Quaking in my boots

You guys are deciding Sophie's fate. That's right, you get to vote for what's going to happen in each chapter of my next book. Ahhhh!!!

You've probably never thought about the decisions an author makes when writing a book. From the get-go, we're making decisions – some big, some small. In terms of crime fiction, it's things like:

Who is our main character and what are they like?
What's the crime?
Will someone die?
Whodunnit?

These are massive decisions, plus along the way an author is...