A Story ARC

In the life of a book, there are many important moments—concept, first draft, revisions, revisions, and more revisions, followed by copyediting. Nothing makes a book feel more to me than seeing bound galleys, aka ARCs, advanced reading copies.

It's been fifteen months since the day I decided that the draft of my now-drawered mystery novel was no longer workable and emailed my editor, Virginia, a single line concept for a future dystopic story. She responded with great enthusiasm, and Black...