End Before Beginning

Dear Maggie,

Do you know how your books will end before you start writing them?

Sincerely,

Reader in Raleigh

Dear Reader,

With romance stories, one key ingredient is the happily-ever-after, or at least the happily-for-now, ending. Readers expect this, and I want to deliver. Of course, I write romantic suspense, and the suspense part requires some danger, intrigue, mystery, and nail-biting first. I tend to put my characters through the ringer before they get to ride off into the sunset, but hopefu...