The Pants Plot and a Maladaptation Update

A few days ago, I found myself in a discussion with fellow writer (and my friend), Mark Gardner, aboutthe age old question:Plotor Pants? He wrote about one of his current works-in-progress, Victorious Maiden, and how he solves the Plot/Pants dilemma. Ingeniously, he combines them to suit his particular writing style, andnew writers could learn a lot from him on proliferation.

It made me think about my own journey writing Maladaptation. It has been literally years since I started writing it. W...