I often get asked about my writing process. Some of you already know, or, at least, have a broad overview of how one of my books comes to be.

Well, I’m about to give you a more in-depth look.

WARNING: This post contains spoilers from The Tainted Soul.

After my muse hits me over the head with the general idea, which sometimes just consists of the title, I start the plotting. I ask myself questions such as: What is going to happen? Who’s going to be in the novel? When is the novel set? Where i...