Flashback: A Shot at Gold

Spoilers ahead, as usual. If you haven’t read the book yet, you might want to wait to read this post until you do.

When I first outlined A Shot at Gold, I knew I wanted to write an age-gap book about archery, but that was about it. I outline in bullets and keep things pretty open for myself, so an outline might say, “Madison is at college and saying goodbye to friends, about to start her archery camp thingy.” And yes, it would have said ‘thingy.’ Then, I fill it in as I write the chapter. Since...