"slow down, darling. keep it lowkey, else you might get disappointed again."
彡 yoon ava, an ambitious girl from the outskirts of cambridge, ends up in the arenas of gumball 3000, carrying a bad temper and a dream over her eyes - to finish first and...
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now it's actually time to slow down bubs :)
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hello everyone, vas writing! yet another book of mine has come to an end ,, and god knows how happy & relieved i actually am !
cause ,, truthfully ,, writing this book was one hell of a ride :,)
never have i thought that this book would come to life. it all started with a random dream i had about heeseung winning some typa race back in may ,, then i watched " ralph breaks the internet " and got inspired by vanellope ,, then heeseung dressed up as a racer for this one paradoxxx invasion stage and then boom ! chapter three was born as an insta oneshot :)
i owe it all to PXRADISE_LXST,, cause if it weren't for her ,, this book wouldn't have existed !!
she really did hype me up when i posted my oneshot ,, urging me to turn it into a book. so ,, i did !! did i have any idea what the hell was going on? no. was i excited? hell yeah !
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for the first three chapters ,, i just went with the flow. after finishing chapter three, i didn't really know what to do, so i just went with the first thing that basically came into my mind ;; create some drama ─ chaos sounds about right.
thinking about it ,, "slow down" is really just one drama of a book :,) i even shocked myself with all the trauma and chaos going on while writing. but i wanted to make this book a bit realistic ,, in contrast to "dandelion" . my characters here aren't teenagers,, but adults that,, aside from love and it's weirdass complications ,, they have to deal with life.
i decided to give it a try and write about more mature concepts ,, like sexism and non-consensual sexual interaction. i do feel like i could've done a better work at representing the said topics,, and i would like to apologize in case i made you guys uncomfortable or upset with how i represented them . i'd appreciate some constructive criticism on that.
"slow down" also happens to be my first book with black people rep. & lgbtq+ rep. i reached out to trusted friends of mine & asked them for advise ,, in hopes of not offending anyone ─ as a writer ,, i wanted to be more inclusive of other races & communities ,, so that everyone feels represented and included :)
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it actually saddens me to know that this book is finished . even though i was pressured by the need to finish it,, writing it was an enjoyable experience :) i got to develop as an author first & foremost and also explore new ways of writing. i also got to do some research and learn some interesting stuff !
fyi: all events mentioned are actual racing events :) maybe not as accurate as in real life, but you get the point.
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i'd also like to individually thank some of you guys for being active by voting & commenting on every single chapter. you guys just don't know how much it motivates me & helps me with staying positive !
and a very big thanks to every single one of you guys ,, for all the love and support you gave this book <3
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SO,, with all that being said ,, & after forming a long af outro yet again,, as well as the power given by my author nature and hee's handsome ass ,, i proudly announce that :
𖥻 slow down a lee heeseung book
has officially come to an end!
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─ started: 03/08/22 published: 06/08/22
─ finished: 29/10/22 published: 23/12/22
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