I wrote a wild first draft of a few chapters in 2019. I knew I had something special—it was absolutely burning in my mind, and it killed me not to be able to work on it or talk about it much (because I had to focus on contracted books).

It sold on those few chapters, but the deal wasn't announced for another two years, so I couldn't talk about it. It was sitting there absolutely yelling and glowing and carrying on in the back of my mind the entire time, but it was a secret.