The Joy of Discovery Through Story: A Pantser’s Tale

I was more than 80 pages into writing my new novel when I had a lightbulb moment and realized — this is a potential duology! There is more to this story, these characters, this world I’m building than the one-book love story I’m currently telling, and I never would have guessed that on page one when I thought it was just a fun book about hexing the wrong people and having tropes go sideways.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s absolutely still a fun book about hexing the wrong people, tropes going awry, and unexpected love. It’s just, the world has…