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I’d be lying if I said writing in the month of May was easy.

As a beginner, the Regency voice came naturally to me—formal, structured, everything I wished I was. But switching to contemporary made it clear how different the tone needed to be. I overcorrected at first, simplifying my writing so much it stopped being enjoyable—for me or for beta readers.

Dating/Investigating, my modern Northanger Abbey retelling, has been especially tough. I usually average twenty chapters a month, but in May, I...

"Are you a plotter or a pantser?"

I was asked this question for the first time by Laura Espinal Corpeno on her podcast, Softest Lore. It was my first-ever podcast interview, and now Laura has become one of my closest bookish friends. I wasn't sure what she meant and had to ask for clarity.

"Do you plot heavily or do you just write as it comes to you?" she clarified.

I'd never given it much thought, really. Sometimes, I've fallen into one or the other category, but mostly, I always feel like I'm...