For almost a year, I had an idea for a story but could never quite get the pieces to all fit together nicely. But then, during a trip to Australia, everything just fell into place. I was already halfway done with Assassin’s Prey, but decided I would take a couple of days to make some notes for the next book – so when I was finally ready to write it, I’d be prepared. But once I started writing, I just couldn’t stop. And now, four weeks later, that book is done.

It’s a rough first draft, and still needs a couple of months of finesse to make it something I’d let people read, but the story is complete. During the month I consistently wrote over three thousand words a day, and at times, it almost seemed as if the book was writing itself. I think it was the process of bouncing the story around in my head for a year that allowed me to do it, but whatever it was, I enjoyed it.

Here’s hoping it’s not the last time it happens…