A road trip novel kind of feels like a cheat code when writing a book. Heartbreak and Other Organ Failures was drafted in eight weeks. It was my seventh novel and my final attempt at landing a literary agent before I promised myself I would take a break from writing. Still, I hesitated because I knew that this project would force me to have my own coming-of-age alongside the main character. Check out Taylor Hobbs' Heartbreak and Other Organ Failures here: