranged writer with a laptop and a pile of red flags would do: turned my dating disasters into chapters.
I didn't write this to get even. I wrote it to get free.
And maybe to make you laugh while you're ugly crying on the bathroom floor. If it helps, hurts, or haunts you a little: good. That means it's real.
The Spark That Started It All
I was all alone in a new city, heartbroken and wondering what to do with my life when, speaking to a dear friend of mine, I joked about writing a book about my terrible dating life. My friend said, "Well, I would read that for sure!"
And this is how I got into writing it and could not stop until it was done. It was my way of healing through making fun of the situation and laughing at my cringe. They say when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Well, I made 25 self-contained jars with different flavors of the lemonade, so there is one for each type of terrible boyfriend I encountered.
What I Didn't Expect
What I did not expect when writing this book: that so many others would relate to my story, and suddenly it would all make sense. I had to write this book, mostly for myself, but when I see readers relating and engaging with the book so much, well that is pure karma.
Imagine writing a book about bad boyfriends and the book getting so popular that even some of your exes feel the need to intervene and leave a 2-star anonymous review just out of spite.
The Plot Twist
What they don't know, these bad ex-boyfriends, is that this is just the beginning. Life has a funny way of taking us where we need to be. As for them, they are now just ghostly memories of a past I put behind me.
I choose myself and my power of writing unhinged stories, and we will see where this will take me—except far, far away from all those insignificant ghosts of the past.
Sometimes the best revenge is not revenge at all—it's becoming so authentically yourself that your past becomes irrelevant. Writing this book wasn't about them. It was about me finding my voice, my humor, and my power in the midst of chaos.