Novels aren’t new to me—I’ve drafted eight so far: three standalones and five in a series. Because every project becomes a book to me, I even printed them as a matching set called The Perfectly Terrible First Draft Novels—complete with a misspelling on the cover. I never imagined they’d be seen by the world, but I couldn’t leave them alone. Over time, I’ve worked with developmental editors on three of them. And out of that stack, one book stepped forward first: The Roses Spoke First.