The year of writing dangerously

So how did the craziest period of my professional life begin?

It was Spring 2015 and I'd been happily writing romantic comedy novels for more than a decade, managing to pay my mortgage and feed my kids from the proceeds. I was very lucky. I didn't know anyone else who loved their job as much as I did. Nothing about this scenario would make any sane person want to rock the boat. I was, as the Instagram posts say, #blessed.

Then I had this idea for my tenth book. Trouble was, it was clearly NOT...