A B O U T

# 1.7

Universe 1. Book 7.

I only needed myself,

until I met you.

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S Y N O P S I S

Leah Dellman has her eye on one of the one-hundred-and-fifty spots offered in Juilliard's Master of Music program. 

A top grade in her Music Performance seminar will boost her GPA, so when the eclectic professor announces the equally eclectic final project, Leah races to secure an artistic partnership with someone unknown to the music world, but undoubtedly talented: Nashwa Fakhoury.

Nashwa Fakhoury, promoted at age twenty-one, is one of the New York City Ballet's youngest soloists. She wants to make principal by age twenty-five, and to do that she needs to stand out from the rest of her well-trained, technically superior cohort. When she gets a message from a Juilliard student requesting a collaboration, piquing her interest, she could never have predicted how dramatically her life will change.

Leah and Nashwa both think they love their art above all—but they might have found something they love more.

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O N C

This is my entry for the Open Novella Contest 2025, using the following prompts:

22. When a renowned ballet dancer and an up-and-coming comic illustrator meet, their lives take an unexpected turn. 

[I'm substituting violinist for comic illustrator.]

131. This girl is on fire.

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D I S C L A I M E R

This is a work of fiction. Most characters and events are fictional. Existing characters, places, events and other material mentioned are used in fictitious context. Religious themes and faith deconstruction are discussed in this work, and any beliefs of the characters do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of the author.

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