Where did the subtitle “A Novel in Five Acts” come from?

Q: The subtitle of Blue Mountain Rose is “A Novel in Five Acts.” Where did that come from, and when in your process did you select it?

A: In January 2023, I began looking for an idea I could develop into a book. Ideas flew into my mind, stayed there for a day or three, and then lost steam. But in mid-March, my writer’s log says, I started working more intentionally with an idea then called “The Summit Theatre.”

Writer’s log 3/12: Wrote intro to a scene for Summit Theater. 51 min

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