Emma White

trying not to repeat any of the details I've given from the previous character's perspectives and really dive into the interiority of the character who's experiencing it.

And that's a great place, I think, to drop those curiosity seeds.

She's not thinking about actually what's happening at this book club meeting.

She's thinking about what she experienced that afternoon.

So while we're actually at the same event, we're getting completely different information from her because what's happening at the meeting is just kind of,

A spark to make her think about the things she's actually worried about.

The podcast was there from the beginning, but it appeared in a very different way.

So when I initially wrote it, I had the podcast starting in the latter half of the book.

So actually, after they get back from the cottage and everything that happens there, then I picked up the podcast because I needed a way to kind of convey information a bit more objectively that wasn't coming from any of these three characters.

And one of the great

pieces of advice I got from my aunt Maureen White she's a brilliant writer as well she's she's just she's fantastic she gives me great advice and she she was like why are we starting so late with this podcast get it it's got to flow through the entire book and so that was one of the that was a great note that I received on how to how to integrate that more into the story

I don't think I should have been surprised because the information is out there that publishing moves really slowly.

And yet I was still surprised at just how extended the timelines were.

So, you know, selling the book in October 2024, it's coming out in 2026.

I was surprised that it would take that long.

And then just the multiple rounds of edits.

I think it was interesting and a bit surprising to find out how many people are involved.

So suddenly it wasn't just with my editor anymore, but there's the copy editing team and there's multiple people there.

And then there's the cover and there's multiple people on those emails.

So really getting to peek behind the curtain of this is an industry and it's a business and there are lots of people involved in this.